Profile
Title: Youth volunteering for Environment: Active and Healthy lifestyles
Programme: Youth in Action Action 2: European Voluntary Service
Reference number: 547492-2-IT-2013-R2
The general description of the project
YEAH involves 24 volunteers coming from 11 sending organizations throughout all Europe (Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Poland, Slovakia) in 6 hosting organizations in Latin America (El Salvador), Africa (Ghana, Uganda, The Gambia, Malawi) and Asia (India). The overseas organizations are linked together by the international network AMAIDI. Each service will last 12 months with El Salvador starting the 1st of May 2014, Ghana and Uganda the 1st of June 2014 and Gambia, Malawi and India the 1st of July 2014. The main themes of the project are the following: health, social inclusion, education through outdoor and sport activities, environment, children and youth. YEAH aims to contribute to shape a more intercultural, more caring and more tolerant generation. For this reason the target of all the service are youth and kids thus involving not only the 24 volunteers but many more of them. The focus is on stimulate more active and healthier lifestyles starting from sport, outdoor and environmental activities. YEAH has a strong and wide intercultural dimension involving 4 continents and many backgrounds fostering tolerance and appreciation of diversity. Through environmental and educational volunteering and active involvement of volunteers YEAH aims to foster a more aware and motivated participation of youths in the society using the positive experience of the EVS and sport as a lever. Social inclusion is at the top of the YEAH’s aims. Education (through outdoor activities) and health are the two tools chosen to fight poverty and marginalization and YEAH aims to have a long-lasting impact both on the volunteers and on the youth and kids.
Venues and dates
El Salvador, from 1st of May
Ghana, from 1st of June
Uganda, from 1st of June
India, from 1st of July
Malawi, from 1st of July
Gambia, from 1st of July
Criteria of selection
Volunteers will be selected on the base of the motivation and affinity with Host Organisation mission and activities. The final Evs selection will be done by the hosting organizations. Only the selected youths will be contacted, no public rankings will be published. The selections will be based on motivation and fit not on qualifications. It is possible to apply only for one project. Procedure of selection: First part of selection based on the application form, second one based on skype interview. To apply, send the application form, to evs@you-net.eu before 10th of February 2014. For more info, write to evs@you-net.eu.