ESC: Collect Herbs and Make Tea in Bíle Karpaty

Code: 50545 Copied

Czech Republic European Voluntary Service Environment Social work Education European Voluntary Service Environment +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

This project is organised in cooperation with Nova Lhota, a small Moravian village in the White Carpathian Mountains near the Slovak border. The village runs an eco-centre and is active in environmental education and local herb-based tea production. The project involves volunteers in collecting herbs and fruits, learning about local culture and nature, and helping maintain public spaces, greenery, and flower meadows. It supports SDG 11 and SDG 15. Volunteers will combine outdoor ecological tasks with activities linked to tea production. They will help maintain the eco-centre’s natural garden, care for trees, harvest herbs, and clean public spaces. They will also process herbs in the tea workshop by drying, crushing, filtering, filling tea bags, labelling, and packing products. The work is mildly physical.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation is simple and shared, in the village hostel and for two nights at Salaš Travičná, where volunteers may sleep in a wooden barn or outdoors. Participants need their own sleeping bag and mat. Facilities include a washing machine, fridge, kitchenette, Wi-Fi, three toilets, and five showers. Volunteers prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner themselves from provided ingredients. The travel will be reimbursed based on the distance traveled to the activity. You can check the distance on the link here: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/distance-calculator

🎒 Leisure activities

Volunteers will join an introduction to local tea production through a short excursion and a practical workshop in the natural garden. They will learn about growing, harvesting, and processing medicinal herbs, as well as sustainable small-scale production. At the end of the project, they will visit the White Carpathians Nature House in Veselí nad Moravou to learn more about the region’s biodiversity, nature, and conservation. The project will be held in English.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: A suitable participant for this project is someone who enjoys nature, simple living, and practical hands-on work. They should be interested in environmental topics, local traditions, and sustainable production, and be ready to take part in both outdoor tasks and indoor workshop activities. This opportunity fits volunteers who do not mind mildly physical work such as gardening, harvesting herbs, maintaining public spaces, and helping with tea processing. Participants should be adaptable, cooperative, and comfortable with shared accommodation and basic living conditions, including two nights in a more rustic natural setting. No previous experience is needed, but an interest in ecology, herbalism, biodiversity, or rural community life is a plus. For more info about ESC, you can read our FAQ here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LIthaEzZ3dY7FNoMdoDheueXMwTUDQVa/view?usp=sharing This project could also be suitable for volunteers with fewer opportunities under the program Volunteering for All.
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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.

📅 Available sessions

CZ50545

17/07/2026 → 31/07/2026

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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

696 74 Nová Lhota-Velká nad Veličkou, Czechia

Czech Republic

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Czech Republic Koruna (CZK / Kč)

Exchange rate

1 CZK = 0.041274 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:26 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Czech Slovak