Asylum seekers reception centre of Sugny II - volunteering team

Activity description

The Sugny Asylum Seeker Centre hosts people who have asked for international protection in Belgium. These people fled situations of war, persecution, discriminations, environmental disasters…. But before to feel actually established in Belgium and allowed to build their future here, their refugee status has to be proven and accepted through a long administrative process. While waiting for the documents that will enable them to remain legally in our country, the asylum seekers are accommodated in this centre.People living there await the solution concerning their administrative status. They never know what tomorrow may bring to them. By volunteering for this project, you are actively helping the centre welcome people coming from a wide variety of difficult situations and take care of them while they are waiting for a response to their asylum request (UN SDG 10 Reduced inequalities).

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Volunteers will be lodged in a common room (dormitory) in a building next to the central one. Showers are accessible in the central building. A washing machine is also available. BEWARE : Volunteers will share the same living conditions of the residents that are really “basic”. The food will be provided by the center and you will eat in the refectory with the residents. Sugny is a small and isolated village in the south of Belgium nearby the French border.Volunteers will be picked up at the closest train station on the first day and will be driven back at the same station on the last day.

Participant profile

We warn the volunteers that the consumption of alcohol is strictly forbidden inside the centre. This project requests volunteers with a good level of motivation for its theme and who are prepared to integrate the life of an asylum seekers center. We recommend them to a have an idea about the policy concerning refugees in their own country. In order to demonstrate this, we ask the candidate volunteers: - to answer our specific questionnaire (if you do not have it yet, please ask it to your sending organization) - to send us a CGC (Certificate of good conduct)

Activity dates

A total of 2 week(s) during the period 17/08/2024 to 31/08/2024

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Activity location

Sugny Belgium

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 Teams volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Finland, France, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine

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Activity topics

Social challenges

Reception and integration of refugees and migrants

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 19/07/2024

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