DEADLINE 26 June - "Give the hand to your friend", Workshops on creative rehabilitation, Ukraine, 10 - 14 August 2011

Workshops on creative rehabilitation for volunteers helping disabled youth
“Give the hand to your friend”

Donetsk city youth centre of arts “EkoArt” and partner organisations (NGOs “Rainbow”, “Iskra”, I.C.R. and PAHRE COMPASS) take this opportunity to invite young people with experience of volunteering to take part in an international youth meeting – workshops on creative rehabilitation of young people with disabilities in August 2011.

Deadline: June 26, 2011

Open to: volunteers from 18 to 30 years old from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Greece, Germany, Italy, Norway and Belgium

Fee/Costs: no participation fee (hosting costs and 70% of the travel costs will be covered by organizers)

Venue: 10-14 August 2011, Donetsk, Ukraine

Working languages: English and Russian

The aim of the international creative workshops is distribution methods of creative rehabilitation of youth with disabilities in order to improve their socialization and integration into society through volunteer activities.

The program of creative workshops includes:
- introduction to the basics of creative rehabilitation for people with special needs;
- workshops and master classes on various kinds of creativity that can be used for rehabilitation of disabled people;
- visits to NGOs which help people with disabilities;
- carrying out creative workshops for the Donetsk disabled people by the project participants;
- intercultural and international communication of project participants and volunteers from Donetsk;
- international exchange of experience in the volunteer work with disabled people and discussing the possibilities of volunteering in Ukraine.

Workshop participants will receive certificates.
Number of participants: 21

Requirements for candidates:
- 18-30 years old (no more than 3 people over 30 years old may be involved);
- citizens of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Greece, Germany, Italy, Norway and Belgium;
- experience in volunteer or social activities, preferably with disabled people;
- Russian and/or English skills at a level sufficient to work in the international group;
- willingness to work actively during the workshops and apply their knowledge in practice after training.

Mandatory requirement – the willingness to hold at least one workshop in creative rehabilitation for volunteers or use at least one new method of creative rehabilitation for disabled people in your countries within a month after an international meeting, and also make a brief report about it and send it to the organizers.

For further information and contact details, visit the workshops' website here