Our history

Our volunteers abroad

Since 2004, KERIC has sent more than 409 volunteers to projects all over the world – first through the European Voluntary Service (EVS) and today through the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) – from Iceland and Italy to Nepal and Ecuador. ESC covers travel, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance. You could be next.

409+
Volunteers sent
20+
Years of experience
50+
Countries worldwide

Want to know how to join an ESC project? Everything about the programme, current projects and how to apply is on our Volunteering abroad page. Stories from our volunteers are in the Blog section.

2026

Barbora Belková – portrét dobrovoľníka
No. 413

Barbora Belková

📅 August 2026 – September 2026

📍Associazione Vagamondo, Italy

Ingrid Sekelová
No. 412

Ingrid Sekelová

📅 August 2026 – June 2027

📍InCo, Molfetta, Italy

Laura Šujanová
No. 411

Laura Šujanová

📅 August 2026 – September 2026

📍Küçükçekmece Kaymakamlığı, Istanbul, Turkey

Klaudia Albertová – portrét dobrovoľníka
No. 410

Laura Lőwingerová

📅 August 2026 – October 2026

📍VCS, Skopje, Macedonia

Klaudia Albertová – portrét dobrovoľníka
No. 409

Klaudia Albertová

📅 July 2026 – September 2026

📍 Malešov, Divočina, Czechia

Simona Rakáčová
No. 408

Simona Rakačová

📅 July 2026 – August 2026

📍 Plantar Uma Árvore, Portugal

Ferruccio Isaac Fenza – volunteer portrait
No. 407

Ferruccio Isaac Fenza

📅 June 2026 – July 2026

📍 VIN, Nepal

Veronika Patrnčiaková – volunteer portrait
No. 406

Veronika Patrnčiaková

📅 June 2026 – August 2026

📍 Trullo Beach Molfetta, InCo, Italy

Izabela Mandla – volunteer portrait
No. 405

Izabela Mandla

📅 June 2026 – August 2026

📍 VIN, Nepal

Vera Calabrese – volunteer portrait
No. 404

Vera Calabrese

📅 June 2026 – December 2026

📍 OSVSWA, India

Štepán Procházka – volunteer portrait
No. 403

Štepán Procházka

📅 June 2026 – December 2026

📍 Ecuador – Amazonia, L' Despierta

Emma Thompson – volunteer portrait
No. 402

Emma Thompson

📅 May 2026 – November 2026

📍 Ecuador – Amazonia, L' Despierta

Sofia Kubalíková – volunteer portrait
No. 401

Sofia Kubalíková

📅 June 2026

📍 Epoka e Re Youth Center, Albania

✨ When mountains face the sea and chaos faces order: my volunteering in Albania (in Slovak)

Gabriela Villeneuve – volunteer portrait
No. 400

Gabriela Villeneuve

📅 June 2026 – July 2026

📍 Infinite Opportunities Association, Bulgaria

Nina Liščáková – volunteer portrait
No. 399

Nina Liščáková

📅 March 2026 – April 2026

📍 ANDER, Ankara, Turkey

Žaneta Kobiliaková – volunteer portrait
No. 398

Žaneta Kobiliaková

📅 March 2026 – April 2026

📍 VCS, Skopje, North Macedonia

Klára Beňová – volunteer portrait
No. 397

Klára Beňová

📅 February 2026 – July 2026

📍 Manitese Finale Emilia, Italy

✨ What does real Italy taste like? Klára's ESC project in Finale Emilia (in Slovak)

