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PARTICIPATE+ | BECOME A VOLUNTEER IN LEIPZIG

    We are offering young people the opportunity to volunteer in Leipzig, in general for a period of twelve months.

    We offer a variety of placements in the social, cultural and educational sector. If you are interested in taking part in ESC (European Solidarity Corps), you should be between 18 and 30, live in an European or partner country and be willing to commit your time, energy and enthusiasm to volunteer for a longer period of time.

    The application deadline is January 17th, 2020.


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    Description:

    The Markkleeberg eco house of the CJD Saxony opened on September 2020. Originally it was built with local wood, straw and clay in 2008 and 2009 as a straw bale house with a green roof. It is located in the 50 hectare Agra Park, which was originally created in 1890 and is now a memorial of garden art. Some parts of the park are a landscape protection area "Leipziger Auwald" as well as protected under European Bird sanctuary.

    A second working place is a youth centre/open point for children and youth not far from the eco house. It is a place where young people design their leisure time supported by the staff. Apart from games, sports and music job orientation and learning to lead a self-sustained life are important topics of the work with the youths.

    Tasks:

    In the eco house the volunteer works in the garden. Beside daily gardening there are special nature youth activities that can be supported or created by the volunteer. The volunteers helps within nature education projects, and it is foreseen that the volunteer develops and realize with the support of the staff own nature education offers. The eco house is still in the initial phase so ideas and own projects of the volunteer are welcome.

    In the youth club the volunteer support the youths and the staff designing and carrying through leisure activities on a daily base as well as special projects which have a longer duration. The volunteer shall bring aspects of his or her own country into the work, e.g. music, games, sports, language, cooking or handicraft.

    Selection criteria:

    Interest in working with youth / interest in working in nature (he/she should like working and being outside, working with wood, plants...)/ open-mindedness and self-initiative.


    APPLICATION

    The application deadline is January 17th, 2020.


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    Description:

    The hosting institution is a kindergarten with a capacity of 180 children (120 kindergarten places including 6 integration places and 60 nursery places). The institution has a focus on Northern Europe, especially Sweden, and takes part in pedagogic exchange programs. Another focus for us is the inclusion of children with disabilities.

    Tasks:

    The volunteer supports the workers in their daily routines with the kids and shall support own small or bigger projects in the kindergarten. He/She will get to know a pedagogic insight into the open work of the institution. The volunteer will work in a group with children between 2 and 7 years.

    Selection criteria:

    Potential volunteers should be interested in working with children in a kindergarten and like kids / A plus are volunteers from Northern Europe (because of the profile of the kindergarten)/ open-minded and communicative behavior / ability to work in different groups.


    APPLICATION


    The application deadline is January 17th, 2020.


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    Description:

    The hosting institution is a kindergarten with a capacity of 180 children (120 kindergarten places including 6 integration places and 60 nursery places). The institution has a focus on Northern Europe, especially Sweden, and takes part in pedagogic exchange programs. Another focus for us is the inclusion of children with disabilities.

    Tasks:

    The volunteer supports the workers in their daily routines with the kids and shall support own small or bigger projects in the kindergarten. He/She will get to know a pedagogic insight into the open work of the institution. The volunteer will work in a group with children between 2 and 7 years.

    Selection criteria:

    Potential volunteers should be interested in working with children in a kindergarten and like kids / A plus are volunteers from Northern Europe (because of the profile of the kindergarten)/ open-minded and communicative behavior / ability to work in different groups.


    APPLICATION



    LIFE+ | From Baku, through Rome, to Sofia

      Hi, my name is Vusal Hasanli. I am 24 years of age and I am from Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. In the wake of moving on from secondary school in 2014, I have won Bachelor certificate in Business Administration territory in Azerbaijan State University of Economics. In 4 years, I have attempted to improve my abilities and learning capacities in my college times. In my final year, I have won expert degree in Business Management in Sapienza University of Rome in the capital of Italy.

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      2018 was uncommon year for me. Since It was my first time in outside nation alone. I obliged to Italian climate without any problem. At the point when I concentrate in Italy, I have won mobility exchange in Poland with Erasmus+ program. Following one year concentrating in Italy, I have moved to Poland for one year. Experience of Poland was extraordinary for me, since Poland is the most noteworthy improving nation in Europe. In 2 years, I have looked to numerous chances of Europe as training, work condition, lawful documentation.

      Second piece of my Erasmus time in Poland was changed to new framework, because of the flare-up of Covid-19. Everything went online and I realize that it was an advantage to pick this opportunity inside the potential outcomes given by Europe. In the most recent year of the college, I saw ICDET while looking for internship on erasmusintern.org for an entry level position and I chose to go in Bulgaria.

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      I didn't think a lot about Bulgaria before I showed up, yet after I showed up, I understood what a fragrant and verifiable spot Bulgaria is. Since I had a mobility exchange in Poland with the Erasmus + program for 1 year before Bulgaria, a few things came to me effectively here, for example, warming individuals up, understanding European qualities rapidly.


