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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Every year, Special Olympics Belgium organises the National Games. In 2026, the Games will be held in Hautes-Fagnes. More than 3,000 athletes, accompanied by 1,200 coaches, are taking part in the Games in around twenty sports disciplines.
Changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities through sport and promoting their social inclusion. This has been the mission of Special Olympics since it was founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the United States. And it works! Since then, Special Olympics has become an international movement active in 193 countries, with more than 5.5 million athletes with a mental disability taking part in adapted sports training and Olympic-type sports competitions, as well as participating in the Healthy Athletes Programme and much more.
Special Olympics Belgium was founded in 1979 and is officially recognized by the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. It organises National Games every year (alternatively in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia) and send delegations of Belgian athletes to the Winter and Summer Special Olympics World Games. These competitions are open to any athlete with intellectual disability who regularly practise a sport at his/her own level. More than just a physical and sport training, these activities enhance the social development of the athletes.
The Opening Ceremony (with Torch Run) and Games will take place from 14th to 16th of May 2026.
More information (FR) on: https://www.special-olympics.be
Description of work:
For this edition of the Belgian National Games, volunteers will help on several aspects of the event logistics:
Setting up the sports grounds and/or facilities planned for the 2026 National Games (11 to 13 May)
Supporting athletes during sports competitions (Bocce from 14 to 16 May) : volunteers will provide guidance to athletes for one of the disciplines of the competition: a precision ball sport, related to bowls and "pétanque" called Bocce.
Dismantling the sports fields and/or facilities planned for the 2026 National Games (afternoon of 16 May).
Spa
Description of location and leisure:
The workcamp will take place in Hautes Fagnes, Belgium.
The Games will take place in the Hautes Fagnes, with most of the sports taking place in Malmedy and Spa. Accommodation will be in dormitories and/or flex hotels (modular accommodation) located near the Olympic Village in Malmedy. Meals are provided by the organisation. During the Games – competition days – all volunteers receive virtual money on their wristbands, which they can use in the Olympic Village, where there is a food offering via food trucks in addition to three meals per day.
English
Volunteers will be informed of the meeting point.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The Couleur Café festival is a festival of world and urban music. It is organised as a large convivial village in the city of Brussels and offers, in addition to the music, entertainment, fireworks, workshops for children, dance and music lessons, art exhibitions ranging from traditional to contemporary art and multicultural meeting places.
More information on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUkTpZwzpoE
Description of work:
Volunteers will help with various logistical aspects of setting up the festival: assembling and dismantling structures, loading and unloading equipment, setting up scenery, setting up artists' boxes, participating in waste management, etc.
Volunteers will be working with part of the festival team as well as with other volunteers (outside JAVVA).
During the festival, which will take place from 26 to 28 of June, the volunteers will be integrated into the different teams (catering and eco-cleaning). After their shifts, the volunteers will be able to enjoy the festival.
The group of JAVVA volunteers will have two off-days with the possibility to visit Brussels or other cities in Belgium.
Description of location and leisure:
The site will be located in the Osseghem Park at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels (capital of Belgium). The campsite is only a few minutes walk from the Festival.
Volunteers will be sleeping in tents in the volunteer camp during the workcamp.
If possible, bring your sleeping bag, mattress and toiletries.
Beware, the nights can be very cold in Belgium!
Showers and toilets are available on site.
Meals (morning/midday/evening) are provided by Couleur Café.
English
Gare du Midi - Train Station
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
This workcamp is organised by "L’Enfance de l'Art", an association founded in 1997, which aims to help parents in their education role. The organisation aims to gather people willing to bring to their children a creative learning environment where they can find the joy in learning and experience the richness of childhood rather than early specialisation or academic hot-housing. Parents and professionals work together in the structures created by the organisation: leisure workshops, nurseries, schools, kindergarten. To do so, the association follows the principles of Steiner-Waldorf pedagogy.
Altogether, those activities gather a total of 155 children. The nursery, the kindergarten and the primary school, which are all recognized by the authorities, are located in a former boarding school which was abandoned in 2004. This building in now in a process of renovation which the volunteers will take part in.
Description of work:
This eco-construction workcamp with "L'Enfance de l'Art" aims at renovating the building hosting kindergartens and a school following Steiner principles for children of the neighbourhood using only ecological materials and techniques. Volunteers will work on the renovation of a building in order to transform it into a welcoming place for kids.
The aim is to create a welcoming and well-equipped place with lavatories, kitchen, dorm, game room, etc.
Volunteers will work from Monday to Friday, from 9 to 12am and from 2 to 4pm. Depending on the needs, they will work in teams to take care of the school: Improvements, renovations and maintenance of the school premises. Also some demolitions!