Boris Bielik – volunteer portrait
No. 396

Boris Bielik

📅 January 2026 – March 2026

📍 VCS, Skopje, North Macedonia

Eleftherios Kallinikos – volunteer portrait
No. 395

Eleftherios Kallinikos

📅 February 2026 – August 2026

📍 Ecuador – Amazonia, L' Despierta

Susanne Rammel – volunteer portrait
No. 394

Susanne Rammel

📅 February 2026 – August 2026

📍 Ecuador – Amazonia, L' Despierta

Claudia Kolmmanová – volunteer portrait
No. 393

Claudia Kolmmanová

📅 January 2026 – August 2026

📍 ICJA, Berlin, Germany

2025

Adam Schaub – volunteer portrait
No. 392

Adam Schaub

📅 November 2025 – November 2026

📍 CSDS, Vietnam – projekt LO-CA

Sabína Rybianska – volunteer portrait
No. 391

Sabína Rybianska

📅 August 2025

📍 GENÇSEN KULÜBÜ DERNEĞİ, Ankara, Turkey

✨ Project story on our Facebook (in Slovak)

Veronika Labantová – volunteer portrait
No. 390

Veronika Labantová

📅 October 2025 – June 2026

📍 Ayuntamiento de Elche, Spain

✨ Story on the host organisation's Instagram

Elisa Francescatti – volunteer portrait
No. 389

Elisa Francescatti

📅 September 2025 – March 2026

📍 Ecuador – Amazonia

Eva Hrivniaková – volunteer portrait
No. 388

Eva Hrivniaková

📅 September 2025 – September 2026

📍 Ajuntament Sant Lluís – Molí de Baix, Menorca, Spain

Dorota Dlugošová – volunteer portrait
No. 387

Dorota Dlugošová

📅 October 2025 – August 2026

📍 Verein 4YOUgend, Austria

✨ A year of volunteering in Austria: ESC through Dorota's eyes (in Slovak)

Giulia Capelli – volunteer portrait
No. 386

Giulia Capelli

📅 September 2025 – October 2025

📍 ECHAV, Ahero, Kenya

✨ A short project story on Instagram (in Slovak)

Júlia Simonova – volunteer portrait
No. 385

Júlia Simonova

📅 September 2025 – March 2026

📍 Ecuador – Amazonia, L' Despierta

✨ First impressions on our Instagram (in Slovak)

Furkan Yildirim – volunteer portrait
No. 384

Furkan Yildirim

📅 September 2025 – November 2025

📍 ViN, Nepal

✨ A short project story on Instagram (in Slovak)

✨ A snippet from the on-arrival training (in Slovak)

Pedro Javier Diaz Cabral – volunteer portrait
No. 383

Pedro Javier Diaz Cabral

📅 September 2025 – November 2025

📍 ViN, Nepal

Sebastian Gheza – volunteer portrait
No. 382

Sebastian Gheza

📅 August 2025 – August 2026

📍 CIVS, Vietnam

Monika Ciennik – volunteer portrait
No. 381

Monika Ciennik

📅 July 2025 – August 2026

📍 OSVSWA, India

Marek Berka – volunteer portrait
No. 380

Marek Berka

📅 July 2025 – July 2026

📍 OSVSWA, India

Zoltán Tamás – volunteer portrait
No. 379

Zoltán Tamás

📅 August 2025 – January 2026

📍 AJP, Peniche, Portugal

✨ From Lučenec to the Atlantic – Peniche through Zoltán's eyes (in Slovak)

✨ First impressions on our Instagram (in Slovak)

Filip Anger – volunteer portrait
No. 378

Filip Anger

📅 July 2025

📍 VCS, Skopje, North Macedonia

Sára Holosová – volunteer portrait
No. 377

Sára Holosová

📅 July 2025

📍 VCS, Skopje, North Macedonia

✨ Team introduction on Instagram (in Slovak)

