EVS Project "Volunteering as a Chance for Growing" Cooperative FRASSATI Moncalieri (Turin) Italy

Role of the volunteer:

The volunteer, after a first observation phase in the Community, will be able to participate actively in the educational activities organized by the different Services and he/she will share part of his/her daily life with the hosted minors. The volunteer will play an important support role in the management of the activities of the community; the working team will provide him/her with the necessary tools and information in order to allow him/her to best experiment himself/herself in relation to the minors and youngsters, offering them additional constructive, positive moments. The volunteer will always be a support for the staff and he/she will never be alone in the management of the activities.The volunteer can suggest his/her own activities according with the organization needs, planning together timing and working methods.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to do their EVS project in one or both communities (very next to each other), which can give volunteers the chance to collaborate with more operators and educators and run activities with an higher number of minors and youngsters.

Activities/Tasks 
· Supporting the minors during their homework;

· Supporting the staff in the organization and management of indoor and outdoor recreational activities

· Taking out the minors in special occasions, using (when possible) the Cooperative’s car;

· Supporting the minors during the household chores tasks as a way for promoting their "personal care” and increasing their sense of responsibility;

· Carrying out general errands related to minors' needs;

· Building positive relations with the minors;

· Involvement and active participation in group activities run inside and outside the communities.

Volunteers will be provided with all the information needed to run their tasks in the communities, and they will always have the possibility to speak with with the operators in work shift.

In the framework of the evs project "Volunteering as a chance for growing", volunteers hosted at COOPERATIVA FRASSATI, will be encouraged to promote and to implement new volunteering activities.

Working Hours:

Volunteers will do their EVS for 5 days every week, generally from 4pm till 10 pm (when most of the activities with the minors are run). Working days and a more specific timetable will be agreed with the volunteers according to special needs, priorities, Italian classes, etc.

Days off:
Weekends are free and, as foreseen by the EVS Programme, every month volunteers will have 2 extra days off.

Food:

Volunteers will have meals in the community. They can have meal with operators and kids during the service and take their own food during their free time.

Accommodation:

The volunteer will have his/her own room at the Group apartment owned and managed by PG FRASSATI cooperative, the apartment is very close to both communities.

If you would like some more detailed information about this EVS project or have any questions please email sve@afaij.org.