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ESC: SPJ/Le Cartel

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About the project

ESC: SPJ/Le Cartel

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Le Cartel is a children's home ( an SAAE - Service for hosting and education) accredited for hosting 15 children between the ages of 4 and 18 years. The children have been placed in its care by the authorities responsible for youth because their own families cannot care for them properly. Often, the children have been severely damaged by the lives they had before the authorities stepped in and their psychological baggage can be very heavy. It is the mission of Le Cartel to take good care of these children and to help them prepare for adulthood. Le Cartel est un SAAE (Service d'Aide et Aide Educative) qui est accrédité pour l'accueil de 15 enfants entre les âges de 4 et 18 ans. Les enfants y sont placés par les instances responsables de la jeunesse parce que leurs familles ne peuvent pas s'en occuper correctement. Souvent, ces enfants ont été sévèrement endommagés par les vies qu'ils avaient avant l'intervention des instances judiciaires et leurs bagages psychologiques peuvent être très lourds. C'est la mission du Cartel de prendre bon soin de ces enfants et de les aider à préparer leur vie d'adulte.

💼 What the programme involves

Daily supervision and accompaniment of children placed in a home by the authorities. These children come from very difficult backgrounds and often display atypical behaviour. It can be hard to hear their stories and also to understand how it can be necessary to deal with them, although this is not an everyday occurrence. Although most of the time, the volunteer is there to support the educational team in the daily lives of the children, there are many opportunities for fun activities (walks, trips to the shops or the cinema, sport, board games, wellness...) as and when the volunteer feels ready to take initiatives. It is extremely important for the volunteer to speak at least a little French before arriving. Very few team members and none of the children speak English in the institution. Good will to learn is essential.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will have their own room and bathroom and also a small kitchenette within the institution. They can eat with the children and the staff but can also cook for themselves sometimes. No transport necessary for daily tasks but exceptional costs are covered by the project.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteer will be supervised by the director, Françoise Volvert, and the coordinator, Dominique Albanese. As there is no prior training necessary, there is constant collaboration with the team members. The volunteer will also be mentored by a member of the support organisation during seminars and visits. He or she will be able to follow a French course in a nearly town, but we cannot stress enough the importance of being able to communicate at least a little in French before arriving.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The volunteer needs to be motivated to work with children between the ages of 3 and 17 years who have been placed in an insitution because their parents can't or won't look after them properly. A good level of French is not necessarily required at the moment of applying, however, it is expected that the volunteer will at least be able to communicate a little on arrival.
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.

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📅 Available sessions

BE29214

01/09/2026 → 30/06/2027

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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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

Comblain-au-Pont, Belgium

Belgium

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:09 (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 French