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The Youth Programme European Voluntary Service for young People ( E.V.S.
) is based in three simple ideas:
- it offers young
people the opportunity to spend a period of up to 12 months in another
country and to get involved as a volunteer in a local project of a
non-profit making nature;
- it also allows a
wide
range of different organisations to work
together and build international partnership by sending or hosting
volunteers.
- the activities
developed by the volunteers taka place in a wide range of thematic areas
such as social, cultural, educational, environmental, historical,
development, etc.
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Participating in the
EVS project allows you:
to
broaden your horizons;
to familiarise
yourself with different social and cultural environment;
to
become more independent and mature;
to
acquire practical skills;
to
improve language skills;
to
learn about taking responsibility and working in a team
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If you are between 18 and 25 years old, willing
to dedicate 6 to 12 months of your time contributing to a local a
project and gaining personal development, and if you are enthusiastic
and full of dynamism, you are the right candidate OR you are interested
in EVS but due to your situation or background, 6 months are too much of
a challenge? You might want to try the EVS short-term projects. This is
open exclusively to "young people with less opportunities" and aims at
giving them access to the YOUTH programme, and to EVS in particular.
Projects have a duration from 3 weeks to 6 months, they involve
individual or small groups of volunteers.
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If you are interested in the
project and you would like to find a hosting organization and info about
different projects all over Europe, then check out the EU database
which includes descriptions for approved EVS
host placements in the so-called
Programme Countries
of the YOUTH Programme. Visit this this site for more
info:
http://youth.cec.eu.int/asp/query_country_theme.asp
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.:If you
need any further information or how to proceed incase of willing to
participate as an EVS volunteer then visit the
SOS Volunteer Helpdesk site provided by the European
Union:.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/sos/vh_evs_en.html
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