ASOCIATIA CURBA DE CULTURA
SAT IZVOARELE JUD PRAHOVA, Romania
โญ๏ธ Activity Title
Solidarity in the Community 5
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๐ท Activity Details
Description
Be part of a team of volunteers that will help the life in the local community. Do you like to do some physical work, walk around, interact with locals, chat with youngsters and share some of your experiences? Then you should be in our team! We gather 20-24 people to help less fortunate locals in their households with autumn chores and preparations for the winter, to arrange and prepare our youth centres, to provide learning activities to youngsters, to do some cleaning actions and so on. So the work you will do will vary from cleaning actions, to fixing stuff, painting or chopping wood to games and activities with youngsters, workshops and intercultural events. A little bit of everything is needed in our community. Spend 30 days in our community and be solidary. And if you would like to stay longer afterwards, we can look for options. If you apply, check your email often and your spam folder. We write to candidates quite fast.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
We will provide you accommodation in a shared house in one of the villages together with the other volunteers. You will share the rooms as well. The accommodation costs are covered by us and you will also receive a food allowance and pocket money. Local transport is covered by us, be it by reimbursing your tickets or with our cars. The international travel costs are also reimbursed according to the limits of the ESC guide. You will have wifi and phone sim cards. Check the infopack here: https://jumpshare.com/share/rv9I7r9N1t6LjDnY0WB8
Training during the activity
We will prepare you for life in the community, how things work in the association, you will get some basic Romanian lessons and some basics of nonformal learning. We have a health and security instruction, a bit of teambuilding and additionally we help you with your personal learning.
Participant profile
We are looking for people that are up for this challenge, willing to live in rural Romania for a month, and not afraid to get dirty from time to time. Also cheerful and enthusiastic people, able to communicate in English, 18-30 years old and able to adapt to tasks and different schedules. No need for special skills, just energy, will to help and good mood.
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๐ Key Information
Activity dates
From 15/09/2026 to 17/10/2026
Activity location
STR PRINCIPALA 91A COM IZVOARELE , SAT IZVOARELE JUD PRAHOVA, Romania
Activity type
Volunteering teams
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Education and training
Creativity and culture
WASH (Water, sanitation and hygiene)
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2024-1-RO01-ESC51-VTJ-000215729
๐ Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53234_en
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