📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The main goal of Profilantrop is to raise the environmental awareness, strengthen the independence and self-esteem of local communities to find a way to a responsible, sustainable and peaceful lifestyle. Empowerment is a cornerstone in our work, incorporating the creativity and skills of the people in finding solutions to their problems – instead of waiting for the help from outside. The Profilantrop Association applies innovative techniques and technologies to fight for social and environmental sustainability using an integrative, interdisciplinary, systemic approach combined with participatory methods. The members of the association have a background in social sciences and research, especially cultural anthropology, which gives good basis to work with communities. Profilantrop Association has started a Charity Shop in 2015 called Filantrópia. This social enterprise serves sustainability in many ways: reduction of waste, providing affordable items for the people with low income, transferring knowledge about reusing and upcycling items, positive changes in attitudes regarding sustainability. Filantrópia is also a community place, where donors and customers alike can engage and meet each other. Our future plan is to develop a business model for NGOs and local communities for funding their projects with running charity shops, or other social businesses, helping local communities to reach the SDG-s connected to economy, and powerty.
💼 What the programme involves
In the centre of our project stands the social enterprise of our organization: Filantropia Charity Shop and the related programmes and projects. The goal of our project aims at our volunteer learning the importance and functioning of social enterprises through which s/he will be enabled to reduce the unemployment amongst young people as well as increasing the number of beneficial enterprises for the society. Further aim of the project is to increase the social sensitivity of the participating youngsters and the local community. Our association considers vital the initiation of socially, economically and environmentally sustainable projects, the dissemination of these ideas and their empowering opportunities. Through this volunteer programme, the knowledge and abilities of the volunteer would enrich within these topics. For more info about the shop, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/filantropiabolt
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will have their own room in a shared flat, with Internet and all utilities, in the center of Budapest, in a beautiful flat. The shop is near to the volunteers flat, about 15 minutes walk. The volunteers will get a city bike pass for the whole year. The volunteers will get a monthly food allowance, with the pocket money.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers will get one pre-departure training from the sending organization, after arrival they will get one work related training from Profilantrop Association. The National Agency helds 2 trainings during the year, the volunteers will take in part in both.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We are looking for open minded, creative volunteers. Basic English knowledge is a must. The volunteers will join an international environment where they will be able to get closer to different cultures and people coming from different backgrounds, therefore they have to be open and accepting. The volunteers will show their organizing and creating skills during the workshops and the events they will hold. The volunteers should share the values of the importance of eco-sustainability and ecological awareness and promote a sustainable and peaceful life style
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/10/2021
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.