Stichting Don Bosco Rijswijk
Rijswijk, Netherlands
โญ๏ธ Activity Title
Volunteers in action for youth
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๐ท Activity Details
Description
A day at Don Bosco = a day for action and new opportunities for volunteers and visitors. We are included in everyday life of the organization, preparing and developing games as well as creating new programs within a team of professionals, Dutch and other international volunteers. Together we make sure the place is safe and welcoming for everybody (for example: we do the dishes, clean the tablesโฆ) During the school period we start the day with our lunch services where we spend lunch time with children at 2 nearby located school. The volunteer takes care of preparing lunch, setting the rooms and organizing different leisure activities such as football, dodgeball and handcrafts in order to offer the children a safe, welcoming, learning and meaningful social experience. This is a good time for volunteers to test their pedagogical and didactical skills. After having a short evaluation we start to prepare for the afternoon activities like playing hours, social projects or workshops.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Participants will live in a flat/house with one other volunteer. Each has their own room or studio and they share the kitchen, bathroom and living room. Each participant will receive the food allowance and pocket money each month and a bike as a main form of transportation. The youth center is located approx. 10 min or 20 min from the house.
Training during the activity
We will provide different workshops throughout the experience to make sure every individual is confident and comfortable in working at Don Bosco Rijswijk. For example: how to organize games, how to work as a professional youth worker, how to maintain boundaries and healthy relationships, how to animate. We offer extra support for learning Dutch with inhouse language course. We value good communication and spend a lot of time and effort to organize activities which promote team building and multicultural learning under the roof of Don Bosco organizations mission.
Participant profile
We would like to welcome candidates who are interested in working in multicultural environment and actively participate in everyday life of the organisation. We keep it as open as possible so that all young people (age 18-30), especially unemployed and with fewer opportunities (social and economic difficulties) could easily take part in this project. Volunteers are expected to work with other team members to carry out the program. Speaking and understanding a basic level of English is required. We would like to welcome young people who are motivated to work with children and peers. This might help you decide: https://europa.eu/youth/goabroad/volunteering/how-choose-goodvolunteering-opportunity_en IMPORTANT: We will ONLY look at the applications in english through the European youth portal. No need to send emails, they will not count. The application is a multistep process. If applicants are not contacted within reasonable time after the deadline, they have not been admitted in the next phase of the selection process.
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๐ Key Information
Activity dates
From 14/09/2026 to 02/07/2027
Activity location
Don Boscolaantje 3, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Physical education and sport
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 07/07/2026 00:42
Project code
2026-1-NL02-ESC51-VTJ-000401944
๐ Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52943_en
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