ESC: Volunteering in the primary school in Special School Complex no4 - Dare to Act!

Name: ESC: Volunteering in the primary school in Special School Complex no4 - Dare to Act!
Start: 2025-09-02
End: 2026-05-31
Location: Kraków, Poland

Code: 44227 Copied

Poland European Voluntary Service Social work Education Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

We are looking for volunteers who would like to join our long-term project in the Special School Complex no 4 in Krakow, Poland. Volunteers will be involved in tasks in the primary school. This project lasts 9 months, starting on the 2nd of September 2025. The school provides excellent education, revalidation and intellectual development for children with mental disabilities. Usually volunteers give additional care, such as art classes, gym, individual revalidation, assist during the school trips to the movie, theater, museums, amusement parks, school festivities, educational projects, they will help to prepare international presentations and competitions. They are a part of the school community involved in every event and meeting. There is a lot of space for volunteer's own ideas for activities for children and teachers and coordinator support them on it. Please apply to the project by filling out the questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/e/cL1HLsbPVz

🏠 Accommodation on site

All volunteers are placed in the flats rented by coordinating organization Internationaler Bund Polska. Rooms are single or double. There is always shared bathroom and kitchen in each flat. Flats are placed usually in the neighborhood of the hosting organizations, not in the city center, but we provide monthly cards for all volunteers, which helps to get to the work and to participate in other activities. Volunteers get travel costs back when they arrive to the project up to the limit set by ESC. Every month, we transfer pocket money and food allowance to volunteers' bank account.

🎒 Leisure activities

There is always a meeting with coordinator of the project from IB Polska before volunteers get accepted to the project. The sending organization should provide a preparatory meeting before volunteer leave the country. During the project IB Polska organizes monthly meetings with the whole group of volunteers and individual meetings with each person separately. There are also two obligatory trainings for volunteers provided by Polish National Agency if the volunteer's activity lasts more than 6 months.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for candidates between 18 and 30 years old. Candidates have to be friendly, open, creative, warm, empathetic and ready to learn Polish to communicate with children, Additional skills like singing, playing instruments, interest in sport, manual are welcome. You need to also be patient. There is a space for volunteer's own ideas for activities for children and each volunteer prepares something.
Deadline: 31/03/2025 23:59

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

PL44227

02/09/2025 → 31/05/2026

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Deadline: 31/03/2025

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

Kraków, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:02 (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 Polish