Location. Hiiumaa island, Nurste Kula, Emmaste parish

Hiiumaa island, Nurste Kula, Emmaste parish. Hiiumaa Island lies in the West of Estonia, 130km from Tallinn. More information on www.emmaste.ee, www.hiiumaa.ee, www.visitestonia.com

Terminal

Airport, harbour, bus station in Tallinn. Buses to Hiiumaa depart from Tallinn Bus Station twice daily and board ferry at Rohukula. Timetables is available online at www.tpilet.ee.

Special requirements

You have to be open-minded and be ready to adapt to the simple conditions of the common life in the countryside of Estonia and willing to do farm work, which can be hard sometimes. It is good if you have tehnical skills (eg. driving licence). Camp is n ot suitable for people with allergy, especially lactose allergy since hosts offer a lot of milk products. Smoking is not permitted on the farm. NB! It is possible to stay longer on the farm after the end of your camp or apply for several shifts.

Leisure time

There is lot of interesting natural picturesque sights on the island; good possibilities for swimming in the sea. It is possible to visit other parts of Hiiumaa Island on the weekend. Actually, Hiiumaa offers a lot of various cultural events in summer and volunteers will have possibility to join them. This camp is perfect for people who enjoy nature and interested in traditional way of rural living.

EST 03 DOWN TOWN KIDS CITY I TALLINN 15.06 - 29.06 KIDS/ TEACH 8 vols

EST 23 DOWN TOWN KIDS CITY II TALLINN 08.08 - 22.08 KIDS/ TEACH 8 vols

Project

This project is organized for local children by the non-profit educational association “Alternative Language Programs Satellite” within its annual activities on multicultural issues for kids. The project’s aim is to introduce the diversity of world cultures to children and provide them with good practices in intercultural communication using the learning-by-doing method and organizing alternative English language practice. The project gets the kids of 10 to 13 years old familiar with customs and traditions of the countries from all over the world and encourages them to develop their cross-cultural thinking and tolerance. The common global theme for all Down Town camps in 2014 is Skills for Life. We will discuss and teach youngsters what they should know about the real life and what skills they need to develop to succeed - from how to deal with bullying in class till skills needed for excellent studies and jobs, from how to make perfect relationships in the family till skills needed for successful intercultural communication.

Work

Activating kids in the city camp and providing them with cross-cultural learning experience. Volunteers will do it through informal methods of teaching and working in small group techniques. Among the activities to be held by team of volunteers are playing the games and music popular the countries the volunteers represent; training kids to perform pieces of amateur drama; preparing festivals, intellectual and sport games as well as discussions and excursions round the places of interest; actions for peace and nature protection; leading and supporting kids in their work on the team projects within themes related to the general topic. Volunteers together with a local project coordinator are responsible for the day activities in the camp. The work can be pretty hard, involving long working hours, requiring high level of commitment and responsibility. You will stay with kids 10.00 – 17.00 and spend another hour to prepare next day activities. In the course of camp there is one day off and at least one day of travel outside Tallinn together with kids. Before the city camp activities start there will be training in camp methodology and preparation. Most of kids are Russian-speaking children from minority group of Tallinn. The total number of kids is 30 to 40. Volunteers will work in pairs facilitating and leading a smaller group of 10 - 12 kids during the day. The camp activities will take place in a learning centre situated in the centre of the city.

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