Individual Volunteer Programs for 2 weeks

  Albania

Tirana

Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: can start every beginning of a week all year around

Description: * Program Orientation:

The participant will be welcomed at the airport by a representative of Experiment Albania. A one day orientation will be provided upon arrival in Tirana. This program orientation will cover basic information about customs, values and daily life in Albania. Basic Albanian language course will be provided to the participant, in order to enable him/her to communicate with the local people. This orientation concludes with the exploration of Tirana, the capital of Albania, visiting many cultural and historical buildings like National Historic Museum, Mosque of Et'hem Bej, Ottoman bridge of Tabakeve, etc.

* Volunteer Service:

Following the orientation, the participant will start the volunteer program. Some available volunteer projects are as follows:

- working in orphanage (animation with children, helping the teachers, the cookers of orphanage, arranging the garden, painting the classes, rooms of orphanage).
- working for different local NGO's and their projects.
- working in the local schools in Albania.
- working with street children and disabled people.

Projects are available all year around and are only in Tirana, the capital of Albania.

Highlights: Throughout the program, the participant, accompanied by the local experiment guide, will visit the cities of Kruja, Saranda, Gjirokastra and Berat, including the most important historical and cultural places of these cities like Museum of Gjergj Kastrioti Scanderbeg, Ethnographic Museum and Traditional Bazaar in the city of Kruja, archaeological site and Archaeological Museum of Butrinti, the most visited site in Albania, museum of weapons and castle of Gjirokastra, Museum of iconography "Onufri" and Castle of Berat, on the hill of the City.

Itinerary of the Program:

* Day 1: Arrival to the Mother Teresa International Airport and transfer to Tirana
* Day 2: One day orientation in Tirana, including basic Albanian language course and visits to cultural & historical places
* Day 3: Full day visit in the city of Kruja, including visits to cultural & historical places
* Day 4-10: Volunteer project in Tirana.
* Day 11-12: Full visit in the city of Saranda & the famous archaeological site of Butrinti, one of the world's archeological wonders and a Unesco World Heritage site.
* Day 13: Full visit in the city of Gjirokastra, including visits to cultural & historical places and return back to Tirana.
* Day 14: Full visit in the city of Berat, including visits to cultural & historical places and return back to Tirana.
* Day 15: Departure to the Mother Teresa International Airport.

Cost in US$: Contact us for more information

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18 and above

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Albania Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Experiment Albania's Mission Statement: Experiment-Albania is a non-for-profit organisation with objectives as follows: Promoting volunteering as an alternative of the democratic participation in all fields of social activities. Organization of summer camps with the participation of volunteers, aiming at the promotion of volunteering as a means for protecting the natural and social environment. Organization of different programs of a social character throughout the country with the participation of volunteers being those foreign or national. Developing cultural exchanges among youth of different countries and cultures. Implementation of cultural exchange programs about youth in Albania as well as other countries in cooperation with different organizations. In general, the mission of this association is to realize certain programs in the field of voluntary, educative and cultural exchanges.

Year Founded: 2006