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Belgique Belgique: Fedasil Sugny (CBB0125ESC)

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26/04/2025   -   10/05/2025

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Âge
18 - 30
Nombre maximum de bénévoles
12
Encore de la place pour
6 Male + 5 Female
Langues
Anglais
La nourriture végétarienne
Oui
Aéroport le plus proche
Brussels (Bruxelles) (BRU)
Gare routière/ferroviaire la plus proche
Gedinne Train Station
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Travail

This project is based on a dynamic encounter between the volunteers and the residents of the centre. As the project takes place during the Belgian school holidays, numerous activities with the children will be organised by and with the volunteers. At the same time, with the help of a technical coordinator, the volunteers and the young and not-so-young residents will work together to maintain the outside areas, do some gardening work, carry out small painting tasks and tidy up (sorting donations of clothing received, sorting the games library). By hosting this work camp, the centre's staff also hope that the volunteers can add a positive dynamic by offering leisure activities and workshops to the residents, particularly the young people and children: sport, DIY, games, themed evenings, culinary activities, etc. All these activities will help to improve the quality of life and well-being of the centre's residents. Don't hesitate to contribute your ideas.

Logement et nourriture

You will be accommodated at the centre, in a common room or in rooms of 4, with all amenities (showers, toilets, etc.).
You will share the same living conditions as the residents, which are very basic.

Volunteers will cook their own meals at set times.

Situation, loisirs

Sugny is a small, isolated village in southern Belgium close to the French border. By choosing this workcamp, you are choosing to live in nature. All around are fields, woods and small villages.
But there's no shortage of entertainment options: football pitches, basketball courts, etc.
During the weekend, depending on what you decide, you can organise cultural visits and travel to some of Belgium's biggest cities.
CAUTION: this is a very isolated area.

Partenaire

The Fedasil reception centre for international protection seekers in Sugny welcomes people who have applied for asylum in Belgium. These people have fled situations of war, persecution, discrimination and environmental disaster.... But before they can feel truly settled in Belgium and allowed to build their future here, their refugee status must be proven and accepted through a long administrative process. While waiting for the documents that will allow them to stay legally in our country, applicants for international protection are housed in this centre.
The people living there are waiting for an answer about their administrative status. They never know what tomorrow might bring.
As a result, residents often find themselves overwhelmed by feelings of anxiety and relief, hope and disappointment. Life at the Fedasil centre in Sugny reflects these individual dramas and the hope of the residents.
Website: https://www.fedasil.be/fr

Itinéraire vers le point de rendez-vous

Gedinne Train station at 3 pm on April 26th

Commentaires additionnels

This project is a volunteering team, supported by the European Solidarity Corps program of the European Union.
Compared to the usual workcamp participation scheme, some main financial and administrative
differences must be underlined:
 The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
 The volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project
 The volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 5€/day, once they arrive on the project in Belgium
 The volunteers will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance
 The volunteers need to register on the European Solidarity Corps Portal; CBB will organize their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project
 The volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online by the ESC portal

Remarques

We warn the volunteers that the consumption of alcohol is strictly forbidden inside the centre.

It is necessary be able to listen to others. This kind of workcamp is a very rich personal and human experience. It makes people aware of the complexity of certain social conditions related to the great inequalities on our planet.
In order to demonstrate this, we ask the candidate volunteers:

  • to answer our specific questionnaire (if you do not have it yet, please ask it to your sending organization)
  • to send us a criminal record related to work with children

Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced Inequalities
Belgique Belgique: Fedasil Rixensart (CBB0225ESC)

Dates

27/04/2025   -   10/05/2025

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Détails sur le projet

Âge
18 - 30
Nombre maximum de bénévoles
12
Encore de la place pour
6 Male + 6 Female
Langues
Anglais
La nourriture végétarienne
Oui
Aéroport le plus proche
Brussels (Bruxelles) (BRU)
Gare routière/ferroviaire la plus proche
Rixensart train station
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Travail

