EVS at ATA

The European Voluntary Service (EVS) provides young Europeans with the unique chance to express their personal commitment through unpaid and full-time voluntary activities in a foreign country within or outside the EU. Open to all young people aged 18 to 30, EVS is a true ‘learning service’. Beyond benefiting the local communities, by participating in voluntary activities, young volunteers can develop new skills and, therefore, improve their personal, educational and professional development.

The Youth Association from Transylvania recognizes the need of the local and regional community to have young people coming from other countries, who can contribute to developing the potential of the area from a cultural, social and economic standpoint.

The role of the volunteers within our organisation is to act as support person and as execution agent to the activities and initiatives that already exist in the community or our NGO. They will have to bring their own motivation and plans in order to fill in the frame of these actions with meaningful, efficient content.

The venues of their activities are in Cristuru Secuiesc and a few of the activities may also be implemented in Odorheiu Secuiesc and Sighișoara.  In this context, here are the different types of main activities we propose for the volunteers:

1.  Supporting the local Radio station – 2 volunteers
2.  Supporting the local TV station – 2 volunteers
3.  Recycling and up-cycling education manager – 2 volunteers
4.  Support person for the Hosting Organisation – 1 volunteer

Besides all these, in terms of actually doing the activities, during the first month of each volunteers activity, the activities will be more general ones, where the volunteers get used to the community, to the culture, the habits, the logistics and the main activity. Also, in the first month they will also have intensive Hungarian and Romanian language.

The Youth Association from Transylvania is looking for any youth aged 18 to 30 who is serious and motivated to come to a small city and support us in the development of a community with a lot of potential, We do not require for volunteers to have any pre-determined skill sets or aptitudes in order to carry out the activity, only an inquisitive demeanour and an openness to learn new things which may be needed to carry out the activity. Also, we do not require participants to have advanced or intermediate English (or any other foreign language) speaking skills, we only require them to have a basic skill in English and an openness to learn the local language in order to effectively communicate with the local community. Last but not least, we are looking for energetic, creative open minded and independent youngsters, but then again all of this will also be the end result of their project…. If the potential volunteers do not possess these attitudes, they will certainly develop them while working together with us.