This EVS project will take place within the Down Syndrome Association, in Samara, Russia and it is a partnership project with the Association des Francas de Dordogne, France.The hosting organization "Samara Down Syndrome”, which cooperates with ICYE Russia (Lastochki), has a main mission to defend and realize the rights of the disabled guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. This organization is working thanks to Russian and international volunteers and it hosts in particular children suffering of Down Syndrome in a kindergarten.The volunteer hosted during 7 months, will integrate in the daily tasks of the association to contribute in the warm atmosphere of the kindergarten. She will have the opportunity to acquire new skills as for the organization of activities for the disabled children, to share her knowledge and to develop a personal and professional experience with such a public.This European Voluntary Service will allow the young girl and the hosting organization an intercultural exchange based on various activities proposed to the young volunteer:> Participation in the everyday life of the kindergarten, with the educational and technical team (support the needy children: help to the meals, to the reading, support in the bedtime, tidy toys)> Organization of the leisure times activities of the children > Conception and implementation of outdoor activities and manual and/or cultural workshops (sport, theater, dance, manual activities)> Organization of workshops specific to the country of sending: typical games of the country of origin of the young volunteer, discovering by the traditions and the native customs …According to the volunteers’ abilities and project objectives, the tasks’ priority will be defined on site in co-operation with the project manager.Hosting a foreign volunteers in the local community inspires the young inhabitants to take part in voluntary work and so spreads the idea of the international cooperation between the volunteers from countries program and partner countries of the European Union. Furthermore, the implication of these young international volunteers with children affected by the Down Syndrome opens minds and tolerance of the young Russian volunteers to such a public. The project will begin in February, 2016, for a period of 7 months so that the volunteer has time to adapt herself to the functioning of the hosting organization, to participate in the activities of the association and to develop a personal project if she wishes.The volunteer will be accompanied and trained by experimented members by the hosting organization, and by the staff of Lastochki, the contact organization for EVS, outside the hosting organization.