Звіт ООН про стан волонтерства в світі 2011 / Report UNV State of the World Volunteerism 2011

Volunteering occurs in every society in the
world. The terms which define it and the
forms of its expression may vary in different languages
and cultures, but the values which drive
it are common and universal: a desire to contribute
to the common good, out of free will
and in a spirit of solidarity, without expectation
of material reward.

Волонтерство відбувається y будь-якому
суспільстві світу. Терміни, що його визначають,
форми його вираження можуть буди різними у
різних мовах і культурах, але цінності, що його
викликають, є загальними й універсальними:
це бажання зробити свій внесок у загальний
добробут, із власної волі, в дусі солідарності,
без розрахунку на матеріальну винагороду.

 
Звіт ООН про стан волонтерства в світі UKR

Report UNV State of the World Volunteerism ENG

European Voluntary Service (EVS)

Deadline: 1st February, 1st April, 1st June, 1st September and 1st November
Open to: young people between 18 and 30 years
Duration: up to 12 months

What is it?

European Voluntary Service (EVS) is part of the Youth in Action Programm. Its main aim is to develop solidarity and to promote active citizenship and mutual understanding among young people.
The European Voluntary Service enables young people to carry out voluntary service for up to 12 months in a country other than their country of residence. It fosters solidarity among young people and is a true ‘learning service’. Beyond benefiting local communities, volunteers learn new skills and languages, and discover other cultures.
An EVS project can focus on a variety of themes and areas of intervention, such as culture, youth, sports, social care, cultural heritage, arts, civil protection, environment, development cooperation, etc. High-risk interventions in immediate post-crisis situations (e.g. humanitarian aid, immediate disaster relief, etc.) are excluded.

Who can apply?

The EVS is open to young people between 18 and 30 years. This means that volunteers have to be between 18 and 30 years old at the beginning of their voluntary activity. Flexibility can be applied to the lower age limit – young people with fewer opportunities may participate as from the age of 16.
To be eligible you have to have legal resident permit in your sending organization country.

Duration?

Up to 12 months.

Where can I go?

Programme Countries

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France	Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta	Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom
Iceland	Liechtenstein	Norway
Turkey

Neighbouring Partner countries:

South East Europe	Eastern Europe and Caucasus	Mediterranean Partner Countries
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Montenegro Serbia**	Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Russian Federation Ukraine	Algeria Egypt Israel Jordan Lebanon Morocco Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip Syria Tunisi

The European Voluntary Service concerns almost all countries of the world. But there are some rules and conventions as to who can go where. For more information, consult the EVS Guide.

Deadlines

Each year there are five deadlines:
* 1st February
* 1st April
* 1st June
* 1st September
* 1st November
The activity should be timed to begin three months after the application deadline. As previously mentioned these deadlines are not applicable for short term EVS.

Procedure

EVS is made up of a three way partnership: the hosting organisation, where the young person spends the voluntary service working, the volunteer themselves and the sending organisation, which is an organisation which helps the volunteer to prepare before leaving the country.
The sending organisation should be non-profit making and have accreditation with the National Agency.
1st step:
Find a sending organization. The national agencies, and the different SALTO support centers can provide you with the list of sending organisations from your region.
2nd step:
Based on your competencies and wishes you’ll found –with the support of your sending organization – out which theme would be good for an EVS project for you, which place, when it would be good to start a project, and how long the activity can last.  You will look together to find a hosting organization. You can find all all projects in the European Database on EVS.
From this moment, you’ll work in a trio: your sending organization, the host organization and you as volunteer.
Within this partnership, you’ll make agreements about:
• Accommodation, meals
• Tasks, responsabilities in the volunteer work, free time possibilities,…
• Pocket money
• Language learning and on-arrival training
• Integration in the local community
• Coaching and guidance during the project
• Possibilities for a follow up project after your EVS
From the side of the volunteer, no financial input is expected. Your contribution to EVS is your energy, your motivation, enthusiasm, and creativity.
One of the organisations involved (mostly the host organisation), with compile the application form to get the funding. This organisation will coordinate the complete EVS project, and prepare together with you and your sending organisation, your application form.
3rd step:
Your application is sent to the National Agency by one of the deadlines. And now you just have to wait for the final decision: if your project is approved or not. If it is not, your sending and hosting organization can rewrite it and send it again in the next deadline. It it is, you will be informed and all the preparation to your project will begin.

