Deadline: 30 June 2014
Open to: young people over 18 with fluent English and experience in working with children and youth
Benefits: accommodation, meals, and visa costs covered
Description
Belorussian travel agency Fantasy Tours working together with the summer tourist center Zarnica invite international volunteers to participate in youth and children work camps as volunteers. They invite volunteers from all around the world to share their language experience (in English) with Belorussian children and youth at the age of 12-16. For each work camp a group of 8 volunteers from different countries will join. There will be four groups with 20 children in each group and there will be 4 leaders for each group – 2 volunteers and 2 native Russian speakers, who will provide supervision and guidance. The summer camp will be organized in the summer touristic center Zarnica situated 50 km away from Minsk.
There will be 2 dates of work camps: 15 July – 1 August and 5 August – 22 August.
Typical duties will include:
- Sharing your English experience and helping children improve their English;
- Making conversation in English about various topics such as food, travelling, clothes, shopping in order to help children to develop their language skills;
- Creating theatrical staging for the children to help them better understand the theme of the work camp.
Benefits
Volunteers will receive:
- An interesting and rewarding experience of working with youth and children;
- Experience of the the culture, history and language of Belarus;
- All food (5 times a day) and accommodation (in a twin room) in the camp for free;
- Certificate of appreciation;
- Official invitation for obtaining a Belorussian visa + visa fees will be covered by organizers.
Volunteers will only have to cover transport costs to and from Belarus.
In addition, Fantasy Tour’s official representatives will meet participants at any arrival destination within Belarus, and transfer them to the summer camp free of charge.
Application
If you are interested, you can apply by sending your CV and motivation letter on summercamp@inbox.ru.
The deadline for applications is 30 June 2014. However, all interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
For further information, please read the official call.