Volunteers will share their time between organizing activities for the children and teenagers living in the center and maintaining/renovating the center's outside areas. They may also be asked to do some other little tasks, such as helping to sort clothes donated to the center.
Animation:
Half of the time, volunteers will propose and plan activities for children aged 3 to 10 who live in the center. Some examples could be: creative and artistic workshops, board games, walks, excursions, going to the swimming pool, sports and games, movies, cultural visits, …
If they wish, the center would be delighted if they also offer activities to the center's teenagers (12-18 years old). Some of the teenagers are also mothers.
They will receive the support of the center’ staff, used to work with volunteers every summer.
Outdoor maintenance:
The other half of the time, volunteers will help the technical team with much-needed weeding tasks, as well as renovating the center's volleyball court. The volleyball court is in poor condition: there are a lot of weeds and it needs to be re-delineated. Weeds are also invading the playground and flower boxes. Volunteers are therefore expected to make these places pleasant again for the residents to use.

Logement et nourriture

Volunteers will sleep in a mixed dormitory with 6 bunk beds, in an annex building. Toilets are located in the same building, but for showers, volunteers will have to go to the main building (remember to bring flip-flops). Volunteers will have access to the washing machines in the center’s laundry room and can leave their personal belongings (passport, money, etc.) in the safe at reception if they wish. They will have access to wifi.
Volunteers will be cooking their own meals in a small, basic kitchen. So feel free to bring your own recipe ideas, but keep in mind that it should be kept simple. Please let us know in advance if you have any special dietary requirements so that we can organize groceries shopping.

Situation, loisirs

Rixensart is located in the Brabant Walloon province, 25 km from Brussels and 7 km from Waver. The zone is highly urbanised and has all the usual conveniences, Rixensart still keeps its countryside charm but one can feel the proximity of Brussels (40 minutes by train, 20 by car). The center is located outside the town centre, but at a walking distance from the famous local lake Genval, cinema, shops, supermarkets, train station…

Partenaire

The reception center for asylum-seekers of Rixensart accommodates people or families who have asked for asylum in Belgium. Refugees come from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Congo etc. Many of them fled from war or from countries that were under a dictatorship or devastated by an ecological disaster. Thus they came to Belgium with dreams of stability, richness and comfort life. It is not, however, that easy to be allowed to settle in Europe, especially for somebody from the South or the East. Before these people may start their new live, their refugee status has to be proven and accepted. While waiting for the document that will enable them to remain legally in our country, the immigrants are accommodated in this centre in the Brussels vicinity.
People living there await the solution concerning their administrative status. They never know what tomorrow may bring to them. Therefore, residents often found themselves overwhelmed by feelings of relief and anguish, hope and disappointment. The life of the center reflects these individual dramas and hopefulness of residents.
Website of the institution (available in English): https://www.fedasil.be/en
This project is organized in line with several other volunteering teams hosted in reception centers in Belgium. It aims to bring a small contribution to the welcoming of the residents as well as to permit the volunteers to learn about and be better aware of the realities of the migration policies.
By volunteering for this project, you are actively helping the center to welcome people coming from a wide variety of difficult situations and take care of them while they are waiting for a response to their asylum request (UN SDG 10 Reduced inequalities).

Itinéraire vers le point de rendez-vous

Rixensart train station, 3 pm on April 27th

Commentaires additionnels

This project is a volunteering team, supported by the European Solidarity Corps program of the European Union.
Compared to the usual workcamp participation scheme, some main financial and administrative
differences must be underlined:
- The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
- The volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project
- The volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 5€/day, once they arrive on the project in Belgium
- The volunteers will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance
- The volunteers need to register on the European Solidarity Corps Portal; CBB will organize their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project
- The volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online by the ESC portal

Remarques

We warn the volunteers that the consumption of alcohol is strictly forbidden inside the centre.

The volunteers are required to have basic knowledge of French.
Besides, it is necessary to have basic knowledge about group’s animation (songs, music, dance, plays…) and to be able to assume responsibility within a group. Be able to listen to others is very important there. This kind of workcamp is a very rich personal and human experience. It makes people aware of the complexity of certain social conditions related to the great inequalities on our planet.
In order to demonstrate this, we ask the candidate volunteers:

  • to answer our specific questionnaire (if you do not have it yet, please ask it to your sending organization)
  • to send us a CGC (Certificate of good conduct)

We will not confirm any placement request before the analysis of these documents.