From sustainable coffee farming on a remote Costa Rican finca and an ecofarm in rural Liguria where you milk cows and feed the homeless, to a media, sports and humanitarian hub in Gaziantep, homeless support in Cork, architecture at one of Scandinavia's leading studios, a work camp in rural Bulgaria, and sharing your culture with preschoolers in Wrocลawโ this batch of 14 opportunities spans 12 countries across Europe and Latin America. Six paid or Erasmus+ funded internships and eight fully funded ESC volunteering placements.
Internships are paid or Erasmus+ funded โ several include accommodation and certification. Every ESC placement is fully funded โ flight, accommodation, food, monthly pocket money and insurance. Several deadlines close within the next week.
๐ What's in this batch:
6 Internships ยท 8 ESC Volunteering Placements ยท 12 Countries ยท 2 Continents
๐ผ Internships & Traineeships
๐ต๐น Portugal โ Human Resources Experience at The Walking Parrot, Lisbon ๐ผ
๐ Deadline: 25 May 2026
Recruitment, onboarding, and talent management โ an Erasmus+ HR internship for business and management students ready to take real responsibility.
๐ช๐ธ Spain โ Online Marketing & Business at Proceedit, Barcelona ๐ป
๐ Deadline: 31 May 2026
Digital campaigns, branding, content creation โ a Digital Opportunities Traineeship with financial compensation plus commission opportunities. For marketing and business students.
๐ฌ๐ท Greece โ Startup Greece Week Festival Team, Athens ๐
๐ Deadline: 31 May 2026
Social media, partnerships, community, project management โ interns recruited across multiple tracks for Greece's biggest tech entrepreneurship festival. For business and communication students.
๐ New to Erasmus+ internships? Everything you need to know about applying โ how it works, who can apply, what costs are covered โ is in one place. Read the complete guide โ
๐ธ๐ช Sweden โ Architecture & Design Studio at Tengbom ๐๏ธ
๐ Deadline: 18 September 2026
Architecture, landscape and interior design with multidisciplinary teams on innovative projects โ hands-on experience at one of Scandinavia's leading architecture practices.
๐ช๐ธ Spain โ Italian & English Language Assistant at Institut Torre Vicens, Lleida ๐ฃ๏ธ
๐ Deadline: 18 September 2026
Assist with Italian and English teaching for secondary students โ accommodation support, certification, and a welcoming international environment in Catalonia. For future language teachers.
๐ฑ ESC Volunteering Opportunities
Urgent & ASAP
๐จ๐ท Costa Rica โ Sustainable Coffee Farming & Climate Action on a Remote Finca โ
๐ Deadline: ASAP
Coffee plants, vegetable beds, compost systems, and the kind of physical, honest outdoor work that leaves you tired and fulfilled โ deep in a remote Costa Rican village surrounded by mountains and green. If your hands itch for soil and your heart for purpose, this finca is calling.
๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye โ Media, Sports, Arts & Humanitarian Work in Gaziantep ๐ฌ
๐ Deadline: ASAP
A professional TV studio, radio stations, a swimming pool, music courses, and humanitarian work with refugees and earthquake survivors โ all under one roof โ if you want a placement where you can create content, coach sport, plant trees and genuinely help, Gaziantep packs it all into one.
๐ซ๐ท France โ Sustainable Development & Civic Projects in a Secondary School, Limoges ๐
๐ Deadline: ASAP
Litter-picking walks, gender equality workshops, eco-projects with student reps, and a pupils' lounge where teenagers actually open up to you โ if sustainability, civic values and working with secondary students light you up, this Limoges school year gives you room to make it real.
๐ฉ๐ช Germany โ Social Work with Children in Family-Style Residential Care, Near Osnabrรผck ๐ก
๐ Deadline: ASAP
Handicrafts, homework, games, and patient presence for children carrying trauma and attachment wounds โ nearly 50 years of expertise behind you, family-like homes, and real, supervised social work โ if you can stay calm in the storm and warm in the quiet, this is your place.
โ๏ธ Last-minute motivation letter? Here's how to write one that actually gets read โ and remembered. Read the guide โ
Closing 22โ30 May
๐ซ๐ท France โ Multiple Projects in Schools, a Youth Center & a Youth Home in Coastal Brittany, Lorient ๐
๐ Deadline: 22 May 2026
Several placements, one stunning Atlantic backdrop โ schools, a youth center, a youth residence โ pick the path that fits you and spend a year by the Brittany coast doing real youth work โ if you're based in Germany and dreaming of France, Lorient has more than one door open.
๐ฎ๐น Italy โ Ecofarm Life, Gardening & Feeding the Homeless in Rural Liguria ๐
๐ Deadline: 28 May 2026
Milking cows in the morning, baking pastries by midday, distributing meals to people who need them, and finding stillness in Bhakti Yoga โ a vegetarian community deep in the Ligurian hinterland where food becomes an act of dignity โ if sustainable, intentional living calls to you, this farm is your home for a season.
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland โ Supporting Homeless Services & Vulnerable People in Cork ๐
๐ Deadline: 30 May 2026
Cooking together, going to the cinema, accompanying people to appointments, and slowly helping someone rebuild the feeling of "home" โ real social work with people at risk of homelessness โ heavy, human and deeply meaningful. If you're Italian and ready to show up where it counts, Cork is waiting.
๐ก What do organisations actually look for in an ESC volunteer? Skills, values, attitude โ what makes a strong profile. Read the guide โ
Closing 2 June โ 31 July
๐ต๐ฑ Poland โ Sharing Your Culture with Preschool Children in Wrocลaw ๐จ
๐ Deadline: 2 June 2026
Teaching kids your language through songs, art, cooking and traditional dances, and watching their eyes light up at a world bigger than their classroom โ if you're Italian, love working with little ones and want a warm, hands-on year in one of Poland's most beautiful cities, Wrocลaw is calling.
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria โ Work Camp, Rural Development & Community Living in Mrachenik โบ
๐ Deadline: 31 July 2026
Tents, shared cooking, overgrown grass to tame, and a village to bring back to life โ the fourth season of a camp that locals now look forward to โ fifteen volunteers, hands in the dirt, real connection with a Bulgarian community โ if you like work camps and good company, grab your spot.
๐ซ "I'm not qualified enough." "I don't speak the language." Four common ESC myths โ and the facts that prove them wrong. Read the facts โ
Fourteen opportunities across 12 countries in a single batch โ mixing paid professional internships with fully funded volunteering across two continents. Sustainable coffee farming on a remote Costa Rican finca, an ecofarm in rural Liguria where you milk cows and feed the homeless, a media and humanitarian hub in Gaziantep with a TV studio and radio stations, homeless support in Cork, architecture at one of Scandinavia's leading studios, family-style residential care for children near Osnabrรผck, and a fourth-season work camp in rural Bulgaria โ these are not opportunities you'll see grouped together again.
For students and graduates, six internships span HR in Lisbon, digital marketing in Barcelona, startup festival work in Athens, architecture in Sweden, and language teaching in Catalonia โ most paid or Erasmus+ funded with accommodation support. For ESC volunteers, eight placements range from coffee farming in Costa Rica and ecofarm life in Liguria to media work in Gaziantep, homeless support in Cork, and school-based sustainability projects in Limoges. Portugal HR closes 25 May. France Brittany closes 22 May. Italy Liguria closes 28 May. Act now.
