Organization: Asociatia Voluntariat pentru Viata
Project title: IT’S #UPTOYOUTH!
Project description: the project involves 20 ESC volunteers (15 Europeans + 5 Romanians) who are going to support community mini-projects initiated in a voluntary manner by children/youngsters with the help of the ESC volunteers.

• Civic participation of children and involvement in the community life they belong to is of great importance for their development as future adults, as well as for the development of the community and society as a whole, which are often affected by passivity and lack of civic involvement and initiative. In this project, we start from the premise that active participation cannot be taught by simply listening to or memorizing norms and rules, but by practicing and getting involved in the community.

• We aim for the project to transform children from spectators into architects of change in their own community. Children and young people, together with ESC volunteers and teachers, become active agents of change through social entrepreneurship and community involvement. They will work as a team, gain confidence in their ability to create change, and develop their 21st-century skills. By being directly involved in the change they want to bring to the community, children, young people, and volunteers will have the opportunity to experience how they can help solve community problems themselves.

Period: 01.09.2023 - 31.05.2024
Application and more information: through the Youth Portal.
Contact: sev.voluntariatpentruviata@gmail.com