Volunteer in Spain

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (NYH) is promoting a call for participants for European Solidarity Corps (ESC) long-term volunteering projects in Valencia, Spain.

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About the Project

"Supporting learning communities": Opportunity with XERACION VALENCIA, 3 placements, for 12 months, starting from July 2025. ‍

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About the organization

Coordinating/Leading organisation XERACION VALENCIA is a non-profit youth cultural association created in Gandia (Valencia, Spain) in 2014 by an enthusiastic group of people who decided to leave their regular jobs and try to enjoy their day by day while doing something enriching and meaningful for their local communities. It’s an active member of the Council of Youth of Gandia and our objectives are:
a) To promote and facilitate the international mobility of youth and youth workers (especially for groups with fewer opportunities).
b) To expand social cooperation projects and volunteering (local and international).
c) To empower youth in order for them to have their own critical thinking and analysis, an active citizenship and participatory democracy.
d) To enhance values of tolerance, human dignity, interculturality, solidarity and cooperation, social justice and integration.
e) To promote healthy lifestyles and the protection of the environment through a sustainable development.

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In order to achieve these objectives Xeración Valencia develops and implements projects for local and international volunteers and youth workers. It encourages volunteering amongst the population of the region of Valencia, especially amongst youth. It organises meetings between associations for the exchange of good practices in order to improve the quality of the projects.

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Goal

Project Aim: We're here to create an inclusive and intercultural community in Valencia.

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Pre-departure training offered by supporting organisation. On-arrival training and Mid-term Evaluation offered by Spain National Agency. On the job training Online Linguistic Support.

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Description of the activities:

There will be a very wide range of possible activities available for the volunteers. Every week volunteers must volunteer for 30 hours (5 days a week/6 hours a day) but each volunteer will be able to co-create part of her/his program together with the responsible person from the school; some of the possible tasks are:
> Supporting teachers in primary and secondary schools in their daily tasks.
> Creating extra-school activities for the project “Patis Inclusius” and delivering them on the afternoons and weekends (https://www.santiagoapostolcabanyal.es/patis-inclusius/)

> Supporting Interactive groups and mixed commissions (http://www.santiagoapostolcabanyal.es/grupos-interactivos)
> Library and computing lessons, Musical activities and Radio Escalante 329 (https://www.santiagoapostolcabanyal.es/radio-escalante-329/)
> Supporting any of the activities taking place on the school which you can find on our FB page: fb.com/santiagoapostolcabanyal or website: santiagoapostolcabanyal.es
> Assist teachers and Educators managing learning process;

> Help students to do homework and tasks they were given;
> Serving the food for students during the lunchtime in dining room.
> Creating audio-visual materials (photo, video...) in order to disseminate the activities of the school.

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Objectives:

1) To offer the opportunity to work and support unprivileged sectors of society which will increase their empathy, tolerance and solidarity;

2) To improve their social, cultural and educational abilities through activities that will be developed in the school as well as in the association;
3) To cooperate with other local associations working to improve the quality of life of unprivileged people;
4) To create awareness events, activities, workshops and campaigns;
5) To create audio-visual material such as photography, video edition to promote the work done in the school as well as the Erasmus+ program;
6) To promote Erasmus+ program amongst Valencian youth (especially amongst Roma community) in order to encourage them to participate in some youth exchange.

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Participants profile:

Candidate should be over 18 years old and registered to the ESC portal ;

Volunteers must have a very positive attitude, adaptable to change and able to work independently. The right candidates should have a big interest in working with children/youth from marginalised areas (specially from Roma communities) and non-formal education.