Leisure time

The camp takes place in the area of outstanding beauty. There are many possibilities for leisure time, especially for those who love nature: acquaintance with nature of the area, hiking, swimming, etc. Some free time activities will be organized for participants as a day trip and excursions in the area (for example: Tartu; 15 km away from Farm is located Ice Ace Center; close to farm there is a family play-land Vudila and Elistvere Animal Park). Some of them will be free of charge while others might require a little financial contribution.

EST 07 DOWN TOWN KIDS COUNTRY VILJANDI 29.06 - 12.07 KIDS/ TEACH 10 vols

Project

This project is organized for teenagers by the non-profit educational association “Alternative Language Programs Satellite” within its annual activities on multicultural issues. The project’s aim is to introduce the diversity of world cultures to the youth and provide them with good practices in intercultural communication using the learning-by-doing method which includes project work, games, handicrafts, meetings, discussions, direct contact to young people from abroad as well as alternative English language practice. The project gets 10 to 13 years old kids from Estonia, providing them the first experience of the intercultural learning. 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. NB! This shift will be run in the village of Vaibla near Viljandi in the South of Estonia.

Work

Activating teenage participants in the summer country camp and providing them with cross-cultural learning experience. The volunteers will do it through informal methods of teaching and working in small group techniques. Among the activities to be held by the team of volunteers are playing games and music popular in the countries the volunteers represent; drama and sports; preparing festivals and disco parties, intellectual and social games, common discussions, handicrafts; leading and supporting teens in their work on the team projects within the discussed themes of the camp etc.; preparing and leading the teen teams’ presentations on the countries the camp participants and volunteers are from. Each day of the camp will have a country presentation, a subject to learn or discuss and a related activity, and finally party in the evening. 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 for the camp program and the young participants. Most of local teens in the camp are Russian-speaking youngsters from the minority groups of Estonia. The total number of participants is ca 40.

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