Tournai
Description of location and leisure:
The building of “l’Ecole de la Providence” is located in Templeuve which is a small village close to the French border (2 km) and 20 km from Lille and 10 km from Tournai. There is a market and small shops in the village. A bus line makes the connection with Tournai (every hour during the day). The countryside is flat, which makes it easy to bike (a few bikes will be available). Tournai is a touristic place for old stones, history and museums lovers. Its cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Dormitories in the school with access to shower, bathroom and a washing machine. The meals (light at lunch: sandwiches, salads, soup,etc. and hot meal for dinner) will be prepared by a member of the organisation with the help of two volunteers. A focus will be put on a good management of the collective cooking to have quality meals with as less waste as possible.
English
Children may be present during the workcamp, which is why we ask that you provide us with your criminal record.
Tournai Train Station
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
This workcamp is organised by "L’Enfance de l'Art", an association founded in 1997, which aims to help parents in their education role. The organisation aims to gather people willing to bring to their children a creative learning environment where they can find the joy in learning and experience the richness of childhood rather than early specialisation or academic hot-housing. Parents and professionals work together in the structures created by the organisation: leisure workshops, nurseries, schools, kindergarten. To do so, the association follows the principles of Steiner-Waldorf pedagogy.
Altogether, those activities gather a total of 155 children. The nursery, the kindergarten and the primary school, which are all recognized by the authorities, are located in a former boarding school which was abandoned in 2004. This building in now in a process of renovation which the volunteers will take part in.
Description of work:
This eco-construction workcamp with "L'Enfance de l'Art" aims at renovating the building hosting kindergartens and a school following Steiner principles for children of the neighbourhood using only ecological materials and techniques. Volunteers will work on the renovation of a building in order to transform it into a welcoming place for kids.
The aim is to create a welcoming and well-equipped place with lavatories, kitchen, dorm, game room, etc.
Volunteers will work from Monday to Friday, from 9 to 12am and from 2 to 4pm. Depending on the needs, they will work in teams to take care of the school: Improvements, renovations and maintenance of the school premises. Also some demolitions!
Tournai
Description of location and leisure:
The building of “l’Ecole de la Providence” is located in Templeuve which is a small village close to the French border (2 km) and 20 km from Lille and 10 km from Tournai. There is a market and small shops in the village. A bus line makes the connection with Tournai (every hour during the day). The countryside is flat, which makes it easy to bike (a few bikes will be available). Tournai is a touristic place for old stones, history and museums lovers. Its cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Dormitories in the school with access to shower, bathroom and a washing machine. The meals (light at lunch: sandwiches, salads, soup,etc. and hot meal for dinner) will be prepared by a member of the organisation with the help of two volunteers. A focus will be put on a good management of the collective cooking to have quality meals with as less waste as possible.
English
Children may be present during the workcamp, which is why we ask that you provide us with your criminal record.
Tournai Train Station
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
GRIMM (standing for: Groupe d’Intérêt pour le Milieu Marchois – or: interest group for the environment of Marche, in English), is a local non-profit organization whose goal is to promote and preserve the living environment of the inhabitants of the municipality of Marche-en-Famenne by drawing inspiration from the principles of sustainable development. It works in collaboration with the municipality’s environmental department.
For example, it takes care of securing sections of road for amphibians to cross during their annual migration. Each year, GRIMM also hosts a group of international volunteers to carry out small public utility improvements together (for example: building benches and picnic tables, footbridges, etc. on a local promenade) and renovating those from previous years.
Description of work:
This year, the volunteers will build facilities for cyclists and cycle tourists passing through the town of Marche-en-Famenne. They will build two wooden shelters and three picnic tables, along the cycle path near the cultural center. They will also set up several bicycle racks.
The volunteers will also carry out the maintenance of a diversion channel near a village in the municipality. This channel collects runoff water, thus preventing flooding of houses and land below. However, it is currently clogged with branches and dead leaves and is therefore no longer functioning properly.
If you work quickly, other small outdoor manual tasks will be planned.
Volunteers will work in several teams, each lead by one member of GRIMM.
If you enjoy working with wood, screws, and tools, this is the project for you!
Marche-en-Famenne
Description of location and leisure:
Marche-en-Famenne is a small town in the countryside located in the south of the country. You can find everything there: schools, shops, industries, services... The town is surrounded by several industrial estates, but also by woods, fields and small villages where the pace of life remains rural. Liège, Namur and Luxembourg are easily accessible by train in about an hour, Brussels in two. It is also a good base camp to discover the natural heritage of the Ardenne region and to practice outdoor activities.
But participating to the “GRIMM workcamp” also means experiencing traditions that are maintained year after year: your stay will be punctuated by a welcome BBQ on the first day, a farewell BBQ on the last day, and, above all, your participation in the local festivities on August 15th. On August 15, Marche-en-Famenne indeed takes a leap back a century for a large “1900 market”, with old trades, old games, crafts and birds.
