Migrant Offshore Aid Station Foundation (MOAS)
santa venera, Malta
⭐️ Activity Title
MOAS Humanitarian Volunteering Placements
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
MOAS is an international humanitarian organization operating critical care evacuation in Ukraine, aid delivery programming in Sudan and several integration and education programs in Malta. The opportunity offers volunteers a placement at the organizations HQ in Malta, through which they will learn what it takes to rum an INGO of this kind. The placement offers training and participation in all aspects of our HQ strategy including communications, OR, fundraising and operational management. Based in Valletta, volunteers enjoy a year living in a central area of the island and working in the historical capital. Volunteers’ interests and areas of expertise will be taken into consideration when allocating tasks. We are looking for motivated individuals with a strong interest or experience in the fields of humanitarian assistance, development and/or migration.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
MOAS will provide the volunteers with flights to and from Malta at the start and end of the placement. In addition the volunteers will be hosted in a shared home, with a total of three volunteers residing together, but having separate bedrooms. The volunteers will have access to free Malta public transportation as residents of the island and MOAS will support their application for residency. MOAS will also provide a stipend with which the volunteers can purchase food, and they will have access to a kitchen at the volunteers residence to facilitate their cooking and food prep.
Training during the activity
During the placement the volunteers will be trained on a multitude of both hard and soft skills. Training and mentoring will depend on the departments to which the volunteers are allocated but include social media management, research, content creation, graphics, media editing, grants research and writing, project management and so on.
Participant profile
Profile: English mother tongue or bilingual between the ages of 18 and 30 available to start as soon as possible, between August and September 2024. Interests: Potential candidates should also be interested in the following topics: law, development studies, humanitarian studies, social science, political science, journalism, fundraising etc. Skills: Motivation, self- discipline, sense of initiative, ability to work well in a team. These positions will offer volunteers:
• Experience working/volunteering in I/NGOs or humanitarian organisations
• Research experience (qualitative and quantitative)
• An opportunity to grow existing video and photo editing skills
• Experience in fundraising and campaigning, including learning how to craft language for advocacy campaigns
• Skills development in media/communications/social media
• Knowledge development in crises, emergency and human rights, with a global focus
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 01/10/2026 to 30/09/2027
Activity location
Level 1 380 cannon street, santa venera, Malta
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna
Activity topics
Health and wellbeing
Post Disaster relief
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 31/07/2026 00:00
Project code
2026-1-MT01-ESC51-VTJ-000401718
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53119_en
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