Step in, Step out - Into the settlement, out of your comfort zone
Bagázs Közhasznú Egyesület
Budapest, Bag, Dány, Hungary
Description
Our mission at Bagázs is to create equal chances for segregated Roma so that they can achieve their goals regardless their personal circumstances. Our long-term project is based in Roma settlements in two smaller Hungarian towns, Bag and Dány, where we organize after school activities for local children and youngsters. Volunteers will actively participate in the life of local communities, hold English-speaking group activities together with our experienced volunteers and plan team building workshops. Your tasks will include organizing and animating afternoon clubs, craft and sport days, helping in the organization and conduct of summer, spring and autumn camps, weekly visits in the local schools and many other thematically planned activities that focus on community development and disadvantage compensation.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Our ESC volunteers will be accommodated in a shared apartment in a town close to the settlements where their activities are going to take place. They get monthly pocket money and food allowance. The travel costs to Hungary and back to their home country will be refunded based on the distance band limits imposed by the European Commission. Local transportation will be covered with monthly bus tickets.
Training during the activity
- The participants are going to be involved in the organization’s own trainings for the different activities and get support from the activity coordinator and mentors. - On-Arrival Training and Mid-Term Evaluation are held by the Hungarian National Agency. - Weekly online language training - We are also planning regular team buildings
Participant profile
We are looking for long-term volunteers, between 20 and 30 years of age, who are enthusiastic about youthwork with disadvantaged children and motivated to get involved with Roma communities. Empathetic and sensitive to cultural differences. Our ideal participants feel themselves comfortable organizing and holding craft and sport activities for children. Reliable communication skills in English are necessary. Our volunteers should be independent enough to live abroad with other volunteers.
Activity dates
A total of 36 week(s) during the period 01/07/2025 to 15/03/2026
Activity location
Budapest, Bag, Dány, Hungary
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova (Republic of), Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)
Deadline for applications
No application deadline