ESC: Rural tourism entrepreneurs - 2022-1-PT02-ESC51-VTJ-000053816

Name: ESC: Rural tourism entrepreneurs - 2022-1-PT02-ESC51-VTJ-000053816
Start: 2024-01-01
End: 2024-10-31
Location: Paul, Portugal

Code: 37609 Copied

Portugal European Voluntary Service Social work Environment Education Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +3 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Join us at Ananda Kalyani** and practice your entrepreneurship and hospitality skills to help establish a new hostel in the rural area. We are now in this stage of building up procedures and create opportunities to attract different kind of people that would like to join us, as, for example people that want to escape from the bid cities, digital nomads, people that are interesting in regenerative green skills and practices, wellbeing, and community living. Come join us and you will be able to learn and co-create, plan and implement all this structure needed, such as: hostel management, communication plan, customer service, etc. **a spiritually and ecologically minded community, join spiritual practices such as kiirtan and meditation, get access to inspiring knowledge and visions of a regenerative world, live amid astonishing nature.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be provided accommodation in one of the community houses, sharing a room with one or more fellow volunteers. The rooms are equipped with the basic comforts such as a bed, sleeping bags, pillow, and light. If preferred, there is also the option to camp with a tent on the land in the warmer seasons. Food: a local team prepares the food for the community (lunch and dinner) according to the Sattvic diet. There is a self service policy for breakfast. Throughout the whole day there is a tea table with tea, coffee, and fruits. Rides will be provided if needed among the community.

🎒 Leisure activities

You will be mentored, coached and trained in your role. Daily tasks will require your communication skills in English. You can learn Portuguese within the community and volunteers. You will receive training in planning and preparing the procedures together with the local team of volunteers while building a business plan for the hostel involving all areas: customer service, marketing, front office, housekeeping, kitchen, maintenance, management, finance. You will also learn to use different apps, as eg canva, clickup to control tasks and time management, healthy lifestyle and wellbeing tools.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Friendly communication and hospitality skills are required! We would like to have volunteers that: . are aligned to Ananda Kalyani’s values and feel comfortable representing them while hosting others; . motivated and feel inspired by working in a team and in different tasks and learning to have an overview on the whole hostel project; . enjoy both mental and hands-on operation work; . basic computer skills to learn more digital tools and have their own laptop; . long-term committed (possibility to extend time after ESC agreement ends);
Deadline: Application deadline: 23/12/2023

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

PT37609

01/01/2024 → 31/10/2024

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Deadline: 23/12/2023

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

R. das Malhadas 1, 6215-416 Paul, Portugal

Portugal

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Western European Summer Time

Local time: 22:15 (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 Portuguese