Fédasil - Center for Asylum Seekers

Activity description

The center is located 25km from Brussels and can host up to 220 residents including 40 unaccompanied minors. There are different kinds of services which are offered to the residents, among them: social support, medical service, reception, school support and leisure time activities. Volunteers will integrate the service of leisure activities, whose aims are, on the one side, to support children and teenagers in their schooling and, on the other, to organize leisure time activities, mainly in the social and cultural field, for the residents. Some activities in the neighborhood are also carried out, whose aim is to raise awareness in the local community about asylum seekers. Volunteers will work with children and with adults.

Сместување, храна и транспорт

The two volunteers will share a flat of 4 people in Wavre. They will share a kitchen/living room area as well as a bathroom but each of them will have their own bedroom. They will get a travelcard allowing them to access the closest cities (Ottiginies, Louvain-la-Neuve, Wavre) & Brussels, located at about 30km from Rixensart. Volunteers will receive a monthly allowance for food & pocket money.

Training during the activity

Volunteers will participate in 2 ESC seminars organized by the Belgium National Agency (on-arrival and mid-term-meetings). Additionally, training related to asylum policy & psychosocial aspects will be offered to volunteers according to opportunities. Possibility to attend French lessons if needed.

Participant profile

We are looking for volunteers who are interested by migration issues & willing to interact with asylum seekers (especially with women & children). We are not looking for any type of special skills, motivation being the most important criteria for the selection of the volunteers. The best qualities of a volunteer for this type of project are: flexibility, open-mindedness, empathy, team spirit, interpersonal skills, ready to take initiatives & good capacity to adapt. Volunteers should be ready to live in an isolated place & to face residents who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Activity dates

Во вкупен број од 51 недели во времетраење од 09/09/2024 до 07/09/2025

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Activity location

Rue du Plagniau 1, 1330 Rixensart Belgium

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 Individual volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Австрија, Босна и Херцеговина, Белгија, Кипар, Република Чешка, Германија, Данска, Естонија, Грција, Шпанија, Финска, Франција, Грузија, Хрватска, Унгарија, Ирска, Исланд, Италија, Литванија, Луксембург, Летонија, Црна Гора, North Macedonia, Малта, Холандија, Норвешка, Полска, Португалија, Романија, Србија, Шведска, Словенија, Словачка, Kosovo * UN resolution, British Antarctic Territory, Ангилја, Аруба, Сен Бартелеми, Бермудски, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Canary Islands, Курасао, Фолкландските Острови, Француска Гвајана, Гренланд, Гвадалупе, Британскиот Територија на Индиски Океан, Кајмански Острови, Saint Martin (french part), Мартиник, Монтсерат, Нова Каледонија, Француска Полинезија, St Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, Реунион, Saint Helena, Турците и Каикос Острови, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Virgin Islands (British), Валис и Футуна

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Activity topics

Прифаќање и интеграција на избеглици и мигранти

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Deadline for applications

Краен рок на аплицирање: 23/06/2024

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