🇧🇬 ESC Volunteering in Bulgaria 🌿 Gaia Volunteering Teams — Permaculture, Social Inclusion & Community Living at Synergy House in Dzhurovo 🇧🇬
Are you ready for a truly unique European Solidarity Corps experience that goes beyond ordinary volunteering? You can join the Gaia Volunteering Teams at Synergy House in Dzhurovo, Bulgaria — a community-driven project where young people from across Europe live together, work with their hands, run their own workshops and initiatives, support the local Roma community, and explore permaculture and sustainable living in the heart of Bulgarian nature. With only 15 spots available on a first-come, first-served basis, and priority given to participants with fewer opportunities, this is your chance to create real change — in the community and in yourself.
What Will You Do as a Volunteer?
💪Transform Synergy House into a fully functioning educational learning centre for youth projects and exchanges through hands-on permaculture and eco-building work
🌱Participate in workshops on permaculture, communal gardening, eco-building, and sustainable practices at the Volunteering & Retreat Centre
🤝Design and implement inclusive activities with local Roma youth and children in Dzhurovo through games, creative projects, workshops, and sports
🏔️Join weekly community activities with local residents including nature-based meditation sessions, silent hiking excursions, and support for local eco-friendly initiatives
🌍Co-create your own community — make rules together, design activities, cook and shop as a group, and build genuine relationships with people from across Europe
🎨Launch your own personal initiative — whether a DIY project, a workshop on meditation, cooking, yoga, a digital diary, or even a documentary. You are the creator of your own experience
📸Volunteers with media skills in photography, video production, or social media management are especially encouraged to apply and contribute to documenting the project
Accommodation, Food & Travel
🏡You will live at Synergy House in Dzhurovo — a rural retreat and volunteer centre in the Bulgarian countryside, surrounded by nature and designed for community living
🛒A weekly food budget is provided for the group to shop and cook together — meals are a shared community experience, not an individual responsibility
💶You will receive €7 per day in pocket money for personal expenses throughout the project
✈️Travel costs are reimbursed according to the distance between your home town and Sofia
⚡Places are limited to 15 participants — first come, first served, so apply as soon as possible
Training & Learning
🎓Every participant will receive a Youthpass certificate upon completion, documenting their personal learning journey and competence development throughout the project
🌿You will develop practical skills in permaculture, sustainable living, eco-building, and community project design through immersive, hands-on daily activities
🤲You will build intercultural competencies and community facilitation skills by co-creating a truly international living and working community from scratch
Participant Profile
🎂You are aged 18 to 30 and have not participated in more than 11 months of EVS or ESC volunteering programmes in the past
🌾You are ready and willing to live in a rural environment and embrace a community-based lifestyle for the duration of the project
🚀You are proactive, self-motivated, and eager to create opportunities — you come with a personal project idea or a clear learning goal
📸Volunteers with media skills in photography, video, or social media management are especially valued and encouraged to apply
🤝Priority will be given to participants with fewer opportunities — please clearly indicate your situation in your application if this applies to you
Activity Dates & Key Information
Eligible Countries
🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇹🇷 Türkiye
Application Link
🔗 Info & application: View Infopack & Application Form
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