Volunteers rights

• expenses of the international trip and the accommodation expenses and food for as long as the activities of the project last
• pocket money, according to the value stipulated for his hosting country
• health insurance that covers all the period of the volunteer activities
• after finishing the EVS project (or at least a half) has the right to receive a EVS certificate, usually signed by the responsible of the National Agency in name of the European Commission
• during his volunteer service, has to participate in all the formation workshops organized by the sending and the hosting national agencies

If you have more questions please visit this page.

Read more: http://www.mladiinfo.com/2010/11/08/european-voluntary-service-evs/#ixzz28z5qQofp

Nutritional Habits of Healthy Countries

Healthy Habit 1: In China and Greece they eat plenty of produce and whole grains

The Chinese diet, consists primarily of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Iin Greece, vegetables and legumes are main meals, not side dishes.

Research finds that three servings or more a day of produce can lower the risk of stroke, heart disease, and some cancers. Harvard University's Nurses Health Study, for example, which examined almost 85,000 women over a 12 to 14 year period and found that those who ate the most fruit and vegetables had a 20 percent lower risk for heart disease.

Healthy Habit 2: Savor leisurely dining the way they do in Countries like Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Japan

A meal in these countries often lasts several hours. It's recommended we eat slowly, preferably at regular times of the day, and in a pleasant environment. Sharing a meal is so important that Greeks call someone a friend by saying we have shared bread together.

For the French, Italians, and Spanish, meals provide quality time with friends and family, a practice that encourages healthful bonds. Eating comfortably and slowly discourages overeating and fosters relaxation, which aids digestion. The body processes food more easily and efficiently when it's calm.

Healthy Habit 3: Practice portion control as in France and Japan

An average meal in France is 25 percent smaller than one in America. The study also found that a typical carton of yogurt sold in Philadelphia was 82 percent larger than one offered in Paris, and a soft drink was 52 percent larger. In Japan, foods also come in smaller sizes and are often eaten out of bowls, rather than large plates or platters. Cutting back portions can make a world of difference.

Healthy Habit 4: Eat a variety of unprocessed, fresh foods like Italy, France, Greece, Japan, and sometimes the United States

Shopping in countries such as France and Italy may also involve several stops -- at the butcher, the greengrocer, and the baker --which not only increases the shopper's activity level, but also results in meals made with unprocessed ingredients. Studies show that fresh foods provide more fiber; fewer calories, saturated fats, and trans fats; and less added salt and sugar.

Healthy Habit 5: Spice up your plate the way countries like India, China, Thailand, the United States do.

Herbs and spices add delicious, and healthful flair to your plate. In addition to being low in calories and fat free, researchers are discovering that herbs, such as garlic, thyme, and rosemary, and spices, like cinnamon, cloves, and curcumin (also known as turmeric), may fight disease. One 40-day study of 60 people with type-2 diabetes found that consuming half a teaspoon of cinnamon twice daily significantly lowered subjects' blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

Make sure fresh, delicious herbs are available year-round, start a container garden on your windowsill. You can also experiment with using unfamiliar spices on familiar foods. Roasting a whole chicken in paprika, or curry powder. Rub the chicken well with the powder, then roast until juicy and tender. Sprinkle of ground cumin, a touch of ground cinnamon, and a pinch of nutmeg or coriander after rice cooks to add bold flavor and aroma. You can also add fresh herb leaves, such as basil, mint, or tarragon, to salads for a flavor boost.

Material has founded here

Camp game. The way to express hopes and fears on a creative and remembering way

fly with hope, drop the fears

Materials needed:

- all kinds of "creative" materials such as paper, glue, skotch tape, straws, balloons, etc.
- a drawing of a departure and arrival airport
- drawings of potential obstacles, such as "wind", turbulence, "fasten seatbelts sign", storm cloud, a sun, rain cloud, lightning, etc... also ground drawings like a swamp, fire department, sea, mountain, etc.

Duration:

preparing the "flying machines": 30 - 45 minutes

To provide the participants a way to express their hopes and fears on a creative and remembering way. To help them to reflect every day on the hopes and fears which they had by the beginning of the TC and to give the change to add or change the content.

