ESC: ABC Children's Aid

Name: ESC: ABC Children's Aid
Start: 2022-10-03
End: 2023-10-02
Location: Kópavogur, Iceland

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Iceland Education European Voluntary Service Education European Voluntary Service Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

ABC Children's Aid is an Icelandic charity founded in 1988. The aim of ABC is to be a channel for Icelandic people to help children in unprivileged situations in developing countries to get education and home where needed. ABC is focusing on supporting children with education, food, clothing and medical help, through its partners in Asia and Africa. One of the fund raising methods is a second hand store located centrally in Kópavogur, in the Capital Region of Iceland, and this is where the ESC volunteer will be involved. The tasks of the ESC volunteer will be: performing daily tasks of the organization, mainly the second hand shop; receive goods for sale, categorize and evaluate all goods ABC receives from the local community; arranging goods in the store; communicating with local customers; participating in the day-to-day operation and administration; advertise goods on social media, help with pricing, etc; possibility to initiate project related to the reuse of used goods.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will live in a flat in Reykjavík with other ESC volunteers and will have a private room. The volunteer receives food money for all meals and will get a bus card for the whole year.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteer is obliged to attend on-arrival training and mid-term evaluation in Iceland and get informed on end-of-term evaluation meetings in the sending country. The volunteer will receive some language training whilst in Iceland. Ongoing support and training will be provided by the staff of ABC Children's Aid and personal support will be given by the volunteer’s mentor.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profil: The ESC volunteer should: • Have good English language skills. • Be able to organize his/her own initiative. • Be able to work under time pressure. • Have knowledge of social media, Microsoft Word and Outlook.
Deadline: Application deadline: 17/07/2022

ℹ️ Additional information

Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/ This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.

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📅 Available sessions

IS31189

03/10/2022 → 02/10/2023

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Deadline: 17/07/2022

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

Kópavogur, Iceland

Iceland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Iceland Krona (ISK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 ISK = 0.007321 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Greenwich Mean Time

Local time: 21:02 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

Danish English German Icelandic Norwegian Swedish