INCLUSION AMBASSADORS

long-term EVS project 2015

organized by Egyesek Youth Association
infoletter

This is an invitation for you to join our wonderful EVS project called
Inclusion Ambassadors! As a volunteer, you have the chance to join us
and contribute to reach our mission: to create equal opportunity to local
children and youth in order to increase the quality of their lives with an
international group!

Dates
Application period

20 September 31 October

Decision about volunteers

5 November

Volunteer agreement,
visa, travel arrangements,
pre-departure training

5 November 31 December

Advanced Planning Visit

16-19January (including travel days)

Activity starts

1-7 February

Activity ends 30 November

EVS Group
You are going to be a co-creator of a small community of 10 people
from 10 different countries:
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine.

Activities
We are a professional Youth NGO and our youth work is rapidly
growing in the region of Ngrd. We are mainly working on the field
with real less-opportunity children and youth. We expect you also to
join on the field and put 100% of your potential to deliver and develop
our activities.
Our mission is to create equal chances for all children and youth
regardless their personal circumstances. We transform their passion
into the way to make their own living.
Our aim is to enable local youth to discover their own potential and
use it to increase the quality of their lives.
1. We put focus on bringing up local youths ideas and
support them to make it happen.
2. We organize integrative projects where Roma and nonRoma children and youth are equally participating.
3. We send active local youngsters abroad to gain new
skills and tools which support them to develop their own
communities after they come back.

Methods we use are: volunteering, new media, movement and sport.

We are very open to experiment with new methods; you are very
welcome to share your expertise!

A regular working week consists of min. 30 max

38 working hours including language course
and meetings, excluding travel time. Every
week you are entitled for two consequent free
days, every month you get two days extra.

Activities Areas
1. Creative workshops
You are going to plan, prepare,
realize, evaluate English speaking
action-based creative workshops
in 5 different villages (Rimc,
Nagylc, Varsny, Endrefalva,
Ngrdszakl).
Highlight of this activity area
is a 21 days long International
Voluntary Camp with 40-50
volunteers where we organize allday workshops in all 5 locations
for two weeks.

Target group

6-14 aged children/

youth in after school
clubs, community centers

Main topics

media literacy,
intercultural learning

Video

2. Triggering local youth

In high schools and the community center of Szcsny you

are going to plan, prepare, realize, evaluate sessions for
local students.
We build up a process for them:

giving information

involving them to an
existing event

help in acquiring resources

(volunteering, training,
scholarship, grants etc)

supporting them to
creating their own idea/
event/project

realizing local actions/

projects with them

Target group

14-30 aged high school

students, unemployed
youth from the region

Video

Main activities

youth information
point, language club,
logistical support in
local events, workshops,
informal events, expand
local network

3. Support in Logistics
You have possibility to be involved in tasks which supports the
quality running of Egyesek and its projects.

Main activities

support in network coordination, create visual

promotional materials, build databases, and increase
visibility of Egyesek projects, daily running of a group
accommodation, fundraising, and assistantship and so
on.

4. Your own initiative

You are welcome to create your own initiative as long as it involves
local youth and it is connected to any of the activity areas or other
actions of Egyesek.

Check out what

our previous
volunteers created!

Project Timing

February-March
Start-up training.
Discovering living and
working circumstances by
participating in activities
from all activity areas.

July
International Voluntary
Camp
Video

September - October
Possibility to change
activity area or continue
what you were working
on. Realizing your own
project.

After the first two

months you decide
together your mentor
and Egyesek youth
workers what area
you want to focus on.

April-June
Carrying out your
service in the chosen
activity area with your
working group. Mid-term
evaluation.

August
Trainings (personal
development) and/or
holiday.

Novemeber
Closing of the project in
each location and with
the local community.

Context/ Background
Szcsny is a small town in the Northern part of Hungary. The town
is situated in Ngrd county which is one of the poorest region of
the country. Here the unemployment is high, and the youth has very
limited opportunities to stay and work here. Hence, young people
from the region tend to move abroad or to bigger cities in Hungary to
start a new life.
Szcsny is a historical town. In the center, you can find historical sites
such as a castle, a fire, tower and a bastion. In the town, you can
find necessary institutions such as banks, schools, health center and
pharmacy. As well as there are restaurants, pubs, supermarkets, a
library, a community center. The youngsters have no active social life
in the town, they have very limited opportunities to spend their time
with their friends or to go out.
Since in the nearby villages there are no schools or only up until 4th
grade, most of the children come to Szcsny on a daily basis to
school. In the town there are three schools which provide classes from
1st grade until graduation, and beyond. Several artistic group works
in the town. There are theater groups, a hip hop group and folklore
groups as well.

