Volunteer Abroad Fully Funded: 32 ESC Placements Open Right Now 🌍

Volunteer abroad fully funded: 32 European Solidarity Corps placements are open right now across 15 countries, and this round reaches three continents. Every one is fully funded, and if you have ever wondered whether ESC volunteering is really fully funded, the answer is yes for the core costs: travel, accommodation, food, insurance and a monthly allowance. New to all of this and not sure what the European Solidarity Corps actually is? It is the EU programme that pays young people to volunteer on solidarity projects, and this batch shows just how far it can take you. You could be supporting early-childhood education near Kisumu in Kenya, running monitoring and digital-empowerment work in Tamale, Ghana, building corporate partnerships for TECHO in Honduras, or helping children with disabilities learn in Kampala. Closer to home, there are refugee-support placements in Italy and Moldova, care work with elderly people and children with special needs in Czechia, sea and community-garden projects in Galicia, and creative, sport and youth-work roles across Poland, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Croatia and Slovenia.

Whoever you are, there is an angle here. Drawn to social care and inclusion? There are placements with elderly people, children with special needs, autistic young people, refugees and disabled children. Hands-on and outdoorsy? There is farm renovation, agroforestry, natural gardening and coastal protection. Creative or communication-minded? There are ESN media and design roles across Rome, Coimbra and Valencia, and an art-gallery team project in Poland. Several of the placements beyond Europe, Kenya, Ghana, Honduras and Uganda, sit under the ESC Humanitarian Aid strand, which is open up to age 35. Durations range from a few weeks to a full year, and while most welcome applicants from across Europe and its neighbours, a few are reserved for residents of a single country, so read the eligibility line on each before you apply.

In This Batch

1. 🇨🇿 Czechia, Ostrava · companionship for elderly people with memory disorders · 📅 ASAP
2. 🇭🇳 Honduras, Tegucigalpa · fundraising support for TECHO · 📅 ASAP
3. 🇨🇿 Czechia, Krnov · inclusive school for children with special needs · 📅 ASAP
4. 🇲🇩 Moldova, Chișinău · supporting Ukrainian refugees · 📅 ASAP
5. 🇵🇱 Poland, Pułtusk · working with kindergarten kids · 📅 ASAP
6. 🇭🇳 Honduras, Tegucigalpa · international cooperation and global partnerships · 📅 ASAP
7. 🇧🇪 Belgium, Ciney · youth house activities and animation · 📅 18 Aug
8. 🇮🇹 Italy, Genoa · supporting refugees · 📅 20 Aug
9. 🇮🇹 Italy, Genoa · standing beside unaccompanied minors · 📅 20 Aug
10. 🇵🇹 Portugal, Coimbra · communication assistant promoting mobility · 📅 24 Aug
11. 🇫🇷 France, near Lyon · intercultural exchange in a high school · 📅 25 Aug
12. 🇸🇮 Slovenia, Koper · supporting people with autism · 📅 25 Aug
13. 🇵🇹 Portugal, Coimbra · events assistant promoting mobility · 📅 26 Aug
14. 🇮🇹 Italy, Sardinia · supporting an international youth conference · 📅 27 Aug
15. 🇵🇱 Poland, Kwidzyn · office and volunteer support at an NGO · 📅 30 Aug
16. 🇮🇹 Italy, Rome · communication assistant with ESN · 📅 30 Aug
17. 🇰🇪 Kenya, near Kisumu · early childhood education support · 📅 31 Aug
18. 🇬🇭 Ghana, Tamale · monitoring and evaluation for an NGO · 📅 31 Aug
19. 🇵🇱 Poland, Rzeszów · democratic school volunteering · 📅 31 Aug
20. 🇬🇭 Ghana, Tamale · digital empowerment for communities · 📅 31 Aug
21. 🇵🇹 Portugal, Fafe · event organisation and sustainable rural life · 📅 31 Aug
22. 🇺🇬 Uganda, Kampala · inclusive education for children with disabilities · 📅 31 Aug
23. 🇵🇹 Portugal, Guimarães · transforming an old farm into a sustainable space · 📅 31 Aug
24. 🇵🇱 Poland, Krosno · creative and cultural team project at an art gallery · 📅 31 Aug
25. 🇩🇪 Germany, Stuttgart · environmental work camps and youth exchange · 📅 31 Aug
26. 🇭🇷 Croatia, Zagreb · natural gardening and environmental education · 📅 31 Aug
27. 🇵🇱 Poland, Warsaw · respite tourism with families of disabled children · 📅 1 Sep
28. 🇪🇸 Spain, Galicia · protecting seas and fishing communities · 📅 5 Sep
29. 🇪🇸 Spain, Galicia · community gardens for rural revival · 📅 5 Sep
30. 🇵🇱 Poland, Kwidzyn · football coaching for kids · 📅 10 Sep
31. 🇪🇸 Spain, Valencia · European projects and communication · 📅 15 Sep
32. 🇫🇷 France, near Montpellier · European citizenship and community projects · 📅 1 Oct

