Marimurtra welcomes Vianne and Melina, volunteers for the @EuropeanYouthEU program
They are the two German volunteers who are part of the “Volunteers for a Green Future” project, coordinated together with the German organization Naturkultur, e.V. and framed within the European program “European Solidarity Corps”.
The objective is to offer young people the opportunity to participate in projects that benefit the community that hosts them, and provide them with high-level non-formal learning.
This is the sixth time that Marimurtra participates in the ESC program by hosting volunteers, since it received the European quality seal in 2019, thus giving continuity to the presence of international volunteers in its facilities in a consolidated program linked to the European Union.
The Carl Faust Private Foundation, the host entity of this project, owner and manager of the Marimurtra Botanical Garden, is hosting two volunteers from the European Solidarity Corps from October to June. This European program aims to offer young people the opportunity to participate in volunteer projects that benefit the community that hosts them, as well as providing them with high-level non-formal learning. Specifically, this project lasts nine months and receives more than 90 applications each year.
During their stay, the volunteers participate in activities at the Botanical Garden related to sustainable conservation, education and scientific dissemination, and applied research that is carried out in Marimurtra. In addition, thanks to the collaboration with the Consortium for Linguistic Normalization (CNL), the volunteers will participate in a basic level Catalan course to facilitate their integration in our country.
