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The brochure of the EVS project Young volunteers in Moldova

Young volunteers in Moldova, Bacau county

Our organization coordinated between October 2012. and October 2013. the EVS project entitled Young volunteers in Moldova during which the Association of Csango-Hungarians in Moldova hosted 4 volunteers from Hungary, 3 volunteers for a period of 11 months, 1 volunteer for a period of almost 2 months.

During the EVS, the volunteers had the chance to get to know the life of an ethnical group which has a special cultural peculiarity in Europe. However, the infrastructure of the Moldavian Csango villages shows a notable backward of several tens of years from the European average. The compound of cultural wealth and the backward of the infrastructure is typical of the environment in which the volunteers had the opportunity to gain experience.

The scope of the project was to involve volunteers in the preservation of the Csango cultural values, in the amelioration of the social problems this community struggles with and in the facilitation of the social integration of the Csango youths.

The volunteers had the role to support the activities of the hosting organization in the middle of the Csango community from Bacau County. They carried out a wide variety of types of activities in the Csango villages they were assigned, for example cultural, informational, social and educational activities. The cultural activities organized included ballad singing competitions and poems recital competitions, folkloric and cultural nights. The educational activities focused around organizing extracurricular programs for the Csango children, during which they learned literature and grammar, Hungarian language. Vali Edit, one of the volunteers, declared that at the beginning she was stressed, because she did not know how to communicate to the children that they can come to her to learn Hungarian, at another school, after the normal school schedule, but the gossip that she is in the village was spread out quickly and the second day after her arrival around 15 children came to the activities.

The present project offered the possibility to the volunteers to carry out varied activities and tasks and in this way to develop a large variety of competences which they can valorize in the future in their professional and personal life (communication on mother tongue and on foreign languages, creativity and entrepreneurship, digital competences, cultural awareness, etc.).

On the webpage of the project and on blog of the volunteers you can read more information regarding the stage of the young participants, about their activity and experiences related to their stay in the Csango community.

The project was financed by the European Commission through the Youth in Action Program, action 2 – European Voluntary Service.

The youth initiative E.R.A.S.E. – Europe Rejects All types of Stereotypes and Exclusion ended!

Young volunteers in Moldova

The EVS project entitled “Young volunteer in Moldova” takes place in Bacau, the EVS has started from October 2012. During the project, the Association of Hungarian Csangos from Moldova hosts 3 volunteers from Hungary for 11-11 months.
The volunteers take part in spare-time activities and provide social and training services to the inhabitants of 16 Moldavian Csango villages.
During the EVS, the volunteers have the chance to get to know the life of an ethnical group which has a special cultural peculiarity in Europe. However, the infrastructure of the Moldavian Csango villages shows a notable backward of several tens of years from the European average. The compound of cultural wealth and the backward of the infrastructure is typical of the environment in which the volunteers have the opportunity to gain experience.
Through our programs they have to face some tasks:
• Organizing handicraft activities and other activities for the children from kindergarten – the volunteers organize creative workshops for children like beading, painting, pottery which contribute to the development of the creativity of the volunteers and of the children.
• Organizing sport activities for a healthier life – the volunteers organize sport activities and competitions for the children and for the youth in order to motivate them to live a healthy life, these activities contribute to the development of motoric skills of the participants and help them to become aware of the importance of moving in order to avoid obesity, overweighting and other health problems.
• Organizing and managing summer camps – through these events the volunteers contribute to the personal and social development of the target persons and also of the volunteers.
• Organizing folkdance and other cultural activities – the volunteers will help to promote the culture of the Csango people and familiarize the community with their cultures (Hungarian). These activities contribute to the establishment of intercultural dialogue between the volunteers and the local-regional community.
• Health information programs – the volunteers organize these programs in order to inform the youth, children and adults of the importance of hygiene, because the region is very poor and many children suffer from illnesses and health problems caused by the lack of hygiene.
• Organizing English courses – the volunteers organize English courses for the Csango youth and children in order to facilitate their social inclusion.
• Organizing EVS seminars on youth program - the volunteers organize these seminars in order to make the youth acquainted with the concept of personal development, the concept of volunteering, to motivate them to participate at such programs and in this way to facilitate their social inclusion.
• Organizing meetings with NGOs –the volunteers organize these events in order to facilitate the cooperation between the organizations by establishing common goals, planning common activities.
• Offer support for teachers, volunteers and residents - in this way the volunteers familiarize with the community.
• Paperwork associated with the activities – the volunteers complete and compile the entire relevant documents which are needed during the activities (reports, diplomas, evaluations, material for the courses, etc.).