32 Fully Funded ESC Placements · 15 Countries · Europe and Beyond

🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities

1. 🇨🇿 ESC Volunteering in Czechia 💛 Companionship for Elderly People with Memory Disorders 🌈

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible

At the Siloe center in Ostrava you support elderly people with memory disorders through reading, puzzles, conversation and building trust with people facing disorientation or mobility challenges. Open to applicants from 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 🇭🇷 🇸🇮 🇺🇦 and 1 more. Apply here →

2. 🇭🇳 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Honduras 🤝 Fundraising Support for TECHO in Tegucigalpa 💶

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible

With Médicos del Mundo and TECHO you support the fundraising strategy: building corporate partnerships, contacting companies for sponsorship and social investment, and helping secure sustainable funding for national operations. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

3. 🇨🇿 ESC Volunteering in Czechia 💛 Inclusive School for Children with Special Needs in Krnov 🌱

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible

At the Slezská Diakonie school you join everyday school life for children and young people with special educational needs, assisting in creative activities and supporting a warm, inclusive community with sensory rooms, music and outdoor activities. Open to applicants from 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇨🇿 🇺🇦. Apply here →

4. 🇲🇩 ESC Volunteering in Moldova 🌻 Supporting Ukrainian Refugees in Chișinău 🤝

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible

With ADVIT at the "Sunflower Center" you help Ukrainian refugees integrate: educational support for children, support groups for mothers, essential logistics like meals and food parcels, plus creative activities and social media. Open to residents of France. Apply here →

5. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🎨 Working with Kindergarten Kids in Pułtusk 🧒

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible

At a municipal kindergarten near Warsaw you assist teachers with daily activities, play and outdoor time for children aged 3 to 6, and run your own workshops introducing your country and language through games. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇱🇹 and 24 more. Apply here →

6. 🇭🇳 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Honduras 🌐 International Cooperation & Global Partnerships in Tegucigalpa 🤝

📅 Deadline: As soon as possible

With Médicos del Mundo and TECHO you identify international cooperation opportunities, write and coordinate project proposals for agencies, foundations and embassies, and support technical and financial reporting. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

7. 🇧🇪 ESC Volunteering in Belgium 🎭 Youth House Activities and Animation 🤝

📅 Deadline: 18 August 2026

At the Maison des Jeunes in Ciney you support young people aged 12 to 26, helping prepare and run workshops, projects, outings and holiday camps in a space where everyone can express themselves. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 22 more. Apply here →

8. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🤝 Supporting Refugees in Genoa 🌍

📅 Deadline: 20 August 2026

With Il Ce.Sto you help manage the flats where residents live, run integration activities like Italian courses, sports and culture, and support legal, health and job-market pathways for refugees and asylum seekers. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 17 more. Apply here →

9. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌍 Standing Beside Unaccompanied Minors in Genoa 🤝

📅 Deadline: 20 August 2026

At La Comunità's "Tuin, Il Giardino" residential center you support educators with daily life, build relationships, and organise games and workshops with 16 unaccompanied foreign minors. Open to applicants from 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 and 16 more. Apply here →

10. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 📱 Communication Assistant Promoting Mobility in Coimbra 🎨

📅 Deadline: 24 August 2026

With ESN Portugal you support the Communication Manager across social media, graphic design, photography, copywriting and video, learning to plan and run campaigns that promote mobility across Europe. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 21 more. Apply here →

11. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🌍 Intercultural Exchange in a French High School near Lyon 🎓

📅 Deadline: 25 August 2026

With Concordia you raise intercultural and language awareness among students: intercultural evenings, supporting English classes, preparing students for internships abroad and co-creating training workshops. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 19 more. Apply here →

12. 🇸🇮 ESC Volunteering in Slovenia 🧩 Supporting People with Autism in Koper 💙

📅 Deadline: 25 August 2026

With Zavod Modri december you assist in social-skills workshops, social events and one-on-one support for children, youth and adults with autism, and help run a youth room and create social media content. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 20 more. Apply here →

13. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🎉 Events Assistant Promoting Mobility in Coimbra 📋

📅 Deadline: 26 August 2026

With ESN Portugal you support the Vice President for Development, coordinating venues, transport and scheduling for national events, liaising with local sections, managing registrations and drafting follow-up reports. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 24 more. Apply here →

14. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🕊️ Supporting an International Youth Conference in Sardinia 🌍

📅 Deadline: 27 August 2026

In "Connessioni 2026" with TDM 2000 in Cagliari you join a volunteering team supporting a 5-day international youth-work event on peace and security: planning, logistics, communication, participant engagement and facilitating activities. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 28 more. Apply here →

15. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🗂️ Office & Volunteer Support at a Local NGO in Kwidzyn 💼

📅 Deadline: 30 August 2026

With Akwedukt you support the everyday functioning of the organisation: organising documents, correspondence and archiving, working with Microsoft Office, preparing meetings and activities, and supporting other volunteers. No experience needed. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 and 29 more. Apply here →

16. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 📱 Communication Assistant with ESN in Rome 🎨

📅 Deadline: 30 August 2026

With ESN Italia in Rome you support social media planning and digital campaigns, create graphics, photos and videos, write articles for official publications, and help with project writing and events. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 23 more. Apply here →

17. 🇰🇪 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Kenya 📚 Early Childhood Education Support near Kisumu 🧒

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

With NGO Mondo and CIVS in the Kano Plains you work alongside local teachers at a community resource centre and pre-primary schools, supporting play-based learning, literacy and creative activities for children aged 3 to 6 affected by poverty and orphanhood. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

18. 🇬🇭 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Ghana 📊 Monitoring & Evaluation for an NGO in Tamale 📈

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

With NGO Mondo and GDCA you review monitoring and evaluation systems, build practical tools and indicators, improve data quality, support donor reporting and mentor staff, promoting a culture of learning across the organisation. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

19. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🧑‍🏫 Democratic School Volunteering in Rzeszów 🎨

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

With CoLibre you join a small, family-like democratic school community for three months: educational, creative, intercultural and organisational tasks, hands-on work with children and plenty of intercultural exchange. Great for a first ESC. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 and 19 more. Apply here →

20. 🇬🇭 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Ghana 💻 Digital Empowerment for Communities in Tamale 📱

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

With NGO Mondo and GDCA you manage social media, provide IT support, train staff in digital tools and cybersecurity, and lead digital-literacy training in rural communities, developing your own digital innovation project with lasting local value. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

21. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🌿 Event Organisation & Sustainable Rural Life in Fafe 🎬

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

With YUPI you support the coordination of Youth Exchanges and ESC projects, prepare events and materials, create social media content, and get hands-on with agroforestry, organic farming, caring for chickens and natural building. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 26 more. Apply here →

22. 🇺🇬 ESC Humanitarian Volunteering in Uganda ♿ Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in Kampala 💛

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

At the Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped you support classroom learning and extracurriculars for 100 pupils aged 6 to 18 with disabilities like cerebral palsy and spina bifida, plus therapy exercises, teacher training and basic computer teaching. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and 26 more. Apply here →

23. 🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering in Portugal 🔨 Transforming an Old Farm into a Sustainable Space in Guimarães 🌱

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

With YUPI in Atães a team of 10 takes the first steps in turning an old farm into a sustainable space: agroforestry, organic farming, garden work, caring for chickens and egg production, plus building and renovating with natural materials. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 26 more. Apply here →

24. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🎨 Creative & Cultural Team Project at an Art Gallery in Krosno ✨

