UF-05 prominchyk, 28.07-10.08 KIDS/disa Kherson Region, 8 vol. (18-30)

PROJECT: The organisation PROMINCHYK (“Sun Ray”) was created by active families with children with Down Syndrome and Autism. This organisation offers different activities for such children including education and recreation, provides individual support, helps to improve psychological and physiological development for children, trying to make them a part of active community. In summer it is planed to do summer recreation camp at the sea side where children, their families, volunteers and professional psychologist will work together in order to provide interesting, useful and unforgettable summer time for children with Down Syndrome. It should be admitted that Union Forum run this voluntary camp yearly since 2009 and it has very effective and positive influence as for children as for volunteers.

WORK: Volunteers are welcome to accompany children during the trip to the camp site and trips within the camp, to organise their leisure time (excursions, walks, games, parties, etc.) Support and animation, performing useful and creative tasks, art workshops, outdoors games etc. The activities will be simple and more attention will be paid to the relationship with kids aimed for social inclusion. Different types of communication such as non-verbal communication and physical contact play an important role in communication with children with Down Syndrome. Volunteers will NOT take responsibility for the sanitary aspect of children, as there will be their parents.

ACCOMMODATION: in premises. Food will provided.

LOCATION: the summer camp will be at the Black sea, in the small village near Kherson. MEETING POINT: Volunteers will arrive in Lviv, spend 1-2 days here and then all group – volunteers, children and parents together will go to the project place.

TERMINAL: Lviv, Ukraine -International airport code LWO (direct lowcost WIZZAIR flights; easy to reach by train/bus from Krakow/Rzeszow/Warsaw and Kiev. From meeting point in Lviv volunteers all together will go to Kherson by train – tickets will be booked in advance, so you should make sure you will be with the group in the appointed day and place (other way volunteers will cover the way to camp place by their own). Detailed information and maps will come with info sheet not later then 4 weeks before start date.

WHAT TO BRING: games, some typical things from your country (clothes, musical instruments, pictures, anything that might interest the kids) ideas of art-therapy games, competitions for children or scenarios of simple performances. DO NOT FORGET swimming suits and sun cream.

PROJECT LANGUAGE: English, Russian, Ukrainian

Special requirement: Motivation letter is needed. The volunteers should be creative, imaginative and curious to discover the world of the handicapped children. It would be very nice if volunteers could learn at least a couple (20-50) of simple words in Russian or Ukrainian (Yes, No, Thank you, Please, Give, Take, etc). Come with your ideas and games.

EXTRA FEE: 25 Є for covering of travel expenses to camp place (from Lviv to Khorly and back)

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