ESC IN ROMANIA

WHERE: Panciu, Romania.

WHEN:  September 2019

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: The Daily Centre Pinocchio managed by Asociatia Lumea lui Pinocchio, hosts regularly about 40 children, part of whom belongs to the Roma minority of Panciu.

PROJECTS AND TASKS: The volunteers involved in the educational sector, together with the local staff, will prepare and carry out educational activities for children (afterschool, literacy, non-formal education, workshops on recycling, games, crafts, sports…) and they will also participate in coordination meetings of the association and the educational sector.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC en Rumania”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN ITALY

WHERE: Florence, Italy

WHEN: 1.4.2020 – 30.11.2020

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: Legambiente Toscana

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

The idea of this project is to educate volunteers to be able to share and trasmit
eco-friendly lifestyle, discovered during the ESC project.

The project will involve a total of four volunteers for eight months and will
take place in different places of Florence and in Tuscan countryside.
All activities of the project will be related to environmental issues and education at school,
maintenance of green and protected areas, and active participation in the community at local,
national and European level.

In particular, volunteers will take part in two different contexts: one is the office of
Legambiente in Florence and the correlated activities in the city (campaigns, events, ESC
promotion, environmental education at school); another one is the natural context of Tuscany
countryside (parks and protected areas managed by Legambiente).

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Florence”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN POLAND

WHERE: Rzeszów, Poland

WHEN: 01/11/2019 to 30/06/2020

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: Stowarzyszenie Projektów Międzynarodowych “INPRO”

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

We are looking for many volunteers to work with us for 2 months periods between November 2019 – June 2020. The volunteer can get involved in following activities (according to your interests): – organizing workshops for local youth – hosting open events such as country presentations or language cafe’s, – visiting schools and promoting Erasmus Plus program, or delivering workshops about culture, human rights, youth opportunities, volunteering – hosting a radio show about youth, culture and education – helping us with administrative works in the office – working with media, photography, film (we own semi-professional equipment: camera, tripod, monopod, lenses etc) – writing articles, taking pictures of our events, – leading our social media, creating promo videos, movie recaps from our projects etc – initiating own projects/events/activities.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Rzeszów”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN FINLAND

WHERE: Helsinki, Finland

WHEN: 03/01/2020 to 31/12/2020

HOSTING ORGANITZATION:Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto (Finnish Association for Nature Conservation)

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

EKOenergy is an international not-for-profit ecolabel for sustainable renewable energy. We are hosted by the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation and are active in over 40 countries. We welcome 2 new European Solidarity Corps volunteers, 1 from France and 1 from Spain) to help us promote renewable energy in France and Spain (+ other French and Spanish speaking countries). The project activities include setting up climate change campaigns, contacting energy consumers, writing articles,… Other tasks include general support of the EKOenergy secretariat, social media…
 All tasks happen from our office in Helsinki. The volunteers will cooperate with about 6 other volunteers, from 6 countries. 
For more information see for example: https://youtu.be/Pv0AXqAkAxw

The volunteer will be part of the young and dynamic EKOenergy team. They should be eager and enthusiastic to promote nature-friendly renewable energy. We are looking for team-players, interested in initiating and managing own activities and sub-projects.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Finlandia”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN TURKEY

WHERE: Istambu, Turkey

WHEN: 15/11/2019 to 14/11/2020

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: Gönüllü Hizmetler Derneği(GHD)

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

YAŞÖM is a youth programme based in Istanbul and founded 2011. The main idea of YAŞÖM is spreading the idea of “learning by living” among socio-economically disadvantaged youth and supports their personal and social development. All activities of YAŞÖM is based on non-formal methods and Main activities are conversation clubs, interactive workshops, national and international projects, etc. All activities organize by young people between 18-30 years old. Since 2019, YAŞÖM is keep going it’s activities under the roof of GHD as one of the programs. www.yasom.org

2 volunteers will work in both YAŞÖM and GHD office to help organizing their activities. Most of the work will be in the office in İstanbul but there will be activities in other cities as well. Also there will be main task division upon arrival of volunteers.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Turquia”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN POLAND

WHERE: Krakow, Poland

WHEN: 01/10/2019 to 30/06/2020

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: Stowarzyszenie Rozwoju i Integracji Młodzieży STRIM

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

Accompanying children in games, educational activities
Helping teachers to prepare and conduct classes
Assisting teachers during walks, trips, excursions etc.
Helping children with art activities such as painting, drawing, cutting and sticking etc.
Helping to organize small events and celebrations
Teaching about your culture and country of origin (through presentations, games, songs and etc)
Organizing workshops or events for students

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Krakow”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN POLAND

WHERE: Brodnica/Torun, Poland

WHEN: January 2020 – February 2021

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: Brodnickie Centrum Caritas and Wędka Association

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

The project has two planned activities, separated from the host organization locations. We are looking for volunteers ready to work with [1] people with mental disability and youth from rural areas (in Brodnica), [2] street children from poor and dysfunctional families (in Toruń). Volunteer will work in one of these locations.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Poland B/T”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN Spain

WHERE: Punt Jove de Tortosa, Catalonya – Spain

WHEN: 04/10/2019 to 04/02/2020

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: Obre’t’ebre

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

The main aim of Punt Jove is informing and helping young people so that they can choose the best options for their present and their future. It wants to create equal opportunities Each year there are more youngsters that use its services what made the program grow.
The teamwork from Youth Department is consists of two workers. There are a lot of different activities:
-Information and help with non formal education topics
-Information and help with topics such as job research, youth tourism, youth renting,
European programs, etc.
-Sale of the Youth hostel Card and International Students Card.
-A place for searching information
-Training and Workshops (visits, talks)
-Cultural activities
-Monthly newsletters to inform young people.