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

At BWA art gallery a team of 6 works on creative, cultural, promotional and organisational tasks, gaining hands-on experience in teamwork, communication, event organisation and intercultural cooperation. Especially for first-timers with fewer opportunities. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 and 21 more. Apply here →

25. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🌍 Environmental Work Camps & Youth Exchange in Stuttgart 🌱

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

With IBG you co-lead international volunteering teams, support environmental training projects, develop media for the eco department and join the Green Horizons programme training young people as eco messengers. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 21 more. Apply here →

26. 🇭🇷 ESC Volunteering in Croatia 🌱 Natural Gardening & Environmental Education in Zagreb 🌿

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026

In "Green Fingers" with OAZA you educate people on environmental issues and sustainable development, promote natural gardening, work with primary school children, create video and social media content and support ESC team mobilities. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and 18 more. Apply here →

27. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland 🚐 Respite Tourism with Families of Disabled Children 🤝

📅 Deadline: 1 September 2026

With Instytut Innowacji in Warsaw you support "respite tourism", assisting families of children with disabilities during trips all over Poland, and run activities at the Gościniec community center based on your own skills. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 and 21 more. Apply here →

28. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🌊 Protecting Seas & Fishing Communities in Galicia 🐟

📅 Deadline: 5 September 2026

In "Solidarity Shores (SOLIDMAR)" in Cambados a team of 30 joins coastal clean-ups, recycling initiatives and awareness events, works alongside local fishers, learns sustainable fishing practices and documents traditional knowledge. Open to applicants from 🇵🇹 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 🇱🇹 and 15 more. Apply here →

29. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🌱 Community Gardens for Rural Revival in Galicia 🌻

📅 Deadline: 5 September 2026

In "Solidarity Gardens" in Betanzos a team of 20 creates and maintains community gardens, tackling deforestation, climate change and rural depopulation through hands-on outdoor work and sustainable green initiatives. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 23 more. Apply here →

30. 🇵🇱 ESC Volunteering in Poland ⚽ Football Coaching for Kids in Kwidzyn 🥅

📅 Deadline: 10 September 2026

With SUPRA Football Association you assist regular football training for children and youth aged 7 to 16, support coaches, help organise matches, tournaments and summer camps, and create social media content. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 and 21 more. Apply here →

31. 🇪🇸 ESC Volunteering in Spain 🎨 European Projects & Communication in Valencia 📱

📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026

With ESFMB you contribute to Erasmus+ and European projects, create communication and social media content with Canva and Adobe, support educational activities and collaborate with international partners, developing digital and intercultural skills. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 and 27 more. Apply here →

32. 🇫🇷 ESC Volunteering in France 🇪🇺 European Citizenship & Community Projects near Montpellier ☀️

📅 Deadline: 1 October 2026

In Frontignan la Peyrade you raise awareness of European citizenship through mobility programmes, and spend two days a week with partner organisations across sport, cinema, solidarity, school, inclusion and sustainability, plus your own personal project. Open to residents of Italy. Apply here →

Thirty-two fully funded ESC placements, fifteen countries, three continents, and one common promise: none of them will cost you your savings to take part. If you scrolled this far, something already caught you, whether it was the humanitarian work in Kenya, Ghana, Honduras or Uganda, the deeply human care placements with elderly people, children with special needs and autistic young people, the refugee support across Italy and Moldova, or the hands-on pull of farm renovation, natural gardening and coastal protection in Galicia. This round is especially rich for anyone drawn to social care and inclusion, but it has real depth for creatives and the outdoorsy too. The two things that shape your shortlist are duration and eligibility: some placements are only a few weeks while others run a full year, and while most welcome applicants from across Europe and its neighbours, a few are open only to residents of a single country, so read each eligibility line before you invest time applying. If you have never done this before, remember you will need to register on the ESC Portalto apply, and a strong, specific motivation letter is often what gets you selected.

On timing, the list is ordered soonest-first for a reason. Several placements are already open on a rolling basis, the first dated deadline falls on 18 August, and the majority close on 31 August, so waiting rarely helps when the strongest projects fill early. Do one concrete thing today: pick the placement that fits you, open its link, check the dates and eligibility, and send your application. And if you want rounds like this to reach you the moment they open, rather than scrolling dozens at once, join our broadcast channel through the link in our bio, where we share every new batch first.