ESC: Primary school of Slezská diakonie in Ostrava

Name: ESC: Primary school of Slezská diakonie in Ostrava
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-06-30
Location: Czech Republic

Code: 38091 Copied

Czech Republic European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Come to Ostrava and become a volunteer in school of Slezská diakonie. The school is for children and young people with combined mental and physical disabilities and autism (6 - 15 years). Its mission is to ensure high quality education for children and young adults with special educational needs, by providing a personal approach with the help of modern teaching methods. To prevent the exclusion of children and young adults with disabilities from social life and from work life by implementing educational and therapeutic activities. ACTIVITIES: You will directly work with children providing them with individual support in all of their activities (morning community circle, practical activities like assistance during dressing or mealtime, physical activities, relaxation techniques, music therapy, art therapy, snoezelen therapy etc.) During the classes, you will individually help pupils in activities like painting, writing or reading. To find out more, visit www.intervia.cz

🏠 Accommodation on site

Costs related to the voluntary service are covered mainly by European Solidarity Corps programme. As for accommodation, it will be provided for you. A flat is usually shared with other volunteers - don’t worry about your privacy, each person has own bedroom. Moreover, you'll receive food allowance 170 Eur/month and pocket money 7 Eur/day. As for travel costs to the Czechia and back home, these are reimbursed to a specified limit depending on the distance. Travel costs to your workplace/seminars/day with are reimbursed as well. You pay only your special activities in your free time.

🎒 Leisure activities

By saying YES to this volunteering opportunity, you’ll have a chance to be part of the group of 25 international volunteers within Slezská Diakonie (SD). These young people have also decided to “bring light into the lives of the needy” in the following year. You will have a chance to meet during on-arrival, mid-term and evaluation seminar to encourage each other, share and reflect on your learning journey. Moreover, you will have the chance to visit the placement of other volunteers (Day with) or to create a common project (Go for it). Join us! We are looking forward to hear from you!

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: If you're a person with an open heart for others, you want to improve your professional skills and gain new experience, you are looking at the right project. As children have a various types of disabilities, you should be patient, responsible and able to react quickly in case of crisis situation. You also need to be communicative, proactive and able to work in a team. An important thing in working with people in general but with people with disabilities especially is to have a smile on your face. It is important to be proactive and have will to learn Czech language. :)
Deadline: No application deadline

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

CZ38091

01/09/2024 → 30/06/2025

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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

Stojanovo nám. 1072/1, 709 00 Ostrava-Mariánské Hory a Hulváky, Czechia

Czech Republic

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Czech Republic Koruna (CZK / Kč)

Exchange rate

1 CZK = 0.041274 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard 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 Czech Slovak