ESC: Support a Public Special Vocational Education Laboratory (school) in a Greek Island from September 2025

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

“Experimental TES-HIENET” is an Educational Youth and Sports organization located at the fifth biggest island of Greece, Chios, which is located at the east Aegean sea, only 5 miles from Turkey.
We aim in the harmonious collaboration of all humans, which will serve better the idea of European Completion and Solidarity.
We promote and protect the European cultural heritage, develop friendship, communication and solidarity, we promote Non-formal learning and contribute to effectively strengthen the relations between people, having as a priority the social inclusion of people with fewer opportunities, special needs and of youngsters from marginalized communities or at risk of facing discrimination.
We cooperate with all kinds of schools and support local institutions for people with special needs, as well as institutions supporting the elders and people in poverty by realizing high quality activities that have a positive impact on the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development of the participants.
We present the Educational System of Greece as well as the Greek culture and the identity, to people all over the world.
We aim in becoming a communication bridge between teachers, students and youngsters from all over the world, and between Greek people that live abroad and those who live in Greece.
In our more than 20 years cooperation with educational institutions, we have as one of our main priorities the response to environmental and climate challenges, including disaster prevention.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers will take active part in the realization of different projects at the local Special Vocational Education Laboratories (SEEKK), offering help to the education of young people aged 14 to 22. The independent school of Special Education is under the Directorate of Secondary Education. It is addressed to pupils with diagnosed as having severe special educational needs, which are a result: (a) a specific disability (mental deficiency, mental immaturity, particularly severe visual and hearing impairment, autism, etc.), (b) Multiple disabilities (mental retardation combined with severe visual and hearing impairment, mental retardation combined with autism), (c) Complex cognitive, emotional and social difficulties certified by a CEDD or recognized medical and educational services. The tasks of the volunteer depend of the needs of the Institution, the capacity of the volunteer and will be around Education, Environment, New Technologies, Culture and Sports.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The ESC volunteers are hosted in an apartment in a Chios Island's village which is within a walking distance from working places, minimarket, pharmacy, beach etc., equipped with the necessary electrical appliances & furniture to cover all their basic needs. They live in gender based shared rooms with other volunteers & are responsible for keeping their hosting & working place clean & in order.

🍲 Food

They are responsible for making a cooking schedule at home & provide to the Hosting Organization a weekly list of the goods that they need for meals preparation in order to supply them with.

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We strongly believe that all the young people who are willing to collaborate & are thirsty for learning, can realize a very good & fruitful program as long as they are not afraid to “get their hands dirty” & see the glass as "half full" instead of “half empty"! Because the public schools are a "live Organism", our only requirement is the volunteer to be positive, creative, flexible, ready to offer also respect and adapt to our Island’s community and habits. Will be highly appreciated the volunteers who have experience or studied a) A specific disability (mental deficiency, mental immaturity, particularly severe visual and hearing impairment, autism, etc.), (b) Multiple disabilities (mental retardation combined with severe visual and hearing impairment, mental retardation combined with autism), (c) Complex cognitive, emotional and social difficulties certified by a CEDD or recognized medical and educational services.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

Under guidance and help of the institution’s staff, the volunteers will assist to the education of the young people of the institution. Additional to this, they will realize a “Personal Project”, which will be defined in cooperation with the Hosting Organisation. They will “Learn by Producing" Articles and Presentations for New Technologies Projects. If possible, they will create new ideas and propose activities in projects organized by the schools. They will also promote the the ESC Program by publishing the results of their activities at the web sites of the H/O.

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

EL45161

01/10/2025 at 00:00 → 14/06/2026 at 00:00

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01/09/2025 at 00:00 → 14/06/2026 at 00:00

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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

Andronikou, Vrontados 822 00, Greece

Greece

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard 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 Greek