ESC: Oltre i confini: sostenere centri per disabili in Estonia

Name: ESC: Oltre i confini: sostenere centri per disabili in Estonia
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-08-31
Location: Estonia

Code: 39949 Copied

Estonia European Voluntary Service Social work Education Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The coordinating organization offers you the chance to volunteer in different center for adults and children with severe mental and multiple disabilities. Some of the beneficiaries are quite independent, they go to work and, when they're at home, they cook and clean by themselves. You can help them with these activities, and any suggestions for leisure time are welcome. In other centres, you will be assisting teachers during various occupations and workshops done together with the beneficiaries. You can offer your own activities for the beneficiaries: they dance, walk, sing, play board games and organize events and art workshops. You can learn about Estonian social system, alternative communication, organization of celebrations, functions and seminars. It will be a great opportunity and challenge for you to learn something about yourself.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will stay in a shared apartment with other volunteers. You will receive monthly food and pocket money. All work-related transport will be covered by the programme. The travel from Italy to Estonia and back is fully reimbursed. An insurance company will protect you from any risk.

🎒 Leisure activities

You will attend three official training sessions: a pre-departure training before leaving Italy; an on-arrival training in a few weeks after your advent in Estonia; a midterm training, around the half of the volunteering experience. All special techniques used with the target group will also be taught to you if you are interested in learning.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: You should be motivated to work with people with disabilities. You must be committed to the service, independent, active, positive, open minded, with sense of responsibility, flexible and ready to learn new things. It would be good if you have previous experiences in the field, but it is not determining fact in the application process. You should be open to use creative methods while communicating with the clients because some of them do not speak any verbal language. Basic English is required.
Deadline: Application deadline: 07/06/2024

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

EE39949

01/09/2024 → 31/08/2025

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Deadline: 07/06/2024

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

Estonia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 22:08 (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 Estonian Russian