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ESC: WE ArtCoop

Code: 39687 Copied

Kenya European Voluntary Service Social work Education Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates
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About the project

ESC: WE ArtCoop

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

WE ArtCoop is a Humanitarian Aid ESC project that involves a total of 15 young people from European countries in the development of a participatory project to raise awareness and empower women and children in Shianda (Kenya) that live in a vulnerable situation due to gender-based violence and its consequences. For 6 months, 6 volunteers will join and support WEFOCO team in creating new spaces for women and children, promoting active participation and involvement of the target group in their empowerment process, and promoting critical conscientiousness in each context through awareness actions. Volunteers will design and develop innovative non-formal education and artistic methodologies to raise awareness in different social problems detected on their context (gender-based violence, sexual education/health and mental health) in which working mental health, consequences of gender-based violence and the importance of sexual education that they will carry out during the whole project.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The project includes accommodation, food and transport for the volunteers. Volunteers will be accommodated on WEFOCO installations prepared for youth volunteers that works with the entity. This accommodation, as transportation and food are covered by ESC Humanitarian Aid fundings and the contribution of sending organisation. Volunteers will stay on the same location during all volunteering period; from the first day of their volunteering they will have accommodation prepared. Visa is also included for the time of volunteering.

🎒 Leisure activities

Participatory observation during the analysis phase of the project by volunteers and workers from WEFOCO. Creation of promotion group with all the agents of the project and community, to plan together the program and the activities. Develop different artistic awareness and training activities on WEFOCO’s day-to-day program. Regular activities with the community, and the support and follow-up by tutors. Common evaluation through promoting group, of the activities developed.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Volunteers have to be interested on developing artistic and community skills, working with excluded communities to empower their identity. It is valued to have knowledge in socio-educational field and non-formal education skills. It is also important to have a vocation on social themes. It is valued the participation in social projects with excluded communities, youth and population. It is important for the youth to have interests related to exclusion, woman rights vulneration and motivation to learn about social realities and community art methodologies to work on empowerment.
Deadline: 31/07/2024 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.

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📅 Available sessions

KE39687

02/09/2024 → 28/02/2025

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 31/07/2024

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

Kisumu, Kenya

Kenya

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Kenyan Shilling (KES / KSh)

Exchange rate

1 KES = 0.006892 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

East Africa Time

Local time: 21:00 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili