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Unit 4.3. Unit in a nutshell Achievements Senior Volunteering Exchange Projects Goals of senior volunteering exchange programmes Opportunities and risks of senior volunteering exchange programmes Participants in a senior volunteering exchange project and their roles Generating senior volunteering exchange project ideas After this unit you will be able to: understand the goal of senior volunteer exchange programmes understand the benefits of international volunteering understand the intercultural aspects of international volunteering be acquainted with the components of a senior volunteering project know the main tasks that a volunteering project involves be familiar with some of the risks and opportunities that international volunteering presents identify projects that would meet your motivation and interest The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. (St. Augustine) Warming up: Friendship after war: The start of structured volunteering endeavours goes back to the beginning of the Twentieth Century. On the UNESCO’s website the following event is described: In 1920 the first international voluntary work camp was organised in Esnes, a village near Verdun (France), an area ravaged by horrible battle that took some one million lives during the war. An initiative of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, the camp helped rebuild farms and other physical infrastructure, and, significantly, included volunteers who had been enemy soldiers in the Great War. (From work camps to virtual aid, by Arthur Gillette, former Secretary General of the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service) Search the internet to find more information about this first volunteering camp, and then discuss the following: What do you think was the underlying message of this action Why do you think German volunteers joined the group How do you think local people appreciated the work of the volunteers Workcamp in Esnes near Verdun, 1920. An early example of international volunteering. 74
Module 4 – The Grundtvig Initiative on Volunteering in Europe for Seniors (GIVE) 4.3.1. Participants in international volunteering Listen / Read International volunteering means – besides solidarity and help - people from different nationalities, backgrounds and lifestyles working closely to achieve a common goal. Volunteering abroad is an intercultural - and in the case of senior volunteers – an intergenerational experience, where not only the volunteer is introduced to another culture, but also the host organisation learns new perspectives from the foreign volunteer. Basically, an international senior volunteering project has three main participants / parties: I. A Hosting Organisation II. A Sending Organisation III. The Senior Volunteer(s) Look at the following list of tasks, which is a jumbled up list of the three parties’ responsibilities (adapted from di Pietro (2006): STILL ACTIVE! A training course for senior volunteers). Discuss these tasks within your group and decide which task is expected to be performed by which of the above listed participants / parties (check the correct answers at the end of module). N° Task Participant / party responsible I II III 1 Send sufficient and clear information to sending organisation and volunteers 2 Keep motivated during the exchange programme 3 Recruit and prepare volunteers 4 Follow all the agreements set out at the pre-departure stage 5 Respect the local culture of the host organisation 6 Look for information on the host country and organisation and share it with the volunteers 7 Arrange the programme including practicalities such as meals, accommodation and travel 8 Transportation from the meeting point (airport or train station) to the project site 9 Welcoming and first orientation for volunteers: introduce the volunteer to the project and to all the members, volunteers and staff of the hosting organisation 10 Pooling of previous volunteers and asking them to inform the new volunteers about their volunteering experience 11 Take care of the volunteer during and after the project, ensuring contacts with the hosting organisation while the volunteer is in the project 12 Be responsible for their own belongings and for themselves 13 Keep and respect different roles within the hosting organisation and the project 14 Introduce the local culture, customs, laws, traditions, beliefs and norms to the volunteers 15 Be involved in the local community 16 Evaluate the project (write evaluation reports) 17 Be responsible for volunteers sent 18 Identification of a tutor or a contact person for the volunteers 19 Coordinating daily work of the volunteers 20 Provide information about arrival date and time of the volunteer 21 Help new volunteers after returning to the home country 22 Self-manage their free time 23 Provide emergency contact persons for families of volunteers 24 Coordinating daily work for the volunteers 25 Organising extra activities, e.g. leisure activities, or giving information about opportunities and activities in the area 75
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