European Solidarity Corps projects

If you are between 18 and 30 and would like to have an experience abroad, you can consider volunteering with the European Solidarity Corps for up to a year to make a difference with your work, get lifelong memories and meet people from all over Europe!

Why join an ESC project? Hear from our former volunteers!

"My European Solidarity Corps journey has been nothing short of extraordinary. It has allowed me to overcome my fears, expand my horizons, and discover the true meaning of inclusion. I fell in love with Belgium, embraced the French language, and found joy in the kindness and support of others. This project has not only shaped my present but also given me direction for my future."
Jay
Former volunteer
"It was a thrilling experience to be abroad in another country with different cultures and languages and I could not be more happy that I had the chance to include this experience and the people that I have met in my life. I believe that a stay abroad is a formative time in which you can develop yourself and that can change you into a better person than you were the day before."
Mihai
Former volunteer
"When I started my ESC project, I had three main goals in mind: to use my skills to benefit the community, to improve my independent living skills, and to improve my French. I am happy to say that I made significant progress towards achieving all of these goals. […] Overall, I had an outstanding ESC experience, meeting great people, dedicating my time to a cause I supported, and learning valuable lessons while having fun along the way."
Faruk
Former volunteer
"In my opinion, a stay abroad is always a very formative time for the future and I can only recommend everyone to try something like that. Don’t think too much about possible problems you might be confronted with. They exist, for sure. But there are always ways to deal with them and make the best of the time."
Vreni
Former volunteer

Our European Solidarity Corps projects:

We host volunteers within three projects in three different organisations:

VIEWS International

Views International (VI) is a European NGO based in Liège, Belgium. The usual activities of VIEWS International are: the organization of European projects, like youth exchanges, job shadowings or seminars, as well as local activities, carried out together with our Belgian partners.

The volunteer works alongside VIEWS International’s Executive Office to develop intercultural activities with sighted and visually impaired young Belgians, and helps them create inclusive activities in various cultural fields. Additionally, they support the organisation of leisure activities for sighted or visually impaired young people together with VI’s network of local partners, as well as awareness-raising sessions and preliminary activities for international youth projects.

Meet our latest ESC volunteer in the VIEWS International office, Patricia

Join us! We are looking for a dedicated young volunteer from January 2025. The duration of the project is flexible.
To apply, send us an email at office@viewsinternational.eu (Subject line: ESC VIEWS -Expression of Interest)

Learn more about this opportunity!

Sainte-Marguerite’s Socio-Cultural Coordination (CSCSM)

Sainte-Marguerite’s Socio-Cultural Coordination (CSCSM) is a local coordination created in 1997. CSCSM is a place for exchange, where the 15 local associations define the common projects. ESC volunteering activities take place with the permanent staff of CSCSM and of some of the member associations (e.g. NGO La Baraka).

Depending on their motivation and personality, the volunteer could contribute to:

  • Editing the information bimonthly newspaper « Salut Maurice! » (supervised by the person responsible for the newspaper);
  • Supporting the courses of French as a Foreign Language for non-Francophone teenagers who have just arrived;
  • Organising common activities for the local associations (e.g. Brocante, St Nicolas, etc);
  • Running workshops and/or discussion groups within the French courses at the La Baraka or in another member association on various topics.

Meet our latest ESC volunteer in the CSCSM project, Kinga

Join our project! We are looking for a dedicated young volunteer from January 2025. The duration of the project is flexible.
To apply, send us an email at office@viewsinternational.eu (Subject line: ESC CSCSM – Expression of Interest)

Learn more about this opportunity!

IRHOV 1 (primary school) and IRHOV 2 (secondary school)

IRHOV (Institut Royal pour les handicapés de l’Ouie et de la Vue) is composed by two schools specialised in youth with visual and hearing impairments between the ages of 3 and 21. They carry out experimental projects for youth with sensory impairments concerning formal education, but also activities in the field of non-formal education, consisting in sport and cultural activities that are adapted for persons with sensorial impairments.

Some of the activities the volunteers are involved in:

  • Taking part to extra-curricular activities with children, including support to their familiarisation with assistive technology;
  • Connecting people responsible for different extra-curricular activities (e.g. sports day, theatre, classes) and the visually-impaired youth;
  • Contributing to activities conducive to the connection and exchange between youth with visual impairments and sighted youth;
  • BRAILLE learning/practice;
  • Learning keyboard (computer).

Join our project! We are looking for a dedicated young volunteer from January 2025. The duration of the project is flexible.
To apply, send us an email at office@viewsinternational.eu (Subject line: ESC IRHOV – Expression of Interest)

Learn more about this opportunity!

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