ESC: Volunteering in an orphanage 'WG Bagger' in Leipzig

Name: ESC: Volunteering in an orphanage 'WG Bagger' in Leipzig
Start: 2025-09-01
End: 2026-08-31
Location: Leipzig, Germany

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Germany Education European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

With more than 14,000 employees, the "Internationaler Bund (IB)" is one of the largest service providers in youth, social and educational work in Germany. It supports children, young people, adults and seniors in leading a self-responsible life - regardless of their origin, religion or ideology. Its guiding principle "Menschsein stärken" ("Strengthening humanity") is the motivation and orientation for its employees. The "Internationaler Bund (IB)" was founded in 1949. In its youth community organizations, it accommodated tens of thousands of young people without parents, homes or jobs, educated them and showed them new perspectives. The group's headquarters are in Frankfurt am Main. IB Mitte gGmbH für Bildung und soziale Dienste (for Education and Social Services) (IB Mitte gGmbH) is a non-profit subsidiary of the registered association and employs more than 2,300 people in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Every month, more than 17,000 children, young people, adults and senior citizens are supported in 5 regions. IB Mitte gGmbH offers almost all of the IB Group's business areas, with educational support, child development and education vocational preparation, vocational orientation, vocational rehabilitation and work with senior citizens being our core business areas. We employ more than 2,300 people, including 1,750 educational staff.

💼 What the programme involves

The children’s home groups ‘WG Am Bagger’ of International Bund (IB) are located in Thekla, a district of Leipzig, not far from the lake ‘Bagger’. There are 19 children, teenagers and young adults living in three residential groups at our centre. https://www.internationaler-bund.de/standort/211567 For various reasons, they are unable to live with their parents. We offer them a home for a certain period of time without claiming to be a substitute for a parental home. The task of the volunteer is to support the children and young people in everyday matters, such as leisure activities inside and outside the centre, doing their homework, preparing and cooking meals, tidying up their rooms or doing individual shopping. We are happy to try to integrate the volunteer's personal interests and strengths into everyday group life, e.g. creative activities or projects. The working time is mainly in the afternoons, as the children and young people are at daycare or school in the mornings.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You are provided with a shared furnished apartment in Leipzig or surrounding with 1-2 other European volunteer/s. Moreover, either a local transport ticket in Leipzig (Bildungsticket) will be provided to the volunteer.

🍲 Food

The apartment also has a kitchen in which the volunteers can prepare food for themselves. The volunteers will receive a meal allowance as well as a pocket money per month.

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The motivation of the volunteer to do a voluntary service and work with children is the most important criteria in selecting the volunteers. Other criteria might be: - very good English language skills or good basic knowledge of the German language is an advantage, - desirable: initial experience in the field of education or social work. We need an extended certificate of good conduct. Since 2021, it is obligatory that people working with children in Germany have a measles immunisation. We are looking for young persons, who want to join in individual volunteering programme in Leipzig. The volunteer will be working together with the educators, supporting their daily work with children. Please apply via PASS Portal or via mail to: [email protected]
Deadline: 31/05/2025 20:00

ℹ️ Additional information

Our organization offers to the volunteer the possibility to get a language learning support, according to their current level of German (under B2). All participants must participate in two mandatory ESC seminars during their project: On-Arrival and Mid-Term Training. These are opportunities to meet volunteers from other countries, gain understanding of the EU values and reflect on the ongoing project. The volunteers will also get to know other volunteers from Leipzig.

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

DE45540

01/09/2025 at 00:00 → 31/08/2026 at 00:00

Closed

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Deadline: 31/05/2025

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

Klingenthaler Str. 14a, 04349 Leipzig, Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:38 (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 German