VOLUNTEERCENTRE

"A.C. Patria" helps young people and organizations to discover volunteering opportunities in Lithuania and abroad, consults on local and international volunteering issues.

The Volunteer Center implements local, national and international volunteer programs. We work with volunteers and with volunteer host organizations. The Volunteer Center develops two directions, local and international volunteering.

Local volunteering"Youth Social Years"

  • Short-term (up to 3 months)or long-term (from 3 months)
  • Age: from14 to 29 years.
  • Time: atleast2 hours/week.
  • A certificate is issued
  • Organizations do not need accreditation, the program is implemented in Kaunas
  • Individual meetings with a mentor and group meetings of volunteers, trainings.

If you want to become a local volunteer, write to the volunteer mentor Almedai patria.savanoriai@gmail.com, 863058865 or just visit Patria.

National Volunteering Program"Youth Voluntary Service"

It is an opportunity not only to discover a pleasant course of activity, but also to get to know yourself better!

  • Duration:6 months.
  • Age: from14 to 29 years.
  • Time:40 hours/monthin total:240 hours.
  • Registration: 2 times per yearat JRD page:jrd.lt
  • A certificate is issued
  • Organizations need accreditation
  • Individual meetings with a mentor and group meetings of volunteers, trainings.

If you want to participate in the program, contact the volunteer mentor Almeda patria.savanoriai@gmail.com, 863058865 or Birutejst.patria@gmail.com, 863096690.

The national project "Judam" is aimed at young people who are not working or studying. If you are looking for opportunities to volunteer, please contact the volunteer coordinator Egle judam.patria@gmail.com, +370 658 93570.

International Volunteering Program"European Solidarity Corps"

  • Duration: short-tem (up to 3 months)or long-term (from 3 months)
  • Age: from18to 29 years.
  • Time:35 hours/week
  • A certificate is issued
  • Organizations need accreditation
  • Lithuanians can go to another country to volunteer. Foreigners can come to Lithuania to volunteer.

If you would like to do international volunteering abroad, write to Aušrinė at esk.patria@gmail.com .

If you would like to host international volunteers at your organization, contact Deimantė at solidarity.patria@gmail.com.

For general questions related to volunteering, training, opportunities to volunteer or to accept volunteers, please contact the coordinator of the A.C.Patria Volunteer Center Birutė:buksavanoriu@gmail.com, 863096690.

Seeing a great interest in volunteering, we also provide counseling to those over 29 years of age. people with a desire and time to volunteer.

HOWDO WE WORK?

We see volunteering as a learning process in which volunteers are involved and the acceptingorganizations..

 Values that are important to us:

  • equivalent relationships
  • physical and psychological security
  • growth of young person's independence

Every volunteer has a mentor, with whom regular meetings take place. During them, the volunteer reflects on his / her perceptions, problems, and competencies to be developed. In this way, the volunteer names what he / she learned during the service, what skills he / she acquired, how his / her attitude changed. Mentors also help to look more constructively at opportunities in conflict situations.

Curators of host organizations also work closely with mentors to discuss a variety of situations, help the volunteer integrate, consult when difficulties arise, and work together to find constructive solutions and compromises from all difficult situations. 

These measures are justified because volunteers coordinated by A.C. Patria, even after completing their service earlier, usually make a decision after understanding valuable things about themselves and others. The cessation of volunteering in our organization is not spontaneous: in the event of difficulties, the most appropriate solution is considered together.

We solve the problem in stages, providing feedback, informing the volunteer how we see the situation and what the prospects are.

If you are interested in volunteering, have questions, please contact our team!

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