Moving Borders for Emergency Volunteering

The project aims to strengthen and increase youth participation in community life through volunteering in emergencies through strengthening of a volunteer centers network and establishing new centers across the whole border area.

The project activities are:

1. Creation of a common methodology for disaster volunteering;
2. Expanding the network of volunteer centers;
3. Ensuring special equipment and basic tools for volunteer centers;
4. Development of human resources for training in emergency volunteering;
5. Training of volunteers in disaster protection and rescue;
6. Joint volunteer actions.

The expected results are:

1. Elaborated and tested common methodology for youth volunteering in emergency situations;
2. 20 local non-governmental organizations and institutions developed as volunteer centers, including 10 newly created;
3. 20 youth workers prepared for training of volunteers and supervision of volunteer work;
4. 40 youth workers trained to develop volunteering in emergency situations;
5. 320 young volunteers prepared for rescue operations in emergency situations in their communities;
6. A web platform developed and improved to support cross-border cooperation;
7. Two youth network initiatives developed and jointly implemented;
8. Created CBC network for emergency volunteering.

The project target groups are youth workers from youth NGO-s and institutions and young people (15-29 years old, potential volunteers) in the whole Bulgarian - Serbian border region.

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Websites:

https://www.fyc-vidin.org/

https://4volunteering.org/

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ7mj6x9SCk