🇬🇷 ESC Volunteering in Greece 🧒 Children Rights Culture Lab and Youth Center 🎨

Description

Network for Children’s Rights (NCR), located in one of the most socio-economically marginalized areas of central Athens (around Larissis Station), works to address the multifaceted challenges faced by children, adolescents, and families living under poverty, exclusion, and vulnerability. The Culture Lab (for ages 5–12) and Youth Center (ages 13–24) implement a range of weekly creative, cultural, educational, and psychosocial activities—such as art therapy, language support, music, drama, and journalism—as well as civic engagement initiatives and community events. Activities we Host/Support: • Recreative activities, Dance, Arts & Crafts, performances, Language Support Classes • Workshops on Topics like the Environment and Cultural Workshops • Participation in Festivals such as Refugee Week Greece • Storytelling and Media Projects (articles, podcasts, videos)

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

You will be accommodated in a shared apartment with the other volunteers. Usually, it is 3-5 volunteers sharing the flat, but it can be up to 8 people volunteering at the same time. Please note that it is possible that you have to share a room & bed with someone else, in case we have the maximum number of volunteers at this time.

The apartment is equipped with:

-4 bedrooms (bed, wardrobe, dresser & balcony)

-Living room (2 sofas, couch table, dining table)

-Kitchen

-2 Bathrooms (1 shower, 2 toilets)

-washing machine

-Balcony

The apartment is located in the center of Athens close to our work.

Training during the activity

Before arrival, volunteers will receive online preparation about the organisation, the project, their roles and life in Athens. The first weeks will focus on practical preparation through workshops, energisers, team-building and creative activities. Volunteers will simulate activities they will later implement with children and adolescents, learn to design activities based on their needs, and use reflection tools throughout their service. Professionals from the Network for Children’s Rights will also provide workshops on child safeguarding, PSEA and relevant organisational policies.

Participant profile

We are looking for motivated, empathetic, and creative volunteers to engage with children and adolescents from vulnerable backgrounds on a daily basis. Volunteers will help create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where young people can build confidence, develop social skills, and express themselves through experiential and recreational activities.

Activity details

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Activity dates

A total of 16 week(s) during the period 01/12/2026 to 31/12/2027

Location

ALKAMENOUS 11B , ATHINA, Greece

Deadline

No application deadline

Project code

2026-1-EL02-ESC51-VTJ-000404000

Topics

Looking for participants from

Only applicants from Germany can apply. The activity takes place in 🇬🇷 Greece.