The volunteers will stay in “Saint-François complex”, in a corridor with double bedrooms. Toilets and showers are on the same floor, the kitchen and a large living area (a former chapel) a few floors below. Volunteers will do their own shopping and prepare their own meals.
English
Saturday the 8th of August at the train station of Marche-en-Famenne at 3.40pm.
Find your route on : www.belgiantrain.be
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
* MANDATORY FOR THIS WORKCAMP : Knowledge of french. *
Since its creation in 1994, “La Compagnie des Nouveaux Disparus” strives to give access to culture and - particularly theatre - to a socially disadvantaged public, less inclined to cultural activities. Democratisation of culture and promotion of diversity are the guiding principles of the company’s activities. These are divided in three types of projects: theatre plays creation, “Theâtres Nomades” festival and Mimouna Festival.
Every summer, the Brussels’ Park hosts more than 50 shows over 4 days for the Festival Théâtres Nomades Festival. The fountain and surrounding area are transformed into a colourful nomad village made of marquees, caravans, berber tents, and open-air stages.
The programme is diversified through various shows for children, a circus, street theatre, classical theatre, puppet shows, as well as creative workshops on the stage.
Description of work:
Volunteers will help on several aspects of the festival logistics, such as meals preparation for the entire team of the festival, assembling and dismantling of tents, building and putting up the decorations, stage-managing, transport and unloading of material, installation of the “village of organisations”, waste and composting toilet management. Volunteers will work with all people working on the festival (technicians, stage managers, facilitators, organizers, cooks, etc).
Volunteers will also be integrated in the different teams during the festival (tickets, bar, catering, stage-managing, ...) which will take place from August 13 to August 16th 2026.
Floreffe
Description of location and leisure:
In the beautiful Bois de la Cambre in Brussels.
Volunteers will sleep in caravans on the site of the festival. The living conditions are very rudimentary close to conditions of a “scout camp”. Volunteers will be sleeping in caravans. Volunteers will use dry toilet and a shower placed in the park.
Meals will be taken with the diverse teams of the festival and will be prepared by the volunteers together with the kitchen team of the festival. Lunch will consist of sandwiches and a warm meal will be prepared for dinner. Vegetarian and halal food will be available.
French
The language of the workcamp is French. Knowledge of french is necesary to ease your participation.
Gare du Midi - Train Station
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The Marsinne Folk Festival is organized by the non-profit organisation «Musiques et Traditions» since 1992. This three-day long Folk Festival features balls, concerts, dancing workshops, a free stage, sessions, street and puppet theatre, as well as a market for instrument makers and craftsmen.
Whether you are an experienced dancer, an enthusiastic music lover or a one-day passer-by, this is the place to be if you want to indulge in traditional music in a peaceful and easily accessible setting. Expect to find a friendly and family-oriented festival with a unique atmosphere and set in a spectacular location. When it is not on one of the three stages, musicians play spontaneously together, in the middle of the public or in the craft market.
The lovely surroundings of the Marsinne castle-farm offer a unique atmosphere to the festival. We invite you to discover and enjoy what the oldest festival of traditional music Wallonia has to offer! More information (FR) on www.folkfestivalmarsinne.be
Description of work:
General festival set-up and dismantling. More specifically, setting up the stages, setting up the stands and the bar, plus a little decorating and painting, then the same thing but in the other direction for dismantling.
Héron
Description of location and leisure:
The castle-farm of Marsinne, built in the XII century, is located in the old village of Couthuin (Commune of Héron), in the Province of Liège in Wallonia in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium. The site of the festival is about 10km away from the city of Huy and 40km away from the city of Liège. The caste-farm hosts also a brewery that produce a craft beer: the «Léopold 7».
Volunteers will sleep indoors, in a room rent for the workcamp.
Before and after the festival, meals will be taken with the diverse teams of the festival. Sandwiches will be prepared for lunch and a warm meal for dinner. During the festival, volunteers will receive meal tickets to get warm meals from the caterer of the site.
English
Please bring sleeping bag and mattress, and a musical instrument if you have one (and can carry it).
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Every year, Special Olympics Belgium organises the National Games. In 2025, the Games will be held in Courtrai. More than 3,000 athletes, accompanied by 1,200 coaches, are taking part in the Games in around twenty sports disciplines.
Special Olympics Belgium was founded in 1979 and is officially recognized by the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. It organises National Games every year (alternatively in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia) and send delegations of Belgian athletes to the Winter and Summer Special Olympics World Games. These competitions are open to any athlete with intellectual disability who regularly practise a sport at his/her own level. More than just a physical and sport training, these activities enhance the social development of the athletes
Description of work:
Volunteers will help on several aspects of the event logistics:
- assembly of sports fields and/or facilities for the 2025 National Games;
- dismantling of sports fields and/or installations for the 2025 National Games.
