Leading play sessions, sports and crafts activities in a holiday program for children

  Germany

Cologne (Koln)

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: June 28 - July 19

Description: The Dortmund-Rahm Youth Office runs varied holiday programmes for children and young people aged 4 to 18 in its youth leisure centre and the affiliated adventure playground. The youth centre and the adventure playground (an area of some 12,000 square metres) offer a number of different activities, such as a Young People's Café with billiard and football tables, internet point, fitness room, bicycle repair workshop, an area for building huts, a mud-and-water area, campfire, workshops and sports field.

After a few days of introduction, the volunteers will work in all of the above activity areas  you'll supervise play sessions as well as sports and crafts activities for children and young people. We also plan to take children to the outskirts of the city for a 5-day camping trip, for which your help is also required.

The project is based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia; 20 km north-east of Bochum, 90 km north-east of Cologne.

Highlights: We envisage joint free time activities with the other volunteer groups staying in Dortmund, and there are numerous possible excursions, for example to the cities of Bochum, Cologne and Hamburg.

Qualifications: A good working knowledge of German is required, and an aptitude for working with children and young people is essential.

Cost in US$: $290 US

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range: 17 - 26 years old

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Germany Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.