📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Fedasil is responsible for the reception of applicants for international protection and other target groups and guarantees high-quality reception and conformity within the various reception structures. Fedasil coordinates the various voluntary return programmes.
The reception path starts at the arrival centre of Fedasil. The arrival centre occupies the “Petit-Château” in Brussels since December 2018. It brings together the Fedasil teams in charge of the first reception and the designations, as well as the 'Registration' service of the Immigration Office.
Allocation of a reception place
In the arrival centre, Fedasil makes a first social and medical screening of the applicants and controls whether they are entitled to reception. If so, they are accommodated in the arrival centre until a reception place adapted to their situation is found. The stay in the reception centre is thus short – about 1 week.
All applicants older than 5 are subject to a chest x-ray for tuberculosis (TB) on their arrival at the arrival centre. Those affected must be admitted to hospital. Applicants must undergo this examination every six months for the first two years of their stay in Belgium.
Fedasil informs the applicants for international protection of their rights and responsibilities during the reception period.
Fedasil will then allocate them a reception place (the compulsory place of registration or 'code 207'). That is where the asylum seeker will benefit from material assistance.
💼 What the programme involves
Klein Kasteeltje is a reception centre for asylum seekers. There are 2 types of centres in Belgium: open and closed. In closed centres, there’s no free circulation permitted outside the centre. We are an open centre, which means asylum seekers are free to enter and leave as they wish. They usually stay at the centre during the time the ministry of Foreign Affairs inspects their files and papers. Most of the refugees stay at Klein Kasteeltje for a minimum of 3 to 6 months. In some cases they may stay for a couple of years or even more. We try to cooperate with all parties to guarantee the refugee a professional and respectful approach to providing shelter, we offer an appropriate framework and orientation to help them shape their future. Tasks: - organising activities for adults and minors - sport activities for adults (mainly soccer, volleybal, table tennis, fitness) - language training: French, Dutch, English - IT support for refugees - daily life orientation - social help
🏠 Accommodation on site
- accommodation in host family
- meals provided by host family
- international travel to & from Belgium
- local public transport between host family and workplace and for activities related to work
🎒 Leisure activities
- Global Competence Certificate
- Dutch Language Support
- Task-related training at the workplace by professional staff
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The project welcomes all sorts of profiles. Volunteers should however be flexible, motivated to take in part in the project, motivated to live and engage in a Flemish host family, be tolerant, independent, persistent and have a sense for initiative,
Deadline: Application deadline: 20/03/2023
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.