Short Term Group ESC 2020 - Youth 4 Youths

What is Youth 4 Youths - Short Term Group ESC?
Youth 4 Youths is an international exchange project of Jeugddienst Don Bosco vzw and its volunteers. More specific, it is a volunteering project for 16 international animators who will do a service in Belgian grass roots youthwork. The service consists of 2 weeks, from Monday till Friday, of volunteering on a Flemish Don Bosco playground. The animators will be split up into groups (max. 4 volunteers) and will be active on the different Don Bosco playgrounds (oratories).  The aim is to create a joyful time and holidays for the children from the age group of 4 to 16. The volunteers will be working together with Belgian animators to develop creative, challenging and nice activities for the children coming to the playground. The volunteers work together in planning, leading  and evaluation of the programs and thus take active participation in the work with the children (and animators).
European volunteers will learn a lot by the non-formal way of cooperating with Belgian animators but as well by meeting the children in a playful environment.  The volunteers will train and develop themselves on different levels: youth leadership, social skills, youth work skills, language competence, .... 
During the weekends, all the international volunteers will take part in a joint program which is organized and carried out by Jeugddienst Don Bosco. This program will offer training, evaluation, intercultural activities and cultural sightseeing. 

Project details 
Who can participate? Young people from 17-30 years old, with some experience in youth work and able to communicate in English
How can you apply?  Read the information, apply with an e-mail to a sending organization (contacts below) 
What are the costs? Eur 30 to cover activity costs. Travel costs are covered till a maximum of Eur 275 
When will it take place?  Friday 03/07/2020 (5.00pm) - Sunday 19/07/2020 (2.00pm)  
Where will it take place?  Flanders - Belgium 

Where will it be?
The oratories where the small groups of volunteers will stay are located in: 
              - DB  Kortrijk - 2 volunteers
               - DB Raccoon (Brussels) - 2 volunteers
               - DB Oud-Heverlee - 4 volunteers
               - DB Heverlee - 4 volunteers
               - DB Halle - 4 volunteers
The weekend training venues will be in: 
               - Kasterlee - On Arrival Training
               - Brussels - Mid term Evaluation
               - Don Bosco Oud-Heverlee - Final Evaluation 
The weekends will take place with the whole international ESC-group and create an awesome atmosphere between all the participants and hosting team. .
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Who can I contact to get more information?
For more information you can contact Jeugddienst Don Bosco vzw
fonny.grootjans@donbosco.be or internationaal@donbosco.be

Who can I contact and how can I apply?
The project has 7 sending organizations in the different partner countries. These organizations will be responisble for selecting, preparing and sending volunteers. 
If you are interested in participating in this unforgettable experience, you can get in contact with one these sending organizations. 
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Sadba  -  Czech republic  - marie.jenisova@sadba.org
Domka  -  Slovakia  -  adela@domka.sk
Don Bosko Szalezi Tarsasaga - Hungary - derossisdb@gmail.com
Drustvo SMC Rakovnik  -  Slovenia   -  kristina.Anzelj@rakovnik.si
Aktionszentrum Benediktbeuern  -  Germany  -  bagiolini@aktionszentrum.de
SPYS  -  Malta  -  luca_caci@yahoo.co.uk
CooDB - Montenegro - volonteri.dbc@gmail.com
This project will  takes place with the financial support of European Solidarity Corps, program of the European Commission