ESC: Change yourself
Code: 50107 Copied
Latvia
European Voluntary Service
Education
Culture
European Voluntary Service
Education
+1
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Change yourself
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Children and Youth Association "Liepājas Jaunie Vanagi" was founded in 1993. It operates on the basis of the statutes, unites 182 children and young people aged 5 to 30, from large and low-income families, young people from the social risk group and other children and young people both in Liepaja and other cities of Latvia. The goal of LJV is to promote and defend the rights and interests of children and youth. Promoting the development of active, creative youth. While working in "Liepājas Jaunajos Vanagos", children and young people have the opportunity to: Realize their ideas; Participate in various non-formal education trainings in Latvia and in the world; Participate in various activities, camps, international exchanges, as well as become a leader of camps and international exchanges. The members of the association have set as their goals: involvement of various young people in their activities; cooperation with other youth organizations; lifestyle without alcohol and drugs; meaningful leisure time; participate in local and international projects.
In 2007 and 2011, LJV was recognized as the best association in Liepaja. In 2018, the association received a thank you from Liepāja City Council for a significant contribution to the personal development of children and youth and the organization of free time. The head of the association received the award "Liepaja of the Year 2013" for the active operation of the association and the establishment of an integration center in Liepaja. In 2018, the association received a thank you from Liepāja City Council for a significant contribution to the personal development of children and youth and the organization of free time. Award of the State Employment Agency and brivpratigais.lv "Kurzeme Volunteer of the Year 2018. The most volunteer-friendly organization." Award of the State Employment Agency and brivrpatigais.lv to the head of the association "Volunteer of the Year 2018". Every year since 2008, two of the members of the association have received an award from the Liepāja City Council and thanks for volunteering in Liepāja.
💼 What the programme involves
Your main task will be prepare, plan, organize and most important - lead indoor and outdoor activities for local kids and “New Leaders Academy” for teenagers. As well prepare place where activities will happen and your working space. It’s max 40 hours of work per week. It’s 8 hours per day. Also you will have a chance to teach kids your language. All activities is going to be organized in non-formal way, using a lot of fun and creativity. So you need to prepare program, run it and support each other. You will work in team with 12 ESC volunteers from different countries. Please note, that you might need some extra time for planning activities. The work is hard, so prepare for it. Also weather conditions could be challange, cause summer here is sometimes ends even before it starts. And summer in Latvia is very different then summer in your countries. Big chance of rain, cold and almost no sun. Your projects will ends with day of evaluation.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers during their stay in Liepaja will be provided with accomodations in dorms (3-4 persons per room, same gender, same project), pocket money, food money, hot lunch during activities, unlimited public transport tickets in Liepaja, support of mentors, insurance, latvian language lessons (optional).
Travel costs will be covered based on ESC limits.
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers MUST be ready to spend first 5 days in outdoor camp with basic infrastructure, preparing their own food and try to survive in deep forests in Latvia in On-arrival training to build team with volunteers and project leaders.
During project participants will have chance to participate in different trainings for self development and to do shadowing in different proffessions choosed by themselve.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: • Aged between 18 and 30
• Good communication skills in English (basic knowledges of latvian language will be taken as adventage)
• Able to commit 2 months to volunteering in another country
• Computer literate
• We are particularly open to young people with fewer opportunities (geographic, economical etc.)
• Basic knowledge of non-formal education
• Open-minded with a good sense of humour
• Familiar with outdoor activities and team building basics
• Big bonuss if you are familiar with video making skills and know how to work with camera and after editing clips in one movie.
Deadline: 15/04/2026 23:59
Deadline: 15/04/2026 23:59
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 ?
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.
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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14/07/2026 → 28/08/2026
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Deadline: 15/04/2026
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
Liepāja, Latvia
Latvia
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Standard Time
Local time: 20:53 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Latvian
Russian
Lithuanian