One volunteer is needed to support and translate for our workshop Facilitator for the Kids Have Stress Too! session for Ukrainian parents. The workshop is aimed at supporting and educating parents on how to best assist their children who are experiencing stress and anxiety during this difficult time in their lives. The volunteer will be responsible for the translation of the workshop content as well as Ukrainian parents' questions & responses to/from the Facilitator.
We require one volunteer who is fluent in Ukrainian and English to attend the workshop for displaced Ukrainian families in need.
The WFC Facilitator will present the workshop in English. The volunteer is needed to translate English to Ukrainian verbally during the workshop. The volunteer will then need to translate the responses and or questions from the attendees from Ukrainian to English.
The workshop is held on November 2nd from 5:00-8:00 at our Vancouver location. Food will be provided for the participants, the staff and the volunteer.
What you will be helping with:
- Translate English to Ukrainian a few sentences at a time as the Facilitator presents at the workshop (with a visual Power Point presentation).
- Translate Ukrainian to English a few sentences at a time as needed when Ukrainian attendees have responses and/or questions for the Facilitator
- Translate English to Ukrainian a few sentences at a time as needed when the Facilitator is responding to Ukrainian attendees responses and/or questions
- The volunteer is to log their hours after the workshop session they respond to
Other Helpful Information:
- Volunteers must be fluent in Ukrainian and English.
- Volunteers must maintain confidentiality of all attendees & discussions at the workshop.
- Volunteers must be comfortable in a public speaking environment.
- Workshop will be held in Vancouver
- Volunteers contact information will be shared with Westcoast Family Centres.
- A Volunteer Coordinator will connect with the volunteer with more information once they receive your registration for this opportunity
- Dinner will be provided.
- If volunteers are no longer available to assist, please unregister from this opportunity or let the coordinator know to allow new volunteers to register.
Time Commitment: 3 hours on November 2nd
Contact: Kristin Lloyd (kristinl@uwbc.ca) if you have any questions or need help with signup.
