Program, akce: Evropský sbor solidarity (ESC) — dlouhodobé dobrovolnictví (4 měsíce)
Termíny konání:
- 28. únor— 30. červen 2025 (2 dobrovolníci)
- 19. červen — 17. říjen 2025 (2 dobrovolníci)
Místo konání: Nessonas, Larissa, Řecko
Prosím přečtěte si infopack. Pokud máte zájem se přihlásit, prosím zašlete nám životopis (v angličtině) v jednom emailu na: [email protected] a [email protected]. Prosím do předmětu emailu uveďte „Regeneration ESC + vaše celé jméno“
Prosím nezapomeňte také vyplnit přihlášku zde.
Pro to, abyste na tento projekt mohli jet je nutné, abyste vlastnili nejen občanský průkaz (který musíte mít ze zákona), ale také platný cestovní pas (s platností min. ještě 150 dní od datumu začátku vámi vybraného projektu).
V rámci programu Evropský sbor solidarity jsou následující finanční specifika: v rámci všech projektů ESC je kompletně (ze 100 %) zajištěno jídlo, ubytování, aktivity, povinné doplňkové pojištění u pojišťovny Henner, jazykový kurz, místní doprava, a to vše je zcela pokryto z fondů EU programu Evropský sbor solidarity a zařízeno organizátory. Účastníkům dále budou proplaceny cestovní náklady (v případě tohoto projektu) ve výši max. €309 z místa bydliště do místa konání projektu a zpět.
Účastník musí:
- Být ve věku 18-30 let;
- Být zaregistrovaný na portálu ESC (v případě, že máte s registrací problém, řiďte se tímto návodem)
- Mít zájem o dobrovolnictví a tento projekt;
- Ovládat angličtinu alespoň na úrovni B1
Hostitelská organizace: COB Greece
Popis ESC dobrovolnické pozice:
Next Re-Generation Vol. V
4 ESC volunteers
Dates:
1 March – 29 June 2025 (120 days) (2 people)
20 June – 18 October 2025 (120 days) (2 people)
(excluding travel days)
At COB eco-project at Nessonas (Larissa), Greece
Age of participants: 18-30
Please respect the dates of arrival and departure (2 days . If you need to come earlier or leave later, please let us know and we can discuss this. You are also eligible for Green Travel (bus, train, car-pooling) with 4-6 travel days roundtrip. Please keep all your travel documents with you until your arrival to the activity venue or we will not be able to reimburse you with the travel money.
Nevertheless it is necessary that you attend the volunteering programme from the beginning to the end, so please arrange your travel accordingly.
VENUE
Eco-project COB project in Nessonas (Larissa), Greece
The COB eco-project is a permaculture farm and an intentional community that is specialized in natural building, regenerative farming and alternative technologies.
The COB eco-project is a social cooperative of sustainable development which primarily started as an educational project to spread the know-how, the philosophy, theory and practice of natural building and bioclimatic architecture guided by the safe and sustainable management of resources and energy. Our organization has been active in the field of youth and adult education for more than seventeen years. It has developed its own training methods, workshops, and courses and has organized multiple educational activities on sustainability and ecology.
Workshops for young people run here frequently and every year more and more long term volunteers are following their intuitive learning path through the practical exploration and implementation of techniques and practices like cob ecobuilding, permaculture design, natural farming, agroforestry, healthy nutrition, zero waste lifestyle, renewable energy solutions, non violent communication and group decision making techniques like sociocracy. Moreover, our farm acts as a hub that connects young people with other projects in Greece and abroad, to support them in following their intuitive learning path and deepen their knowledge in their topic of interest and to strengthen the community of eco-projects throughout Greece and all Europe.
For more pictures and information visit our website: www.cob.gr
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/buildingwithearth/
Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/cob_gr/
Accommodation
This Volunteering Activity will take place in the COB farm, in central Greece.
Volunteers will be staying in the farm buildings and houses made of natural materials. It is necessary that you bring your own outdoors sleeping material to be comfortably sleeping outdoors in case of outdoor excursions. Have in mind that there are also mosquitos during summer so make sure you bring a natural mosquito repellent. Tents can be provided by the organisation.
Compost toilets and outdoor showers will serve our needs.
As we try to live in balance with our surrounding ecosystem, and the food forest, we are using water consciously. Also please bring plant based fully biodegradable toiletry (shampoo, soaps, toothpaste, mosquito repellents etc.) so the water of the shower and the sink doesn’t harm nature. If you don’t have any, we can provide you with a toiletry kit for 7€.
The house on the farm provides us with a kitchen to cook our daily meals, which are healthy and VEGAN only. If you have any allergies or intolerances, please inform us ahead of time, so we can plan accordingly.
There is some internet access on the farm, close to the house, but don´t forget to connect with nature, rather than with the internet.
What’s more, the farm is off-grid and we are energy supplied by a solar panel system, so electricity is limited. You have to consider that our system cannot support heavy energy devices like hair-dryers. All the devices (tablets, cell phones. etc.) should be charged during the daytime. If there is an extended period without sun (heavy clouds/rain), we avoid spending any energy at all, prioritizing our necessities.
It is important for us to know that you agree in spending 8 months in such a simple and basic way of life.
What To Bring
- Sleeping Bag
- Air or fitness or camping MATTRESS and pillow (or/and anything you need for being comfortable sleeping on the ground in a tepee)
- towel for shower
- reusable water bottle
- Clothes that can get dirty
- Swimsuit and towel (if you are interested in saunas and pond swims)
- Hat (to protect against the sun)
- Flash lights
- Raincoat and warm clothes (the weather can quickly change)
- Comfortable shoes and clothes for outdoors, walking and being outside
- Camera with a cable to share pictures (if you want and have)
- Ecological and biodegradable shampoo, toothpaste and soap, suitable for the internal sewage system (if you don’t have such, don’t worry, we can provide hygiene products that are both ecological and biodegradable – 3.5 euros/toothpaste, 4 euros/soap).
- Ecological and biodegradable clothes detergent, suitable for the internal sewage system (we can also provide this for 3euros/soap)
- Your special needs, like tobacco, medication, etc (the nearest small shop is a 3 kilometers walk)
- Bring any material you need to implement the activities you want to share during the course, such as musical instruments, games, dances, songs and stories…
Activities
Participants in this course will be involved in the following activities:
- Regenerative Agriculture and Farming activities: Beekeeping, nurseries with traditional seeds, preparation of vegetable beds, composting, soil building, Agroforestry, Food forests and syntropic farming, etc.
- Learning hands-on how to construct buildings with different natural building techniques (adobe bricks, wood, wattle and daub, cob, earthbags, rammed earth, etc)
- Permaculture Design of Ecosystems: Learning how to holistically design spaces so that they use the minimum of resources and transition to resilient habitats.
- In terms of sustainable development and permaculture ethics, learning how to live in healthier, low-footprint homes. Gathering local natural resources and building constructions like ovens, dehydrators, rocket stoves, etc
- Community life. During the project, the people living in the same space will share responsibilities (Cooking, cleaning of common spaces, etc), personal space and everyday activities concerning village life.
- Community Cafe and Organic Shop management. Learn hands-on green entrepreneurship by assisting in the village’s community coffee shop
- Educational excursions to other farms and projects in Greece, so that the participants get to see more examples in practice
- Organizing workshops for children and adults about self-sufficiency
- Fabricating natural cosmetics (soaps, toothpaste, ointments, etc)
- Food processing: Dehydrating and fermenting fruits and vegetables, making preserves, marmalades, pickles, sauces, cider vinegar, etc.
Ethical Animal rearing: Everyday care of the poultry (Feeding, cleaning, etc)