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ESC: FUNDACIÓN ALONSO

ESC: FUNDACIÓN ALONSO QUIJANO

BASIC INFO

  • VENUE: MALAGA, SPAIN
  • START: (SEPTEMBER)
  • END: 30/07/2020
  • DURACTION 11: MONTHS
  • DEADLINE TO APLY: 11th SEPTEMBER
  • SKYPE INTERWIEW: 12TH, 13TH,
  • FROM: We are looking for candidates ONLY FROM EU, as it is an approved project and we can not aply for VISA.
  • We will just take in consideration responsible, motivated and passionate application forms!

Information about the organisation

The foundation Alonso Quijano is a non-profit private and independent institution, the aim of which is to contribute with the integral development of the human being through the promotion of the cultural and educational initiatives, especially the ones which are orientated to the promotion of reading.

Goals

  • Promotion of the individual and social habits of the reading, as well as the stimulation of the literary creation both in Spain and in the rest Spanish-speaking countries or with the Spanish speaking communities.
  • Contribution to the best awareness and the oral and written usage of the Spanish language and to the disclosure of literary heritage of Spanish language.
  • Promotion of the cultural, educative and artistic relations of Spain with other nationalities, with the special attention to the European countries and to the Iberoamerican countries for the reasons of the tongue, history and culture.
  • Promotion and development of all kind of the cultural and educative initiatives, as well as of the investigation and study in such kind of fields.
  • Realization of the activities of the formation of professorship, educators and cultural promoters.
  • Promotion of the solidarity between the citizens with the purpose of improving their living conditions.
  • International cooperation to development.

Our main projects and activities

  • Permanent campaign of the promotion of Reading with hospitalized children in the Mother and Child Hospital of Malaga. The project consists in the loan books to the hospitalized children.
  • Spanish for immigrants. Personalized teaching of Spanish for adult immigrants residents in Malaga. Free particular classes given by Spanish volunteers of our Foundation.
  • Mini libraries Alonso Quijano. Intallation of small libraries in centers or public places where people can read, take or exchange books freely.
  • International Cooperation “Books for the World”. Sending books to the various countries of Iberoamerica
  • Journal Mi Biblioteca. Quarterly publication in paper form with national and international scope that proposes informative and rigorous approach to the multiple slopes of the library sector.
  • Photo contest “Reading times”. The objective is the promotion of the plastic and artistic creativity in the scope of reading
  • VG editions. Editorial stamp with the catalogue of the university textbooks, books about reading, Spanish for foreigners and infantile literature.

Our motivation and EVS experience

Our principal motivation is enrichment, that an foreign volunteer could contribute with its cultural and volunteer experiences exchange both in personal scope as in labor scope. We think that a volunteer also can enrich in its largely experience of collaboration with our entity.

Everything in this cultural exchange will be both for volunteer and association members as the volunteer will do the same functions like an other persons: classification and organization of the books, participation in the ativities of our volunteerings,organization of the materials and documentations. On other way, we want to give an opportunity to the european volunteer to become acquainted with our social and cultural environment.

Another important reasons are a support and help that lntercambia Youth organization offers in the process of the exchange of the volunteer.

What we offer to our volunteers

  • Free Spanish language classes (Language and Culture), 1 ½ hours once or twice a week, given by a qualified volunteer, at an agreed time.
  • Gain experience in useful skills for their professional future. The EVS provides skills and experiences, increases job possibilities and gives the chance of doing different works, so a choice is possible.
  • Learn new skills. The EVS enables new challenges, know new people, new perspectives and ways of living which may encourage volunteers to reconsider their world perspectives.
  • Secure and comfortable working environment, both in the hospital as in the Foundation; they both have all needed resources and both are secure.

We expect volunteers to participate in

  • Volunteering in the Mother and Child Hospital of Malaga, in the project “Get better with books”, Mondays and Thursdays, from 16:15 to 18:30. It consists in going to the children’s rooms of the children and lend them books. Volunteers will be accompanied and guided by the responsible for volunteering.
  • Support and collaboration in the Program “Spanish for immigrants”. This takes place throughout the week. We need to have all material in order and support with all needs which may arise (of teachers or students).
  • Organization of digital and printed material (books, magazines, encyclopedias and varied documents which need classification (alphabetic or by subjects).
  • In the project “Books for the World” we need to organize and classify and the books sent, as well as help with the packing and transport. We constantly receive donations and we have to select them according to their usage and organize them and classify them.
  • Support with the regular update of the Foundation’s web site: management of e-mail, revision of texts and images of web-site, introduction of new contents and update of details.
  • Collaboration with the project “Mini libraries Alonso Quijano”: selection and classification of donated books; elaboration of packs for the different libraries; setting up of mini-libraries; coordination, with the responsible people from the organization, to carry out monitoring of the use of the different mini-libraries.

