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ESC: Landscaping & Goatscaping - Hands-on learning in nature through eco-building, gardening and animal care

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About the project

ESC: Landscaping & Goatscaping - Hands-on learning in nature through eco-building, gardening and animal care

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Szatyor Association was founded in 2011 with the aim of drawing attention to sustainable living and conscious consuming as possibility to individual actions towards a positive present and future World. Related to this, we would like to provide space and opportunity to anyone for sharing knowledges, experiences and solutions. As an alternative eco-conscious association we want to be a living example of how to integrate conscious consuming, healthy lifestyle, local and fairtrade products into our everyday lives. Throughout our programmes, we intend to build a community by bringing people closer to nature and to natural solution, such as food producing, cosmetics and household products, etc. We also organize farm visits to our producers to show eco-conscious farming in its authentic environment. On a regular basis we create events of community cooking, cooking classes and attend festivals, all by using seasonal vegetables and fruits provided by our producers. Our target group includes everybody who wishes to lead his/her urban or village lifestyle with a consideration to nature. It can start by conscious consuming with an important approach to local products and producers, as well as to environmental friendly technologies throughout the process of production. Our association is an open community and space offering workshops, classes and presentations to share the knowledge within and to give possible solutions in the topic. In 2018 we've started to widen our horizons from the urban aspects and to promote sustainable living beyond the city and have started the 'Etyeki Szatyor Community' close to the capital that could serve as a model of small-scale community and farming. In the past years our efforts has been acknowledged in a wider public and in the long term we would like to reach more and more youths under 30, since they have a significant role in creating a sustainable future. ESC provides an excellent opportunity to promote these efforts, as well as to share the knowledge, to ignite new opportunities and to become part of an international approach.

💼 What the programme involves

Step into a rural learning space in Mány, Hungary, where a nature-based kindergarten and community farm are growing through collective effort. Here, your work has direct, visible impact: you help shape an environment where children learn from the land, animals are cared for responsibly, and sustainability is practiced daily. Your tasks include expanding a seedling greenhouse, supporting interior work in a mobile house, landscaping and developing garden areas, and caring daily for goats and donkeys. Please note that this program does NOT involve direct work with children. Through this work you gain practical skills in building with wood and cob, gardening and animal care, learn safe tool use, and experience how a community-based initiative operates. Learn more at: https://www.szatyorgoesabroad.org/volunteering/come-to-hungary/2026-may-landscaping-goatscaping-group-volunteering-in-many

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers stay in shared rooms in the attic of the community house in Mány. Mattresses are provided; please bring your own sleeping bag and a pillow if you need one. Indoor showers and toilets, drinkable tap water and washing machine are available in the house. Lunch is provided on working days by the farm kindergarten. Breakfast and dinner are prepared together by the group using provided ingredients. You can reach Mány with direct regional buses from Budapest.

🎒 Leisure activities

Volunteers gain practical experience in eco-building using wood and cob, landscaping and basic construction, as well as daily animal care. You learn safe tool use, garden planning basics and how a small community farm operates. Working in an international team strengthens communication, cooperation and problem-solving skills, while building confidence through visible, hands-on results.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for motivated young people who are ready to work outdoors. You don’t need to have previous experience, just a willingness to try practical tasks like gardening, simple construction and caring for animals. If you’re interested in eco-construction, nature-based learning or community life, you like animals and you enjoy working in a team, you’ll feel at home here.
Deadline: 15/03/2026 23:59

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

HU50157

04/05/2026 → 24/05/2026

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 15/03/2026

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

Mány, 2065 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: 22:17 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Hungarian