YOUTH EDUC(ACTION) IN MAGEA

ASOCIACION BRUJULA INTERCULTURAL

Magea S. Coop. de Trabajo Asociado a Iniciativa Social

Castrillo del Val, Burgos, Spain

DESCRIPTION

Magea Escuela Activa is an active school founded in 2016. Magea is a project that offers an educational model based on the integral development of children through democratic education and a teaching model based on experiential learning. In Magea, real, active and meaningful participation is promoted to give children true protagonism and respect their individualities. In addition to offering an innovative educational project, the school develops solidarity activities directed at the families of the children it hosts, with which it aims to build a sense of cohesion and have a positive social impact in the community. The Magea Escuela Activa is located in Castrillo del Val, a village a few kilometres from Burgos.

ACCOMMODATION, FOOD AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS

The volunteers will live in a shared flat in Burgos. In the flat will live the volunteers from Ábrego Association and another volunteer from another project always coordinated by Brújula Intercultural. The flat consists of a kitchen, toilet, living room and 3 bedrooms. Volunteers will have single rooms. The coordinator will also provide an amount (established from the ESC program) for the maintenance and pocket money that will be provided monthly. The travel expenses will be refunded on the basis defined by the European Commission.

TRAINING DURING THE ACTIVITY

The volunteers will participate in the on-arrival and mid-term training organised by the Spanish National Agency. The support organisation and the host organisation will provide them also a training when they will arrive and a mid-term and a final evaluation.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

Available for the whole duration of the project; 18-30 years old; Resident in EU member countries or Ukraine; A basic level of Spanish is welcome but not necessary; Motivation to participate in the project and specific activities; Interest in the planned tasks and the learning pathway described; Previous experience of volunteering or working in the sector; Interest in non-formal education, alternative learning methods and the Montessori/Waldorf method; Interest and willingness to face the intercultural experience proposed by the project and its challenge,

ACTIVITY DATES

A total of 52 week(s) during the period 01/09/2026 to 31/08/2027

ACTIVITY LOCATION

Camino del Cauce, 1, Castrillo del Val, Burgos, Spain

ACTIVITY TYPE

Individual volunteering

LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine