high energy 2014 short-term evs, hungary - information letter for hungarians
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26th of June – 16th of July 2014 (including arrival and departure day)Creative Space Center31 Orgona utca, 3176 Hollókő, Hungary Syncro Croatia, YMCA Czech Republic, SYC Georgia, RED Latvia, Union Forum Ukraine.4 volunteers and 1 group leader from each country and 15 Hungarian volunteers40-50 volunteers from 10-15 countries.
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Overview
High Energy 2014
short-term EVS project Creative Space, Hungary
IntroductionHigh Energy 2014
short-term EVS project Creative Space, Hungary
This is an invitation for YOU to the next episode of Creative Space International Voluntary Camp. As a volunteer you have the
chance to join us and contribute in our mission: create equal opportunity to rural children and youth in order to increase the quality of their lives. You are now about to be part of an international group which brings High Energy to the local community and in this way conjure lifetime experience to its
citizens.
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What we offerHigh Energy short-term EVS project takes place in Hollókő,
the heart of palóc culture which belongs to the world herritage. You are going to be in Creative Space Center from 26th of June until 16th of
July. The main activities are organizing intercultural and creative learning sessions in 5 villages to local children and youth. As well you will be part of
community actions in and around Hollókő.
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Three days preparation: teambuilding games,
workshops, information about Youth in Action and
EVS
Professional mentors and youth workers takes care of your personal and professional development: organize mentor meetings, run practicals and create
safety
Foreign language and creative workshops two
times in a week
The support team is ready to help you in the creative learning workshops and organize the practicals in order to have a wonderful three weeks with full of joy
and excitement
English speaking creative workshops for local
children and youth who are living in deep poverty: playing games, introducing foreign cultures, dancing,
making photos and videos, doing handcrafts
Voluntary actions to maintain Creative Space and
tackle local needs
Two days of holiday to have fun by many different ways;
party, open air camping, doing sports, hiking, biking, creating your own cinema
or theatre, making your own plan
Official closing event where hi-profile representatives are coming to see your results
21 days together with 40-50 fellow volunteers from all
over Europe
Intercultural learning experience by living and working together in the busy community center
called Creative Space
Unforgettable summer and lifetime experience by meeting people and
culutres, making lifelong friendships
International comm
unity
Local activities
Self-development
By joining to the project you become co-creator of:
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Dates and programmeBefore project Selection phase
January-April#Applications
#Confirmation of 4 volunteers and 1 group leader from each country and 15 volunteers from Hungary
During project
16 July (Wednesday)
Departure to home
26 June (Thursday)
Arrival to Creative Space Hollókő
27-29 June (Friday-Sunday)
Teambuilding and preparation
30 June - 4 July (Monday-Friday)
English speaking creative workshops for children and youth
in 5 villages
5-6 July (Sat-Sun)
Days off
7-11 July (Monday-Friday)
English speaking creative workshops for children and youth
in 5 villages
12-13 July (Saturday-Sunday)
Preparation and Official Closing Event
14-15 July (Monday-Tuesday)
Closing, evaluation, implementation plan
Practicals
Accommodation and food
You will live in our community accommodation called Creative Space Training Centre surrounded by the beautiful nature. This is a 3 level stone building with 4-6 bedded rooms which all have its own showers and toilets. The address of the accommodation is: 31 Orgona street, 3176 Hollókő, Hungary. You can check the
place online: www.kreativ-ter.hu . GPS coordinates: 47.99372,19.591391
In the building of the group accommodation you can find the kitchen, dining room, common social area and the laundry room. Washing machine, internet,
cooking and sport equipment, bikes are provided.
Cooking will be done by a professional chef. Those who indicated their special diet in the application form get proper food according to their diet.
Creative Space is run and innovated by volunteers, please be kind to pay attention and keep the building in the same condition or better.
Travel
Detailed information about practicals will be sent after we selected the volunteers or you can always
ask your coordinator!
