ESC volunteering in Hungary 

We are looking for 4 young volunteers for our long-term ESC project. If you are proactive, good with children, and open to different cultures and people from disadvantaged backgrounds, you might be our perfect candidate.

Our long-term project is based in Roma settlements in two smaller Hungarian towns, Bag and Dány, where we organize after-school activities for local children and youngsters. Volunteers will actively participate in the life of local communities, hold English-speaking group activities together with our experienced volunteers and plan team-building workshops.

Your tasks will include organizing and animating afternoon kids clubs, English clubs, helping in the organization and conduct of summer, spring, and autumn camps, weekly visits to local schools, and many other thematically planned activities that focus on community development and disadvantage compensation.

Our ESC volunteers will be accommodated in a shared apartment in Budapest, close to the settlements where their activities are going to take place. They receive monthly pocket money and a food allowance. The travel costs to Hungary and back to their home country will be refunded based on the distance band limits imposed by the European Commission. Local transportation will be covered with monthly bus tickets.

🏡 What category best describes your hosting arrangement?

• Organization/NGO

🌏 Location – Where is your volunteer project located?

• Hungary, Budapest.
• Activities take place in Bag, Dány, and Budapest.

🧑‍🏫 What are you looking for help with?

• Teaching / Language Exchange

🎯 What’s the mission of your community?

Our mission at Bagázs is to create equal chances for segregated Roma so that they can achieve their goals regardless of their personal circumstances.

Bagázs is a public benefit association that has been working since 2011 to contribute to an inclusive and accepting society. Our association seeks to make Roma people more capable, while also sensitizing and educating the majority society to be more accepting.

Our organization does not give donations, but we offer the opportunity to Roma people to achieve their goals.

🔞 Volunteers age restrictions

• Only 18 to 30 years old (This is an ESC/EVS/ERASMUS youth exchange).

🎎 How many volunteers could you host?

• A couple of volunteers

📅 When do you usually need volunteers?

• All year round, from July 2025 to May 2026.

⏱ How many hours of help per day?

• 4–5 hours per day

🌒 How many days of help per week?

• 5 days per week — 2 days offeur

📝 Note about the volunteer work and other expectations

Tasks include organizing and animating afternoon kids clubs, English clubs, helping in the organization and conduct of seasonal camps, weekly visits to local schools, and community-focused themed activities.

🏠🍜 Are accommodation and food included?

Accommodation in a shared apartment in Budapest
Monthly pocket money and food allowance

🏕 What type of accommodation can you provide?

Other (see General Info)

🥗🥤 Diet – nutrition information

Volunteers will live in a shared apartment with access to a shared kitchen. They receive monthly pocket money and a food allowance.

🆓🔍 Fee transparency

There is no fee for volunteers in this project.

🛂 VISA SUPPORT

Yes, we can assist with visa support and provide invitation letters.

🏆🏅 Volunteers’ benefits

• Accommodation in a shared apartment in Budapest
• Monthly pocket money and food allowance
• Travel cost reimbursement (according to EU distance limits)
• Monthly local transportation tickets
• YouthPASS certificate
• Pre-departure, on-arrival and midterm trainings
• Support from experienced staff and a mentor
• Online English language course

🗣🇬🇧 Language

English

🌳 Geography

Hungary is a Central European country with a population of nearly 10 million. The official language is Hungarian. The currency is the Hungarian Forint (HUF).

Climate:

• Spring: Rainy, 10–15°C
• Summer: Warm, low humidity, 23–28°C (often above 30°C)
• Autumn: Rainy, ~10–12°C
• Winter: Cold, 2–4°C, occasionally snow

✈🗺 How to get to your site

Budapest is accessible by airplane, train, car, and bus, depending on the country of departure. Accommodation is in the city center, 10 minutes’ walk from the train station. The project locations, Bag and Dány, are 30–45 minutes from Budapest and easily reachable by public transport.

🌐 Is there internet access?

Yes!

🎎 “Paying guests” / Solidarity tourists

Maybe — to be discussed via email.

🔍📧 CONTACT DETAILS

Excited about this ESC volunteering opportunity in Hungary? Find more details below and contact the program coordinators to get involved!

• https://bagazs.org/about-bagazs/?lang=en
• Instagram: @esc_volunteers_bagazs
• Facebook: Bagázs Association

📛 Hostname: Bagázs Public Benefit Association

✉ Host Email: esc@bagazs.org

ESC volunteering in Hungary 

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