ASSOCIAZIONE DI PROMOZIONE SOCIALE JOINT
Istituto Walden Società Cooperativa Sociale onlus
Menfi, Italy
⭐️ Activity Title
Volunteering in Sicily in a housing community for at-risk boys and children
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
Istituto Walden is a social cooperative that manages different houses and services for minors located in the island of Sicily. They are looking for ESC volunteers to support the educators in a shelter for young boys (13-18 years old) and children (0-10 years old) who are on a path towards rehabilitation and social inclusion. The youngsters live together in the shelter as a community and the volunteers will share part of their daily life.
Tasks:
- Support youngsters’ and childrens' education with afterschool activities (homework support, lessons of foreign language, educational workshops)
- Create fun and engaging workshops: cooking, theatre, music..
- Language exchange
- Organize celebrations for special occasions/festivities
- Manage the daily life in the community: prepare meals to share with everyone, keep the space clean and welcoming, help the residents with their everyday needs
- Discover the town and surrounding area accompanying the youngsters on trips.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Volunteers will work 5 days per week, for maximum of 35 working hours per week. They will have 2 consecutive days off and 2 additional free days per month. The days off cannot overlap with the days of other volunteers (meaning that the volunteers will not be able to take the days off together) and will not be the weekends. - Accommodation: Volunteers will share a flat in Menfi, with DOUBLE bedrooms, a kitchen, and 2 bathrooms. Pocket money of 6 euro per day will be provided plus 100 euro for a month for covering food expenses. The volunteers will have 5 meals per week in the community.
Training during the activity
On-Arrival trainings with Associazione Joint, the coordinating organization and the Italian National Agency. Italian online course. Specific training for project activities. Mid-term evaluation and final evaluation with Associazione Joint.
Participant profile
Available for WHOLE project: June 2026 - December 2026
• ready to work with young people (boys 13-18 years old - children 0-10 years old) that come from different SOCIAL backgrounds
• has studies or experience in social work or psychology
• has a strong respect of the rules, patient and creative
• communicative and open-minded
• positive and proactive
• adaptable • able to cooperate with educators
• ready to take responsibility
• can plan, organise and manage activities
• ready to live in a SMALL TOWN
• ready to learn Italian or already knows it
. We expect your CV and Motivation to be in ENGLISH! (aged between 18 - 30 y.o.)
- 2 females and 3 males
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 29/06/2026 to 29/12/2026
Activity location
Via Cavour 54, Menfi, Italy
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
Activity topics
Social challenges
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Shelter
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 14/06/2026 00:00
Project code
2024-2-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000278366
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52332_en
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