ESC: Community Recovery Program through Volunteer Activities

Name: ESC: Community Recovery Program through Volunteer Activities
Start: 2024-07-22
End: 2026-05-01
Location: Zaprešić, Croatia

Code: 41676 Copied

Croatia European Voluntary Service Social work Environment European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Youth will be involved in social inclusion activities with children and youth (arts, crafts, sports, music, dance, games, non-formal learning, etc.),international volunteer camps, environmental awareness and sustainability activities, eco gardening and much more. Volunteers will participate in activities and workshops with children and youth but also with earthquake affected elderly as an intergenerational element and promote resilience and recovery. Suncokret Center for Community Development runs a local volunteer center and a community center in a beautiful rural postwar area. At the Suncokret community center we provide afterschool nonformal learning activities for the local children and youth. We provide everything from educational activities, to arts/crafts, games, sports, fun and creative workshops. We conduct environmental awareness and sustainability workshops, eco gardening and maintaining our organic gardens and orchards and conduct eco construction activities.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The accommodation is walking distance from Suncokret community center. It is a house share and most often volunteers have their own rooms while they share a bathroom and kitchen with others. There may be temporary periods of sharing rooms. Volunteers will receive a food allowance once a month from the hosting organization. Volunteers purchase and cook their own meals. In addition, the hosting organization will give the volunteers pocket money allowance once a month. Volunteers have international health insurance and travel to the volunteer location is covered to a certain amount.

🎒 Leisure activities

Suncokret will appoint a mentor for volunteers. The mentor will provide personal support to the volunteer, and will be available in crisis or conflict situation and support volunteers in various situations and assist with self-directed learning, including Youthpass. The supervisor will support volunteers’ in work related tasks. Upon arrival the volunteers will receive an introduction and on-arrival orientation, description of community and project and customs. There will be daily language learning opportunities. We offer inclusion activities and additional support.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for motivated young people (18-30 years old) from Erasmus + program countries. Volunteers should be communicative, open, motivated, creative, self-reliant, enthusiastic, eager to learn and to share knowledge/skills and enjoy working with children and youth. Volunteers should be willing to participate actively in projects and activities. Volunteers will work independently and also as part of a team and live with others in the volunteer accommodation. The volunteer also must be open minded and be ready to live in a rural setting and open to cultural differences and intercultural learning.
Deadline: No application deadline

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

HR41676

22/07/2024 → 01/05/2026

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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

Ul. Dr. Franje Tuđmana 4, 10290, Zaprešić, Croatia

Croatia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European 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

English Croatian Serbian