-Internet service: four computers with Wifi connection.
-An information board where young people can offer their services, selling, renting offers and share everything that they believe necessary.
-Maintenance of the website of Punt Jove and many more!

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Catalonya”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN CZECH REPUBLIC

WHERE: Prague, Czech Republic

WHEN: 01/02/2020 to 31/01/2021

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: INEX SDA

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

• communication with the international participants and the administration associated with their arrival to the Czech Republic
• supporting the youth during their travel around the Czech Republic in co-organizing public events, football tournaments, youth workshops, and assisting the project coordinator with financial management, documenting the campaign, etc.;
• Support of educational programmes and trainings organised by INEX-SDA
• Possibility to get involved in the program supporting social entrepreneurship
• Raising awareness about volunteering, voluntary projects and intercultural exchanges among the Czech
  youth (organizing promo events or presentations);
• Opportunity to develop own project according to his/her interest.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Prague”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN SLOVAKIA

WHERE: Bratislava, Slovakia

WHEN: 01/02/2020 to 31/12/2020

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: INEX SDA

PROJECTS AND TASKS:

The project will be realized in our office in Bratislava. The volunteer will visit another parts of Slovakia during the project too depends on our activities as trainings, workcamps, and others events.

We would like to involve volunteers in various activities which we organize. In the beginning, we will introduce our activities to the volunteers and it will be up to them in which ones they will get involved. It will be chosen according to his/her abilities and skills. But we would encourage them to try to participate in activities in which they could develop and gain some new experiences and skills. The volunteers will be involved in the whole process of preparing and realizing the activity. Of course, we will help them; we will work as a team. We will always explain how we plan the activities and we welcome their initiative and contribution with creative ideas and inputs.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC e Bratislava”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN UK

WHERE: The Othona Community, UK

WHEN: 6th January 2020 – 5th January 2021

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: The Othona Community

PROJECTS AND TASKS: 

Gardening in the grounds of the community and learning about the energy, waste and food systems used by the community. There are also continuous tasks required in the maintenance of the buildings.

Catering: Helping with cooking, food preparation and preservation, washing up and cleaning.

Administration: Assistance in the office helping with administration. Each volunteer will also be able to
contribute to the organisation’s social media, websites and blogs by uploading videos, photos and writing.

Accommodation management: Cleaning bedrooms, washing and replacing bed clothes and ensuring that all the accommodation areas are clean and safe.

Groups and events: Helping to facilitate the events. This will include communicating with visitors, helping with activities and helping with preparation and organisation for groups.
You will have the chance too to volunteer in the local community village shop.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC en UK”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN BELGIUM

WHERE: Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium

WHEN: February 2020 until January 2021

HOSTING ORGANITZATION:

Micados is an AMO-“aide en milieu ouvert”: a prevention service with an open scope of intervention, which means we can be active on the streets or anywhere else.
Our public is made up by children and youngsters (0-22) and our mission is helping them to keep a balanced relation with their social, family and education backgrounds.

PROJECTS AND TASKS: 

Our ESC volunteer will have as main mission to be involved in the project “«Sac Ados»”.
The aim of this project is to allow youngsters between 15 and 22 years old in school dropout situation, to have a reflection period about their future by taking part in manual works, creative activities and social actions which are useful to all our community (environment activities, building and painting activities, open space maintenance activities, activities for elder people, children or refugees, building music instruments for developing countries…).

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC en Belgium – AMO”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN BELGIUM

WHERE: Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium

WHEN: February 2020 until January 2021

HOSTING ORGANITZATION:

The service RENFORTS is a part of the non-profit association ANDAGE, created in order to
improve the quality of life of people with mental disabilities and their families.

PROJECTS AND TASKS: 

We expect the ESC volunteer to take an active part into the staff work. S/he will support and accompany the young adults with disabilities during their daily activities. S/he will facilitate their investments in the tasks realization.

With the support of other workers, the volunteer will play a big role in the maintenance of a good relationship with the different partners, the beneficiaries and the staff of Service Renforts. The volunteer is a point of contact, someone who has more time to give in order to open a space of discussion for the beneficiaries with the aim of creating a social link.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC en Belgium – RENFORTS”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN AUSTRIA

WHERE: Gloggnitz, Mödling & Herzogenburg; Austria

WHEN: November/December 2019, 10-12 months

HOSTING ORGANITZATION:

Jugend:info NÖ – Youth Information Centre Lower Austria

PROJECTS AND TASKS: 

You will be part of an experienced, proactive and mindful team that accompanies and cares for elderly people. The staff members and volunteers are very motivated and dedicated to create a warm and supportive environment for their clients. The team consists of volunteers, community servants and staff members of various cultural backgrounds, offering a great atmosphere of mutual learning for everybody involved.

We offer a great variety of different multifaceted activities, such as:

• accompanying and caring for elderly people and learning about renowned methods like biography work and empathetic talks
• conceptualizing and performing activities with individuals and groups, such as music, crafts, gardening, animal supported therapy etc.
• taking care of the outdoor area, including new concepts of how to cultivate the garden
• organising excursions and events, and being creative in decorating for festivities
• supporting the PR-team in creating promotional material and content for the website and social media channels and many more

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC en Austria”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.

ESC IN ESTONIA

WHERE: Estonia

WHEN: ASAP

HOSTING ORGANITZATION: ESTYES

PROJECTS AND TASKS: 

Multiple projects in Estonia. Mostly focused on work with children. For more information please check the website. The placements listed here are actively looking for a suitable volunteer. You can apply up to 3 placements simultaneously but please list them in your preference order.

QUIERES PARTICIPAR? Envía un correo electrónico con CV y una carta de motivación en inglés, lo antes posible a voluntariat.ltv@cocat.org

Asunto: “ESC en Estonia”

Más info sobre el proyecto aquí.