LOCATION
Burgos, Spain
DURATION
From February 2025 till February 2026 (12 months)
HOST ORGANISATION
APPLICATION DEADLINE
as soon as possible
DESCRIPTION
The “Green Hands Burgos” project arrives to its 5th edition, hosting two volunteers in Ábrego Association and two volunteers in Huerteco Association. The main objective of “Green Hands Burgos” is to promote environmental education as well as to encourage rural development, through the activities that will be developed in the different organisations and through the activities focused on sustainable development and environmental protection issues. Furthermore, the project will represent an opportunity for intercultural learning for the volunteers and entities involved, who will participate in the project to promote cooperation and solidarity, responding, as it did in the first edition of the project, to the programmatic strategy of the European Solidarity Corps, designed precisely to promote cohesion, solidarity, democracy and the active participation of young Europeans.
The main mission of the Ábrego Association is to make Burgos citizens aware of the need to get involved in order to generate changes that improve and enrich people’s lives. The association’s main objective is rural development as a response to the global, and for this reason, it creates courses, spaces and meeting points in the rural world.
Download here the info pack of the project.
ACTIVITIES
Volunteers will take part in the organization’s activities, explore Ábrego network projects in the province, and receive ongoing support from association members.
- The main activities in which the volunteers will be involved are the following:
- Assistance and support in the implementation of activities proposed by the organisation during the year;
- Design and lead workshops and activities aligned with the volunteer’s interests and skills, based on the association’s themes, which can be developed in different locations (Ábrego office, in schools, civic centres and in the villages of the province);
- Visits to projects of the Ábrego network and possibility to cooperate with them;
- Support in the development of the Food Forest project;
- Support in the communication and dissemination of the association’s activities (content creation for the social network and web page);
- Drafting of the association’s annual memoir, collecting and summarising the activities carried out.
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
- Available for the whole duration of the project; 18-30 years old;
- Resident in EU member countries or Ukraine;
- With at least a basic knowledge of Spanish;
- Motivation to participate in the project and specific activities;
- Interest in the activities planned within the host organization;
- Flexibility, creativity, patience, open-mindedness, team-work;
- Interest and willingness to face the intercultural experience proposed by the project and its challenges;
- Interested in environmental and rural topics;
- A driving license is welcome but not necessary;
- Background knowledge in sociology, natural science, pedagogy is welcome but not necessary;
- Proactive and positive attitude.
CONDITIONS
Everything is covered by the European Solidarity Corps program. There is a reimbursement of travel expenses up to a maximum limit set by the European Commission. Food, accommodation, language courses, training, mentoring, monthly pocket money and insurance are covered by the host/supporting organisation.
HOW TO APPLY
You have to fill this online form specific for the project in English, attaching your CV.