Description of the tool

Every participant makes a "flying machine" like f.e. an airplane, Montgolfiere, Zeppelin, rocket, etc. It can be in three dimensions.

- On the navigating system ( f.e. the pilot, or the nose of the plane or...) should be written the hopes for the event. ( This is what helps them to go to the right direction)
The fears are written on the ballast, the luguage... The things that make them slow an potentially can be dropped of.
Finally on the engine of the machine, should be the personal contributions, the things which every participant will help the group to move.

This machines will be used every day during the reflection moment, as a help for expressing the emotions and thoughts about the past day.
The plenary group will be devided in subgroups, each with one facilitator.
The machines will be put on a position which symbolises this emotions, f.e. I am happy , so I put my plane on the sun... It was chaotic today so I put my balloon on the "seat belts on sign"...
Everybody should give a short explanation towards the group.

Materials from Salto-youth.net

HOW TO BE A RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER

What is a responsible consumer?

A responsible consumer is a person who thinks before
he/she actually buys. Thinks about: What do I want?
What do I need? What will I use this for? A
responsible consumer basically means, someone who buys
things in a responsible way and a consumer is someone
who buys things. A responsible consumer is a person
who has a lot of knowledge, he or she has to
understand the way media and advertisements work,
and is able to compare the values. A responsible
consumer knows a lot about health and how food
affects our well being, he or she knows it’s best to
choose only healthy food / best food or food grown in
natural environments without the use of pesticides and
where the animals live a happy life (organic food).
Organic meat comes from animals having a happy life.
He or she knows that if you buy organic food you
support your community and less import will be
necessary and little energy will be wasted on
transporting, whıch is good for environment because
there is less air pollution.
A responsible consumer will never buy fast food. The
whole fast food industry is built on low-cost and low
price and because of this the product has poor quality.
The meat used to make burgers comes from cows who
have a miserable life. A responsible consumer knows
about companies who take advantage of their workers
and sometimes even have children to do the work and
will never buy these products.
A responsible consumer is a person who knows that the
world is what we consume and acts accordingly.

 How Do You Become A
Responsible
How Do You Become A
Responsible
Consumer?
If you want to be a
responsible consumer you
should know what people
think a responsible
consumer should know.
People think responsible
consumers should know the
RIGHTS and
RESPONSIBILITIES of a
consumer, these are some
rights and
responsibilities I found
on the internet of a
consumer the source is
http://www.saskjustice.gov
.sk.ca/cpb/rightsrespon.shtml
Consumer’s RESPONSIBILITIES:
• The responsibility to beware and to be alert to quality and safety of
goods and services you buy.
• The responsibility to be aware and gather the information available
about a product or service that you are planning to buy or maybe not.
• The responsibility to think independently and make decisions on real
needs and wants.
• The responsibility to speak out and complain and inform businesses,
and other consumers if you were disappointed or impressed. You can
comment/ give advice to other consumers.
• The responsibility to respect the environment and not create more
waste.

Consumers Rights:
• The right to safety and protection from dangerous goods or services.
What is a responsible consumer?
A responsible consumer is a person who thinks before
he/she actually buys. Thinks about: What do I want?
What do I need? What will I use this for? A
responsible consumer basically means, someone who buys
things in a responsible way and a consumer is someone
who buys things. A responsible consumer is a person
who has a lot of knowledge, he or she has to
understand the way media and advertisements work,
and is able to compare the values. A responsible
consumer knows a lot about health and how food
affects our well being, he or she knows it’s best to
choose only healthy food / best food or food grown in
natural environments without the use of pesticides and
where the animals live a happy life (organic food).
Organic meat comes from animals having a happy life.
He or she knows that if you buy organic food you
support your community and less import will be
necessary and little energy will be wasted on
transporting, whıch is good for environment because
there is less air pollution.
A responsible consumer will never buy fast food. The
whole fast food industry is built on low-cost and low
price and because of this the product has poor quality.
The meat used to make burgers comes from cows who
have a miserable life. A responsible consumer knows
about companies who take advantage of their workers
and sometimes even have children to do the work and
will never buy these products.
A responsible consumer is a person who knows that the
world is what we consume and acts accordingly.
• The right to choose and have access to a variety of products and
services, as well as have an appropriate price.
• The right to consumer education and to become a skilled and informed
consumer.
• the right to be rewarded for something that was not true for example
there are a packet of chips which says diet food but it is not,
careless goods and disappointing services
You can also become a responsible consumer by, when a commercial comes on,
ask yourself these questions:
• What sound effects or music does the commercial use?
Do the sounds make it more exciting?
• How do the actors (using the product) look?
Do you think the product could make you happy or popular?
• Are there celebrities in the commercial?
Do you think the celebrity really uses the product?
• When watching a toy commercial, is the toy pictured in a group with
other toys that are all sold separately?
Questions you can ask AFTER you buy the product or service?
• Does the product look bigger or better than in real life?
• Does it work the same at home as it did on the commercial?
So now you know what some rights and responsibilities of a consumer are,
and what questions you can ask when a commercial comes on or when you buy
a product or service.

