ESC: Support refugees in Athens

Name: ESC: Support refugees in Athens
Start: 2025-03-01
End: 2027-03-01
Location: Athens, Greece

Code: 44558 Copied

Greece European Voluntary Service European Voluntary Service Refugees Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Stichting UcDean is a foundation that aims at improving knowledge and understanding of the new and future EU member-states in Central and Eastern Europe. The foundation focuses at young people, students and young professionals from The Netherlands, aged 16 - 35. Stichting UcDean has been a sending and coordinating organization for Erasmus+ EVS projects since 2012, and is a supporting organization for European Solidarity Corps projects. We also facilitate international trainings and youth exchanges. Stichting UcDean moreover organizes study trips to countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Caucasus.

💼 What the programme involves

CHEERing visits 2-4 refugee camps per week, as well as families living in Athens, to provide hygiene items, clothing, basic public health care and nutrition. We also run several football programs and teams in greater Athens and at the camps, using a holistic approach which provides the players with health support as well as practice and games. A typical week with CHEERing might look like driving a group of kids to the dentist; weighing and measuring babies and children living in the camp; providing head lice shampoos and iron supplements; supporting new mothers with infants; handing out blankets, and cheering on our youth football team in a Greek amateur league. We also ask people for help with keeping documentation and reports on all the projects we operate. More info: https://eastpackers.nl/project/steun-vluchtelingen-in-athene-griekenland/ Or send an email to [email protected] Only for Netherlands residents

🏠 Accommodation on site

CHEERing’s apartment is located in central Athens. It is a 3 bedroom apartment and each of the 3 volunteers who stays there gets their own room. It has a fully functioning kitchen with washing machine, and 1 bathroom with a shower. Heat, A/C, water and internet are all included at the accommodation. We also cover a basic daily allowance for food.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Our ideal volunteers have experience in at least one of the following areas: healthcare; working or volunteering with refugee or other underserved populations; coaching and managing sports programs; report-writing, database management. Volunteers should be fluent in basic computer skills such as Microsoft 365. English is required and Arabic, French, Farsi, or Greek are beneficial. We need volunteers who can commit to 10- 12 months. Driving license is a benefit.
Deadline: No application 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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

EL44558

01/03/2025 → 01/03/2027

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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

Athens, Greece

Greece

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 21:00 (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