🇷🇴 ESC Volunteering in Romania ✂️ Handcraft Activities for Creativity and Inclusion 🧶

Description

Our daily center Lumea Lui Pinocchio has the main mission to support disadvantaged children by offering them a safe space. Every day, the children benefit from non-formal educational activities, help with their homework, as well as a warm lunch and snack.

Most of the children come from the Roma community, where families often face high levels of illiteracy and unemployment. The purpose of the activity is to engage children in various crafts that promote fine motor skills, social inclusion, and creativity, it's also focusing on encouraging teamwork.

Tasks: Plan handcraft activities. Encourage children’s creativity, patience, collaboration, and self-expression through these activities. Incorporate themes of social inclusion and cultural awareness. Assist children in developing fine motor skills and problem-solving abilities. Assist the children with their homework. Work alongside staff and other volunteers to foster a supportive & inclusive environment.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

The volunteers will be lodged at an apartment specifically dedicated to their hosting. (max. 2 people/ room).

The apartment is very close to the Center Pinocchio.

Volunteers will be provided with monthly food allowance for their grocery shopping together with a pocket money of 4 Euro for each day of service.

Training during the activity

The participant will engage in non formal education activities with the support of our teacher and other staff members.

The participant will also be in close contact with our mentor, to ensure that the experience matches his/her expectations.

According to the time of the volunteering experience, or the national agency or the organisation will provide an On Arrival Training, a Mid-Term Evaluation and an Evaluation workshop.

Participant profile

We are searching for young people with a strong interest in ensuring the rights of the most disadvantaged groups and with a big passion for digitalisation and volunteering.

Reliability, critical thinking and availability are some of the qualities we are searching for in a participant, along with a willingness to work in a multicultural team and with a desire for self growth and for contributing to other people's growth.

Activity details

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Activity dates

From 25/09/2026 to 15/12/2026

Location

Strada Al. Ioan Cuza, nr. 23, PANCIU, Romania

Deadline

02/10/2026

Project code

2024-1-RO01-ESC51-VTJ-000229776

Topics

Looking for participants from

29 countries can apply. The activity takes place in 🇷🇴 Romania.