Special requirements

You have to be really motivated and committed to the work with physically and mentally disable children. Some previous experience or special knowledge is an advantage. Although English is a camp language, any knowledge of Estonian or Russian will make communication with locals easier. Please note that camp lasts almost one month!

Leisure time

Imastu is laying in a picturesque landscape: fields, forests, lakes and unspoiled nature. It is the ideal area for hiking and cycling tours. There are good possibilities for horse riding and fishing right in Imastu. Excursions to places of interest in the capital Tallinn, Rakvere (est.1226), Lahemaa National Park as well as trips to the seaside (30km from Imastu) are easy to arrange.

EST 13 DOWN TOWN MULTI TALLINN 15.07- 25.07 KIDS/ TEACH 3 vols

Project

This project is organized for teenagers by non-profit educational association “Alternative Language Programs Satellite” within its annual activities on multicultural issues for teens. The project’s aim is to introduce the diversity of world cultures to the youth and provide them with practices in intercultural communication using the learning-by-doing method which includes meetings, visits, direct contact to young people from abroad as well as alternative language practice. The project gets 14 to 17 years old teens familiar with national traditions of the countries from all over the world, encourages them to develop their global thinking and individual initiative as well as tolerance and resistance to xenophobia and ethnic hatred. This shift targets particularly those youngsters, who do not speak English but other languages. So the camp has 3 working languages: French, German and Spanish. And 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 teenage participants 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 games and music popular in the countries volunteers represent, drama, sports, preparing festivals, common discussions, excursions, actions for peace and nature protection, leading and supporting teens in their work on the team projects.; 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. 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. You will stay with teens 10.00 – 17.00 and spend another hour to prepare next day activities. In the course of camp there is at least one day of travel outside Tallinn together with teens. Before activities start there is training in Down Town camp methodology and preparation. Most of local teens in the camp are Russian-speaking youngsters from minority group of Tallinn. Besides local teens 6 teenage participants from abroad are expected to join this camp. The total number of participants is 12-15. The camp activities will take place in a learning centre situated in the centre of the city.

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