🌍 ESC Volunteering in Romania – Help Desk YOUth ✨ Empower, Support & Grow! 🇷🇴

📌 Project Type: ESC Individual Volunteering
📅 Activity Dates: 18 September – 18 December 2025 (12 weeks)
📅 Application Deadline: 28 August 2025, 23:59
📍 Venue: Targoviste – Dambovita, Romania
👥 Participants: Open to motivated young people (aged 18–30) interested in youth work, career guidance, and community development
🌐 Eligible Countries: 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇪🇸 Spain

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📖 Project Description

The Help Desk YOUth project supports young people in their personal and professional development through career guidance, youth opportunities, and community involvement. Volunteers will help young people prepare CVs, motivation letters, and interview skills, while also supporting the creation of the new youth center “Horizons.”

Your main tasks will include:

• 🌱 Arranging green spaces & planting trees
• 🏗️ Helping to set up and maintain youth facilities
• 📝 Assisting with materials for workshops & events
• 🤝 Supporting facilitators and engaging with the local community

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🏠 Accommodation, Food & Allowance

• 💰 Pocket money: 120 EUR/month
• 🍽️ Food & basic needs allowance: 150 EUR/month
• 🏡 Accommodation in shared, non-smoking rooms with shared kitchen & bathroom
• 🎟️ Travel to Romania & return reimbursed according to ESC rules
• 🌸 Free time during Easter holidays & legal holidays
  🔗 Accommodation video: Click here

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🎓 Training & Support

• 🌐 Pre-departure training by sending/hosting organization
• 📚 Thematic sessions & mentoring during the project
• 💬 Romanian language lessons provided
• 🔄 Continuous feedback & support from coordinators

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👤 Participant Profile

We are looking for open-minded, proactive, and motivated volunteers interested in:

• 🌍 Youth personal & professional development
• 🤝 Community engagement
• 🎯 Supporting social inclusion

Requirements:

• 📖 English level: B2
• 🗣️ Willingness to learn Romanian
• 🌍 Interest in living in a smaller city & supporting the host organization

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🔗 Application Info

Apply via the official ESC portal:
👉 https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/48003_en