🌍 28 New Fully Funded ESC Volunteering Opportunities — From Kampala Special Needs to Peruvian Rights Advocacy & Latvian Vlog Creation

From special needs care at Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped and rights advocacy with Mano A Mano in vulnerable Peruvian neighbourhoods, to building and running the Kalabria Eco Fest in the Calabrian woods, climate resilience work with Merkuri in Zugdidi and GDCA in Ghana, an art residency at MAC Studi d'Artista in Padova, vlog creation in Jēkabpils, and the House of Generations bringing elderly, young mothers and children together in Lithuania— this batch of 28 fully funded ESC volunteering placements spans 14 countries across Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Every ESC placement is fully funded — flight, accommodation, food, monthly pocket money and insurance. A large group of deadlines falls 14 June and 29 June – 1 July.

📊 What's in this batch:

28 ESC Volunteering Placements · 14 Countries · 3 Continents

🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities

🇫🇷 France — International Solidarity & European Mobility Ambassador at a High School 🎓

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Raise students' awareness of international solidarity and cultural diversity, help organise festivals including International Solidarity Week, and support young people developing their own mobility projects — free meals at the school cafeteria Monday to Friday and free public transport included.

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🇷🇴 Romania — Growth in Motion, Non-Formal Education in Placement Centres & Schools 🌱

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Workshops, games, creative activities and intercultural experiences for children and young people in placement centres, primary schools and kindergartens in disadvantaged areas — plus coordinating short-term volunteers during the summer. B1 English required.

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🇫🇷 France — Sem&Vol, Daily Workcamp, Masonry & Woodwork in a Small Village 🔧

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Minor masonry, woodwork, painting and environmental work, organising local intercultural activities, building networks with local associations and leading international workcamps during summer — shared house in a welcoming village. Driving licence highly recommended.

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🇱🇹 Lithuania — House of Generations, Elderly, Young Mothers & Children Together 💛

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Most of your time supporting elderly people in a Dementia Centre with conversations, daily activities and creative workshops, and connecting with young mothers and children — live the power of intergenerational solidarity. €280/month food and pocket money.

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🇵🇪 Peru — Community Empowerment & Rights Advocacy with Mano A Mano ✊

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Capacity-building workshops on non-discrimination, gender equality and security protocols, structuring administrative governance, rights advocacy in vulnerable neighborhoods, and community initiatives like Useful Holidays for 150 children, eco-fairs and retaining wall construction — background in law, human rights or social work highly valued.

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🇸🇮 Slovenia — The Community Crew, Build, Share, Grow with Park Istra 🌿

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Help people in need with renovation work, support local NGOs, assist farmers, work with children and elderly care homes — up to 15 internationals in a stunning Istrian location with rock climbing, hiking and biking nearby. Open to Austrian, German and Dutch residents.

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🇫🇷 France — Family Animation in Social Association, Courteline in Tours 👨‍👩‍👧

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Parent-child workshops, family outings, school support and gender equality activities at Courteline association in Tours — single room, food allowance, pocket money and travel covered.

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🇺🇬 Uganda — Support Children & Youth with Disabilities at a Community Centre 🤝

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Assist in physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy sessions, support educational and vocational training, help produce low-cost assistive devices and organise sports and creative activities — background in special needs education or therapy highly desirable.

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🇫🇷 France — Promoting European Values & Sustainable Development in a High School 🌍

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Act as an ambassador for European values, support mobility projects, run intercultural activities and develop circular economy initiatives — recycling schemes, upcycling, eco-citizen challenges and food waste campaigns.

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🇫🇮 Finland — Feel the Forest at Metsäkartano, Outdoor Education Centre 🌲

📅 Deadline: ASAP

Preserve and create outdoor spaces used in educational programs at an outdoor education youth centre — shared log cabin with sauna, nature survival skills, teamwork and communication. Priority for those not in school or work. LGBTIQ+ friendly. Finnish residents only.

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🇺🇬 Uganda — Inclusive Education at Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped ♿

📅 Deadline: 14 June 2026

Support 100 pupils aged 6-18 with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and polio — classroom learning, therapy exercises, wheelchair repair, basic computer teaching and vocational training in tailoring, screen printing and crafts — background in caregiving, occupational therapy or physiotherapy is a strong plus.

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🇬🇪 Georgia — Climate Resilience & Disaster Preparedness with Merkuri, Zugdidi 🌊

📅 Deadline: 14 June 2026

Help local communities, especially active residents and women, prepare for floods, extreme weather and other climate-related challenges — workshops, awareness events and small community initiatives in western Georgia near the Black Sea. Host family accommodation.

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🇬🇭 Ghana — Entrepreneurship & Employability Volunteer with GDCA 💼

📅 Deadline: 14 June 2026

Plan and coordinate vocational skills development projects, support trainees, trainers and TVET institutions, provide career guidance and help participants achieve economic independence — no specific diploma needed, motivation and team spirit matter most.

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🇺🇬 Uganda — Education Support Volunteer with UPA & Mondo 📚

📅 Deadline: 14 June 2026

Lead workshops to strengthen school management, train teachers on innovative methods, support subject teachers across disciplines, source partnerships for library materials and organise extracurricular activities — university degree in education, social work or community development required.

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🇬🇭 Ghana — Climate Change Resilience & Preparedness with GDCA 🌍

📅 Deadline: 14 June 2026

Climate vulnerability assessments, building local capacity in energy saving, reduce-reuse-repair-recycle practices, food management, income diversification and sustainable farming with organic inputs — background in climate science, sustainable agriculture or environmental management valued.

