ESC: Helping the rural world

Code: 38521 Copied

Spain European Voluntary Service Environment European Voluntary Service Environment Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The project will be carried out in a small village in Ourense (Galicia/Spain). The basis of the project is to repopulate the village and not make it one of the thousands that disappear every year. To prevent this from happening, we are carrying out activities that energize the area and make it attractive so that young people decide to start a new life away from the stress of big cities. The tasks that volunteers will carry out are very varied. We will take care of the animals we have (sheep, goats, donkeys, rabbits, chickens,...). We will cultivate our organic gardens. We will do home renovations. We will help in the logistics of Erasmus+ projects in which we are leaders and others in which we are partners. We will develop new projects. We will help in the social bar that the village has. We will organize cultural events (concerts, sporting events, plays, cultural events,...).And we will contribute to the dissemination of the incredible and unknown history of the place,Couto Mixto

🏠 Accommodation on site

: The volunteers will sleep in a typical house in the town. The house has 2 floors. In the lower part there is the kitchen, the dining room and a small toilet. Upstairs there are 3 bedrooms, one of them with 2 beds. Also a full bathroom with a bathtub. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the village restaurant. The restaurant is the soul of the project. In addition to offering meals, it is the social center of the area. Public transport only runs once a day. But we have a car. Once a week we will all go to the largest town and there we can buy everything we need. You have bicycles also

🎒 Leisure activities

9 months

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We need young entrepreneurs, what we are going to value most is the desire to help. We are a small community and we don't want problems. Here we all help each other. We are looking for educated and responsible people. We will help you carry out your ideas and projects. We will carry out all types of work (organic garden,animal care, home renovations, Erasmus+ project management,...). We will value knowledge on social networks, to carry out the project we need a lot of dissemination. It is essential to speak a little Spanish, the neighbors in the area only speak Spanish and Galician.
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.

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📅 Available sessions

ES38521

01/03/2024 → 30/11/2024

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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

Meaus, Meaus, 32646 Baltar, Ourense, Spain

Spain

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:01 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish