ESC: Icelandic Red Cross - Social Support for Refugees
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About the project
ESC: Icelandic Red Cross - Social Support for Refugees
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
AUS is an international non-profit youth organisation that promotes youth mobility, intercultural learning and international voluntary service. AUS is run by homecoming volunteers and the office has one part-time staff member and most of the time one ESC volunteer. AUS is a member of The National Youth Council of Iceland and of The International Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) Federation, which has national offices in over 40 countries. Founded in 1949, ICYE was designed to develop trust between people in Germany and the USA after the second World War. Ever since, ICYE has been giving young people the opportunity to experience new cultures and ways of life.
AUS’s mission is to:
- Provide challenging intercultural learning experiences for young people,
- Offer non-formal education opportunities for youth,
- Promote social and personal development through international volunteer programmes,
- Promote intercultural understanding, equality of opportunity, tolerance and peace among the people of the world,
- Promote the well-being and social inclusion of young people, many of whom face unemployment and/or other economic, social, and geographical obstacles, thus have limited opportunities to strengthen their professional and personal skills
💼 What the programme involves
🏠 Accommodation on site
🍲 Food
A food allowance will be given as well as a bus pass for the whole year and Icelandic courses.
🎒 Leisure activities
There is quite a lot of activities that volunteers can take part in but it does depend on interest. For example swimming, various sports, gyms, knitting clubs, hiking clubs, various artists clubs, events etc. There's a lot of things that volunteers can do in Iceland and as they are in the capital city they have access to a lot of activities.
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: 10/06/2025 23:59
🤝 Meeting point
We pick up our volunteers when they arrive in Iceland and offer On Arrival at our offices prior to going to the project. The National Agency of Iceland also has an On Arrival training like all is required by the ESC programme.
ℹ️ Additional information
The volunteer is obliged to attend on-arrival training and midterm evaluation in Iceland and get informed on end-of-term evaluation meetings in the sending country. The volunteer will receive some language training whilst in Iceland. Ongoing support and training will be provided by the Icelandic Red Cross and personal support will be given by the volunteer’s mentor as well as the coordinating organisation AUS.
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
IS46170
18/08/2025 at 00:00 → 17/08/2026 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
35VR+Q5P, Víkurhvarf 1, 203 Kópavogur, Iceland
Iceland
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Iceland Krona (ISK / kr)
Exchange rate
1 ISK = 0.007321 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Greenwich Mean Time
Local time: 21:33 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken