About
Egyesek Youth Association Egyesek is a community of active youth and young professionals. We contribute to build communities where people are aware of their own freedom of choice, they do what they love, and connect with each other peacefully. We inspire, empower and support youth in successfully taking responsibility in their lives and the lives of their communities. Egyesek operates from 3 locations in Hungary (Budapest, Szécsény, and Hollókő) with 8 full- time proefessionals and 10 long-term ESC volunteers per year.
What do we do
- Long-term ESC volunteering projects
- Short-term ESC workcamps
- Youth exchanges
- Trainings for youth work
- Professionals and volunteers
- Development projects in the field of youth work in Europe
Profile of the volunteer
- you are between 18-30 years old
- you are interested in non-formal learning activities and grassroots youth work
- you are interested designing and delivering creative workshops for kids
- you are interested to spend 10 months in an international group while building the local community
- you live in the following countires: one of the EU member states; North-Macedonia, Turkey, Iceland , the UK, Lichtenstein, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Algeria, Egypt,Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia
What will you do
- Your own initiative: putting your project idea into practice with professional support
- Organization related tasks: social media, community work at Creative Space in Hollókő, assisting at our activities, trainigngs, workcamps and youth exchanges
- Elderly house and nursery home: organizing workshops, participating in local events
- Creative workshops in schools and youth centres: organizing and delivering English creative, workshops at 6 different locations, organizing events with the local community
Practical
- 10 months long-term project starting from the 15th of September 2022
- A regular working week is 30-38
- working hours including a language course and meetings, excluding travel time.
The support around you
- MENTORING: 3-4 professional mentors will help you to design your individual learning path in order to get the maximum out of this experience
- LOCAL YOUTH WORKER: 2 local youth worker are going to support you designing the session answering the needs of the local community
- COORDINATOR: full support in terms of travel, financial, legal arrangements and smooth flow during the whole period of the project
- LANGUAGE LEARNING: you have the possibility to improve your English and learn basic Hungarian for every day life
- What else? Accommodation and pocket money, insurance and travel reimbursement, 2 days of leave per month, Egyesek unique training opportunity high-quality learning opportunity
- SENDING ORGANIZATION: you have the possibility to improve your English and learn basic Hungarian for every day life
About Szecseny
The accommodation is located in Szécsény, a historical small town in the north of Hungary with approximately 6000 inhabitants. It is directly connected to all activity locations, and to Budapest as well. You can easily reach all the locations by local transportation. There are all basic institutions in the town: bank, pharmacy, hospital, supermarkets, cafés, community centre.
What to expect? countryside life, quiet and peaceful atmosphere, close to nature, traditions and culutral events, a lot of youngsters all around the town
What not to expect? big city life, fast pace of life, traffic jams, active nightlife
Accommodation
You will be staying in a rented house with 6 rooms, 1 kitchen, 2 bathrooms, and an office. There is basic furniture, washing machine, equipments, bedsheets, and WIFI is provided..