Location: Ikskile, Latvia

Project name: Volunteer in school and permaculture garden

Hosting organization: Ikskile Free School

Sending organization: “Common Sense” Youth Organization

Purpose of the project: Ikskile Free School unites people who are ready to take responsibility, do, look for solutions and create new opportunities. There are active and enterprising people in the community who came together to make the world a better place. We don’t expect from others, we do it ourselves. We highly value freedom, nature, community and Latvian traditions. The school uses a holistic approach to personal development and we believe that human by nature is good and capable of self-expression and it is important to accept any person the way she/he is and respect the unique experience of everybody. 

Number of volunteers: 1 volunteer between 18-30 years old (Only Azerbaijani citizenship)

Project period – 01/08/2023 to 30/06/2024 (11 months)

Deadline: 31/08/2023

How to apply? – Please get registration number, and apply through European Youth Portal (click the link)

How to get a registration number? – If you don’t have account on European Youth Portal, please watch our instruction videos from this Link

All costs are covered by European Solidarity Corps

No participation fee! 

Language: English

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements: 

We are located near the city Ogre (Latvia), the living will be in the city, which is 40km from capital (Riga), you will need to arrange yourself breakfast and dinner, but vegetarian lunch will be at school every day. We will give you a bicycle with witch you can come to school. In winter you will take the bus to school.

Application conditions and requirements for volunteering:

We are looking for volunteers, who will be activated as assistants in various organization activities, for example, teacher assistants, and assist in the community’s permaculture garden. A volunteer, who is interested in working with children and working in nature. English language skills is needed.