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Universal Civil Service
Are you ready to have a life-changing experience?
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
The Universal Civil Service is an opportunity provided by the Italian State for young Italians, Europeans, and non-Europeans with a residence permit, aged between 18 and 28 years.
Every year, nearly 3,000 projects, lasting between 8 and 12 months, engage over 50,000 young people in a wide range of activities.
an important experience
We see international volunteering as a powerful opportunity for both personal and professional growth, not only for the young people who take part in the project but also for all our volunteers and local partners.
Conditions abroad
- DURATION: 11 months/25 hours per week
- COMPENSATION: 507,30€/months + 13€
for each day abroad
- COVERED EXPENSES:round-trip travel to the project location + visa + meals + accommodation
- SERVICE STARTED: september 2025
- DEPARTURE FOR ABROAD: one month after the project start date
Conditions in Italy
- DURATA: 12 months/25 hours per week
- COMPENSO: 507,30€/month
- AVVIO IN SERVIZIO: may/june 2025
To Participate
You must be in possession of Italian, European, or non-European citizenship with a valid residence permit and be between 18 and 28 years old. The application must be submitted exclusively on the website: https://domandaonline.serviziocivile.it, which can be accessed via SPID credentials. The choice of the location in Mozambique does not affect the project, so choose the one with fewer applications!
Deadline
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 14:00 ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025!
MOZAMBIQUE
We have been working in Mozambique since 2000, and in 2019 we decided to introduce the Civil Service to bring new skills and fresh ideas into our projects each year, but not only that. Over the years, many projects have been developed in the country, and currently, 12 are active. As a result, the skills and expertise of the volunteers who rotate every year are diverse and often very different from one another.
AN EXCHANGE THAT RENEWS ITSELF EVERY YEAR
PROJECTS
Building with Music
The project aims to raise public and government awareness of the value that the cultural and creative industry holds for the country. We are looking for music therapists, musicians, and cultural managers who can help local artists grow internationally.
Educational Support
AGAPE works with many local partners that focus on children and non-formal education in the neighborhoods of Maputo. With each of these partners, we carry out educational support activities and guidance for both younger children and older youth.
Rehabilitation Center
The center has two units: one for supporting adults with psychiatric disorders and the other that primarily hosts children with various forms of disabilities during the day. Volunteers, ranging from educators to art therapists, take turns within the facility to provide various types of stimuli for the patients.
Entendart
Through a non-formal educational approach involving the use of music therapy and art therapy, the project aims to stimulate learning processes in children and young people, improve memory, autonomy, expressive abilities and spontaneity.
Ca-Paz
This project is run by one of our partners, PASSI Società Cooperativa (www.rebrand.ly/scu-passi-moz-2022), with whom we collaborate. Ca-Paz is an organization focused on gender-based violence, working through a community network that offers psychological and legal support to women who are victims of violence.
...but not only that!
Every year, depending on the skills of the applicants, we develop new activities and projects to ensure that no opportunity for improvement and growth is missed. If you don't find a project here that matches your interests, feel free to write to us at volontari@www.agapeforfuture.it or call us at 351 961 7446.
D.R. OF CONGO
We have been working in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2004. Over the years, we have focused on supporting the most vulnerable, with particular attention to disabled children and young girls. Specifically, the project aims to support young disabled women who experience abuse and face the challenges of managing a pregnancy and raising children. We have therefore decided to launch a project in collaboration with our local partners, Corpus Sana and Elikia Na Biso, to support these girls and their children.
ACTIVITIES
Hospitality
Volunteers will participate in the initial reception activities, collaborate in defining personalized pathways for each young woman, assist the staff in providing medical care, take part in creating a program to improve the mother-child relationship, and support the young women in managing their healthcare, nutritional, and psychological needs.
Setting up the Nursery and Support
The activity involves setting up a nursery within the shelter and participating in support programs for the young women, helping them become capable of caring for the children in the nursery.
Training
The activity involves participating in meetings to organize activities and supporting the staff of the shelter during the implementation of training and integration programs that will guide the young women towards social autonomy. Specifically, the training will focus on creating pathways for occupational integration and evaluating and monitoring these processes.
...but not only that!
Every year, depending on the skills of the applicants, we develop new activities and projects to ensure no opportunity for improvement and growth is missed. If you don't find a project that suits you among these, feel free to write to us at volontari@www.agapeforfuture.it or call us at 351 961 7446.
ECUADOR
In the border communities of Ecuador, migrants and asylum seekers fleeing neighboring Venezuela arrive every day, looking for safety for their families, often with very few resources to survive. In this challenging situation and with the work continuously growing, we decided to develop a joint volunteer project with the Scalabrinian Sisters to support the community.
AN ESSENTIAL HELP FOR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
Activities
Reception for migrants
The reception activities include migrant orientation, psychological support, placement in host families, especially for unaccompanied minors, training for these families, and continuous monitoring visits to ensure the proper progress of the project.
Recreational Activities
Many of the young people crossing the border are seeking better life opportunities. For this reason, it is important to develop an educational program that includes not only recreational activities such as dance, sports, or art, but also vocational courses that help the older ones enter the workforce.
Design and entrepreneurship
Supporting the many local organizations working on migration issues to network and strengthen themselves through new skills, activities, and increased funding is essential to make them more autonomous and improve the quality of life and assistance for the many individuals and families arriving.
Awareness Raising
Awareness-raising activities are crucial in a multicultural context marked by significant social instability. Through regular thematic meetings, the aim is to reduce the divergences that naturally arise due to ethnic, religious, historical, and migration-related reasons.
"I don't want to sound cliché when I say that having an experience like Civil Service is about giving and receiving, in a bilateral exchange. I teach children, but I also learn a lot from them, from the smallest things. The same goes for our Mozambican colleagues; it's a continuous exchange of experiences and ways of doing things."
ELENA
Civil Service 2020
ITALy
At our operational headquarters in Rome, all the activities that allow the organization to function and remain sustainable are concentrated: from fundraising to project design, from solidarity gifts to events. Together with the office staff and many volunteers, we work every day to create new projects, ensure the continuity of existing ones, and raise awareness among children and young people about cooperation issues.
SO MANY ACTIVITIES TO NEVER STOP
ACTIVITIES
Fundraising
Communication and fundraising activities are the foundation of sustainability for every nonprofit organization. The search for and management of donors is carried out through the use of various platforms, both online and offline.
Awareness Raising
The workshops held in schools, storytelling, and theater activities are initiatives we had to suspend due to the pandemic, but now they are starting again.
Project Design
The birth of a project, the search for funding, its writing, management, and reporting are daily activities within non-profit organizations.
Database
Maintaining an organized donor database and cloud storage allows the organization to make the most of the technologies available and improve the management of projects and activities.
YEARS OF CIVIL SERVICE
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VOLUNTEERS
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"If I had to summarize my civil service experience with AGAPE in one word, I would choose 'bonds.' It was definitely a year of learning and training, from writing projects to management software and crowdfunding platforms, a year in which I truly understood what sustainability and the fight against dependence mean. But above all, it was a year of personal growth, sharing, and deep connections."
LUDOVICA
Civil Service 2020
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