You should arrive on 26th July to Creative Space. You can either arrive by car or public transportation. From Budapest, we will oganize a common bus for the
participants.
Don’t forget! We do not accept late arrivals and early leavings!
How to apply?
Fill in the online application form here:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
highenergyevs2014
Contact your coodinator for further information!
Deadline: 25th of April 2014
We address this unique project to less-opportunity youth.Definition we use for less-opportunity youth is: Young people who have set of circumstances (fact or condition relevant to an event or action) that stops them from doing something that is
beyond their present ability.If you do not comply with two or more less-opportunity criteria given in the application form
you can not participate.These criterias are:- Belonging to minority (gipsy, refugee, mental handicapped);- Dropouts (having no education or dropped out from school);- Geographical obstacles (living isolated from society);- Living in (post-)conflict country;- Living in poverty (having an income below the national average);- Coming from broken families;- Lack of social skills (moderate skill of interacting with other people);- Travelling abroad first time / Being away from family longer time.
Contacts
Apply NOW!
Country Organisation Coordinator E-mailCroatia Syncro Juraj Bojlat [email protected]
Czech Republic YMCA Tamara Anne Smelíková [email protected]
Georgia Student Youth Council Natia Gigiadze [email protected]
Latvia RED Sanita Lace [email protected]
Ukraine Union-Forum Inga Vorobyova [email protected]
Hungary Creative Space Anna Dupák, Marietta Balázs [email protected]
about Creative Space
Creative Space is a nonprofit social enterprise, established by a group of experts in community service work, active in the disadvantaged Nógrád county of Hungary. Our aims are to promote volunteering and international mobility and create an inspiring environment for non-formal learning.
Target group:- unemployed people - youth in transition between school and work- people facing challenges: marginalized social, cultural and educational background, discrimination, poverty. - volunteers, civic activists and professionals
Nógrád villages are endangered by becoming uninhabited within 1-2 generations’ time because of the lack of education and work opportunities,. We cooperate with local NGOs and stakeholders to realise the strategy called Liveable Countryside Program – where Creative Space support the growing-up generations, and young adult families. We host workcamps, short and long term EVS, send volunteers abroad, and we are setting up a local network to improve employability, initiative and entrepreneurship, involve people in international projects. We search for ways to create attractive, 21st century living standards, while respecting the natural environment, keeping the traditions and the unique character of rural life.
We run a training center in the village of Hollókő, where we have assisted several NGOs in running their Hungarian and international training courses, thematic exchanges, seminars, project and network meetings, and organise own projects since 2005. Methods used are outdoor, dance, theatre, coaching, mentoring, creative use of new media tools and platforms, cooking, creative recycling, realising own initiatives of participants. We connect to many networks: DIA, Global Youth Service Day, Cserhát Nature Park, International Synergy Group, YouthNetworks.
The house is run by volunteers and the groups hosted. Our infrastructure, logistics and catering is capable to serve the unique needs of non-formal learning processes, international groups, and people with special needs.
Creative Space is located in a village called Hollókő which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage and has preserved its authentic atmosphere, so it is a busy place for tourism. The nature around the village is beautiful, relaxing and has a lot of opportunities for biking, hiking, camping and different kind of outdoor activities. In the village there are 400 inhabitants and you can find one shop, post office, an ATM, a catholic church, muse-ums. Budapest is about 100 km, there are 2 direct buses / day and some more with an interchange. The centre of Creative Space is located at the edge of the village, next to the forest, 10 minutes walk from the centre.For more pictures please look at our homepage or Facebook GroupThe closest city (16km) is Szécsény where you can find necessary institutions (banks, schools, health center, pharmacy etc.), supermarkets, restaurants, community places, library, pubs, sport centre. This is one of the poorest regions in Hungary so there is no good transportation between the villages, the unemployment rate is high and there is no active social life for young people. Most of them is leaving to one of the big cities in Hungary for university and they don’t come back after. English language is not well-known in this area.