ESC: Volunteers in Riga Municipal Children's Youth Centre

Name: ESC: Volunteers in Riga Municipal Children's Youth Centre
Start: 2023-09-01
End: 2024-08-31
Location: Riga, Latvia

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Centre is a short-term and long-term institution for social care and social rehabilitation, which provides housing, full care and social rehabilitation for orphans and children left without parental care from 0 to 18 years of age, in crisis and provide social and informative support for children at social risk groups. The goal of the youth house is to promote the development of a stable and comprehensive personal development of young people, self-directed youth, continuous participation in the education process and integration into the labour market. During the project volunteers will be involved in daily life of the Centre by supporting youngsters and the organisation's staff in dealing with everyday situations, homework and organising various activities for the youngsters, for example, creative workshops, sports activities, foreign language, national culture and food cooking evenings and other individual volunteer’s initiatives. The working language will be English, Russian.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be accommodated in an apartment with two floors 7 rooms together with other 8 volunteers from the project in a separate room or must share a room with another volunteer. The rooms have furniture, pillows and blankets, linen. The house has common area, kitchen fully equipped with necessary things, WiFi, washing machine, a toilet and shower in each floor. House is in a safe area, 25 min to city centre by public transport (trolley stop nearby, tram - 7 min walk), food store just around the corner.

🎒 Leisure activities

If you are interested to take part, fill the online application form: https://forms.gle/v5jfntgwJ5iuK8269

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We would prefer you to be interested and ready to work with youngsters with fewer opportunities (orphans and children left without parental care). Having a previous experience in youth work and basic knowledge of Russian language (at least conversational level) will be considered as a plus.
Deadline: Application deadline: 26/06/2023

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

LV35438

01/09/2023 → 31/08/2024

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Deadline: 26/06/2023

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

Riga, Latvia

Latvia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 22:09 (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