Sabína Rybianska – volunteer portrait
No. 376

Sabína Rybianska

📅 July 2025

📍 VCS, Skopje, North Macedonia

Patrícia Balážová – volunteer portrait
No. 375

Patrícia Balážová

📅 July 2025

📍 VCS, Skopje, North Macedonia

Katka Krsáková – volunteer portrait
No. 374

Katka Krsáková

📅 July 2025

📍 VCS, Skopje, North Macedonia

Chiara Arpiani – volunteer portrait
No. 373

Chiara Arpiani

📅 June 2025 – June 2026

📍 VASE, Otavalo, Ecuador

Jana Vaverčáková – volunteer portrait
No. 372

Jana Vaverčáková

📅 June 2025 – August 2026

📍 UMBRELLA, Gori, Georgia

Eva vander Laan – volunteer portrait
No. 371

Eva vander Laan

📅 April 2025 – July 2026

📍 ECHAV, Jordan

Ivana Popovic – volunteer portrait
No. 370

Ivana Popovic

📅 March 2025 – September 2026

📍 ECHAV, Ahero, Kenya

Livia Sabolčáková – volunteer portrait
No. 369

Livia Sabolčáková

📅 May 2025 – January 2026

📍 YFU, Brussels, Belgium

✨ ESC volunteering in Brussels: my experience at YFU – gap year (in Slovak)

✨ First impressions on our Instagram (in Slovak)

Veronika Idesová – volunteer portrait
No. 368

Veronika Idesová

📅 May 2025 – July 2025

📍 ANDER, Istanbul, Turkey

✨ Short Reels from the project

Stela Sevcová – volunteer portrait
No. 367

Stela Sevcová

📅 February 2025 – March 2025

📍 ANDER, Istanbul, Turkey

Kristína Tobiášová – volunteer portrait
No. 366

Kristína Tobiášová

📅 January 2025 – May 2025

📍 InCo, Molfetta, Italy

✨ Project story on our Instagram (in Slovak)

Dáša Holecová – volunteer portrait
No. 365

Dáša Holecová

📅 January 2025 – March 2025

📍 VCS, North Macedonia

Lucia Marciová – volunteer portrait
No. 364

Lucia Marciová

📅 January 2025 – February 2025

📍 VCS, North Macedonia

✨ Lucia's story of ESC volunteering in Skopje (in Slovak)

Lukáš Sabol – volunteer portrait
No. 363

Lukáš Sabol

📅 January 2025 – March 2025

📍 GO Alice, Greece

Šimon Michalka – volunteer portrait
No. 362

Šimon Michalka

📅 January 2025 – March 2025

📍 RATO, Portugal

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sent volunteers 2023 – 2024 web thumbA list of the volunteers KERIC sent on the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) projects in 2023 – 2024 – volunteers No. 323 to 361. Each entry shows the country, project dates and a link to their story where available.

sent volunteers 2021 – 2022 web thumbA list of the volunteers KERIC sent on the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) projects in 2021 – 2022 – volunteers No. 297 to 322. Each entry shows the country, project dates and a link to their story where available.

sent volunteers 2019 – 2020 web thumbA list of the volunteers KERIC sent on the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) projects in 2019 – 2020 – volunteers No. 283 to 296. Each entry shows the country, project dates and a link to their story where available.

sent volunteers 2017 – 2018 web thumbA list of the volunteers KERIC sent on the European Voluntary Service (EVS), the predecessor of today's ESC programme, projects in 2017 – 2018 – volunteers No. 246 to 282. Each entry shows the country, project dates and a link to their story where available.

sent volunteers 2015 – 2016 web thumbA list of the volunteers KERIC sent on the European Voluntary Service (EVS), the predecessor of today's ESC programme, projects in 2015 – 2016 – volunteers No. 189 to 245. Each entry shows the country, project dates and a link to their story where available.

sent volunteers 2013 – 2014 web thumbA list of the volunteers KERIC sent on the European Voluntary Service (EVS) and the Leonardo programme, predecessors of today's EU programmes, projects in 2013 – 2014 – volunteers No. 102 to 188. Each entry shows the country, project dates and a link to their story where available.

sent volunteers 2011 – 2012 web thumbA list of the volunteers KERIC sent on the European Voluntary Service (EVS), the predecessor of today's ESC programme, projects in 2011 – 2012 – volunteers No. 54 to 101. Each entry shows the country, project dates and a link to their story where available.

sent volunteers 2004 – 2010 web thumbA list of the volunteers KERIC sent on the European Voluntary Service (EVS), the predecessor of today's ESC programme, projects in 2004 – 2010 – volunteers No. 1 to 53. Each entry shows the country, project dates and a link to their story where available.