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Do you want to be a volunteer?
We can help you, if you are from Åland/Finland, to find a suitable project. We will apply for funding for your travel costs and we will help you with all the practicalities for the voluntary job. We will keep in contact with you, as well as with your host organisation, during your voluntary placement abroad. We can also apply for money for an advance planning visit to the host organisation, and travel there together with you. It is important and useful for all the three parties to meet before the job begins. As a hosting organisation we usually have one volunteer each year. Our previous volunteers have come from France, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland (UK), and Poland. You can also work as a volunteer in countries that are not members of the EU, such as Turkey, Palestine, and the Balkan countries. Here are our latest volunteers: 
Kamala Ramazanova from Azerbaijan will be a volunteer at the Peace Institute from 27.07.2009 to 31.05.2010. Kamala is a journalist and previously worked as a reporter covering the foreign policy of Azerbaijan in ANSPress news agency. At the Peace Institute Kamala will mainly work with the creation of a network for co-operation on youth work between Åland and Azerbaijan
 Tamara Grigoryeva was a volunteer at the Peace Institute 05.11.2008-02.02.2009. She is a journalist and has previously worked as a reporter covering the foreign policy of Azerbaijan for French news agency AFP and Azeri news agency APA. At the Peace Institute Tamara will mainly work with the creation of a network for co-operation on youth work between Åland and Azerbaijan.Tamara has written a text about herself, on her thoughts on journalism and her expectations of her stay on Åland. This text can be downloaded here. From 2nd of November 2008 to 31st of August 2009 Nina Westerholm from Mariehamn, Åland, is a volunteer in Greece. Nina is staying in Glyfada near Athens and helps with saving injured sea turtles within the organisation Archelon. Read about her adventures (in Swedish) in her blog.
Jenny Lindgren has been a volunteer in Salzburg in Austria at the organisation Akzente Salzburg, where she worked at a kindergarten. Jenny's pages>>
There are many young people from Åland who are looking for interesting projects. We receive information about free voluntary places in different countries. Are you interested? Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Useful pages:
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The Peace Institute works with volunteers within the European Voluntary Service, EVS. We are both a hosting and a sending organisation. The EU-funding for EVS voluntary projects is administrated by the National Agencies, in Finland by the Center for International Mobility, CIMO. This means that we only can send youth from Åland (Finland) as volunteers.
Miquel Jordi Diez i Perez worked as a volunteer at the Peace Institute from March to December 2007. He comes from Elche (Alicante). Miquel has a degree in Political Science and Administration from the University of Granada. 
Linda Karlsson has been a volunteer in Vilnius, Lithuania, where she worked at the Shelter for kids, Mintis. Linda is studying at the Uppsala university.