Volunteers will constantly be accompanied by some staff member and receive guidance and support for the activities carried out.

There are 5 people in charge of supervising the different EVS activities.

Further information about the volunteers life

  • Example of a typical week, timetable
  • MONDAY
    • 10:00-11:00: Answering emails, updating the information in social network. Planning of the daily tasks.
    • 11-11:15: Breakfast
    • 11:15-12:00: Administration of the “Spanish for Immigrants” and “Get better with books” projects (calling teachers and students, organization of the timetable)
    • 12:00-13:00: Administration of economic partnership, subscriptions, customer’s service.
    • 13:00-14:00: Organization and classification of books
    • 16:30-18:30: Spanish language support

TUESDAY

    • 10-11:00: Answering emails, updating the information in social network. Planning of the daily tasks.
    • 11-11:15: Breakfast
    • 11:15-12:00: Meeting with the coordinator to plan the week and the objectives.
    • 12:00-13:00: Administration of the “Spanish for Immigrants” and “Get better with books” projects (calling teachers and students, organization of the timetable)
    • 13:00-14:00: Administration of economic partnership, subscriptions, customer’s service.
    • 16:30-18:30: “Get better with books”

WEDNESDAY

    • 10-11:00: Answering emails, updating the information in social network. Planning of the daily tasks.
    • 11-11:15: Breakfast
    • 11:15-12:00: Administration of economic partnership, subscriptions, customer’s service.
    • 12:00-13:00: Organization and classification of books
    • 13:00-14:00 : Going to the post office to send books and documents
    • 16:30-18:30: Spanish language support

THURSDAY

    • 10-11:00: Answering emails, updating the information in social network. Planning of the daily tasks.
    • 11:00-11:15: Breakfast
    • 11:15-12:00: Administration of the “Spanish for Immigrants” and “Get better with books” projects (calling teachers and students, organization of the timetable)
    • 12:00-13:00: Preparation of books for the mini-librairies
    • 13:00-14:00: Visit to the mini-librairies
    • 16:30-18:30: “Get better with books”

FRIDAY

    • 10-11:00: Answering emails, update the information in social network. Planning of the daily tasks.
    • 11-11:15: Breakfast
    • 11:15-12:00: Administration of the “Spanish for Immigrant” and “Get better with books” projects (calls to teachers and students, organization of the tame table)
    • 12:00-13:00: Organization and classification of books
    • 13:00-14:00: Putting in order the office. 

Application process: If you are interested in this project, please fill in the following application form and attach your CV, motivation letter and Photo. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a Skype interview on the 12th-13th SEPTEMBER The deadline for applications is 11TH SEPTEMBER. 

PRACTICALITIES

Food

Volunteers could cook their meals by their own in their flats, they are going to receive 150 euros each month.

Accommodation

Accommodation will be in rented flats shared with other ECS volunteers or Spanish people. They will be provided with standard equipment and essential household goods. and electricity, water, gas will be covered by the hosting organization. Internet connection is not facilitated by the hosting organization.

Accomodattion info pack and flat rules will be provided.

Local transport

Local transport will be priovided for distance over 2,5 km from home to office.

If transport is needed, Each volunteer will have a chance to choose BIKE or BUS CARD

Holidays

Holidays Days: As the Volunteers will work at a School, they will follow the academic Calendar. So they will have two free weeks for Christmas, one free week called Semana Blanca, at the end of February, and another free week in Easter.

Language Course

ONLINE PLATFORM PROVIDED BY COMISSION, There is no possibility to offer face to face languague support granted by the project costs.

Application process: 

If you are interested in this project, please fill in the following ONLINE FORM and attach your CV, motivation letter and Photo. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a Skype interview between 23 and 13 september,   The deadline for applications is 11TH september

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