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ESC: Supporting children/youth with disabilities in a boarding school: spending free time, helping with homework, presenting culture

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About the project

ESC: Supporting children/youth with disabilities in a boarding school: spending free time, helping with homework, presenting culture

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Association for the Promotion of Volunteering (SPW) is a Polish non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1993. Its activities include organizing international work camps, coordinating medium- and long-term volunteer projects in Poland and sending Polish youth to participate in similar projects abroad. 

SPW advocates for the creation of horizontal cooperation structures that realize the ideal of mutual aid. The aim is to support projects that adapt to the interests of local communities and allow volunteers to become a useful part of those communities.

To achieve our goals, we promote a responsible approach to volunteering, focused on the principles of sustainable development. Our mission is to defend a type of volunteering that, regardless of its duration, is based on solidarity, cooperation and mutual understanding, enriching both the community and the volunteer.


💼 What the programme involves

“Helenów” is a complex of institutions providing education, treatment and welfare for children, youth and adults with disabilities. It specializes in treatment of children with Central Nervous System dysfunctions - it runs a kindergarten, schools and offers various forms of therapies such as hippotherapy, physiotherapy, music therapy, art therapy, etc. The main role of the volunteer is to support the students who stay in the boarding school - helping them with self-service routine, organising after-school activities, helping with homework, transporting pupils around the area of the Center, giving personal support and spending time together. The boarding school serves as a place where students can gain autonomy in everyday routine activities. There are teachers and educators who take care of the students professionally - the volunteer gives personal support and brings new culture to the students. Infopack: https://www.spw.ngo/helenow-infopack

🏠 Accommodation on site

- Accommodation: Shared flat on the premises of the host organization. Possibly shared room with one more volunteer of the same gender - Pocket money: 180 EUR per month - Language support: access to Polish classes on the Online Linguistic Support platform (provided by ESC) - Local transport: Volunteer receives city transport pass which allows to use all means of public transport in Warsaw - International travel: Reimbursement up to 211 EUR, 309 EUR or 395 (or a bit more in case of "green travel")

🍲 Food

- Food: Volunteer receives 150 EUR/month and should be cooking on their own

🎒 Leisure activities


⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: - Friendly, making relationships with people easily, open - Willing to work with children and youth with disabilities, ready for commitment, mature - Patient, open and understanding, flexible - Communicative English - Reliable and diligent - Extra hobbies such as cooking/drawing/playing an instrument will be an advantage - the volunteer can use them during free-time activities with students
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

- Orientation training (coordinating organization): introduction to the project, getting to know the coordinators and the organization, integration with other volunteers, planning) - On-arrival training (National Agency): Getting to know Poland, ESC introduction (5 days) - Mid-term training (National Agency, 5 days) - Final evaluation (coordinating organization) - Evaluation meetings/trainings (coordinating organization): intercultural education, learning, cultural adaptation, communication (once every two months)

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

PL45657

01/09/2025 at 00:00 → 22/08/2026 at 00:00

Closed
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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

Hafciarska 80/86, 04-725 Warszawa, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:10 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish