🇮🇹 Volunteer in Italy on an ESC Project Focused on Cooperation, Fundraising & Education 🌍📚 Empower Communities, Build Bridges! 💫

Join a meaningful long-term ESC opportunity in Varese, North Italy, with Guardavanti: per il futuro dei bambini – ETS, a vibrant NGO dedicated to global education, inclusion, and cooperation. Support school workshops, social media campaigns, local events, and intercultural activities—all while living in the heart of Lombardy.

💡 Activity Type
Long-term Individual Volunteering (European Solidarity Corps)

🏢 Host Organization
Guardavanti: per il futuro dei bambini – ETS
(Coordinated by: Associazione No Borders)

📍 Location
Varese, Italy (with occasional activities in Milan & surrounding areas)

📆 Period
01 September 2025 – 28 February 2026

⏳ Duration
6 months

📚 Fields
Social Inclusion, Education, Community Work, Fundraising, Intercultural Dialogue

💬 Language(s)
Basic Italian (or willingness to learn) & English

🎯 Eligibility criteria (Who can apply?)
Open to young people aged 18–30 from participating countries who are:
✔️ Proactive, respectful, and open-minded
✔️ Motivated to work with youth and children
✔️ Supportive of human rights and diversity
✔️ Comfortable using tools like Microsoft 365, Google Docs, and Canva
✔️ Willing to help with school workshops, events, and community-based activities
✔️ Ready to live in a small–medium-sized city in northern Italy

🧪 Responsibilities / tasks
🌐 Co-manage social media and website content
📚 Assist with global citizenship education in schools
🤝 Support integration of local and migrant communities
🎉 Help plan and carry out local events
🌍 Assist project coordinators on international cooperation tasks
🏕️ Engage with children in summer camps and fundraising campaigns

🌟 Why to join?
✨ Be part of a passionate, impact-driven NGO
🏡 Live with other ESC volunteers in Varese
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Connect with like-minded young people from across Europe
🎯 Learn about NGO work, inclusion, and global education
🎨 Gain experience in events, content creation, and project support
🌍 Contribute to social justice and intercultural understanding

📩 Application info
Apply through the official ESC platform:
🔗 https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/47112_en

🗓 Deadline: 07 July 2025, 12:00

💰 Compensation
✅ Travel reimbursement (based on ESC distance calculator)
✅ Pocket money: €6/day
✅ Food allowance: €160/month
✅ Free shared accommodation in Varese (double rooms)
✅ Local transport costs for activity-related travel covered

Eligible Countries:
🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden