An impactful ESC Individual Volunteering opportunity in Witten, Germany 🇩🇪 focused on women’s empowerment, integration, and sustainable fashion. The Nouranour project promotes intercultural exchange and supports refugee and immigrant women in their social and professional integration pathways.
This project connects solidarity, sustainability, and community engagement through hands-on support and meaningful daily interaction.
Project Overview
🌍 Programme: European Solidarity Corps – ESC Individual Volunteering
📍 Location: Witten, Germany 🇩🇪
🗓 Activity Dates: 01 April 2026 – 31 March 2027
🏷 Activity Type: Individual Volunteering
🆔 Project Code: 2025-1-DE04-ESC51-VTJ-000347047
The project focuses on empowering women through sewing and handicraft courses, upcycling initiatives, and professional integration support. Participants create unique items from recycled materials, showcased and sold in the organisation’s showroom.
Main Topics
🤝 Social challenges
🌍 Reception and integration of refugees and migrants
🎨 Creativity and culture
♻️ Sustainable fashion and upcycling
Volunteer Tasks
🧵 Support sewing and handicraft workshops
👩🏫 Assist women in accessing language courses, training and job opportunities
🛍 Be present in daily shop activities
📲 Support communication and social media
♻️ Contribute to upcycling and clothing repair initiatives
🌍 Promote intercultural dialogue and inclusion
Accommodation and Financial Support
🏡 Private bedroom in a shared apartment
🎫 Monthly Deutschlandticket for travel across Germany
💶 Pocket money for food
Participant Profile
🌍 Open-minded and motivated
🤝 Interested in working directly with refugee and immigrant women
🗣 Good communication skills
🇩🇪 Basic German knowledge preferred and motivation to improve
🧵 Interest in sustainability and upcycling is a plus
🏬 Willing to support daily shop operations
Eligible Countries
🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Application Deadline
⏰ 28 February 2026 – 00:00
Application Link
👉 https://forms.gle/WTTaPVXh4eVoPqLS8
Official ESC Page:
👉 https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49511_en
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