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ESC: BSS - Burgos Solidaria y Sostenible

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About the project

ESC: BSS - Burgos Solidaria y Sostenible

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

AMYCOS is a Development NGO, which is non-religious, independent and pluralistic. Its first objective is to promote justice and equality. This goal commits AMYCOS to multiple objectives: to work for peace and reconciliation, support nonviolence, and to fight against all forms of discrimination (religious, gender, social class, ethnicity etc.) to face up to the fact that at the same time as material prosperity is increasingly concentrated to the few there is growing hunger and poverty in the world, to staunchly defend the human rights of the people, to promote attitudes and policies that lead us to create responsible relationships with the environment. With these purposes AMYCOS has developed different strategic lines, which we focus our motivations, skills and passion. The action fields where we work on are: 1. Awareness Raising and Education for the sustainable development: because education creates a more aware and informed generation. 2. Advocacy: because we believe that the world can change. 3. .Development Cooperation Projects: because solidarity is justice. 4. Social Action: because there are a lot of things to do in a local territory. 5. International Volunteering: to understand the reality you should live it. With the knowledge that unity gives strength, AMYCOS tries to maintain a network in many different fields, collaborating actively with other NGOs and participating in different campaigns, in a local, national or international level.

💼 What the programme involves

!! Please apply via https://www.icja.de/content/freiwilligendienste/programme/esk-dein-europaeischer-freiwilligendienst !! The main activity will be working in a vegetable organic garden that grows seasonal vegetables (potatoes, cabbage, onions, etc.) and boosting ethical purchasing groups, contributing to awareness-raising of responsible consumption and production. The volunteer should be aware that the work will be strictly physical. However, depending on the characteristics of each volunteer, there will be space to promote a “green” network, by collaborating with other organizations in both education and communication activities. The volunteer will spend most of the time working in the organic garden (inbetween 2 and 3 days). During the remaining time the volunteer will attend spanish classes and be involved in some activities, during the afternoon, regarding 2 additional area of action. The volunteers will choose the activities that are more connected with their interests.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be hosted in an apartment provided by Amycos, in accordance with the basic qualitative standards. Specifically, the accommodation will be situated in the city of Burgos in a single or shared room depending on the availability. Accommodation costs will be covered by Amycos. The volunteer will receive a monthly food allowance of 180€ plus pocket money of 180€. Travel costs are covered by the programme. The budget is based on the travel distance per participant from their residence to the venue of the activity and back, from a minimun of 275€ up to a max of 360€.

🎒 Leisure activities

There will be an english speaking Mentor for answering questions and helping in different ways. Also, the volunteer will receive an On-Arrival-Training at the beginning and a Mid-Term-Evaluation after half of their time.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are lookig for young and motivated people that are not scared of phisycal work! That's a must, since the project will be mostly carried out in a vegetable garden. The volunteer has to be perfectly able and happy to do physical and hard work in the vegetable organic garden. At the same time, it’s preferable that volunteers are sensitive to and involved in social issues such as sustainability, immigration, and poverty. Spanish language knowledge will be especially appreciated but it’s not a basic requirement.
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/06/2024

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

ES38406

01/09/2024 at 00:00 → 01/06/2025 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 15/06/2024

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

Burgos, Spain

Spain

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:36 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish