🇫🇷🤝 ESC Volunteering in France – Promoting Socio-Cultural Activities & Sport in a Center for Asylum Seekers! 🏔️🎭 Empower, Include & Inspire at CADA “Le Nid”! 🇫🇷

📚 About the Project
Hosted by FOL 74, this ESC opportunity takes place in Saint-Jeoire, France, inside an Asylum Seekers Center (CADA) called “Le Nid.”
Volunteers support refugees and asylum seekers through socio-cultural activities, sports, mediation, anti-discrimination education, and community-building initiatives.
This mission is ideal for volunteers who want to combine social impact, human connection, creativity, and outdoor sports in a meaningful daily experience. 🌍✨

🎯 What You Will Do
Socio-Cultural Activities

• Animate workshops on anti-racism, diversity & inclusion
• Organize cultural outings, well-being sessions, and events
• Support community activities with families and youth

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Sport Activities

• Help develop sports events based on your interests
• Participate in mountain sports, snow sports, cycling, climbing, etc.
• Co-prepare local outdoor activities with partner organisations

Transversal Activities

• Co-create and maintain a vegetable garden and rest area with unaccompanied minors
• Support workshops within refugee/asylum seeker training programmes
• Participate in various educational and community initiatives

🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport

• Free accommodation in a shared room inside the Center
• Private bathroom and toilet
• Meals provided 3 times a day at the Center
• Monthly support: €8/day pocket money (€224–€248/month) + €116/month food allowance for times when the canteen is closed
• Access to Center cars (depending on availability)
  A comfortable and community-based living environment in the French Alps region. 🏞️🏡

🎓 Training During the Activity
Volunteers receive extensive training opportunities, including:

• Two national ESC seminars
• French language courses
• BAFA training (qualification for working with children and teens)
• First-aid training
• Additional courses: international solidarity, sustainable project design, and more
  A strong focus on personal growth, skills development, and civic engagement. 🎓🌱

🙋 Participant Profile
The ideal volunteer:

• Wants to learn and practice French (all activities are conducted in French)
• Is motivated by cultural exchange, human connection, and teamwork
• Shares the values of FOL 74
• Enjoys co-organising community activities
• Has interest in manual tasks or creative workshops
• Holds a driving licence
  A positive attitude, empathy, and motivation are key for this role. 💛

📅 Activity Dates
05 January 2026 – 31 August 2026

📅 Application Deadline
18 December 2025 – 23:59

📍 Location
Avenue des Colombières, Saint-Jeoire, France 🇫🇷

Eligible Countries
🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇽🇰 Kosovo, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Activity Topics
🛂 Refugee support & integration
🏛️ Citizenship & democratic participation
🌿 Environment & natural protection
🎨 Culture & creativity
🏅 Physical education & sport
⚖️ Anti-discrimination

🔗 Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49209_en

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