DKolektiv - organizacija za društveni razvoj
Osijek, Croatia
⭐️ Activity Title
RISE - Reinforcing Inclusion and Social Engagement
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
ESC project “RISE” is calling a team of 10 volunteers to engage themselves in local Croatian community! RISE - Reinforcing Inclusion and Social Engagement is a project where volunteers from different countries can leave a significant impact on the local community through designing and organizing volunteer actions together with local citizens. You will engage in activities promoting youth active citizenship, co-organizing events, promoting ESC program, and collaborating with NGOs, schools, and locals - volunteering with schoolchildren and elderly, through the topic of "Community Wellbeing", support mental health awareness, take part in activities with older people, promote volunteering among school students, and help improve the facilities of a local organisation working with people with disabilities and/or excluded people. More info in INFO-PACK HERE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EXw9NQ-LvXr_BAlUg5GD35YBCDxOTYlW/view?…
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
We provide accommodation, equipped and furnished apartment in which you will be accommodated. Volunteers will be in multi-bed rooms and will share kitchen and bathroom. The volunteer will be given 10 euros of daily pocket money (180 euros in total). Also, a volunteer will get 150 euros in total of food money. The plan is that volunteers make their own food in the accommodation. Trip to Osijek in purpose of ESC service will be covered by hosting organisation. The travel costs will be reimbursed to you after the activity, but only if you take part in the whole project.
Training during the activity
DKolektiv will provide the necessary education and training for the first few days of the project. Volunteers will work with experts in the field of volunteering and community development, with youth workers with extensive experience working with young people. Since the volunteers will have engagements that include work with school children or elderly, they will be provided with quality preparation and mentorship for certain activities. Just in case, bring also some OLDER clothes!
Participant profile
Volunteers need to be 18-30 years old, with high capacity of empathy and solidarity, willingness to learn. We are also expecting from volunteer to be a team player, reliable and flexible - volunteer must have communication and writing skills in English, capability in adapting to different conditions and living with other people. Volunteers should be motivated and patient to work with children and elderly people. You need to be signed into European Youth Portal before start of the activity. Allow yourself the space to adapt and respond to new situations as they come.
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 28/09/2026 to 14/10/2026
Activity location
Županijska 11, Osijek, Croatia
Activity type
Volunteering teams
Looking for participants from
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Health and wellbeing
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 10/08/2026 12:00
Project code
2025-1-HR01-ESC51-VTJ-000347512
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53592_en
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