ESC: Drogeham Educational Farm

Name: ESC: Drogeham Educational Farm
Start: 2025-05-01
End: 2026-04-30
Location: Drogeham, Netherlands

Code: 45331 Copied

Netherlands European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The daily life at this beautiful educational eco-farm is centred around educating a selective group of children that do not fit within the regular educational system. During this project, the volunteer will mainly focus on farm related support with the animals, in the organic garden, and with the children. Participants are encouraged to share their working knowledge, help facilitate meaningful activities, and develop projects based on their own interests. Activities include, among other things, common care for animals, gardening and harvesting veggies and fruit, maintenance of farm and land, educational activities with the children, and social activities within the village. The volunteer is stationed at the farm Hamster Mieden, which is located in the small village of Drogeham, on the countryside of the Northern province Friesland (Fryslân). Requirement: Volunteer applies for Certificate of Conduct (national equivalent)

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation comprises a basic equipped private room within a basic chalet. The livingroom, bathroom and kitchen are shared with 1 other roommate. Additional resources are present in the farmhouse utilities. Breakfast and dinner are individual with a budget granted by ESC, lunch can be done together with the children and the host on working days. The farm is pretty excluded but the close surroundings can be explored with bikes. A near bus stop connects you with a 30-min. bus ride to the Dutch railway network. Nearest cities: Leeuwarden & Groningen.

🎒 Leisure activities

Upon arrival in the Netherlands volunteers will receive a training from the National Agency. They will receive further assistance from a local mentor. Regarding training for specific project activities, volunteers will be offered instructions on how to safely move around the farm, safety instructions related to manual labour on the farm, and regarding farm equipment; also thorough explanations, and supervision where needed. Furthermore, they will get Online Linguistic Support (OLS) to help with learning Dutch, and Youthpass will be used as a tool to help record their learning process.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: You: - are interested in farming, working with animals, sustainable building, and children - don't mind rolling up your sleeves and doing physical work - take initiative and are able to work independently - help where needed. You can express yourself in English - can provide a Code of Conduct - because you live on the project in a small town, it is preferred that you enjoy the rural countryside lifestyle, have a passion for personal projects and can deal with groups of children We have a mandatory infomeeting on Thursday 17 April at 13.00
Deadline: 16/04/2025 10:00

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

NL45331

01/05/2025 → 30/04/2026

Closed

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Deadline: 16/04/2025

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

De Buorren 66, 9289 HH Drogeham, Netherlands

Netherlands

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 20:56 (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 Dutch Western Frisian