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🇮🇹 Italy — Build & Run the Kalabria Eco Fest in the Calabrian Woods 🌳

📅 Deadline: 15 June 2026

Site setup, kitchen and bar support, wellness area, infopoint, audio-visual and forest maintenance, all in the heart of Parco Regionale delle Serre — camping in the woods, vegan meals cooked together, and a co-created community of festival makers.

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🇰🇪 Kenya — Environmental Expert, Climate Resilience & Tree Planting with CIVS 🌱

📅 Deadline: 17 June 2026

Work with farming communities on climate change adaptation, climate-smart agriculture, tree planting campaigns, soil and water conservation, plus community workshops and school outreach — hands-on experience in farming, tree planting and rural community work highly valuable.

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🇫🇷 France — European Ambassador with Kids & Teenagers at a Municipal Animation Centre 🎨

📅 Deadline: 28 June 2026

Bring a European dimension and intercultural openness to a city council's educational activities, raise awareness of European countries among local young people through leisure activities outside school hours — plus co-leading international work camps.

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🇱🇻 Latvia — Two Youth Centres, Kaņieris & Kalnciema Studija 🎨

📅 Deadline: 29 June 2026

Plan interactive activities for young people, support workshops on art, climate, LGBTQ+, media literacy and cultural diversity, advise on European opportunities and boost the centres' social media presence — shared apartment with 6 other volunteers.

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🇱🇻 Latvia — Ķekava Youth Center "Jaunu ideju centrs", Workshops & Community 💡

📅 Deadline: 29 June 2026

Plan and lead non-formal educational activities for young people aged 12-25 — creative workshops, cultural evenings, board games and EU values sessions — collaborate with local youth on social media content. Two spots open.

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🇱🇻 Latvia — Youth Studio BaMbuss, Creative Workshops, Clubs & Social Media 🎬

📅 Deadline: 29 June 2026

Support a multifunctional youth studio — art, book, language and sports clubs, events and information campaigns on EU values, social media content and your own workshops with young people.

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🇮🇹 Italy — Art Residency & Creative Studio Project for Young Artists in Padova 🎨

📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026

Your own creative project, a shared artist studio, workshops you design yourself and a chance to help revitalize an urban area through art — "MAC Studi d'Artista" is where emerging artists grow together.

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🇮🇹 Italy — Village Revitalization & Digital Storytelling in Medieval Corleto Monforte 🏛️

📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026

Cataloguing an Emotional Archive, creating trekking routes, supporting a Natural History Museum and helping a medieval Cilento village fight depopulation — six weeks of rural living, photography, video editing and intergenerational connection inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

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🇫🇷 France — Coastal Conservation & Environmental Education in Normandy 🌊

📅 Deadline: 1 July 2026

Working on the seaside, raising awareness about climate change and eco-citizenship, creating pedagogical tools and discovering Normandy's wild coast — two months in a shared house with three other volunteers and an electric bike to explore.

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🇵🇱 Poland — Cultural Centre Adventures Across 7 City Districts in Silesia 🎬

📅 Deadline: 1 July 2026

Language clubs, workshops in photography, graphics, film-making, cooking and board games, plus your own special event — six months of pure creative chaos in Mysłowice with full training in video, social media and animation.

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🇷🇴 Romania — The Youth by FNT, Events, Media & Outreach with Young People 🎯

📅 Deadline: 1 July 2026

Workshops, photos and videos, articles, flash mobs and awareness campaigns, plus helping maintain a vibrant youth space for young people aged 14-35 — in-house trainings on non-formal education, facilitation, human rights and safeguarding included.

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Closing 10–11 July

🇧🇪 Belgium — Social Justice & Sustainable Development with Miteinander Teilen ⚖️

📅 Deadline: 10 July 2026

Women's circles, lecture evenings, exhibitions, an intercultural film festival, school workshops and educational trips, social media management, partners from the Global South and even a trip to Madagascar — ⚠️ German required, French is a plus.

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🇱🇻 Latvia — Be a Social Media & Vlog Creator in Jēkabpils 🎥

📅 Deadline: 11 July 2026

Four months telling the stories of local communities and NGOs through videos for YouTube and social media — bring your editing skills, your curiosity for people and your own initiative: even ukulele classes are welcome.

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Twenty-eight fully funded ESC volunteering placements across 14 countries and three continents — and this is one of the biggest single-batch ESC drops of the year. Special needs care at Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped, rights advocacy with Mano A Mano in vulnerable Peruvian neighbourhoods, building and running the Kalabria Eco Fest in the Calabrian woods, climate resilience work with Merkuri in Zugdidi and GDCA in Ghana, an art residency at MAC Studi d'Artista in Padova, vlog creation in Jēkabpils, the House of Generations bringing elderly and young mothers together in Lithuania, and forest immersion at Metsäkartano outdoor education centre in Finland — these are not opportunities you'll see grouped together again.

France leads this batch with six placements spanning high school mobility ambassadors, the Sem&Vol workcamp, family animation in Tours, coastal conservation in Normandy and municipal animation work. Uganda, Ghana and Latvia each offer multiple complementary roles — three Latvian youth centres, three Uganda placements covering special needs and education support, and two Ghana climate and entrepreneurship roles. A large group of placements closes 14 June. Multiple deadlines fall 29 June – 1 July. Act now.