Volunteering in promotion & communication of sustainable projects!

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

As a whole, our WAKE UP project wishes to promote commitment, leadership, autonomy and resilience in order to make our daily life more ethical. The current crises (health, environmental and social) require us to think about how within our daily lives we must promote respect for the environment and living together. Volunteers will experience quality intercultural learning and an openness to the world, having the chance to free themselves from judgments. In terms of activities, the volunteer will mainly work in Communications (web development, social media, content creator, photography and video, graphic design), together with the community lifestyle tasks and the sustainable and green practices of each day.

ACCOMMODATION, FOOD AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS

IDC is located in a small town,18km from Carcassonne where the nearest airport and train station are (the volunteers will be picked from there and will be taken to the camping). This region is rural, living mainly from wine farming and tourism. The cathar Castles of Lastours are just in front us, and around the area there are other castles and touristic places. Accomodation: volunteers will stay in mobile homes, in shared-rooms, usually with another volunteer of the same sex. Food: the food will be bought twice per month, and volunteers will take turns to cook healthy and low-impact food!

TRAINING DURING THE ACTIVITY

The volunteers will be supported by our staff of professionals, who will guide them in order to achieve a succesfull accomplishment of the tasks. The volunteer will work together with the team of communication, in creating innovative and relevant content to share online but also creating promotion material for events and workshops at our venues. We will teach him/her about strategy. There will also be general workshops proposed both from IDC and the volunteers, usually about sustainability, low-impact food, zero waste, property of plants, yoga, health, sport, art, dance, among others.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

We are looking for one volunteer between 18 and 30 years old. The activities will be adapted to the age and skills of each youngster. Basic knowledge of communication tools are asked. Design, creative writing, video making and photography are a plus! On the other hand, a certain level of environmental awareness will be asked, in order to go deeper into the topic with the participants. Some of the values we are looking for: open-mindness, creativity, responsability, adaptability, environmental awareness, low-impact lifestyle, teamwork, will of new experiences, personal development.

If you want to live a new intercultural experience, and share your learnings with other youngsters, join us! To apply, go to the link in European Youth Portal (deadline, January 17th).

Or contact the partner organization in your country:

• Italy – Associazione Kora
• Spain – Asociación Brújula Intercultural
• Ireland – VSI
• Romania – Tinerii 3D

For more information, send us an email to [email protected] 🙂