ESC: Volunteerin in Croatia at Suncokret Center for Community Development

The Participant profile: The Suncokret Centre is a place where children, teenagers and young adults can simply hang out or choose to participate in recreational or educational activities. International volunteers enrich Suncokret's existing programs with new ideas and skills. We need volunteers to with their skills help us run various activities for the children and youth, such as dance, art/craft activities, music, drama and games in addition to the existing programmes. Volunteer Tasks: We have all sorts of volunteer positions available. Volunteer opportunities vary from organizational and office work to direct community actions. You can expect to contribute to the following tasks: -creating fun and interesting daily activities for our children and youth -social media posts, blogs -create posts for our webpage -writing and editing for our local newsletter, photography, graphic design etc. -documentary film workshops and creating fun films with kids -crowd funding actions -event planning (exhibitions, etc) -arts/crafts workshops -dance/music classes, sports and games -informative and educative workshops and youth empowerment -psychosocial and educational activities and workshops with children and youth -ecological cleanups - cleaning of park and river banks, graffiti removal, recycling, building of composts, eco gardening , maintaining spaces -community construction projects - bridge building, murals, karaoke, theatre, gardening, painting, repair work -eco gardening activities, learning about sustainability and recycling, planting, weeding, watering -language workshops and cooking workshops. During the project volunteers will be involved in several activities such as: 1. Daily educational non formal learning workshops and activities such as: a. Language learning- volunteers will create language lessons and teach their own languages and cultures to local children and youth. In addition, ESC volunteers will participate in Croatian language classes. b. Sports activities- creating fun sports activities for the children and youth. c. non-formal learning activities for children and youth on a variety of topics and fun workshops 2. Other activities and office tasks -volunteers will have the opportunity to learn how a community development NGO functions 3. Spending quality time with socially excluded children and youth through games and fun activities. 4. Autonomous activities and the own personal project that volunteers will develop with the support of Suncokret. 5. Promotion of volunteerism and solidarity- volunteers will present their own country, and promote volunteerism and why they volunteer to the local beneficiaries and volunteers will present their own countries, cultures and traditions to the local community. The volunteers will for example have opportunities to visit the local elementary school and day care centre. APPLY HERE: https://forms.gle/Jse39emTJ3N5hCa27 or you can apply directly through this portal More information can be found on our website www.fjallet.org, our volunteer blog www.fjallet.org/volontarbloggen, and on Instagram @kooperativetfjallet.
Deadline: 26/04/2026 23:59