Korsholm

Hosting two volunteers for the period 1.7.2019.-30.6.2020
Project 1: hosting one volunteer for 12 months starting from July 2019 – June 2020
Project 2: hosting one volunteer for 11 months starting from August 2019 – June 2020

The EVS will take place in Korsholm (Mustasaari in Finnish) which is situated in the Western part of Finland close to the city of Vaasa. Korsholm is a part of the Ostrobothnian region and is a bilingual municipality, with Swedish speaking majority of 70%. It is a coastal, mostly rural community, with the administrative center in Smedsby (Finnish: Sepänkylä), situated 3 km away from the center of Vaasa. Leisure and Culture department of the municipality Korsholm is hosting the EVS. The department organizes free time activities for people living in Korsholm, both for younger and older.

Proposed activities:
Project 1 (integration, culture):
The aim of the project is to add an international dimension to different activities in Korsholm. The volunteer will work 2 days per week with children aged 7-10 in eftis – an afterschool day care and might be asked to add an intercultural aspect to some of the activities there.
The volunteer will also work in the local youth center Ziti once every other week with the youngsters and also help the youth leaders with moving it to a new place. As part of the strategic EVS project ”Maailma maaseudulle!”, the volunteer will help organizing International Club activities together with the youth leaders.
The volunteer can also take a part in the 4H club which is organizing different kind of activities for children and youngsters. The integration office of Korsholm will also ask for the volunteer to help with new refugees settling down in the municipality.
The volunteer will also be asked to help out with various family, sports or cultural events organised by the Leisure and Culture department throughout the year and is also free to come up with suggestions of what they could do during their project.

Project 2 (sports):
The aim of the project is to add an international dimension to different activities in Korsholm. The volunteer will work 2 days per week with children aged 7-10 in eftis – an afterschool day care and might be asked to add intercultural aspect to some of the activities there.
The volunteer will also work in the local youth center Ziti once every other week with the youngsters and help the youth leaders with moving it to a new place. As a part of the strategic
EVS project ”Maailma maaseudulle!”, the volunteer will help organizing International Club activities together with the youth leaders.
The volunteer will assist in an integration-through-sports project, which uses sports as a method. Also, the volunteer will help the sports leaders to organise and carry out various sports events for children in local schools.
The volunteer will also be asked to help out with various family, sports or cultural events organised by the Leisure and Culture department throughout the year and is also free to come up with suggestions of what they could do during their project.

Profile of the volunteer:
Project 1:
We are looking for an open-minded and active person, who enjoys working with children and youth. The volunteer should be initiative, social, flexible and ready to adjust and work with different organizations and in different locations during the work week.

Project 2:
We are looking for an open-minded and active person, who enjoys working with children and young people. Since the working tasks are a lot related to sports, we expect some kind of interest and experience in sports. The volunteer should be initiative, social, flexible and ready to adjust and work with different organizations and in different locations during the work week.

Practical arrangements:
The volunteers will live in a shared apartment in Smedsby. They will have a shared bathroom and kitchen, but separate rooms. Bikes will be provided for local transport. The volunteers will get food money to cook their own food, and it is possible to arrange for lunch at the working place every weekday.