ESC: Volunteering in school and permaculture garden

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Ikšķile Free school is a school established and run by parents who pooled their ideas and resources together to create a modern, child friendly school which is useful for community. School highly values freedom, nature, community and Latvian traditions. School uses holistic approach in personal development and we believe that human by nature is good and capable for self expression and it is important to accept any person the way she/he is and respect unique experience of everybody. Motivation of person is very important and interaction with community is equally important for person to fulfill her/his potential. Holistic approach in personal development emphasizes the importance to develop all aspects of your being: spiritual, intellectual, physical and emotional. School provides education for children ages 2-12 and it is a community center providing educational and cultural events.

💼 What the programme involves

Ikskile Free School unites people who are ready to take responsibility, do, look for solutions and create new opportunities. There are active and enterprising people in the community who came together to make the world a better place. We don't expect from others, we do it ourselves. We highly value freedom, nature, community and Latvian traditions. School uses holistic approach in personal development and we believe that human by nature is good and capable for self expression and it is important to accept any person the way she/he is and respect unique experience of everybody. We are looking for volunteers, who will be activated as assistants in various organization activities, for example, teacher assistants, and assist in community's permaculture garden. We are offering: -Interesting work with kids -Pocket money -Place to live -Healthy vegetarian lunch -Fantastic experience working outdoors - Duration - 8-10 months

🏠 Accommodation on site

We are located near the city Ogre (Latvia), the living will be in the city, which is 40km from capital (Riga). We will give you a bicycle with witch you can come to school on a bike trail next to a river. In winter you will take the bus to school.

🍲 Food

You will need to arrange yourself breakfast and dinner than can be made in the apartment, but vegetarian lunch will be provided at school every day.

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for a volunteer, who is interested in work with children and work in the nature. Volunteer must have English language skills.
Deadline: 11/08/2025 00:00

ℹ️ Additional information

There will be arrival and midterm training. In addition there will be language (latvian) training. Our personal will be happy to teach any skills and knowledge needed for tasks. You will be welcomed to learn new skills.

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

LV46231

11/08/2025 at 00:00 → 30/06/2026 at 00:00

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Deadline: 11/08/2025

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

Rīgas iela 175, Ikšķile, Ogres pilsēta, Ogres novads, LV-5001, Latvia

Latvia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Summer Time

Local time: 21:44 (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 Latvian Lithuanian Russian