P.E.CO. - PROGETTI EUROPEI DI COOPERAZIONE
Centro Storico Ragazzi
Genova, Italy
⭐️ Activity Title
ESC with children and adolescents in Centro Storico Ragazzi
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
Centro Storico Ragazzi carries out educational activities for youngsters aged 6-18, who live in or hang out at Genoa historical city centre. The majority of them have foreign nationality, especially Ecuador, Perù and China. Most youngsters we’re working with face disadvantaged family environments, difficulties at school, economical obstacles and do not have a stable connection with the context. Activities: - Support in after-school activities: we offer scholastic support, in particular concerning Italian language and culture. - Attend the canteen: the opportunity of eating together, in a cozy place, is the answer to the situation of many youngsters who cannot have lunch at home. We offer a place for socialisation and growth. - Support to “Lomellini sport”: it involves a male football team and a female volleyball team - Summer camp activities: offering educational and leisure time activities to children and youngsters also through short trips outside Genova.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
The volunteer will live in Genova in a shared apartment with doble/triple rooms. They will receive 6 euros per day of pocket money and food or a food allowance will be provided. The travel expenses will be reimbursed on the basis defined by the European Commission.
Training during the activity
The volunteer will participate in the training opportunities offered by the Italian National Agency (On Arrival Training, Mid Term Evaluation, and Final Evaluation). In addition, they will also take part in the training opportunities organized by association P.E.CO., together with the other volunteers involved in the activities of other Hosting Organizations in Genoa. They will also receive specific training in the Hosting Organization related to the target group they will work with.
Participant profile
REQUIRED: 20-30 YEARS OLD. Available for the WHOLE duration of the project (min 6 months). The ideal volunteer is autonomous, mature and responsible, open to share and meet other people and motivated to join our activities. Volunteer should be aware of its extremely important role in the center and available to cooperate to the educative and training process. Since this involves a role in contact with young people, the volunteer must be fitted with qualities such as tolerance, patience, firmness, creativity, and above all excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Summer camps are often intense so be aware of it. We expect your CV and Motivation written in ENGLISH!
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 09/09/2026 to 09/03/2027
Activity location
Via Lomellini 12, Genova, Italy
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Social challenges
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 25/07/2026 11:59
Project code
2024-2-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000280408
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53144_en
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