ESC: Green and Slow

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Hungary Culture Environment European Voluntary Service Culture Environment +1 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Green and Slow

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Creating recycling - Young people learn about the importance of recycling, acquire techniques that can be used in everyday life, and also become capable of leading creative recycling sessions. Social enterprise - Young people learn basic entrepreneurial skills, get to know how our social entrepreneurship works, and produce products, from the planning stage to the implementation and marketing process. https://www.facebook.com/pola.pola.design/?ref=pages_you_manage https://www.facebook.com/repetabrand/?ref=pages_you_manage Cultural diversity - We involve them in cultural and artistic activities: organising and conducting exhibitions. We organise trips, museum visits, international days in order to embrace cultural diversity. Revival of traditions - Searching for the traditions of the rural location, preserving cultural treasures, reinterpreting them using the method of creative recycling. Renovation of our community house and garden with ecological and traditional methods.

🏠 Accommodation on site

3 volunteers will live in the urban area in separated rooms close to the city centre in Pécs. There is internet connection in the house and all equipment in kitchen, washing machine, oven, fridge, hair dryer, beds, bed sheets, bed clothes and towels. Each volunteer get one set of key to the house. The two female volunteers live together in one room, while one male volunteer lives in the other room. The kitchen and bathroom are shared. The volunteers food related costs is covered until 150 euro in each month. Travel expenses will be reimbursed. Volunteers get 6 euro pocket per day.

🎒 Leisure activities

There will be two training sessions organized by the National Agency. Training costs will be reimbursed.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Do you speak a bit English?  Are you open for new culture?  Are you motivated and interested for the topic of this project?  Do you like to learn new skills, methods, behaviours?  Are you enthusiastic to learn and use the Hungarian language which one of the most difficult languages in Europe?  If yes, this can be a perfect project for you! Topic priorities in the selection: art, creativity, interest in gardening, interest in traditional architecture, good work ethic, diligence.
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

HU43699

01/02/2025 at 00:00 → 30/09/2025 at 00:00

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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

Hásságy, Kossuth Lajos u. 42, 7745 Hungary

Hungary

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Hungary Forint (HUF / Ft)

Exchange rate

1 HUF = 0.002768 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:08 (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 Hungarian