Bokra Sawa

Marseille, France

⭐️ Activity Title

Volunteering in Marseille, France - Cultural exchange and non formal education

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🔷 Activity Details

Description

Marseille (France). Number of volunteers: 1 Bokra Sawa aims to promote common values through non-formal education and to fight against prejudices, in order to gather together the Mediterranean’s two shores. Missions:

- Participate in the daily life of the association

- Animate the pedagogic tools during local events

- Participate in the conception and creation of a pedagogic tool

- Promoting our mobility projects

- Promotion of the association's activities through participating in local event.

Bokra Sawa works on 3 main areas:

- Cultural mediation: we create pedagogical tools in order to inform and raise awareness about the culture, art, biodiversity, gender equality etc of the south Mediterranean region.

- Mobility: we offer mobility projects (European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus +) to the local youth

- International exchanges: we organise and conduct international seminars for young workers and youth exchanges for the youth. http://www.bokrasawa.org

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Volunteers will be hosted in an apartment in Marseille, with each of them an individual bedroom. Advantages : allocation of a travel budget, housing, health insurance, French online classes. The volunteer will receive a monthly allowance to cover the cost of food and will receive pocket money.

Training during the activity

They will also attend 2 trainings hosted by the French national agency in France during the mission.

Participant profile

What we expect from our volunteers:

– Motivation

– Ability to work in a team

– Curious about society topics

– Interest for non-formal education

– Open-mindedness


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🔑 Key Information

Activity dates

A total of 8 week(s) during the period 15/07/2026 to 15/09/2026

Activity location

118 La Canebière, Marseille, France

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Looking for participants from

Italy, Spain

Activity topics

Social challenges

Citizenship and democratic participation

Education and training

Creativity and culture

Deadline for applications

No application deadline

Project code

2025-1-FR02-ESC51-VTJ-000346419

🔗 Official Project Page

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52256_en

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