🇸🇰✝️🤝 European Solidarity Corps Volunteering in Slovakia 🇸🇰 | Faith-Based Youth Work, Education & Creative Media in a Catholic Community in Trstená 🇸🇰✨

🧩 Project Overview
This European Solidarity Corps individual volunteering opportunity is hosted by VIAC – INSTITUT PRE PODPORU A ROZVOJ MLADEZE, a Christian Catholic NGO focused on youth support, education, and personal development, and takes place in Trstená, Slovakia 🇸🇰.
The project invites motivated young people to support teenagers and youth activities within a faith-based environment, combining education, creativity, community life, and media support. A positive attitude towards Christianity is welcomed, alongside openness, learning, and respectful youth engagement.

⚠️ Applicants are strongly advised to read all details on the official website before applying:
https://volunteering.ozviac.sk
⚠️ Please do not use AI to write your motivation letter, as stated by the host organisation.

🎯 Main Activities & Responsibilities
✝️ Supporting youth activities in a Catholic community
👥 Working with teenagers and young people
🎨 Creating posters, videos, and creative materials
📚 Assisting in educational and training activities
🤝 Supporting school life and youth programmes
🎭 Contributing to cultural and creative initiatives
🌱 Participating in daily community and organisational life

🏠 Accommodation, Food & Financial Support
🏡 Accommodation in a shared flat in Trstená or Tvrdošín
🍽️ Food money and pocket money provided according to ESC rules
🥗 Option to have lunch at the organisation or prepare own meals
✈️ Travel costs reimbursed according to Erasmus+ distance bands

🎓 Training & Support During the Activity
📘 Onboarding training provided by the host organisation
🇪🇺 On-Arrival Training organised by the National Agency
🔄 Mid-Term Training organised by the National Agency
🤝 Continuous mentoring and support throughout the volunteering period

👤 Participant Profile
🎂 18–30 years old
✝️ Positive attitude towards Christian values preferred
🤝 Open-minded, motivated, and willing to learn
👶 Interested in working with teenagers and young people
🎨 Skills or interest in media, design, video, or creative work
🗣️ Communicative level of English required
🌍 Previous volunteering or social work experience is an advantage
❗ Volunteers from Algeria cannot be accepted

⚠️ Applications must be submitted via the ESC Portal only
⚠️ Applications sent by email will not be accepted

📅 Activity Dates
📆 According to ESC Portal: 19 December 2025 – 19 December 2025
ℹ️ The project is announced as a 4-month volunteering starting from January; starting dates can be discussed directly with the host organisation.

⏳ Application Deadline
📅 19 December 2025 – 23:59 (CET)

🌍 Activity Location
🏙️ Trstená, Slovakia 🇸🇰

👥 Activity Type
🤝 Individual Volunteering (European Solidarity Corps)

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

🏷️ Activity Topics
📚 Education and training
🎭 Creativity and culture

🔗 Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49248_en

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