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Help us in our Community Center in Ioannina, Greece!

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The experience

We are looking for volunteers to help out in planning and carrying out social activities for our participants, assist in the clothes shop, cook, teach IT classes, teach English/German/French, help out in the atelier etc. depending on the individual volunteer's strengths and interests in our Community Center.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa invitation letters

Looking forward to hearing from you at recruitment@beawareandshare.ch :)

What you offer

32 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent English or Beginner Greek

Over 23 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are a non-profit and politically independent organization supporting people on the move. We aim to contribute to a peaceful and mutually inclusive society through an integrity-based approach. Our project is transparently funded and supported by donations.

Since the summer of 2022, we have been running a Community Center in Ioannina, a small city located in the northwest of Greece and the capital of the administrative region Epirus. Our center is a meeting place for the people on the move from the city and the nearby camps but also for the local population. The project aims to provide a safe space and to give access to language courses, IT lessons, sewing machines, legal advice, psychological help, and, above all, social and creative activities.

Activities & Shift

- workshops
- cooking
- socialising with the people
- helping in the clothes shop
- cleaning

Rules

If you meet the following basic requirements, we would like to welcome you as part of our team. We are looking for a person…
… who enjoys leading social activities/sociocultural animation (especially with people on the move).
… who enjoys being in contact with people, who can relate to people, and who appropriately recognizes people’s needs.
… who can help independently and shows up with a lot of initiative and ideas.
… who is flexible.
… with a good command of English. Greek, German, French,Arabic, Farsi/Dari, Kurdish (and others) are a plus.
… who is resilient.
(… who ideally has a driving license).