Youth Works Hub has gathered 12 fully funded ESC volunteering and humanitarian aid placements open in October 2026 across 8 countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mauritania, Serbia and Uganda. Eight of the 12 are humanitarian aid placements, from monitoring and evaluation in Nouakchott and teacher development in Kampala to social inclusion and media work in Belgrade and Novi Pazar, while the other four are ESC volunteering projects in Italy, Germany and Greece. Our guide to what the European Solidarity Corps is explains how the programme works.
Each call has its own angle:
🇲🇷 Mauritania: a 28-week role in Nouakchott supports the monitoring and evaluation system of MdM's humanitarian health work.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: in Sumgait, volunteers run English conversation clubs, creative workshops and storytelling for children and young people.
🇺🇬 Uganda: a community school in Kampala looks for a volunteer to introduce learner-centred teaching methods.
🇺🇬 Uganda: a digital empowerment trainer in Kampala teaches youth workers and local communities digital skills and social media marketing.
🇷🇸 Serbia: in Belgrade, a project assistant supports social inclusion work with homeless people, ethnic minorities and care leavers.
🇬🇪 Georgia: a communications and fundraising role in Tserovani supports civil society organisations working with displaced communities.
🇮🇹 Italy: two calls near Ponte Nizza share daily life with about 10 autistic adults in a rural community.
🇬🇷 Greece: a team in Komotini helps prepare an annual bowling event for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
Taken together, the batch suits people who want to put professional or study skills into humanitarian work, alongside young volunteers looking for rural community life, childcare or sport. Most of the humanitarian calls set limits on previous EU volunteering experience, and our guide to ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering explains how this strand works.
European Solidarity Corps volunteering is fully funded: travel, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance are covered. According to Youth Works Hub's review, two calls are open as soon as possible, in Mauritania and Azerbaijan, and five calls close on 23 October 2026.
📅 Deadlines: As soon as possible (2) · 18 Oct (2) · 20 Oct (1) · 22 Oct (1) · 23 Oct (5) · 24 Oct (1) 🌍 Countries: 🇷🇸 Serbia (3) · 🇮🇹 Italy (2) · 🇺🇬 Uganda (2) · 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · 🇬🇪 Georgia · 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇲🇷 Mauritania
In This Batch
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇲🇷 Mauritania · ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering
- 📅 18 Oct · 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 18 Oct · 🇩🇪 Germany · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 20 Oct · 🇮🇹 Italy · ESC Volunteering
- 📅 22 Oct · 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering
- 📅 23 Oct · 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering
- 📅 23 Oct · 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering
- 📅 23 Oct · 🇬🇪 Georgia · ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering
- 📅 23 Oct · 🇷🇸 Serbia · ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering
- 📅 23 Oct · 🇺🇬 Uganda · ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering
- 📅 24 Oct · 🇬🇷 Greece · ESC Volunteering Team
What's in this batch:
8 ESC Humanitarian Aid Placements · 3 ESC Volunteering Placements · 1 ESC Volunteering Team · 8 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
1. 🇲🇷 ESC Volunteering in Mauritania 📊 Monitoring and Evaluation Volunteer in Humanitarian Health Work 🩺
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 Nouakchott, Mauritania · 👥 Aged 18-35, excellent French · ⏳ 28 weeks
Support the MEAL monitoring and evaluation system of MdM's mission in Nouakchott, Mauritania, helping project teams with case management and reporting tools, adapting the Activity Info software for monitoring and evaluation, joining the MEAL Community of Practice and managing a shared SharePoint space and data entry software.
It is for candidates aged 18-35 with knowledge of statistics, public health, social sciences, economics, humanitarian or development project management or other relevant training, good IT skills and excellent written and spoken French, who have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training and have not taken part in individual Humanitarian Aid Volunteering before. The volunteer stays in the organisation's guesthouse and receives a monthly allowance of 570 € for food and other expenses. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 and 35 more!
2. 🇦🇿 ESC Volunteering in Azerbaijan ⭐ Inspiring Young Minds Through Non Formal Learning 📖
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 Sumgait, Azerbaijan · 👥 Aged 18-35, citizens of Türkiye · ⏳ At least eight months
Facilitate English conversation clubs, educational games, creative workshops, storytelling and activities on teamwork, leadership and critical thinking for children and young people in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, encourage girls' participation in education and organise community activities with women and families, with Common Sense Youth Organisation (CSYO) in areas where access to extracurricular learning can be limited.