- building and putting up the decorations, transport and unloading of material, waste management.
Volunteers will work with several teams of the organisation before and after the Games.
During the 3 days of competitions, volunteers will provide guidance to athletes for one of the disciplines of the competition: a precision ball sport, related to bowls and "pétanque" called Bocce.
Description of location and leisure:
Hostel with dormitory and shower.
The nearest airport: BRU in Brussels (Bruxelles),Belgium
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Courtrai train station
Meeting Point and Time: Courtrai (also named Kortrijk) train station / 8,STATIONSPLEIN. 8500, KORTRIJK
Description of accommodation and food:
Flexhotel / Hostel
English
[범죄경력조회서 제출안내(CGC: Certificate of Good Conduct)]
본 워크캠프는 합격 후 범죄 및 수사 경력을 증명하기 위해 범죄-수사경력회보서(Criminal Records Check Reply 또는 Certificate of Good Conduct)를 제출하셔야 합니다.
- 온라인 또는 경찰서에서 영문으로 발급
- 워크캠프 합격 후 2주 내에 국제워크캠프기구 및 현지 기관담당자에게 이메일 제출
- 회보서 원본을 워크캠프 현장에서 제출
[침낭 구비 안내]
개인 위생을 위해 개인용 침낭을 반드시 준비하시기 바랍니다.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Couleur Café Festival is an annual urban contemporary music festival taking place around the end of June or early July in the city of Brussels, Belgium, organised since 1990. Apart from the music itself there is also a large art exposition, a market with young designers, dance workshops, cocktail bars and food stands from a worldwide variety of kitchens. Festival visitors can camp nearby at Camping Zen.
Description of work:
Volunteers will help with various logistical aspects of setting up the festival:
- assembling and dismantling structures,
- loading and unloading equipment,
- setting up scenery,
- setting up artists' boxes,
- participating in waste management, etc.
During the festival, which will take place from 27 to 29 of June, the volunteers will be integrated into the different teams (catering and eco-cleaning). After their shifts, the volunteers will be able to enjoy the festival.
The group of JAVVA volunteers will have two off-days with the possibility to visit Brussels or other cities in Belgium.
Description of location and leisure:
The site will be located in the Osseghem Park at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels (capital of Belgium). The campsite is only a few minutes walk from the Festival.
Possibility to visit other cities of Belgium during the day off.
The nearest airport: BRU in Brussels (Bruxelles),Belgium
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Brussels Midi Train Station
Meeting Point and Time: Brussels Midi Train Station
Description of accommodation and food:
Volunteers will be sleeping in tents at the camping festival, shower and toilets are available on site.
If possible, bring your sleeping bag, mattress and toiletries.
Meals (morning/midday/evening) are provided by Couleur Café, with vegetarian options.
English
[침낭 구비 안내]
개인 위생을 위해 개인용 침낭을 반드시 준비하시기 바랍니다.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
"L’Enfance de l'Art", founded in 1997, is an association which aims to help parents in their education role. The organisation aims to gather people willing to bring to their children a creative learning environment where they can find the joy in learning and experience the richness of childhood rather than early specialisation or academic hot-housing. Parents and professionals work together in the structures created by the organisation: leisure workshops, nurseries, schools, kindergarten. To do so, the association follows the principles of Steiner-Waldorf pedagogy.
Altogether, those activities gather a total of 155 children. The nursery, the kindergarten and the primary school, which are all recognized by the authorities, are located in a former boarding school which was abandoned in 2004. This building in now in a process of renovation which the volunteers will take part in.
Description of work:
Taking care of the school: Improvements, renovations and maintenance of the school premises. Also some demolitions!
The nearest airport: BRU in Brussels (Bruxelles),Belgium
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Tournai train station
Meeting Point and Time: Tournai train station
Description of accommodation and food:
School dormitory, shower and toilet.
English
[범죄경력조회서 제출안내(CGC: Certificate of Good Conduct)]
본 워크캠프는 합격 후 범죄 및 수사 경력을 증명하기 위해 범죄-수사경력회보서(Criminal Records Check Reply 또는 Certificate of Good Conduct)를 제출하셔야 합니다.
Description of specific requirements: very physical work !
- 온라인 또는 경찰서에서 영문으로 발급
- 워크캠프 합격 후 2주 내에 국제워크캠프기구 및 현지 기관담당자에게 이메일 제출
- 회보서 원본을 워크캠프 현장에서 제출
[침낭 구비 안내]
개인 위생을 위해 개인용 침낭을 반드시 준비하시기 바랍니다.
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