🌱 You can join a unique short-term ESC team volunteering project in Bunovo village, Bulgaria where you will live close to nature, work with an eco-community and develop practical green skills while contributing to environmental and community initiatives.
✨ During this project you will experience rural eco-living, learn sustainable practices and actively contribute to the development of an eco-centre and community garden together with an international volunteer team.
🌟 What will you do as a volunteer?
🌿 Participate in eco-building activities and help maintain the eco-centre infrastructure
🌱 Learn eco-gardening and organic food production techniques
🍅 Support growing and preserving organic fruits and vegetables
🌍 Contribute to environmental conservation activities
🌳 Help develop the infrastructure of a future botanical garden
🤝 Take part in community-building activities with the local eco-community
🏠 Accommodation, Food & Travel
🏕️ Volunteers stay at Amorea Garden Eco-Hub in a shared dormitory or private tents at the campsite
🚿 Outdoor compost toilets and solar showers are used on site
🍳 Access to a well-equipped outdoor kitchen for preparing meals
🍽️ Food, accommodation and transport are fully funded by the ESC programme
💶 €7 daily pocket money provided
🚌 Public transport connection available from Sofia to Bunovo village
🎓 Learning & Training
🌱 Green Social Entrepreneurship training
🧱 Hands-on experience in eco-building projects
🌾 Learning soil building and organic gardening practices
🌿 Participation in establishing a botanical garden
🤝 Community collaboration with the local eco-community
🌱 Participant Profile
🎂 Age: 18–30 years
🌍 Motivated to engage in environmental initiatives and community development
🏡 Comfortable with rural and eco-living conditions
💡 Previous volunteer experience is not required
🤝 Open to teamwork and intercultural learning
📅 Activity Dates
26 May 2026 – 15 June 2026
📅 Application Deadline
30 April 2026
🌍 Eligible Countries
🇦🇱 Albania 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇷🇸 Serbia
Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/50310_en
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