Material from: http://www.mefinternationalschools.com/05intist/images/ResponsibleConsumerPamphlet-Grade%205.pdf

Cocktail Party Description of Name Game/Icebreaker Activity

Cocktail Party ·         Role playing can be a lot of fun and can be used to quickly loosen social tensions and for learning about one's self and others ·         It can fun to meet people by pretending to meet in different circumstances e.g., at a cocktail party. ·         Demonstrate walking up to someone, introducing oneself, having a bit of chit-chat and moving on to meet someone else.  Put drama and enthusiasm into it.  It needn't be a long encounter, but do try to get to know the essence of the  person, e.g., ·         "Hi, how are you?...I'm name.....So, what kind of work do you do?  Where are you from?  Aren't the curtains awful!  etc. Oh, there's someone over there I want to meet....." ·         Demo again that people should start each encounter by sharing names since learning some is often one of the goals of the exercise. ·         After the novelty of the cocktail party scenario peaks, announce new scenarios e.g., o    at a cocktail party o    on the beach on a hot summer day o    in a nightclub o    at a funeral for a mutually loved friend o    as Olympic athletes before 100m sprint final, etc. o    on a blind date o    as prisoners arriving at a jail (e.g., what did you do?)

Equipment: None. Time: ~10-15 minutes Brief Description: People mill around, meet each other, shake hands and chat according to different scenarios e.g., cocktail pa

From my experience. International Training in Armenia

International Training in Armenia.
Armenia is a beautiful country with hospitable people, pomegranate trees and mountain fresh air.
Participation in international training is an opportunity to see the world in his diversity, meet new friends and gain new knowledge.
Our training was devoted to the European program Youth in Action, the development of cooperation between EU countries, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. More than 50 participants from different countries: Holland, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Russia and edc. met in the beautiful small Armenian town and within 7 days they were sharing experiences and information, learned cultural characteristics of their countries and start to become as an one big international family .
At the end of the training we were preparing common international projects. The topic of our project was protecting the environment - recycling garbage. This idea was so successful that most members of our group initiated a project on local processing during next months. In Kiev we did Art Recycling workshops for students of Kiev schools.
My advice - if you are active, love to travel, learn new things – Go to the training http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/

Международный тренинг в Армении.
Армения – прекрасная страна с гостеприимным народом, гранатовыми деревьями и горным чистым воздухом.
Участие в международном тренинге – это возможность увидеть мир в его многообразии, встретить новых друзей и получить новые знания.
Наш тренинг был посвящен европейской программе Youth in Action, развитию сотрудничества между странами Евросоюза, Восточной Европы и Кавказа. Около 50 участников с разных стран: Голландия, Грузия, Армения, Украина, Польша, Италия, Литва, Россия встретились в прекрасном маленьком армянском городке и в течении 7 дней делились опытом и информацией, узнавали культурные особенности их стран и становились как одна большая международная семья. 
В конце тренинга мы готовили совместные проекты – международные обмены, тренинги. Наш проект был связан с темой защитой окружающей среды – переработкой мусора. Эта идея была настолько удачной, что большинство участников нашей группы инициировали проведение локальных проектов на тему переработки уже через месяц. Мы сделали в Киеве – мастер-классы для школьников киевских школ.

Мой совет – если вы активны, любите путешествовать, узнавать новое – вам на тренинг. Календарь тренингов http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/