5 MARCH 2009

Project title: Rizsas
Organisation: Rizsas evs
Main theme for the project: Social inclusion
Project type: European Voluntary Service
Country: Belgium
Place: Betekom
The project starts: 2009-8-23
The project ends: 2009-8-2
Deadline for applications: 2009-3-15
Duration: 0
Group age (average): Not specified
Summary of the project: Since 5 years we are running a small farm, called Rizsas, for youngsters that through different circumstances not attend the normal school program. In this place the volunteer will help in creating space and activities to bring these youngsters in action. The centre is a meeting point of different people: social workers, the organisation, employees of the project, volunteers and youngsters. It is important for us to create a big network with different impulses around the project, because each youngster is unique and each youngster may need another impulse to go on with his life. In our organisation we are always looking for new impulses from the outside that can trigger our youngsters to act, to do, or learn something. This EVS can be an experience for our youngsters and we are also convinced that it can be an experience for the volunteer. EVS-volunteers in our setting can mean an EVS-experience or other intercultural experience for one of our youngsters. It is a small place, but a lot of people are coming and going here during the year.
Special considerations: The youngsters attendign the centre are youngsters from socially disadvantaged area.
So the EVS-volunteer has to be mature enough to deal with this.