Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Mobility 3, LITHUANIA, KARALIUS MINDAUGAS VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER

ROLE OF YOUTH IN SOCIETY – NORDPLUS Junior project, 2015 JANUARY 19-23

VOLUNTEERING AND INTERGENERATIONAL SOLIDARITYVolunteering and intergenerational solidarityVolunteering and intergenerational solidarityVolunteering and intergenerational solidarity

2015 m. January 19 d. (Monday)
Arrival of participants, accommodation. Students live in Miško g. 15, teachers live at hotels (chosen by their own) or in our accommodation place in Jonavos g. 162.

2015 m. January 20 d. (Tuesday) 
08.00 – 09.00 –breakfast.
09.00-10.00 – meeting in Miško g., welcoming words, introduction of students and teachers, organisational questions.
10.00-11.40 – presentation of homeworks.
11.40-12.00 – coffee break.
12.00 – 12.30 – lecture about volunteering. (Vilma Šliužaitė)
12.30-13.30 – lunch.
13.30 – 14.30 – introduction to case studies, announcement of groups, discussions in groups, announcement of case studies evaluation criteria, announcement of further schedule, organisational questions. At the same time teachers evaluate homeworks.
14.30-15.00 – coffee break.
15.00-18.30 – walk around school premises, Old town.
18.30 – friendship evening, dinner in Miško g. Quiz or games.

2015 January 21 d. (Wednesday)

Activities in different towns: KAUNAS, AUKŠTADVARIS, PALANGA.



1 GROUP. KAUNAS.

08.00  Breakfast
09.00-11.00 Volunteering at children garden, which is located just few minutes by foot.
11.10-11.40 Coffee break/discussions/brainstorming for students about case study.
12.00-13.00 Lunch.
13.50-15.00 Volunteering activity at Food bank.
15.40 Introduction with institution “Home of Solidarity between generations”  .
17.00-17.30 Coffee break.
17.40-18.20 Lecture about volunteering  .
18.30-19.30 Dinner
19.30-20.00 Discussions about case study. Sending of photos to professional video makers, Kaunas group starts making video.

2 GROUP. AUKŠTADVARIS
January 20 (Tuesday)

19.00 Dinner
20.00 Information about tomorrow program, welcome evening.

January 21 (Wednesday)
9.00 Breakfast
10.00  – 13.00 Volunteering activities at rest home of st. Dominicus. Decoration of glasses with the stained-glass paint/ folding and decoration  of boxes with colored paper.  In activity participate elderly people.
13.00 Lunch
14.00 – 18.00 Volunteering activities at “Malta“ food bank. Buying of food, selection and distribution to elderly and disabled people.
18.00 – 19.00 – dinner.
19.00  - 20.00-  preparational work for case studies, sending of photos to professional video makers.

January 22 (Thursday)
9.00  Breakfast
10.00 Transfer to Kaunas




3 GROUP. PALANGA
Environmental management will be subject of mobility in Palanga.
Detailed timetable will be available later.

2015 January 22 d. (Thursday)

8.00 – 9.00 –  breakfast for Kaunas group.
9.00  - 11.00 – Kaunas group is making video with professional video makers, participating in imitation of filming site.
Aukštadvaris group arrives.
11.00 – 13.00 – Aukštadvaris group is making video with professional video makers, participating in imitation of filming site, Kaunas group is blogging.
Palanga group arrives.
13.00-14.00 – lunch.
14.00-16.00 –Palanga group is making video with professional video makers, participating in imitation of filming site, Kaunas group is preparing for presentation, Aukštadvaris group is blogging and preparing for presentation.
16.00 -17.30 – introduction of case studies, evaluation, Palanga group is blogging and preparing for presentation.
18.30 –  dinner, friendship evening, all are preparing meals related to their national cuisine, awards for best essay, video, best case study discussed, feedback from participants.

2015 January 23 d. (Friday)

The whole day departures according to timetables of partcipants.

All given programs and times are approximate so far.
Detailed programs and times will be given later.

Some notes:
    1.      Same homework depending on this topic must be done in advance and posted on the blog.
    2.      Be prepared for quite cold weather.
    3.      For national cuisine dinner maybe you can bring something national. Think about what meal will you prepare.


Looking forward to meeting You all. J
Mobility 3. January 19-23

Volunteering and intergenerational solidarity


Hello to everybody!

Thus , the third phase of the project will take place in Lithuania. This time you will visit Karalius Mindaugas Vocational Training Center which is in the Kaunas city. Our school community is waiting for your arrival. We hope that here you will have an unforgettable experience and gain new knowledge.

For more information about the plans of the week you will get in a few days. 

Don't forget to do your homework, which have to be posted into blog.

See you soon in Lithuania! 

INFORMATION: How to get from Vilnius airport to Kaunas?

Options:

1. Vilnius airport-taxi to Vilnius railway station-train to Kaunas-taxi to accomodation place
    Taxi( about 12 eur per taxi)
    Train to Kaunas about 7,5 eur per person
    http://www.litrail.lt/en/home
    Taxi to accomodation place about 10-13 eur per taxi

2. Vilnius airport-taxi to Vilnius bus station-bus to Kaunas-taxi to accomodation place
    Taxi( about 12 eur per taxi)
    Bus to Kaunas about 7,5 eur per person
    http://www.autobusustotis.lt/en
   Taxi to accomodation place about 10-13 eur per taxi

Prices are approximate, transport prices can differ a bit because of euro, that will be valid from Jaunuary 1st, 2015

By the way, there is train that goes from airport to train station( about 1 eur) and shuttle bus that goes to bus station( about 1,5 eur), but in winter time it’s better with taxi, specially if plain arrives in the morning or evening. Train goes 16 times /day, shuttle bus every 40 min.

Vilnius bus station is next to Vilnius railway station( about 5 min by foot)

Kaunas bus station is near to Kaunas railway station (about 10 min by foot)