International civic service
What is international civic service?
Civic service is a voluntary commitment to a mission of general interest, lasting 6 to 12 months, 8 months on average, at a rate of at least 24 hours per week. Intended for young people aged 16 to 25, it can be implemented in the following nine areas, recognized as priorities for the Nation: solidarity, health, education for all, culture and leisure, sport, environment, memory and citizenship, international development and humanitarian action, emergency intervention.
The objective of civic service is to mobilize young people on social and environmental challenges, to offer them a framework for engagement in which they can mature, gain self-confidence, skills, by getting involved in a collective project, in the service of the population and in direct contact with it. It must allow them to consolidate their learning of citizenship through action, to take the time to think about their own future, both as citizens and professionals. (Ministry of Culture)
- location
Pour la partie de la mission sur le territoire français nous recherchons des volontaires à Nice et à Annemasse pour les deux missions suivantes :
– Education au développement durable pour les scolaires de Nice – Mission Kenya/Sénégal/Côte d’Ivoire.
– Education au développement durable pour scolaires du Grand Genève – Mission Kenya/Sénégal/Côte d’Ivoire.
Pour la partie à l’étranger (3 mois minimum) les volontaires peuvent choisir d’aller soit au Kenya, au Sénégal ou en Côte d’Ivoire qu’ils fassent leur mission à Nice ou à Annemasse.
- In France
Your missions in France will be to:
– Participate in the organization and implementation of educational activities for all audiences in order to raise awareness of the 17 SDGs.
– Approach and present our environmental awareness and SDG workshops to new partners.
– Promote our actions on the networks, update the site.
– Intervene in schools to lead foreign correspondence workshops: exchange on the themes of sustainable development, presentation of the country to which you will bring the letters.
– Help with fundraising.
The skills developed during your mission with us:
Project Manager
Field Mission
Sustainable Development Education
Education in Citizenship and International Solidarity
Intervention for all audiences
Multi-stakeholder territorial and international cooperation
Fundraising and Patronage
Communication
- In Senegal
With the Senegalese association AGADA, in the Casamance region, you will follow and participate in their activities in the field, in particular the actions of reforestation of the mangrove and sustainable agriculture.
You will bring the French correspondences to the Senegalese students and help them to respond.
You will carry out the post-project monitoring of the construction of a well and the use of water filtration kits and will make a diagnosis of the needs of the local communities.
You will welcome the groups of volunteers of the association.
- Missions abroad
Mission of 3 months minimum in Senegal, Kenya or Ivory Coast
– Preparation for our actions with our partner.
– Coordination of the correspondence project between French and foreign schools: visit of schools and writing of letters.
– Monitoring and assessment of the activities of the local partner for future projects.
– Development of new local biodiversity projects.
– Coordination of the arrival of volunteers, creation of the program of activities.
- In Kenya
With our local partner, the Taita Taveta Polytechnic School, you will participate in the daily life of the campus, particularly with tourism students and support them in their learning of French.
You will follow and develop the association’s projects on site with various partners committed to preserving the environment, particularly around an agroecological vegetable garden project with the students’ biodiversity club.
At the LUMO sanctuary, in the heart of Tsavo Park, you will follow the progress of the botanical trail project.
You will also welcome French volunteers on short missions and bring school correspondence from France to young Kenyans and help them write their response.
This mission will allow you to put your English into practice!
- In Ivory Coast
In Abidjan, the country’s capital, you will support the actions of the Georges Aristide Institute and the Zero Plastic AZEP association.
You will support the distribution of the Nice-Abidjan school correspondence and the writing of the responses.
You will offer awareness-raising workshops on sustainable development for students in partner schools.
You will carry out an inventory of the activities of the Ivorian partner and the reception of volunteers for future projects: cleaning the coastline, reforestation of the mangrove, diagnosis of the production of attiéké by women’s workshops, treatment of plastic waste.
You will be an active member of AZEP and will mobilize the youth community to fight against plastic pollution and the pollution of the Ebriée lagoon.