European Solidarity Corps
An experience for life
The ESC programme is a great chance for young people to experience living in a community project whilst learning and contributing to a better world, with support from the EU-funded European Solidarity Corps programme.
Our 6-month longterm ESC at Sunseed is experiential, participatory, playful, cross-disciplinary, and reflective. We tailor your ESC experience to your individual learning goals, while being part of a bigger community project.
This is a great opportunity to take part in meaningful work and experiential learning while your food, accommodation, travel costs, pocket money, insurance and mentorship are covered.
Your ESC at Sunseed
6 h of work per day, 5 days a week
180€ pocket money per month
Extra funding for travel expenses
12 holidays
(2 per month)
Free food and accommodation
Health insurance included
The ESC programme is for Young European residents aged between 18 and 30 who have not participated in an ESC programme before.
We are looking for motivated candidates with a proactive, creative and problem-solving attitude, a basic knowledge of English and organisational skills. You will also have the opportunity to develop your Spanish skills whilst staying with us in Los Molinos, but you are not required to possess a good level of Spanish before arrival.
We especially support and encourage applications from individuals who may have experienced social and/or economic hardship, whose first language is not English, or persons who have not previously had the opportunity to explore this kind of lifestyle or travel abroad.
Who are we looking for?
Personal projects by our past ESC's
As an ESC volunteer you are encouraged to create a personal project at Sunseed. Some small initiative or experiment connected to the project and your interests. Have a look at what our previous ESC's were up to:
Organic Gardens, 2025
Anna Barrabés
Anna chose to build Vermicompost bins out of old fridges, combining upcycling practices with sustainable gardening methods. Vermicomposting is the action of creating good quality compost in order to improve the richness of our valued soils, transforming kitchen food waste thanks to the decomposition action of worms (and many other creatures!). The art of vermicomposting can transform our relationship with nature,
discovering again how intertwined our ecosystem is.
Eco-maintenance, 2024
Freddy Grefen
Freddy has developed an architectural masterpiece in our front patio. He designed and built an entire roof structure out of the local material of caña reeds, together with pipe pieces and a cover textile. Its stability is incredible, withstanding strong winds and rains in the winter, and lending us a comfortable shade in the hot hours of the summer. Many hours and days were spent in the workshop designing the right measurements, pieces and joint system.
Education, 2025
Maren Wolf
Maren created an acoustic outdoor desert concert with local artists called ‚Sonidos del desierto‘. The concert was a true listening experience where the magic and intimacy between artists and audience was re-enchanted.
In her second project she designed a live action role-play game about the ecocide of the Río Aguas called ‚Los seres del río‘. The participants play creatures of the land and river of Los Molinos. In non-verbal and co-creative play they learn how to co-live and find their way with challenging events like floods, wild fires, storms and finally the death of the river. The roleplay was performed at a roleplaying festival in Oslo, 2025.
Eco-maintenance, 2025
Mida Bagni
Mida learned how to work with the local crafting tradition of esparto braiding. Esparto is a resilient grass with tough fibres, native to our semi-arid region. This ancient braiding tradition takes a long time, each braid produced over many hours. Mida followed the entire process from harvesting and processing the esparto to braiding and weaving together an artisanal basket.
Organic gardens, 2024
Ruta Sulskis
Ruta designed some wonderful sunken beds in our gardens and built them together with the community. When we look at the world around us, valleys tend to have greater amounts of water, high levels of organic matter and more flourishing biodiversity. Sunken beds are trying to recreate this in our gardens. They help the soil retain moisture, which is especially important in this drylands environment where water is a scarce resource. After digging the beds, wooden structures were put in place reusing an old pallet. We also built walking paths around them. Ruta placed subsoil and topsoil in the beds and covered them with mulch. Now we have plenty of vegetables growing here every year.