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/vɔ.lɔ̃.ta.ʁja/

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Translation

voluntary service (a formal, often full-time commitment with an allowance, unlike bénévolat)

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, ONG.

After his A levels he spent a year doing voluntary service with an NGO.

16 25 .

Service civique is a form of voluntary service for young people aged 16 to 25.

: indemnité.

Voluntary service is not the same as volunteering: the volunteer receives an allowance.

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