What to expect in Szcsny:

courtyside life
quiet and peaceful
atmosphere
closure of nature
traditions and cultural events
lot of youngsters all around
the town

What NOT to expect in Szcsny:

big citylife
fast phase of life
traffic jams
active night life

Accomodation
10 EVSers live together in one or two apartment(s). Basic furniture,
washing machine, cooking equipment, bicycles, wifi, bed sheets are
provided. Volunteers share rooms and clean regularly by their own.
The accommodation is in Szcsny which is a lively town with cc.
6000 inhabitants, moderated social life, basic institutions (bank, health
center, supermarkets, coffee bars, high schools, community centers,
gas station, and pharmacy). It is directly connected to all locations
where you work and to Budapest as well.
On a daily basis youth workers may have separate room in your
apartment and they occasionally sleep there.

The Hungarian website

of the town

The Support Around You

Mentor
5 mentor support the
volunteers to integrate
to the local community,
help in everyday life
arrangements (public
transportation, shopping,
social places etc.). They
advise you opportunities
during free time.

Youth Workers
You are going to work
together with Egyesek youth
workers. They check every
day your schedule and the
tasks you do. Support you
in the preparations for the
field work. Help you finding
opportunities for your own
initiative. They provide
translations on the field.
They link you to other local
key actors: local Hungarian
volunteers, social workers,
neighbours.

Coordinator
Your coordinator is in charge of:
administration, legal
arrangement, finances
creating your timetable,
organizing activities
facilitating the EVSers own
initiative
ensure about participation in
the on-arrival training, midterm evaluation or any other
event which supports EVSers
learning goal
support in case of emergency
arrangements with
accommodation,
transportation, language
course

Language teacher
In the first 3 months Hungarian
language course is provided
by a private language teacher
2x2hours/week.
After that you decide whether if
you want to continue or not.

YouthPass
At the end of the project you get YouthPass which is an official
document to recognize the non-formal learning process you went
through during the project and the actual achievements you reached.
It is commented and supervised by the coordinator, mentors, and
youth workers.

Monthly Allowance

Transportation

Insurance

You get 90 euros as pocket money

+ 120 euros for food. You receive it
Hungarian forints to your personal
bank account which we open for you
in the beginning of the project.

There are bicycles which is available

for you permanently. Sometimes
there is also possibility to use our 9
person minivan for project purposes.
In case you use bus or other means
of transportation during the activities,
the coordinator reimburse 100% of the
expenses.

EU volunteers: You are obliged to

obtain the European Health Insurance
Card and it has to be valid for
the whole period of your staying.
Besides, your sending organisation
is responsible to create the EVS
Insurance Plan for you which has wide
range of coverage. Full details in the
EVS Info Kit.

Supporting
Documents

What to
expect from EVS?

EVS Info Kit

Erasmus+
Programme Guide

What do we expect from you

We accept applications from all kind of social, economical,
geographical, educational etc. background. We give priority
for those who have difficulties or challenges in life.
We address this unique project to less-opportunity youth.
Denition we use for less-opportunity youth is: Young people
who have set of circumstances (fact or condition relevant to
an event or action) that stop 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
cannot participate.
We give priority to people working with youth or less-opportunity
and people who has previous experiences in using camera or
new media tools.
We expect from all of our volunteers to be pro-active,
participate actively and take initiative.

More about the life as an EVSer at Egyesek

How to Apply?
If you want to be the part of our project
fill out

1.

THE APPLICATION FORM

send us your CV
to inclusion.ambassadors@gmail.com
latest by December 31, 2014

2.
3.

contact your sending

organization

Our Partners
Country

Organization

Contact person

Email

Czech Republic INEX - Sdruzeni

Jiri Kocourek

evs@inexsda.cz

Estonia
France

EstYes

Inga Malva

estyes@estyes.ee

Concordia

vlt@concordia.fr

Georgia

Student-Youth
Council
VIA e.V.

Monica Garcia
Porto
Natia Gigiadze
Mareike Quast

mareike.quast@via-ev.org

YMCA in Thessaloniki

Kimon Dimitriou

ymca@ymca.gr

Agora Aveiro

Natasa Golosin

agora.aveiro@gmail.com

SFERA

Irina Nikulina

ltv.sfera@gmail.com

INEX Slovakia

Miroslava Zlacova

out@inex.sk

Union Forum

Inga Vorobyova

info@union-forum.org

dobrovolnych aktivit

Germany
Greece
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine

natia_gigiadze@yahoo.com

For furter information and in case of any question, feel

free to contact us!
Marietta Balzs
coordinator
inclusion.ambassadors@gmail.com.