EduVentura
Asociatia Voluntariat Pentru Viata
Marasesti, Romania
Description
EduVentura is an ESC volunteering project that promotes youth participation in community life through educational, intercultural and ecological activities. 12 ESC volunteers will work with local institutions in Marasesti and Focsani, Vrancea County, engaging children, youth, the elderly, and vulnerable groups.• The aim of the project is to encourage the involvement of children and young people in community life and to support initiatives that contribute to the promotion of active citizenship, sustainable development, and non-formal education. Activities will be carried out at the Children’s Club Mărășești, Youth Center Focșani, schools and high schools from Vrancea. The activities will have the form of practical workshops that will turn into actions of civic involvement and sustainable development. The ESC volunteers will work in teams and their role will be to encourage the actions of young people and children and to get involved with them in various civic actions, campaigns.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
The volunteers will live in rented flats, fully equipped, in Mărășești, in shared bedrooms (2 volunteers will share a room), individual beds, with common area, shared cooking, washing, free Wi-Fi included. Food: Volunteers will receive a monthly food allowance of 150 Euro and a monthly allowance of 120 Euro in form of pocket money. Transport: Volunteers are responsible for arranging their travel. Travel costs will be reimbursed according to the distance band limits imposed by the European Commission.
Training during the activity
Volunteers will attend the On-Arrival Training and Mid-Term Meeting, organized by the Romanian National Agency. Volunteers will receive mentorship sessions throughout the project and Romanian language classes. They will receive ongoing support from activity coordinators, teachers and staff of our organization.
Participant profile
Participant profile: * We are looking for creative volunteers willing to spend time with children/youngsters. They should show interest in organizing educational activities, socializing and impacting the community; willing to learn Romanian, able to work in a team; responsible, flexible; motivated by this project and able to attend the full duration of the project. We will also include 6 ESC volunteers with fewer opportunities, facing one of the following obstacles: Social Difficulties, Cultural Differences, Economic Difficulties, Disability, Health Problems, Geographical obstacles.
Activity dates
A total of 36 week(s) during the period 15/09/2025 to 30/06/2026
Activity location
Nicolae Balcescu No.2, Marasesti, Romania
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna
Activity topics
Social challenges
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2024-1-RO01-ESC51-VTJ-000208905