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ESC: 2025 Rural Future - NATURE COMMUNITY EDUCATION

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About the project

ESC: 2025 Rural Future - NATURE COMMUNITY EDUCATION

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Smokinya Foundation offers a 6-month experience in rural Bulgaria, where participants live and work together in a group of up to six people. This project includes shared responsibilities, communal living, and collaboration on various local rural initiatives. Participants engage in activities that support the local community, develop practical skills, and experience a community-focused lifestyle. The project participation is designed to foster teamwork, adaptability, and a deeper understanding of rural life.  If you get tired easily, this is not for you 3. Bugs, mosquitos, and other wild life is all around 4. Living conditions - small village house with limited comforts

🏠 Accommodation on site


🎒 Leisure activities

You will learn: 1. what is it to live in a rural community 2. planning skills (personal and work related) 3. intercultural communication (within the team and within the community) 4. practical skills (how to use hand tools, how to paint, basics of wood work, gardening, and many more) 5. how to live in minimalistic way and be joyful and fulfilled

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: 18 TO 29 YEARS OLD ‘CAN-DO’ ATTITUDE EU RESIDENT UNEMPLOYED COACHABLE WANTS TO CREATE AN IMPACT WILLINGNES TO LEARN OPEN FOR ADVENTURES AND CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS ORIENTED
Deadline: 31/01/2025 22:59

IMPORTANT! 0. If your goal is free travel and vacation, this project is not for you 1. No ATMs, no shops, no pharmacy, no bars, no clubs in the village. The closest are 25 km away 2. If you get tired easily, this is not for you 3. Bugs, mosquitos, and other wild life is all around 4. Living conditions - small village house with limited comforts

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
  • Training before and after the project
  • Health insurance during your project
  • round-trip travel reimbursement
  • accommodation and food
  • pocket money
  • language course
  • Return Week-end
  • Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

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📅 Available sessions

BG43392

01/03/2025 at 00:00 → 30/09/2025 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 31/01/2025

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

4362 Mrachenik, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Bulgaria Lev (BGN / лв)

Exchange rate

1 BGN = 0.515905 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 21:18 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

Bulgarian English