ESC: EuroMed Without Borders in Egypt

Name: ESC: EuroMed Without Borders in Egypt
Start: 2023-09-16
End: 2023-10-16
Location: Egypt

Code: 6483 Copied

Egypt European Voluntary Service Social work Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Life is bringing more and more challenges for young people, such as unemployment, terrorist attacks, refugee crisis, violation of human rights, intercultural misunderstanding in a very diverse world, and these are only the major challenges that young people have. Therefore, there’s a need for self-empowerment and, self-expression of youth and women, through social inclusion, creativity and culture. In this sense, the project aims to valorise culture, especially the Arab and Islamic heritage, to deconstruct intercultural stereotypes and prejudices. 10 volunteers are going to work as a team on creating and multiplying bridges of mutual discovery, communication and intercultural exchanges between Portuguese and Egyptian youngsters. Volunteers will: - conduct English lessons for the local community - organize workshops on intercultural learning and dialogue with local youth - organize cultural development trips and so much more!

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation will be provided either in a shared apartment, or in hosting families (to be confirmed). Food will be organized accordingly: volunteers will either get food allowance and cook by themselves, or the food is going to be provided by the hosting family. Transportation for project-related activities will be covered.

🎒 Leisure activities

Before the project, there will be a pre-departure training on 26-27 May in Porto (dates to be confirmed). On the first day of the project, on-arrival training will be provided. It will help volunteers to settle and integrate. There will be sessions on the Erasmus+ Programme (specifically about EVS) in order to clarify rights and obligations of this project, answer to questions, set the rules (pocket money, accommodation, food, transport, tasks, etc.), basic necessary vocabulary; presentation of the volunteers to the association members and relevant stakeholders; intercultural learning, etc.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for Portuguese volunteers who are aware of the impact of their participation in these youth projects, and feel that they will help and exchange with vulnerable people, respect differences of culture and be a volunteer to participate in the tasks proposed. You have to be able to adapt to a vulnerable and challenging context and try to communicate and open-minded; motivation to learn about inclusion, Creativity and Culture, and openness for reflection and engage in the intercultural exchange. Being open to the follow-up. Preference to young people with fewer opportunities.
Deadline: Application deadline: 16/05/2018

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

EG6483

16/09/2023 → 16/10/2023

Closed

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Deadline: 16/05/2018

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

12 Street 161, Maadi Al Khabiri Al Gharbeyah, Maadi, Cairo Governorate 4211303, Egypt

Egypt

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Egypt Pound (EGP / £)

Exchange rate

1 EGP = 0.016687 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 21:02 (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 Arabic French