      During the primary seven day stretch of preparing, I took in a great deal about how to develop myself, which will emphatically influence my future profession and life. At long last, Bulgaria has numerous favorable circumstances over European qualities, it merits doing a temporary position here.


      Vusal Hasanli, intern@ICDET

      VIE+W | Living in another country

        Like establishing life in another country, rebuilding, being born again. I had this feeling in my first experience abroad. It was really fantastic. I could be myself in another country, which is how it happened. I remember the first day I came to Bulgaria like it was yesterday, I was very excited and feeling great. The first thing I felt when I left the airport was not the cold that hit my face, but the breeze of a new life. We went to my place using an old subway, maybe it was a Soviet-era subway, but it was great in every detail. The day was just dawning and although the subway was hot, the cold outside showed itself through the windows. We got off the subway and walked to where we were staying. The people I shared the house with were very friendly and helpful. It was my first experience abroad and I came across good people. We are still meeting with them. I had a headache because I was trying to sleep at the airport to catch the plane the night before. Even though I knew I needed to sleep, I was excited to travel around, I was in a wonderful city and I wanted to explore. So it happened.

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        We went out and bought Sim-cards for our phones, then we withdrew money, got a monthly transportation card and started sightseeing. Our phones were active and I felt like I was living here for many years. I was from here now. The weather was very cold, but Bulgaria used to be colder this time of the year. Well, they are not saying in vain, when they present the weather condition as the cold wave coming from the Balkans. It was our neighbor, and even the families on both sides of the border were still relatives. I always thought I could not live in a cold place, but the day I came to Bulgaria, I actually saw how tired I was from the hot weather. I felt that sense of unity in cold places and on the contrary experienced that cold weather brought people closer together. I saw the friendliness of the Turkish people in Bulgaria as well, we were neighbors, after all, we resembled each other. When I traveled around and returned home, I was still experiencing the excitement of not being able to discover yet.

        Of course, in the meantime, we had the opportunity to go to the office. Our office was not big, but it had everything we could need. Knowledge, love, experience and many other good things, this place was always a precious place for me.


        Our boss was a guy named Ivan Tinev. Frankly, I could not understand because his speech came to me very quickly at first, but then he became someone I always asked for help in many issues. That day something happened that I will never forget until the end of my life. Actually, I didn't think Bulgaria could be that cold because I came in Antalya. That day, when Ivan asked us how our day was, I said 'It's a little cold, I think our quilts were thin. (Actually the duvet was not thin, but I was afraid that I suddenly came across the harsh winter in Sofia from the summer season in Antalya. It was the most emotional moment in my work life and I felt myself belonging to this office. By the way, if we go back to the beginning of the story, it is my story of coming to Bulgaria. I had just graduated from college and had a year looking for a job. The conditions of the country and that dark period when young people were dragged into it had been quite difficult for me. I was living in a small place and kept saying, 'Haven't you got a job yet?' I was constantly exposed to questions of the type. People never end up wanting young people in this country, but when the opportunity arises, it is almost impossible to find someone in the middle.


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        While I was trying to go abroad, I had a few attempts and unfortunately ended in disappointment due to financial difficulties. In the meantime, I contacted an association where I will leave the web address at the end of the article and they evaluated my application positively. I can say that Kadir Bey from this association named Sitoded Erzurum helped me a lot and opened the door to a new life abroad. (I also describe the time I went to Ankara for a visa in another article.) While the opportunities offered to young people in our country are so limited, of course, one sees such an opportunity. So to summarize, these two institutions were very effective in my Sofia adventure. ICDET so that I can reach Sitoded so that I can love Sofia. It is a beautiful place that makes me feel that I can be myself, that even if the clothes I wear are sometimes incompatible, it does not matter at all, above all because I am human. It is the first time that I feel like I can be myself, I can walk alone at night, say hello to people, have a nice day, sit next to an elderly person in the park, talk about the history of that park and sometimes the history of Bulgaria, a park close to every house and people returning home from work in every neighborhood.


        Dear Sofia, a bar where she can sit and have a drink with her friends. I miss you so much I miss the cold days when our boss Ivan Tinev greeted us when we went to the office, after we could go to the market called Kaufland, which is very close to our home in the morning, where we could buy croissants, berliners and coffee very cheaply, and wake up with the cold hitting our faces while standing where there are tables to eat something. Walking the streets alone, examining each building one by one, trying street flavors when I'm hungry, drinking a cup of coffee mostly by mingling with people on the street. And sometimes sipping by thanking every moment in a favorite café. That was life, being involved in life, feeling, not being detached, most of the beautiful things. So is all the beauties to come.


        Stay with ICDET,

        Stay with Sema.


        Sema Topcu,volunteer@ICDET

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