Because of the residence rules for long-term volunteering in Azerbaijan, this call is open exclusively to citizens of Türkiye aged 18-35 who have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training and have not taken part in individual Humanitarian Aid Volunteering before. Accommodation in shared apartments, food, pocket money, insurance, visa-related support and round-trip flights are provided. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷
3. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌾 Community Farming With Autistic Young Adults 🐝
📅 Deadline: 18 October 2026
📍 Near Ponte Nizza, Italy · 👥 Aged 18-30, intermediate Italian · ⏳ 29 weeks
Share daily life with about 10 autistic adults in a rural community near Ponte Nizza, Italy, caring for the vegetable garden, orchard and henhouse, helping with honey production and preserves in a food lab, joining craft workshops and developing your own personal project with a tutor. The 29-week project is for young people with intermediate Italian who are ready for manual outdoor work and comfortable with isolated rural life. Open to applicants from 🇦🇼 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇱🇹 🇹🇷 and 21 more!
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4. 🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🧒 Working With Young Children at a Kindergarten 🎨
📅 Deadline: 18 October 2026
📍 Karlsruhe, Germany · 👥 Aged 18 or older
Work with children aged 0-6 at a kindergarten in Karlsruhe, Germany by supporting educators in daily activities such as role play, sport and arts, helping in the kitchen, joining excursions and realising a personal project. It is for young people aged 18 or older who are interested in educational work and open to German culture, with some English and basic German helpful, and includes a 50-hour German course. Open to applicants from 🇩🇿 🇦🇿 🇪🇬 🇯🇴 🇲🇦 and 63 more!
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5. 🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Italy 🌿 Community Life in Nature With Autistic Young Adults 🐝
📅 Deadline: 20 October 2026
📍 Near Ponte Nizza, Italy · 👥 Aged 18-30 · ⏳ 29 weeks, five days a week
Live as part of a small rural community near Ponte Nizza, Italy where about 10 autistic adults live with families, educators and volunteers, caring for the garden, orchard and henhouse, gathering wild herbs, producing honey and helping in a food lab and craft workshops, with a personal project such as a diary or intercultural activities. The 29-week project is for patient, flexible young people who love nature and community life and are comfortable with an isolated rural setting. Open to applicants from 🇦🇼 🇷🇴 🇸🇮 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 and 19 more!
6. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 📋 Project Assistant for Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups 🤝
📅 Deadline: 22 October 2026
📍 Belgrade, Serbia · ⏳ 12 months
Contribute to social inclusion initiatives for vulnerable groups such as homeless people, ethnic minorities and care leavers in Belgrade, Serbia, supporting the project manager with communication and timelines, handling administrative tasks, preparing meetings and workshops, helping with proposal writing and joining field visits. This 12-month humanitarian aid placement is for culturally sensitive team players who want to develop project management skills, with no previous EU volunteering experience, and includes training on working with homeless people and young people leaving care. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇫🇮 🇭🇺 🇳🇱 and 32 more!
7. 🇺🇬 ESC Volunteering in Uganda 🍎 Education and Teacher Development in Community Schools 📚
📅 Deadline: 23 October 2026
📍 Kampala, Uganda · ⏳ 30 weeks
Introduce learner-centred teaching methods at a community school in Kampala, Uganda by assisting in classrooms, supporting co-curricular activities, helping train the teaching team, delivering computer and digital literacy lessons, supporting school enrolment and involving parents and caregivers. This 30-week humanitarian aid placement is for motivated, dedicated people with a background or interest in education and no previous EU volunteering experience over five months, with an online pre-departure training, an in-person induction and support to learn the local language. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇪🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇱🇻 and 32 more!
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8. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 🤲 Social Program Assistant Supporting Vulnerable Families 🏘️
📅 Deadline: 23 October 2026
📍 Novi Pazar, Serbia · ⏳ 9 months
Support the planning and implementation of social inclusion initiatives for vulnerable individuals and families at a humanitarian organisation in Novi Pazar, Serbia, assisting with project planning, proposal writing and partnership building, planning educational activities for at-risk youth and families, conducting outreach and providing humanitarian and administrative support. The 9-month humanitarian aid placement includes pre-departure and on-arrival training, safeguarding orientation and project cycle management training. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇱🇹 and 32 more!
