Description
The project Community grows with Volunteering is implemented by Turul Madar Association. The project is necessary because it develops and involves new opportunities of active participation and also includes rural areas. Project objectives: Development and implementation of an info platform promoting also volunteering opportunities in Covasna County. Making and advertising the above mentioned volunteer platform within youngsters. Developing the after school program with 3 new volunteer actions, which will stand as positive example in the rural environment. A 3 day volunteer camp for 100 kids and 20 volunteers. Results: An implemented platform for volunteers and organizations, an implemented after school with 100 kids, a camp for volunteers and a campaign at county level. Target group: 100 children, 20 volunteers, 500 youngsters from 7 schools, 15 volunteer coordinators from NGO. Answer to challenges: innovation and new for the beneficiaries within the implemented actions.
Summary of project results
The project “Community grows through Volunteering” was born due to the weak involvement of the community in volunteer activities and lack of educational activities that would determine children and young people to engage in community issues as volunteers. The goal of the project was to expand, vary and promote the volunteering opportunities for the benefit of local community, moving towards a society based on activism and volunteering. To achieve this goal, the Promoter developed a volunteering online platform -
www.platz.ro. The platform ensures projects’ transparency, attracts volunteers, promotes volunteering and also keeps track of the number of hours that volunteers spend in a particular project. In order to promote this platform and volunteering activities in general the Promoter undertook a promotion campaign in six local highschools situated in Sfantu Gheorghe, Targu Secuiesc and Covasna. The platform was also presented during two big events organised by the Promoter. As part of the promotion campaign, the Promoter’s representatives also presented the platform in different events organised by other local associations. A social media campaign was developed. An important part of the project was the implementation of an afterschool programme for children by the volunteers involved in the project. The programme was implemented in five localities, three of which were rural. The programme involved a total number of 127 children and 20 volunteer educators. During the programme, children participated in educational activities and in personal development training programmes based on nonformal education methods. A volunteer camp was organized for children and volunteers involved in the afterschool programme. Two days were dedicated to education towards volunteering and personal development for children, especially for the development of cooperation among different groups. On the last day a trip was organised, during which the participants experienced the volunteering programme “The Road of the Bread”. The key results of the project are: one volunteering online platform; 124 children and 20 teachers involved in the afterschool programme; a volunteering campaign that targeted both NGOs representatives and young people aged between 14-18 years old as main users of the platform.
Summary of bilateral results