Would you fancy an EVS in Italy?

Villa St. Ignazio – VSI (2010-IT-35 ):

to be presented to the Italian National Agency in 1^st September deadline

Dates of activity: from January 2012 until October 2012

Special considerations about the Host organization involved: Villa Sant’Ignazio live-in community is a place to host those who are unable to integrate at a psychological, moral, cultural, economic level in the environment where they live, and who cannot find adequate answers for their problems in the public sector. The live in community has specific rules which EVS volunteers must follow, such as: coming back at 11 pm (otherwise they need to ask for the keys in advance), drinking alcohol within the community or with guests is not allowed.

Themes: anti-discrimination, adults in need, entertainment activities

Vacancies: 2

Volunteers' profile: The project is open to everybody who has a special interest and sensibility to adults in need, and could bring new energy and enthusiasm in order to improve the conditions of the guests, contributing to maintain active their physical, mental, affective and attitudinal capacities. Once that the volunteers will be permanently in contact with adults in need, they should be open-minded, available to listen to them, patient and they should have certain interest in interpersonal communication. The volunteer should be ready to learn Italian and get deeply engaged. Creativity and spirit of initiative will also be greatly valued.

Get inspired! Read one of our ex-volunteers testimony about VSI

VKE (2009-IT-210 ):

to be presented in 1^st September deadline

Dates of Activity: from January until September 2012 OR from April until December 2012

Special considerations about the Host organization involved: VKE is located in the city of Bolzano, South-Tyrol. This region is very special seen that it has a particular history and it's bilingual (Italian and German). The local culture has Austrian basis. The service is developed in both languages simultaneously: some educators and children prefer to communicate in German while others in Italian.

Themes: free-time activities, children, education

Vacancies: 2

Volunteers' profile: The project is open to every young person who has a special interest and sensibility to children and could bring new energy and enthusiasm to the host organization, helping to improve the life quality of those children and enriching the free-time activities’ possibilities. Once that the volunteers will be permanently in contact with children, they should have a positive behavior, be open to play games and make different kind of activities, available to listen to children with patience, and have certain initiative and creativeness. Basic knowledge of Italian and/or German would be important to facilitate the integration of volunteers, specially taking into consideration the bilingual situation of the region and the service. The volunteer should be ready to learn Italian/German and get deeply engaged.

Get inspired! Read one of our ex-volunteers testimony about VKE

If you are interested to apply:

1-) Please talk with your Sending Organization before applying! Discuss with them about your expectations, your motivation, inform yourself about the EVS and the specific host organization and don't hesitate to discuss any doubt with your Sending Organization!

2-) If you would like to participate in this selection process, please send us an email specifying in the subject: “selection process VKE 2012” or “selection process VSI 2012” . You should send us in this email the following documents/information:

- CV (in English or Italian, better to follow the Europass format)

- motivation letter specific to the host organization (VKE or VSI) you would like to do your service (in the motivation letter you should explain why would you like to participate in the EVS, why Italy, why this specific project, what do you think you could learn, which could be the difficulties you could face, etc.; in case you apply to more then one host organization, you need to send different motivation letters!)

- a picture (if you haven't added to your CV)

- the contact of your sending organization (name, email and reference number)

For the moment, there is no need to fill other forms or send any document by regular post! The email with the documents and information requested should be sent to sve@incoweb.org from the 20th July until the 7th August 2011 (not later!). Successful applications will receive an email of confirmation.

3-) After the 7th August, the selection will be officially closed and we will proceed with some phone interviews.

We will be waiting for your application!