les petits frères des Pauvres
Petits Frères des Pauvres (région Ile-de-France)
La Rochette, France
⭐️ Activity Title
Let's find ways to fight social isolation among the elderly in rural areas /nearby Paris
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
Like many young people before you, who had a fantastic experience with our elderly, join our association to be part of this beautiful solidarity chain! Your main goal will be to help elderly who suffer from loneliness and social isolation. How? By visiting them, creating friendships, participating in/creating new social events for them, helping them to feel confident again, but also contributing to a new project aiming at reaching out to elderly in rural areas nearby Paris! 2 European volunteers will join the local team of French volunteers of all ages. We want to allow 2 young European to have a memorable and exciting experience of volunteering within a well-known organization where staff and volunteers work alongside! In France, we are already a solidarity chain of 15 000 local volunteers and 400 staff! But the challenge is huge: in France, 1 older adult out of 4 is isolated… and the phenomenon is increasing all over the world. We look foward to welcoming you in France!
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Location of accomodation and mission: Melun/La Rochette, nearby Paris. You will live in a residence for youth, with your own bedroom and shared spaces (kitchen, activity rooms...). The place of the mission is a meeting space nearby. You will receive pocket money (8 euros/day) and money for food, internet and local transportation. You will benefit from health insurance
Training during the activity
- You will benefit from dedicated trainings during all the year (it takes place in different cities in France: it is a great occasion to discover France and to meet with other volunteers from every age!).
- You will take part in the trainings organized by the French National Agency ('On-arrival' and 'Mid-term').
- Supervision and advices will be provided by experimented staff and volunteers.
- Conditions will be created to help you to fit-in well in your new environment and to get to meet other young people.
- You will benefit from French courses.
Participant profile
The mission is perfect for someone who: 1/ likes being in contact with people in general, and elderly in particular 2/ wants to feel useful, wants to give and is ready to receive 3/ is able to have a basic conversation in French and have the will to progress 4/ is open-minded and wants to acquire social, intercultural and personal skills 5/ driving licence is a plus >>> TO APPLY: click on "APPLY" and explain in few sentences why you are motivated by this project! Discover here the testimonies of previous volunteers: https://youtu.be/qecZ3WBjY_U
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 10/09/2026 to 09/09/2027
Activity location
11 rue Benjamin Franklin, La Rochette, France
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 04/08/2026 17:02
Project code
2025-1-FR02-ESC51-VTJ-000347779
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53459_en
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