📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
This project involves 10 volunteers. Its goal is to support the Permaculture Association of Bulgaria, which is formally represented by the Green School Village.
The association unites the Permaculture Design Certificate holders based in the country, as well as their projects.
During the project you will be helping in the development of activities with the local community and its nature. Your tasks will include; gardening, writing a blog, interviewing locals and designers, taking Bulgarian language classes, writing a project, helping with the creation of teaching materials for permaculture, creating a seed library for the villages you will work in, cleaning mountain trails and paths, helping the local municipality in promoting sustainability, and making permaculture designs and infoboards.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in houses with self-catering kitchens, bathrooms, toilets, Internet, heating and shared rooms.
You will get a bike and eventually a car (depending on your hosts/supervisors ability to provide one).
The hosting organization will help you organize your travel to Bulgaria and back to your home country, and the costs will be reimbursed. Food is either organized by your hosts or you, and you will get a monthly allowance of food and pocket moeny.
🎒 Leisure activities
You will receive a pre-departure training in Italy with your sending organization, and will as well attend in Bulgary the on-arrival training organized by the National Agency. Also, you will be provided with a Bulgarian language course and training from the organization.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: The ideal candidates for this position would be volunteers who are between 18 and 30 years old and motivated to go abroad for this period of time.
We are looking for people that are ready to explore the permaculture design and experiment with it.
It is important to be pro-active, responsible, a team player and eager to share time and energy for a good cause.
Deadline: No application deadline
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.