9 - 11 months volunteering project in Inclusion Services in Milano, Italy

Description

INCLUSION SERVICES in Milano deal with reception and support for migrant people, social housing and interventions for the most vulnerable subjects, guided by respect for people's rights and dignity. They are organized in 3 main services: reception facilities, social housing and a community center. All the services foreseen linguistic and cultural mediations and an Italian language school is active across all services. The volunteer will be involved in a very dynamic environment, in a service where he/she/they will experiment the multicultural and intercultural dimension of urban areas in Italy. He/she/they will gain key competences like intercultural communication, mediation skills, conflicts management and exploitation of differences by supporting the job of professionals in the service. Volunteers will be actively involved in the weekly planning of the tasks and according to their own personal interest and skills she/he/they will have the opportunity to propose their own activies.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

The volunteer will stay in an apartment with 1 other international volunteer from another country. They will have a shared bedroom and they will share the common spaces (kitchen, living room, bathroom). The house is equipped with all necessary furniture (also towels and sheets for beds) and wifi connection. The volunteers will receive a monthly sum every month for the food expenses and will take care for their own meals. From the apartment it is possible to reach the volunteering place with local transports and the tickets are reimbursed.

Training during the activity

The volunteer will attend a training cycle including the on-arrival training, a mid-term seminar and an evaluation seminar offered by Diaconia Valdese. During this seminars he/she/they will have the possibility to meet all the volunteers hosted by Diaconia Valdese. In fact Diaconia Valdese has several project of international volunteering, all over Italy. Furthermore, as foreseen from ESC project, the volunteer will attend the seminars organized from the Italian National Agency.

Participant profile

We look for 2 volunteers, aged between 18 and 30 year old. The project does not require any special skills, expertise or previous experience. The volunteers has to be motivated, interested in the project, willing to challenge him/her/themself and get out of the comfort zone. The volunteers need to be ready to learn and start a process of change, be enthusiastic and willing to start a great new adventure.

Activity dates

From 20/09/2026 to 31/08/2027

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Activity location

Via Luigi Porro Lambertenghi, 28, Milano, Italy

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Activity type

Individual volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Albania, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Georgia, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna

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Activity topics

Social challenges

Reception and integration of refugees and migrants

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 28/02/2026 23:59

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Project code

2025-2-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000367782