🇮🇹 ESC Volunteering in Sicily – Support a Housing Community for At-Risk Boys 🏡✨ A Life-Changing Journey in Menfi! 🌍🎶

📌 Project Type: European Solidarity Corps – Individual Volunteering
📅 Activity Dates: 15 September 2025 – 15 March 2026
📅 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
📍 Venue: Menfi, Sicily, Italy
👥 Number of Volunteers: 1 (aged 23–30)
🌐 Eligible Countries: 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇺🇦 Ukraine

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📖 Project Description

Istituto Walden, a social cooperative in Sicily, runs shelters for minors and is looking for a motivated ESC volunteer to support educators working with young boys (13–18 years old) on a rehabilitation and social inclusion journey.

You’ll be part of their daily community life, helping to create a safe, supportive, and inspiring environment.

Volunteer tasks include:

• Supporting youngsters’ education with afterschool activities 📚
• Offering language exchange & homework help ✍️
• Organising workshops (cooking, theatre, music, creativity) 🎭🎶
• Helping prepare meals and keeping common spaces welcoming 🍝
• Assisting with daily routines and celebrations 🎉
• Accompanying youngsters on trips and local discoveries 🚶

This is a chance to make a real difference while experiencing authentic Sicilian life in a small town!

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🎯 Volunteer Profile

• Aged 23–30 years old
• Available for the whole project duration (6 months)
• Background or interest in social work / psychology / youth work
• Respectful, patient, creative, and proactive
• Open to living in a small town and learning Italian 🇮🇹
• Ready to cooperate with educators and take responsibility

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🏠 Accommodation & Meals

• Shared flat in Menfi with double bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, 2 bathrooms
• Pocket money: €6/day + €100/month for food allowance
• 5 working days per week (max. 35h), 2 consecutive days off, plus 2 extra free days/month

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🎓 Training Provided

• On-Arrival Training (Italian National Agency & Associazione Joint)
• Mid-term evaluation & final evaluation
• Italian language course 🇮🇹

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💰 Travel Reimbursement

Travel costs will be reimbursed according to ESC distance band rules.

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🔗 Application Info

Apply via the European Youth Portal 👉 Official Link
Deadline: 31 August 2025