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ESC: Voluntary Service in a children's home

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About the project

ESC: Voluntary Service in a children's home

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Le Bercail accueille 60 enfants dans le cadre de mesures d'assistance éducatives. Âgés de 0 à 18 ans, chaque enfant ou jeune trouvera une place dans l'une des six unités de vie. Mixte et verticaux, les groupes permettent de garder ensemble les fratries. Chaque maisonnée est encadrée par une équipe de quatre professionnels qui offrent en permanence des référents et une ambiance chaleureuse. L'engagement de l'équipe d'encadrement repose sur une cohésion de pensée et d'action. Une même volonté de service et une grande disponibilité animent les acteurs et dynamisent leurs journées: - Choisir d'aimer, y mettre toute sa volonté, car la carence d'amour et l'indifférence sont sans doute les handicaps les plus préjudiciables pour un enfant. - Choisir d'accueillir, car c'est la forme la plus visible de l'amour et de la tolérance, la plus rassurante et la plus structurante. - Choisir d'accompagner, car l'éducation est à ce prix. Nous souhaitons offrir aux enfants un lieu où ils peuvent être rassurés et grandir en sécurité pour le temps de leur placement. C’est pourquoi nous veillons à la permanence des référents par un logement sur place. La stabilité du lieu et des personnes qui s’occupent de l’enfant constitue pour lui et sa famille un sujet de références affectives et éducatives.

💼 What the programme involves

The Bercail cares for 60 children within measures of educational support. Aged from 0 to 18 years old, each child or young adult finds his place in one of the six units. The groups are mixed and with children of different ages, this allows brothers and sisters to be kept together in the same group. Each house is supervised by a team of three professionals who act as permanent referents and provide a warm and friendly atmosphere… The volunteer will take part in the children’s daily lives in one of the units (getting up, going to bed, meal times, diverse activities (cooking, outings to the swimming-pool or trekking), helping out with homework), within a defined framework

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will be housed in a building, separately from the home for children. He will live along with other volunteers. There he will get an individual equipped room. The meals will be provided by the placement.

🎒 Leisure activities

3 seminars with VISA-AD and 2 seminars with the French National Agency.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Interest for the target group Basic level of french recommended
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

FR52717

01/09/2026 → 31/07/2027

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

68500 Guebwiller, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:42 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French