🇺🇾 ESC Volunteering in Uruguay 📣 Communications Support Volunteer with MPDL and El Abrojo — Peace, Human Rights and Youth Inclusion 🕊️

Peace-building through volunteering. Human rights communication with a gender focus. And a 9-month placement in Montevideo, Uruguay, embedded in the team of El Abrojo — a local organisation working for the personal development and rights of children, adolescents, and young people. MPDL (Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme y la Libertad) is offering this ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering opportunity as part of their ACT4PEACE project, which promotes youth volunteering as a tool for human rights and peace culture across Latin America and the MENA region.

🏢 About MPDL and El Abrojo

MPDL is a pacifist, feminist, and anti-racist social organisation with over 40 years of experience building more just, inclusive, and peaceful societies. Their ACT4PEACE project promotes youth volunteering as a pathway to human rights advocacy and peace culture. The volunteer will be integrated into the team of El Abrojo in Montevideo, supporting projects focused on the rights and social inclusion of children, adolescents, and young people.

🎯 The Role

This is a communications-focused placement with a clear human rights and gender perspective. The volunteer will support El Abrojo’s communication work across different projects — contributing to content creation, outreach, and visibility activities in a team environment. Working hours are 30 to 38 hours per week, adjusted to organisational needs. Main activities will take place in Montevideo with occasional travel to nearby communities.

📋 What You’ll Do

📣 Support communications activities across El Abrojo’s projects with a gender and human rights focus

✍️ Contribute to content creation and outreach for children, adolescents, and youth inclusion programmes

🌍 Support peace-building and human rights promotion initiatives as part of the ACT4PEACE framework

🤝 Integrate into the El Abrojo team and contribute to their day-to-day work

🚌 Participate in activities in Montevideo and travel to nearby communities when needed

🎁 What the Project Provides

🏠 Accommodation in a safe area of Montevideo with all basic services — electricity, water, gas, internet — and individual rooms

💶 Pocket money to cover personal expenses including food and local transport

✈️ Round-trip flights from the volunteer’s place of residence to Montevideo covered by MPDL

🛂 Visa costs and travel insurance (Henner medical insurance) covered

📚 Pre-departure training on MPDL, humanitarian aid, security, tutoring, and practical aspects (visa, insurance)

🏘️ On-arrival training at the host organisation covering tasks and role

🌍 Participation in intercultural exchange spaces and competence-building sessions with other volunteers

🔗 Access to EU training platforms: OLS, GOT, and SALTO

🧑‍🏫 Personal tutor support throughout the entire placement

✅ Eligibility Requirements

This is a Humanitarian Aid Volunteering placement with specific eligibility criteria:

🔞 Aged 18–35

🌍 Must reside in one of the eligible countries (EU Member State, North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, or Türkiye)

✅ Must have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training before applying

🚫 Must not have participated before in individual Humanitarian Aid Volunteering

⏱️ Total duration of this and any previous EU volunteering must not exceed 12 months in combination

👤 Who Should Apply

MPDL is looking for a volunteer who is:

❤️ Motivated to contribute to social transformation and peace-building processes

✊ Committed to pacifist, feminist, and anti-racist values

📣 Interested in communications work with a gender and human rights focus

🌍 Ready to integrate into a team in an intercultural environment for 9 months

💙 MPDL especially encourages applications from people who have faced barriers to accessing services, health, employment, or education, or who live in peripheral or remote areas.

🔎 New to ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering? Everything about how the programme works is right here: https://youthworkshub.org/15101/

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇷 Türkiye

📅 Activity Dates

🗓️ 27 May 2026 — 21 February 2027

📍 Soriano 1153, Montevideo, Uruguay

⏰ Deadline

30 May 2026

🔗 Link

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/51129_en

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