ESC: Volunteering in a non-profit organisation that is focused on meditation and consciousness
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About the project
ESC: Volunteering in a non-profit organisation that is focused on meditation and consciousness
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Maharishi European Research University (MERU) is an international educational non-profit foundation that offers courses and retreats related to the development of consciousness, including education programmes to become Transcendental Meditation teachers. There are over a hundred locations across the world, with headquarters located in the Netherlands, Vlodrop since 1990. MERU promotes personal growth through transcendental meditation and consciousness, a secular practice based on Veda and the Vedic Tradition - the ancient knowledge from which yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, and many other disciplines come.
The vision of MERU is that consciousness is all there is and the unifying factor of life. Developing one’s own consciousness is the most effective way to promote social inclusion, tolerance, solidarity, and equality in the wider community. Following this philosophy MERU also supports a variety of projects in the areas of e.g., spirituality, peace, education, health, biological agriculture, and architecture.
The MERU headquarter is located in the heart of the Meinweg national park, surrounded by nature.. It consists of offices, public rooms for meditation and courses and shared housing with individual rooms. MERU hosts up to 250 persons from all over the world and from all ages, 18+. MERU promotes solidarity and understanding between nationalities and cultures by bringing people from over 100 countries together.
💼 What the programme involves
🏠 Accommodation on site
🍲 Food
On campus freshly prepared organic vegetarian meals are served at lunch and dinner time. But volunteers also get access to a variety of organic food products from the campus store to cook at home, if they like. Both the meals on campus and the products from the store are free of charge.
🎒 Leisure activities
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: 30/05/2025 23:59
ℹ️ Additional information
MERU organises various programs for volunteers to deepen their knowledge and integrate the experience of meditation into their daily life. Besides this, volunteers are encouraged to learn new skills in all kinds of areas (work, social, language, etcetera). For this, a mentor will be assigned to the volunteer to provide guidance regarding self directed learning, but also to check the general well-being of the volunteer.
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.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
NL45940
09/06/2025 at 00:00 → 23/01/2026 at 00:00
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
Vlodrop-station, 6063 NP Vlodrop, Netherlands
Netherlands
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 22:14 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken