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ESC: SPJ/La Châtaigneraie

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About the project

ESC: SPJ/La Châtaigneraie

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

La Châtaigneraie is a residential home for 15 young people aged 3 to 18. The raison d'être of the institution is to educate and prepare these children for a future outwith its walls. The children need support and structure, they need to learn self-care all the while being cared for by a team who tries very hard to replicate a family environment. The kids have been damaged by life, even when they are very young and La Châtaigneraie is there to enable them to grow into well-rounded persons through care, affection and support.

💼 What the programme involves

Daily supervision and accompaniment of children placed in an institution by the authorities. Accompanying children in a children's home in their daily lives : getting them ready for school, help with homework, playing games, sports, accompanying them to activities, putting them to bed, reading stories, just being there with them. There is also scope for creative and leisure activities, days out in town, etc.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will have their own room in the home and will eat with the children and staff.

🎒 Leisure activities

Around 20 days' seminars via the lead organisation, SPJ.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The volunteer should be motivated to work with institutionalised children between the ages of three and 17 years and be aware that these are traumatised children who may have behavioural issues.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2023

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.

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📅 Available sessions

BE29116

01/09/2023 → 30/06/2024

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 31/05/2023

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

Rue du Morimont 19, 1340 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Belgium

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:32 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Dutch French