The European Solidarity Corps (ESC)

For foreigners who want to come to Belgium | Up to 12 months volunteering projects

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What is ESC ?

The European Solidarity Corps (ESC) enables youth from 18 to 30 yo to volunteer in an organization and to carry out local solidarity projects for a period of two to twelve months.

Accommodation, transport, pocket money, food, language courses and VISA costs are all covered by the ESC programme.

A great opportunity to meet new people, discover another culture and develop personal and professional skills.

ESC position open for 2025-2026

Caritas – 2 volunteers

From September 2025 til August 2026 in Wavre

Caritas is a center for asylum seekers. The center is hosting vulnerable female asylum seekers, single or with children in 21 apartments. The team assists the residents in the legal, social and medical fields. The aim is to help them out to reach maximum autonomy before leaving the center.

MISSION OF THE VOLUNTEER

Work with children and women :

  • Guide and inform families regarding activities and appointments
  • Help with the organisation of the daycare (0 to 3 years old babies)
  • Co-lead & to co-organise activities for children
  • Co-organise workshops with families in order to improve communication & community harmony

Enfance de l’art – 3 to 4 volunteers

From August 2025 til July 2026 in Tournai

« L’Enfance de l’Art » is a non-profit organization whose aim is to help parents to become more involved in their children’s education. To that purpose, the organization set up hosting facilities for children or people with reduced autonomy, leisure workshops, nurseries, schools. The organization uses alternative pedagogies (Steiner & Loczy).

MISSION OF THE VOLUNTEER

  • To carry out different kind of activities such as painting, drawing, fairy tales and nursery rhymes, making cakes and breads, outdoor games, crafts, walks in woods, etc.

Fedasil – 2 volunteers

From September 2025 til September 2026 in Rixensart

Fédasil is a center for asylum seekers and can host up to 220 residents including 40 unaccompanied minors. Different kinds of services are offered to the residents, such as social support, medical service, reception, school support and leisure time activities.

MISSION OF THE VOLUNTEER

  • Work with children and adults
  • Integrate the service of leisure activities and support children and teenagers in their schooling + organize leisure time activities, mainly in the social and cultural field, for the residents
  • Participate in activities in the neighborhood to raise awareness about asylum seekers

Alterez-vous – 2 volunteers

From September 2025 til August 2026 in Louvain-la-Neuve

Altérez-Vous is a place to meet, share and interact. This alternative café is a non-profit cooperative with social purpose turning around 3 dimensions: friendly atmosphere, responsible consumption and awareness to societal issues. 

MISSION OF THE VOLUNTEER 

  • Help with the organization & the promotion of cultural activities & the café (thematic nights, concerts, exhibitions, intercultural activities, promo on Fb, taking pictures, etc) 
  • Create new kind of events 
  • Awareness to societal issues with customerss & through the organization of events/workshops  
  • Development of local, organic & fair trade by helping the staff to find new products

JAVVA – 1 volunteer

From September 2025 til August 2026 in Brussels (date to be confirmed)

JAVVA is a Belgian association that promotes volunteering in Belgium and abroad. 

MISSION OF THE VOLUNTEER 

  • Co-organising, coordinating, looking for new partners and maintaining partnerships with the Red Cross Centres for local projects called ‘W.I.TH’ (We Instead of THem)  
  • Running information sessions in schools as part of the JAVVA@School project 
  • Running information session for volunteers going abroad 
  • Being a team leader on several JAVVA workcamps 
  •  Taking part in awareness-raising activities and international volunteering fairs 
  •  Participate in the community life of the organisation 
Information and registration with Anaïs !