🇧🇬🌍✨ European Solidarity Corps Volunteering in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 | Environmental & Creative Youth Work with Art Center Karnolsky in Sofia 🇧🇬✨

🧩 Project Overview
This European Solidarity Corps individual volunteering opportunity is organised by ART CENTER KARNOLSKYand takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬.
The project brings together young people who want to live in harmony with nature, support environmental action, and engage in creative, community-based youth work. Volunteers join an international team delivering eco-initiatives, workshops, and community events with children and young people, promoting solidarity, sustainability, and intercultural learning.

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🎯 Main Activities & Responsibilities
🌱 Organising and joining environmental actions such as clean-ups and tree planting
♻️ Supporting recycling & upcycling workshops
🏫 Delivering awareness activities in schools and youth centres
🎨 Contributing to creative and artistic workshops
👧🧒 Working with children and young people in community settings
🤝 Participating in community events and intercultural activities
🌍 Building teamwork, ecological awareness, and civic engagement skills

🏠 Accommodation, Food & Financial Support
🏡 Safe and decent accommodation arranged by the host organisation
🍽️ Food allowance fully covered
🚍 Local transport provided or reimbursed
✈️ International travel funded according to ESC distance and green travel rules

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🎓 Training, Mentoring & Support
📘 Full ESC training cycle including pre-departure preparation
🛬 On-Arrival Training
🔄 Mid-Term Evaluation
🌐 Online Language Support (OLS) or equivalent tools
🧑‍🏫 Continuous mentorship and supervision from the host organisation
📈 Focus on personal development, intercultural learning, and practical skills

👤 Participant Profile
🎂 18–29 years old
🗣️ Fluent in English
🌿 Strong interest in ecology, sustainability, music, arts, and youth work
👧🧒 Motivation to work with children and young people
🤝 Open-minded, creative, adaptable, and team-oriented
✨ No professional experience required – motivation and engagement matter most

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📅 Activity Dates
📆 09 December 2025 – 09 December 2026
⏱️ Total duration: 52 weeks

⏳ Application Deadline
📅 No application deadline

🌍 Activity Location
📍 Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬

👥 Activity Type
🤝 Individual Volunteering (European Solidarity Corps)

🌐 Eligible Countries
Austria 🇦🇹, Belarus 🇧🇾, Belgium 🇧🇪, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦, Croatia 🇭🇷, Czech Republic 🇨🇿, Denmark 🇩🇰, Finland 🇫🇮, France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Greece 🇬🇷, Greenland 🇬🇱, Iceland 🇮🇸, Ireland 🇮🇪, Italy 🇮🇹, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Malta 🇲🇹, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Netherlands 🇳🇱, North Macedonia 🇲🇰, Norway 🇳🇴, Poland 🇵🇱, Portugal 🇵🇹, Romania 🇷🇴, Serbia 🇷🇸, Slovakia 🇸🇰, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Spain 🇪🇸, Sweden 🇸🇪, Ukraine 🇺🇦

🏷️ Activity Topics
🌿 Environment and natural protection
📚 Education and training
🎨 Creativity and culture

🔗 Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49222_en

⚠️ Important Notice
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