TERANGA House for Food Transition
Service national de la jeunesse
SOS Faim Luxembourg
Schifflange, Luxembourg
Description
SOS Faim is a professional cooperation and development NGO created in 1993 and supported by the Luxembourgish Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. It aspires to a world without hunger by promoting a form of agriculture alternative to the dominant industrial model: more sustainable, resilient and solidary family farming. Part of its awareness-raising activities in Luxembourg, SOS Faim will open in September 2024 TERANGA - The House for Food Transition. This place aims to encourage meetings and exchanges around themes linked to the agri-food transition. Main tasks for the volunteer: - Participate in designing awareness-raising programs on agricultural and food issues - Implement activities around agricultural and food issues aimed at a young public - Conceive and create adapted and innovative educational material to foster awareness among a younger public - Participate in the development of the place - Support the communication of the project
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
The volunteers will be accommodated in single rooms, on the upper floor of a house in the center of the town of Schifflange. They will share the premises with six other young people who will also be involved in running the place. They will have a common kitchen and a common day lounge, private access to the terrace while the garden will be open to the public on occasions. Public transport is entirely free in Luxembourg, train and bus stops nearby (2 minutes). Daily allowance for food and expenses, kitchen available for cooking their meals.
Training during the activity
Upon their arrival, the young volunteers will be trained on group leadership and management techniques based on non-violent communication and collective intelligence. The following supervision by the SOS Faim team will naturally follow the same approach. Volunteers will have real freedom to innovate and reinvent the workshops and activities that will be offered to the public. They will be supervised by the SOS Faim team.
Participant profile
Profile: - keen on volunteering, learning and/or delving deeper into the themes covered by our association - sensitive to the notions of solidarity and cooperation - fluent in English or/and French -ready to comit for minimum 6 and up to 12 months
Activity dates
A total of 27 week(s) during the period 01/09/2024 to 31/12/2025
Activity location
35 avenue de la Libération, Schifflange, Luxembourg
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
British Antarctic Territory, Anguilla, Austria, Aruba, Belgium, Bulgaria, Saint Barthélemy, Bermuda, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Canary Islands, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, Falkland Islands, France, French Guiana, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, British Indian Ocean Territory, Iceland, Italy, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Montenegro, Saint Martin (french part), Martinique, Montserrat, Malta, New Caledonia, Netherlands, Norway, French Polynesia, Poland, St Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Sweden, Saint Helena, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Turks and Caicos Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Ukraine, Virgin Islands (British), Wallis and Futuna, Kosovo * UN resolution
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Environment and natural protection
Health and wellbeing
Education and training
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 09/06/2024 23:59