ESC: Living Community of Being Human in Troubled Times

Name: ESC: Living Community of Being Human in Troubled Times
Start: 2024-05-01
End: 2024-12-31
Location: Stare Gonne, Poland

Code: 38825 Copied

Poland European Voluntary Service Social work Environment Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Osada is a living laboratory, focused on exploring questions and practices related to being human at a moment that poses key challenges to humanity. We co-create a village that helps people mature and cultivate concern for the common pasture. In what may seem like an individual challenge to you, we see a hidden wisdom and calling.. We ‘compost’ unhealthy pieces of modernity that we carry inside and act out in groups. Everyday life in Osada consists of cooking and sharing meals, gardening, natural building of the house, chopping wood, space maintenance, harvesting and processing fruits, taking care of young forest, helping with cultural events and workshops, local networking and social media. Common practices that deepen our contact with the world and each other are a key to our life. We meet daily in circles, in workshop spaces or to read books or poetry crucial to our research.

🏠 Accommodation on site

We are rooted on the outskirts of the village in the Drawskie Lake District, far away from the city, between wide meadows and beautiful forests. We sleep in modest conditions, in single or 5-bed tents. We eat vegetarian/vegan. Ecological dry outdoor toilets with outdoor showers are shared with other residents. Summer kitchen with food storage, dining space, workshop tent, wifi space, single-story house and nature all around are open to everyone. Over the summer we invite various groups.

🎒 Leisure activities

We learn and draw upon wisdom from various elders. We work with the body, emotions, and intellect. We sing by the fire and bravely meet our sorrows. You will get to know, practice and deepen frameworks such as Hospicing Modernity, Work that Reconnects, Griefwork & Orphan Wisdom, Regenerative Cultures, Soulcraft, Theater of the Oppressed, Deep Adaptation, and many more. Apply by filling out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPLDqpSdjsETWhKPbZoByONCIIRZu_wH2_8wYiIJWwNwtHXA/viewform

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: You are concerned about what is happening to the world and want to embody an ancestor worth having. You are open to looking deeper and proactively at inner world as well as at the outer. It is an invitation to openness, courage and perseverance. Living in a community every day and trying to be in deep contact with the people around you and with the context of the challenges of our times is a beautiful and demanding adventure. We invite you to become a part of the community - to participate in the everyday life, work, and practices of the village. To contribute your ideas and skills.
Deadline: Application deadline: 01/05/2024

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

PL38825

01/05/2024 → 31/12/2024

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Deadline: 01/05/2024

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

78-552 Stare Gonne, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:05 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish