Summer of adventure for youth in The Netherlands
Stichting Don Bosco Rijswijk
Rijswijk, Netherlands
Description
Don Bosco Rijswijk is a organisation, located close by the well known city of The Hague, in a green area in Rijswijk. We work with children and youths from different backgrounds for more than half a century. We welcome 7000 to 8000 young and elderly visitors per year. We have a varied array of activities for children and youths with a special focus on free time activities and non-formal education. In the summer month we are focusing on holiday activities for the children ages 4 till 16. Volunteers will be involved in all of the activities: full day programs with up to 150 different children a day. There is an immeasurable variety of activities (sports, big games, crafts, theater…); a volunteer will have many opportunities to learn a lot of different skills and will be able to share their own talents and values many times during the volunteering experience.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Participants will live in a flat/house with one other volunteer. Each has their own room and they share the kitchen, bathroom and living room. Each participant will receive the food allowance and pocket money each month and a bike as a main form of transportation. The youth center is located approx. 10 min from the house.
Training during the activity
We will provide different workshops throughout the experience to make sure every individual is confident and comfortable in working at Don Bosco Rijswijk. For example: how to organize games, how to work as a professional youth worker, how to maintain boundaries and healthy relationships, how to animate. We offer extra support for learning Dutch with inhouse language course. We value good communication and spend a lot of time and effort to organize activities which promote team building and multicultural learning under the roof of Don Bosco organizations mission.
Participant profile
For the short term project in Rijswijk we keep the background of the volunteer candidates as open as possible so that all young people (age 18-30), especially unemployed and with fewer opportunities (social and economic difficulties) could easily take part in this project. Volunteers are expected to work with other team members to carry out the program. Speaking and understanding a basic level of English is required. We would like to welcome people who are motivated to work with children and peers. We provide different workshops throughout the experience to make sure every individual is confident and comfortable in working at Don Bosco. We only read CV's written in English!
Activity dates
From 02/08/2025 to 15/09/2025
Activity location
Don Boscolaantje 3, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Creativity and culture
Physical education and sport
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 18/05/2025 12:42