DRUSTVO LOJTRA DRUSTVO ZA OSEBNI IN POKLICNI RAZVOJ MLADIH
LITIJA, Slovenia
โญ๏ธ Activity Title
Living and Growing Together 2026
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๐ท Activity Details
Description
You will be one of four long-term volunteers we will be hosting this year, and your main area of focus will be our sustainability projects in Lojtra, particularly those related to our garden. Lojtraโs garden began as a community garden about 7 years ago when a small group of local enthusiasts met weekly to grow together. Nowadays, we are transforming it into a learning garden, which will serve as a location for workshops and as a good example of practices for working with permaculture on a small scale. Part of the garden is now exclusively for herbs with therapeutic qualities, which was built in cooperation with a local herb farm, Hanuman. The project will involve cooperation with a number of our local partners who work in ecological farming practices. This is will provide you with the opportunity to learn in addition to contributing to their work. Read the whole infopack here: https://canva.link/gunkco0kz5rd2jz
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
You will get monthly food and pocket money allowance. We will provide you accommodation in a shared flat, together with other two long-term volunteers. You will also get bycicles to comute from your flat to Litija city. Read the whole infopack here: https://canva.link/gunkco0kz5rd2jz Apply here: https://forms.gle/C4FqnvbheMuBQW2D6
Training during the activity
You will have your own mentor, who will educate you on practical and theoretical level on ecological gardening. You will be part of weekly office meetings with Lojtra's team, where you will recieve all the support needed to carry out your porjects. You will be included in our training courses on topis of youth work, sustainability and art to get some new knowledge. You will get an insight into the working of an NGO and will have an opportunity to create your own projects. Apply here: https://forms.gle/C4FqnvbheMuBQW2D6
Participant profile
-a good grasp of English
-some experience of gardening and/or a strong interest in developing your knowledge and skills in this area, especially regarding ecological gardening practices
-enthusiasm for the project. We want a volunteer who really wants to carry out the project and to be here with us.
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๐ Key Information
Activity dates
A total of 40 week(s) during the period 01/10/2026 to 30/06/2027
Activity location
Kidriฤeva cesta 1, LITIJA, Slovenia
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Environment and natural protection
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 30/07/2026 23:59
Project code
2026-1-SI02-ESC51-VTJ-000401567
๐ Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52890_en
Apply here: https://forms.gle/C4FqnvbheMuBQW2D6
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