ESC: Caring for water and rivers in the era of climate change
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About the project
ESC: Caring for water and rivers in the era of climate change
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
💼 What the programme involves
GAIA runs an educational program in Bozevce village, which serves as a polygon for natural building, environmental and biodiversity protection, permaculture, community living and sustainable practices. In an ever-warmer world, water is a crucial issue. Kosovo is particularly affected by water-related problems: drought and flooding are becoming more frequent due to climate change, pollution and river destruction... However, nature-based solutions (NBS) exist to solve or adapt to these problems. This project aims to foster environmental stewardship among young volunteers by involving them in the implementation of NBS. They will participate in the creation of a reed bed to treat wastewater from the neighbouring village. The volunteers will also carry out the ecological restoration of a river damaged last year by dredging and tree felling, biodiversity monitoring, community outreach, and the installation of educational signs.
There will be many different learning opportunities for the participants: - Design of a reedbed - Introduction to nature-based solutions - River restoration - Presentation of environmental issues in Kosovo - Citizen science - - Biodiversity inventory - How to cook vegetarian meals for big groups - How to live and share resources with others - Probably much more…
🏠 Accommodation on site
🍲 Food
Cooking and cleaning will be done in teams and food will be vegetarian, seasonal, local, healthy, and very tasty.
🎒 Leisure activities
During their free time, the volunteers will be able to play games, read books, go for walks or rest in hammocks in the orchard. Sometimes we will go for a coffee with neighbours or football games with youngsters. Trips outside the village can be organized as well, but the costs will have to be shared. We usually recommend visiting the National Park Sharr.
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: 12/04/2025 12:00
ℹ️ Additional information
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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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
XK44977
12/05/2025 at 00:00 → 28/05/2025 at 00:00
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
Bozevce 62000
Kosovo
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 22:08 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken