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ESC: Solidarity and Culture in French Guiana !

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French Guiana European Voluntary Service Social work Environment Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Solidarity and Culture in French Guiana !

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Created in 2009, Peupl'en Harmonie is an association that works to contribute to the sustainable and harmonious development of French Guiana based on the valorization of local know-how and skills, on solidarity commitment, on social and intercultural cohesion as well as on its opening and exchange with the rest of the world. The team is composed of 9 employees . There are 3 poles in the association: the Local and Touristic Development of Villages Pole (DLTV), the Youth Pole and the Insertion Pole. Our 3 employees in the Youth Pole are working on : Raising awareness of European mobility schemes and regional engagement; Proposing missions and support young people ; Monitoring and networking with local structures and partners. The objective of the Youth Pole is to encourage intercultural exchanges and to promote civic engagement in all its forms. Its aim is to contribute to socio-professional and European integration of young people in difficulty. The goal is to make mobility accessible to young people. The target public for our actions are all the young people of the guyanese territory with a particular attention given to the young NEET's (Not in Education, Employment or Training). Indeed, young people in precarious situations, living in disadvantaged areas of Guyana, are often less aware and informed of the opportunities to which they may have access. The target age group is 18-25 years old and the objective is that our actions can benefit as many young women as young men.

💼 What the programme involves

This ESC Team Volunteering mission will take place in French Guiana between the 23th of may to the 6th of june. This mission will take place in : 4 days in Cayenne (from the 23th to the 26th) and 10 days in Camopi (from the 27th of may to the 5th of june). The goal of this mission is to participate to cultural and solidarity activities in the Indigenous village of Camopi. This volunteering mission will gather volunteers from Aruba and French Guyana. The first days in Cayenne will consist in several activities linked with culture (discovery of the culture), cohesion (volunteers can get to know each other). Moreover, volunteers will have a preparation training before their arrival at Camopi (security measures, intercultural shocks, schedule). After this, the volunteers will participate in local development activities in Camopi in the mornings (agriculture, agro-transformation) and sport activities in the afternoons (Kayak, Djokan) as long as cultural activities (local crafts, cuisine).

🏠 Accommodation on site

Cayenne : First of all, the volunteers will stay in a collective accomodation near Cayenne, meals will be included since the 24th. For the transportation, Peupl'en Harmonie will take care of the logisitical aspect to bring the volunteers in Cayenne. A specific logistic will be organized for the volunteers from Aruba. Indeed, they will arrive before the start of the ESC and will leave after the end of the ESC. Camopi : For Camopi, the volunteers will stay in a common accomodation and meals will be given to them by a local organization.

🎒 Leisure activities

A day of training on the 26th of may will be given at the volunteers to prepare them to respect the ESC rules, along with the specific rules to respect in the indigenous village. In Camopi, Volunteers will have a specific training including a sensibilization at the missions they will realize (security rules, duration etc...)

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The profile of the volunteer corresponds to participants who has a will to discover a rural community and contribute to the local development of it. The criteria of selection of the volunteers is motivation as long as the realization of an interview to understand what brought them to choose this ESC mission.
Deadline: 22/05/2025 00:00

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.

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📅 Available sessions

GF45734

23/05/2025 → 05/06/2025

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 22/05/2025

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

18 Lot. Patawa, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana

French Guiana

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

French Guiana Time

Local time: 22:16 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French