📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Centre for asylum seekers in Rixensart is an open centre for people who have asked for asylum in Belgium. Its main tasks are to feed, accommodate and provide social and medical aid to asylum-seekers. The asylum seekers stay in the centre during the whole 1st stage of the procedure (4 months at least). In 2015, Belgium received a lot of migrants and the center is now accommodating much more people than before (almost 40 persons are living in tents next to the buildings). The budget for the resident didn’t grow in the same time than the number of people. Then residents have few opportunities to divert themselves.
💼 What the programme involves
The aim of the workcamp is to encourage intercultural meeting between the volunteers and the residents of the center, and to propose leisure activities to the residents. The volunteers will propose activities for the residents of the centre (mostly kids and young mothers): art workshops, games, sport, visits, cook…
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will sleep in large room of the centre.
📍 About the location
Rixensart is a charming little town located approximately 20 km from Brussels.
⚠️ Requirements
To enjoy working and playing with children. To enjoy working in team. Artistic and musical skills are a welcomed asset. Volunteers are then encouraged to realize activities at a lower cost and those who want are welcome to bring material with them.
The workcamp can be psychologically tiring.
ℹ️ Additional information
Fill in the extra motivation form.
Not accessible to wheelchairs.
Residents receive 3.8 euros per day to cook for themselves. The group will have to eat at the same conditions and will think about how to organize it at the beginning of the camp (5euros/volunteer/day). The budget for the food is very restricted, so that can be an issue for some volunteers (very simple food, not very various). Please take some food with you if you think it can be a problem.