The voluntary stage of the 3 youths will end in October 2013.

Source of the photo:  MCSMSZ FACEBOOK

Did you know?

“The European Voluntary Service enables young people to carry out voluntary service for up to 12 months in a country other than their country of residence. It fosters solidarity among young people and is a true “learning service”. Beyond benefiting local communities, volunteers learn new skills and languages, and discover other cultures. Non-formal learning principles and practice are reflected throughout the project.
An EVS project can focus on a variety of themes and areas, such as culture, youth, sports, social care, cultural heritage, arts, civil protection, environment, development cooperation, etc. High-risk interventions in immediate post-crisis situations (e.g. humanitarian aid, immediate disaster relief, etc.) are excluded. ”
More information here.

Visual Communication – Tool for Understanding

Making Of (short Version):

Making of (Long version)

Introduction movie:

Group 1 Same world for all:

Group 2 No hands allowed:

Group 3 It is not a chess game:

Group 4 Another brick in the wall:

Group 5 closed door:

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Visual communication. tool for understanding

Our 1.1 youth exchange, entitled “Visual Communication.Tool for Understanding.”

took place between 26.03.2011-03.04.2011, in Oradea.

This exchange was financed by the European Communitie’s Youth in Action Program. In the program participated six-six participants, from five countries: Italy, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Romania, totally 30 participants. The themes of the project were social exclusion, youth unemployment and poverty. The aim of the project was to make short animations with the ‘stop-motion’ technique, about the themes of the exchange. In the project participated people with visual problems, blinde and deaf-mute people. The participants were formed in mixed groups to satart making the films. During the week, the participants had opportunities to participate at cultural events as the intercultural evening, karaoke night, and a piano concert organized by the participants and played by two blind participants. At the end of the project the films made by the participants were shown in a local pub, where many other people could see them.

Dialogue without sound: for equal chances!

This youth initiative has the aim to ensure an environment for non formal learning of sign language for a mixed group of deaf-mutes and persons whitout disability. In the six months 16.08.2010 – 28.03.2011, the participants have the chance to learn sign language and to get to know deaf-mute people. Meantime we would like to help the deaf-mute participants to integrate in groups of people, who do not have deficiencies, and to maintain and strengthen the ties made during the programs. We include 10 deaf-mutes and 30 people without hearing problems who learn about the world of deaf-mute people and the world of those without difficulties. Moreover they are learning sign-language with non formal methods like, workshops, artistic activities, games of improvisation, etc.

Understanding – Without Words: Animations

Making Of:

Intro:

Open Your Eyes:

Last Supper:

Hinta Palinta:

For Womens Smile:

Clean Up Job:

Understanding – Without Words

The exchange program between 10 and 18 of April had the title: “Understanding without words”. In the program youths from five countries took part: Spain, Greece, Czech, Hungary and Romania. The participants made animations for a week about the topic of understanding, discrimination against women and equality. The participants, with hard work tried to show their opinion, without words, about the topics, with the help of these animations. The animations were showed on 15. April in the “Szabadság”( Freedom) cinema under the Black Eagle Palace.

Vocational Training in Budapest 2010

Vocational Training in Budapest On the 07th of February 2009, we submitted a Leonardo da Vinci project entitled Vocational training in Budapest to the Agentia Nationala pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educatiei si Formarii Profesionale (www.anpcdefp.ro) and it got accepted. Organizing begins in September.

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