ESC: Beneath the Cover - Sint Maarten

Name: ESC: Beneath the Cover - Sint Maarten
Start: 2026-08-01
End: 2026-09-30
Location: Savaneta, Aruba

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

We are looking for one exceptional volunteer to complete our team of 6 for a life changing experience. The project will take place in Point Blanche the prison of Sint Maarten (Dutch side) and MLC Juvenille centre here we will have equal number of detainees and international volunteers working on the creation, illustration and photography for a book we will create together - Beneath the Cover - where inmates from the wider prison population will have the chance to tell their story - either their past life or the future vision or maybe both. You will work along a group of amazing men who are open to changing the trajectory of their lives. We expect you to give alot but to gain even more. It is unlikely that this experience will not effect you for the rest of your life. To work on this project with these men is a priveledge, hence our search for a special volunteer. Please apply if you have skills in creative writing, poetry or spoken word and leading groups in this field.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will stay in a shared accommodation in a shared room - please tell us at application stage if you do not wish to share with a different sex volunteer. You will be collected each day and driven to work You will take meals at the prison with the detainees and have money for weekend and other meals to prepare your own food. Please be aware the project is in Sint Maarten not Aruba delivered in partnership with Sint Maarten Development Fund and co-financed by United Office of Drugs and Crime. Please see our website for more infiormation

🎒 Leisure activities

You will have training around the Nelson Mandela rules You will take part in an on-arrival training on the first day of your project You will be supported by United Nation Office of Drugs and Crime, point Blanche Prison, MLC centre and Tur Cos Ta Posibel. There will be training throughout the activity and you will be training other volunteers to support the work with the wider prison population.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: An excetional volunteer - one of a kind with: Skills needed to create a book reday for publishing Skills to engage others and bring out their creativity Skills to teach the core team how to continue this work when you leave Ability to bring groups together for discussion (e.g co-ordinating a book club or movie discussion club) Confident & mentally tough Over 23 years old Speak English (French and Spanish also beneficial) PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SKILLS OR NEED A VISA IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE OUR APPLICATION FORM AND SEND A MOVTIVATION LETTER WE WILL NOT REPLY If you do not recieve any communication from us one week after the deadline please assume on this occassion you have been unsuccesful. If your application is incomplete or does not meet the criterea above we will not read it.
Deadline: 11/07/2026 13:00

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📷 Project photos

ESC: Beneath the Cover - Sint Maarten

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📅 Available sessions

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01/08/2026 → 30/09/2026

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Deadline: 11/07/2026

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

Savaneta, Aruba

Aruba

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Aruba Guilder (AWG / ƒ)

Exchange rate

1 AWG = 0.500253 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Atlantic Standard Time

Local time: 20:58 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

Dutch English Spanish