OPEN CALL | Short-term volunteering at OCCGreece

• Start of the project: 01/08/2023 
• End of project: 01/10/2023
• Duration: 2 months
• Number of volunteers: 10

OCC Greece is looking for EU and Greek volunteers for the following positions. with the possibility to combine more than one position:

• Teaching for kids, youth, or adults: Teaching English and/or Greek basic literacy to a)adult and/or b)minors groups of our beneficiaries’ community.
• Kindergarten: Working with minors of a really young age, organizing and implementing recreational activities around art, storytelling, etc.
• Women space: Organizing and implementing recreational/well-being activities for women and girls (preferably female volunteers).
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Administrative work for monitoring and evaluating our organization, in collaboration with the correspondent OCC manager.
• Communications: Use and editing of communications media via our communications equipment, administration of social media accounts, promotional campaigns, etc.
• Bike Space: Technical support and administrative work in our bike rental service.
• Computer/IT Classes: Teaching and promoting basic digital literacy skills i.e. use of Microsoft Office, setting up and email, etc to our beneficiaries’ community.
• German Classes: Teaching German basic literacy to our beneficiaries’ community.
• Mathematics Classes (Occasional): Teaching basic mathematics to our beneficiaries’ community.
• Guitar/Music Classes (Occasional): Teaching classic guitar and basic music theory to our beneficiaries’ community.

We are looking for volunteers with the following profile:

• Good level of English and/OR Greek. 
• Specific age (18-30 years old)
• Being easy-going and eager to work in an intercultural, autonomous environment. 
• Being motivated, proactive, open-minded, creative, and self-reliant. 
• Available to share an apartment and bedroom with other volunteers (shared rooms with exclusively same-sex/gender volunteers).

The project is funded by the European Commission through the European Solidarity Corps program. This means that volunteering provides:

• Travel costs (up to 275€ approx.)
• Accommodation: Free accommodation is offered in Polikastro, Greece, along with other volunteers. Apartments are fully equipped (kitchen, bathrooms, washing machine, etc.). (Shared bedrooms with other volunteers of the same gender)
• Monthly food + pocket money (275€)
• Insurance (Henner)
• Language courses (in person or online)

If you meet the requirements, are ready to engage yourself by contributing to a more inclusive society working in a challenging environment, and wish to live and work in an international environment, apply now! 👇