12 volunteers will work in Kokkola and surrounding villages in schools withthe theme of friendship. The volunteers will plan and lead functionalworkshops about friendship and interaction skills for children at localschools in Kokkola. During this project, volunteers will learn how to: Planand implement workshops for children; Manage their time wisely in bothplanning and in the schools when implementing workshops; Engage andmotivate children to participate; Communicate effectively using verbaland non-verbal communication.

Tâches du volontaire:

Volunteers will work in Kokkola andsurrounding villages in schools with thetheme of friendship. They are going to planand lead functional workshops aboutfriendship and interaction skills for childrenof different ages. Volunteers work with the people theymeet to think about what a good friend islike, how to maintain a friendship, and howto create friendships. We encourage participants to bring theirown ideas and competences whenplanning and realizing the content of thedifferent events and activities organizedduring the project.

The volunteer will work 5 days a week, approximately 35 hours. The working hours are usually from 9-16 including lunch break, but sometimes work times can vary depending on events that we are taking part in. In that case, work can also
be in evening time for example from 14.00-20.00 or 7.00-14.00.

During the project, the volunteers will live in Villa Elba in Lassela or in cottages. The cottages fit 8 people each and are uniquelyfurnished and have a toilet, shower, kitchenette,WIFI and TV.

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The participants are young people seeking new possibilities to their lives.The volunteers can be unemployed, face educational, economic, social orphysical challenges or have low language skills. We wish that thevolunteers are interested in working with children. There is no need ofprevious experiences just the interest to try it out and learn more!