📝 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 programs and
projects. The goal of our project aims at our volunteers learning the
importance and functioning of social enterprises through which s/he
will be enabled to reduce the unemployment among 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 volunteering
program, the knowledge and abilities of the volunteers would enrich
within these topics.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will live together in a nice, sunny, well equiped
apartment, close to a big market, in the center of Budapest, in
separated rooms. The food allowance will be payed in HUF
together with the pocket money. (150Euro/month)
🎒 Leisure activities
Task related training, and safety training will be held, beside the onarrival, and the mid-term trainings. OLS language training also will be available.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: 18-30 years old;
interested in sustainability and environmental issues;
ready to work in an international team and in a multicultural
environment;
motivated to undertake a volunteer experience abroad and intercultural exchange;
ready to deal with unpacking, selecting and sorting of donations;
Deadline: No application deadline
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.