9. 🇬🇪 ESC Volunteering in Georgia 📣 Communication Social Media and Fundraising Officer 💰
📅 Deadline: 23 October 2026
📍 Tserovani, Georgia · ⏳ 9 months
Strengthen the visibility and financial sustainability of civil society organisations supporting displaced communities in Tserovani, Georgia by developing communication strategies, managing social media, creating content, organising fundraising campaigns, expanding newsletters and press materials and monitoring performance metrics. This 9-month humanitarian aid placement is for creative, strategically minded people with a background or interest in communications, digital marketing or fundraising and no previous EU volunteering experience over three months. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇩🇰 🇮🇹 🇲🇹 🇳🇱 and 32 more!
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10. 🇷🇸 ESC Volunteering in Serbia 📸 Media and Communication Assistant for a Humanitarian Organisation 🤝
📅 Deadline: 23 October 2026
📍 Novi Pazar, Serbia · ⏳ 9 months
Support the visibility and public engagement of a humanitarian organisation in Novi Pazar, Serbia by developing communication strategies, managing social media channels, capturing photo and video documentation of its activities and events and analysing PR campaign results. This 9-month humanitarian aid placement is for creative, communicative people with a background or interest in communications and no previous EU volunteering experience over three months, with pre-departure and on-arrival training, safeguarding orientation and project cycle management training. Open to applicants from 🇪🇪 🇬🇷 🇮🇪 🇱🇮 🇱🇺 and 32 more!
11. 🇺🇬 ESC Volunteering in Uganda 💻 Digital Empowerment Trainer for Youth and Communities 📱
📅 Deadline: 23 October 2026
📍 Kampala, Uganda · ⏳ 30 weeks
Tackle the digital divide in Kampala, Uganda by training youth workers and local communities in digital skills, communication and social media marketing, upgrading digital platforms, designing a training plan and running ICT training sessions for local organisations and schools. This 30-week humanitarian aid placement is for motivated, tech-savvy, creative and adaptable people with a background or interest in digital communications, ICT, marketing or education and no previous EU volunteering experience over five months. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇪🇪 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇮🇪 and 32 more!
12. 🇬🇷 ESC Volunteering in Greece 🎳 Special Olympics Bowling With Athletes With Intellectual Disabilities 🏅
📅 Deadline: 24 October 2026
📍 Komotini, Greece · 👥 Aged 18-30
Take part in an annual bowling event in Komotini, Greece for athletes with intellectual disabilities from across Greece and Cyprus, joining the bowling preparation team two hours a day and sport activities such as badminton, boccia, running, cycling and swimming led by professionals. This team volunteering project is for motivated, open-minded young people, with experience of working with disabled people taken into consideration. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇧🇾 🇱🇧 🇲🇦 🇷🇸 and 63 more!
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Frequently Asked Questions
What do these fully funded ESC placements cover?
European Solidarity Corps volunteering is fully funded, covering travel, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance. The Nouakchott placement gives a monthly allowance of 570 € to cover food and other expenses, and the Sumgait call lists shared apartments, food, pocket money, insurance, visa-related support and round-trip flights. Our guide on whether ESC volunteering is fully funded explains what the funding covers.
Who can apply for these ESC and humanitarian aid placements?
Each call sets its own rules, and the Sumgait placement is open exclusively to citizens of Türkiye. The Nouakchott and Sumgait calls ask for candidates aged 18-35 who have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training, the Italy and Greece calls are for young people aged 18-30 and the Karlsruhe kindergarten for those aged 18 or older. The two Uganda calls are for people with no previous EU volunteering experience over five months, and the Tserovani and Novi Pazar media calls for those with none over three months. Our guide to who can apply for Erasmus+ and ESC explains the general eligibility rules.
Which ESC deadline comes first?
The Nouakchott and Sumgait placements are open as soon as possible, and the first dated deadline is 18 October 2026 for the farm near Ponte Nizza and the Karlsruhe kindergarten. Five calls close on 23 October, and the bowling team in Komotini closes last, on 24 October 2026. Our ESC application tips help you prepare in time.
Looked at by theme, the batch falls into two clear groups. Humanitarian work runs through monitoring and evaluation in Nouakchott, non-formal learning in Sumgait, education and digital skills in Kampala, social inclusion in Belgrade and Novi Pazar, and communications in Novi Pazar and Tserovani. Care and community life shape the two rural placements near Ponte Nizza, the kindergarten in Karlsruhe and the bowling team in Komotini. Our guide to writing a motivation letter for ESC and Erasmus+ projects helps you explain why a call fits you.
Youth Works Hub brings these European Solidarity Corps calls together in one place, each with its own page and apply link. Pick the placement that fits you and apply through its page, and our list of ESC application mistakes to avoid helps you check your application before you send it.
