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<font face="Calibri">Liebe Leute,<br>
eine bulgarische Organisation sucht einen Freiwilligen von Februar
2013 bis Februar 2014. Bewerbungsschluss ist 1.9.2012<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font
color="#cc0000"><b>VACANCY FOR EVS VOLUNTEER AT
CARITAS SOFIA,
BULGARIA</b></font></span></p>
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color="#cc0000" size="4"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Contact
person:</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"
lang="EN-US">Neda Velkova, Volunteer Coordinator</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Organisation:</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"
lang="EN-US">Caritas Sofia </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Location:</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"
lang="EN-US">Sofia</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">,
Bulgaria</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Deadline</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"
lang="EN-US"> for applying</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">:</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">01/0</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"
lang="EN-US">9</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">/201</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"
lang="EN-US">2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"
lang="EN-US">Duration: 12 months (Feb </span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">2013</span><span
style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"> <span
lang="EN-US">– Feb 2014)</span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">Project
Site:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">Caritas
Sofia is looking for two long-term EVS
volunteers for its daycare center for mothers in
disadvantaged situation “Rojdestvo
Hristovo”. The volunteer is supposed to start their
service at the beginning of
February or March 2013 and stay for a year.</span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">The
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;">center
was established</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;"> <span
lang="EN-US">some
12 years ago</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;"> in order to
financially and morally support women at
risk. The priority group are women who raise their
children on their own and
the assistance provided to them is aimed at preventing
the abandonment of their
children in institutions. Besides </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">them</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;">, there are
mother</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">s</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;">
who have many childred, adoptive mothers, mothers
lacking support because of
domestic violence, mothers with sick children, mothers
with mental and physical
disabilities and girls who have grown up in
orphanages.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;background:white;"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">The
goal
of the center is to empower women to cope on their
own. It offers personalized
social programs that deal with the specific problems
of each individual. There
are craft workshops where the women can work according
to their interests. The
workshops function as both work therapy and a source
of some, albeit modest,
additional income. The center also assists women in
finding employment. It
supports young women from institutions to transition
into leading an independent
life by providing temporary accommodation and work.
The center works closely
with the regional state administration, employment
bureaus, and social services
institutions.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;background:white;"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">Throughout
the
years the center has helped more than 300 mothers in
need. More than 60 of
them achieved and maintain a stable material and
social status, 6 of them were
hired as full-time employees at the center itself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;">The center has
3 workshops - a ceramic, a textile, and
a felt one, where the staff and the mothers work daily
and make different
dolls, ornaments, pottery, etc. to be sold at charity
bazaars and for export.
Here is a link to the website of the center: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://rojdestvo.org/"
target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc;">http://rojdestvo.org/</span></a> . </span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">Tasks:
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">The
volunteers will work closely with the staff and the
other volunteers at the center. The staff is open to
new suggestions and
activities if the volunteers want to organize such. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;">A list of
activities volunteer</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">s</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;">
can do: </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">·<span
style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);">work
in
the workshops</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">·<span
style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New
Roman';">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">spend time with the mothers at the
center – keep them company, encourage and motivate
them in their efforts and
pursuits</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">·<span
style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New
Roman';">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);">up-keep
(cleaning, cooking, gardening, grocery
shopping, </span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">laundry, </span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);">etc</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">.</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">·<span
style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New
Roman';">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);">interview
new mothers coming to the center</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">·<span
style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New
Roman';">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);">meet
and visit beneficiaries at their homes if
necessary</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">·<span
style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New
Roman';">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);">work
with children</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US"> who sometimes come to
the center</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">·<span
style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New
Roman';">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);">organize
an activity of their own with the mothers</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">·<span
style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);"
lang="EN-US">maintenance of the web
page of the center</span></li>
</ul>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">Volunteer
profile and
recruitment process:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;">The staff at
the center is very dedicated, friendly
and hard-working. They care very very much about their
little community and
they want to host a volunteer who is responsible,
punctual, and has the need to
help people in vulnerable situations. The center has
hosted a number of
volunteers so far and they are looking for someone
motivated and caring in
order to create a positive, satisfactory, and
mutually-beneficial relationship.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;"
lang="EN-US">The volunteer needs to know English at an
intermediate level in order to be
able to communicate with the staff at the center.
Previous voluntary experience
and curiosity towards new places and cultures are a
plus.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">Interested
volunteers must send a CV, a motivation
letter, and any questions they have to Neda Velkova: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:neda.velkova@caritas-bg.org"
target="_blank">neda.velkova@caritas-bg.org</a>. The
deadline for applying is 1<sup>st</sup> Sept. The
shortlisted candidates will
be contacted for a Skype interview by the 10<sup>th</sup>
Sept.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">Additional
information:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">The
volunteers will be enrolled in a Bulgarian
language course</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">The
plan is for the volunteers to share an apartment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">At
least one meal a day is provided at the center
(lunch).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">The
daycare center is not far from the Sofia city
center by tram and the volunteers will get monthly
passes for the public
transport.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US">The
volunteers will be able to socialize with Caritas
volunteers who work on various other projects.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Website of the
organization: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.caritas-bg.org/index.php?lang=en"
target="_blank">http://www.caritas-bg.org/index.php?lang=en</a></span></p>
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