ESC: Discover your impact abroad - Volunteer for volunteers - September 25-September26
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About the project
ESC: Discover your impact abroad - Volunteer for volunteers - September 25-September26
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
IW Internationale Vrijwilligersprojecten (SIW International Volunteer Projects) is a Dutch non-governmental, non-profit voluntary service organisation that was founded in 1953. Every year, SIW sends approximately 112 volunteers to foreign sister-organisations in Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America and Africa; in total about 120 organisations in more than 70 countries. These volunteers can choose between voluntary workcamp projects (2 to 3 weeks) in international groups, Mid-Long Term Volunteering (MLTV) projects that last 3 weeks to 12 months and European Voluntary Service (EVS) that last between 6 – 12 months. Besides that, SIW organises around 5-7 international work camps in the Netherlands every year. Most of these take place in summer and last for two weeks. We organise these work camps in cooperation with Dutch social organisations like the Dutch State Forestry, Emmaus (internationalcharitable movement to combat poverty and homelessness) and cultural or festival organisations. In the past years SIW has welcomed up to 100 volunteers from all over the world. The mission of SIW is to stimulate people to broaden their horizon. This is achieved by bringing volunteers into contact with different cultures. This way, SIW wants to facilitate international contact and understanding, contribute to the personal growth and development of young people and encourage them to carry out social, cultural and environmental work. That work is offered in our projects in the Netherlands and in the projects organised by partners from our network abroad.
💼 What the programme involves
🏠 Accommodation on site
🍲 Food
Of course you will receive monthly pocket money and food money.
🎒 Leisure activities
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: 04/07/2025 12:00
ℹ️ Additional information
Half a working day a week is dedicated to your self-development. To reflect on your progress, tasks and personal goals you will have meetings with your mentor and the ESC coordinator. You will attend the on-arrival and mid-term training organised by the National Agency and meet volunteers of other ESC projects within the Netherlands. SIW will offer you different assignments and training opportunities and you will be able to learn Dutch. We will assign you a buddy who can help with practical questions, finding fun activities, or even doing them together.
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.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
NL46696
07/09/2025 at 00:00 → 01/09/2026 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
Willemstraat 7, 3511 RJ Utrecht, Netherlands
Netherlands
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 22:01 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken