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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education
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Description of work:
Highlights: Group feeling in the middle of the forest! Active for future- help to plant trees
Are you a nature lover? Then this is the perfect workcamp for you! Here you will have the opportunity to spend 2 weeks working and living in the forest. Your main task will be to plant trees as part of an active contribution to conservation! You will also be helping out with several other conservation tasks, such as forest maintenance, constructing and repairing protective fences, and preserving the biotopes in the area. By working on these activities, you will also learn a lot about the ecosystem of a forest!
The place where the project/workcamp will take place: city forest Ingelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate; Koblenz 45km, Mainz 60km
Description of location and leisure:
Highlight numerous weekend excursions: Frankfurt, Cologne, Mainz and much more.
You will be living in a beautiful accommodation building in the middle of the forest, where you can barbecue together in the evening and sit around the campfire. There will be a minibus available for your group, so that you can get to know the beautiful surroundings and drive to local attractions such as the swimming pool, the animal park or the climbing area. You will also be able to take trips to the river Rhine, to Koblenz, to Mainz or to Frankfurt during the camp. The nearest town to your accommodation is Bingen, which also offers several different sights and attractions.
The nearest airport: FRA in Frankfurt,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Airport: Frankfurt am Main international,Train station: Bingen HBF (don't choose Frankfurt Hahn as airport, it's to far away.) We would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus or carshare that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward.
Meeting Point and Time: Since there is no bus connection to the accommodation, you will be picked up on THURSDAY 9 of APRIL at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the train station in Bingen HBF. For any late arrival you can contact the group leaders, you will get their mobile number 10 days before the Camp starts. Check the website of Deutsche Bahn for the best times and to book your tickets: https://www.bahn.com/en.
Description of accommodation and food:
Highlight: comfortable accommodation,
You will be living in the leisure centre, which is located in the middle of the forest. Meals are prepared by the house: Breakfast, a warm lunch and in the evening there is a “cold” dinner with bread and sausage, cheese, spread. Please state any intolerances during registration.
English
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개인 위생을 위해 개인용 침낭을 반드시 준비하시기 바랍니다.
Short remarks for the project:
Interest in working in the nature! You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration and at least 3 weeks before the start of the camp with the specific info sheet for your camp.
Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Children's and youth campsite of the city of Braunschweig
The campsite at Lenster Strand in Grömitz on the Baltic Sea is mainly used for recreation by children and young people from Brunswick, but can also be used by other groups and families. It is primarily aimed at children and young people from lower-income families and thus makes an important contribution to their recreation and relief.
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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Description of work:
Would you like to help children and young people have an unforgettable summer and get to know the Baltic Sea beach at the same time? Then help out with our spring cleaning at Brunswick’s children and youth camping site on the Lenster beach in Groemitz. Together with other young people from all over the world you support the staff of the campsite during various seasonal preparatory repairs on the entire site. Together you will repair or rebuild playgrounds and sports fields as well as barbecue and campfire areas, carry out painting, painting and basic cleaning work, carry out various site maintenance work (gardening and earthworks), repair bicycles and equip tents with beds, mattresses, lamps and other items. (Note: The actual work to be carried out may differ from that described here).
In the first week you will work from Tuesday 14th of April to Friday 17th of April, in the second week from Monday 20th of April to Friday 25th of April. Your daily working hours are from 9am to 4pm with a lunch break. As you live and work directly on the campsite, you don’t have to spend time to travel to work.
You will be living in basic 4-bed rooms in the main building of the campsite, which is located just a few metres away from the sandy beach.
Information about the campsite can be found at https://www.braunschweig.de/zeltplatz-lenste and at the bottom of https://www.braunschweig.de/zeltplatz-lenste/zeltplatz.php there is also a short film (unfortunately also only in German) about the campsite.
Description of location and leisure:
The children and youth campsite is just a few metres away from the beautiful Baltic Sea beach. In April it will probably still be too cold to go swimming, but there will be some bicycles available for you, so you can go on bike rides in a smaller group on the embankments along the Baltic coast!
There is a wide range of free-time activities available for you on the huge outdoor area of the campsite: several football pitches, a beach volleyball court, a beach football court, a beach handball court, a street basketball court, a huge bouncy castle, a zip-line, several table tennis tables and a gorund chess. In the evening, you can relax and unwind in the team room or around the campfire. On the free weekend, it’s also worth taking a trip to Hamburg (100km away) and Lübeck (50km away).
[Travel Information]
The nearest airport: HAM in Hamburg,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): nearest Airport: Hamburg, nearest train stations: Hamburg-Hauptbahnhof – Lübeck/Scharbeutz - Neustadt (Holstein) – Grömitz Lenster Strand Ferienpark Camaro. we would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus, or carshare that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward.
Meeting Point and Time: Meeting point and time: at the accommodation on Sunday 12th of April between 3 and 8 p.m. Directions to Meeting Point: From Hamburg airport take S-Bahn S1 (direction Wedel or Hamburg-Blankenese) to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg main train station, about 24 min travel time). The S1 is running every 10min. At Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg main train station) take (at least at 5:06pm) the train RE8 in direction Lübeck Hbf. or Lübeck-Travemünde Strand and get off at the station Lübeck Hauptbahnhof (main train station) (travel time 46min). The train is running at 11:06 am, 1:06 pm, 3:06 pm and 5:06 pm. At Lübeck Hauptbahnhof (main train station) change to train RB85 in direction Neustadt (Holst) and get off at the last station Neustadt(Holst) (travel time 38min). From Neustadt Bahnhof/ZOB take Bus 550 in direction of „Grube (Holst) Friedhof“. Get off at the bus stop “(Grömitz) Lensterstrand Zwergenweg” (travel time 32min). From the bus stop “(Grömitz) Lensterstrand Zwergenweg” walk 350m straight to reach the accommodation on the left side. More information about train connections at www.bahn.com and about bus connections at https://www.nah.sh/en/. .
Description of accommodation and food:
You will be sleeping in 4-bed rooms in the main building of a child and youth camping site.
Monday to Friday you will be fully catered for (vegan, halal and kosher are not possible). On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays you cater for yourself. Money for shopping on these days will be provided. Please state any intolerances during registration.
English
First Language: English
Available vegetarian food: Yes
Description of specific requirements: You should be fit enough for physically demanding work and you should be able to ride a bike.
Documents the applicants have to provide:
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
This project is organised in cooperation with the Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve (Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Alb), which was awarded UNESCO biosphere reserve status in 2009 and the forest school in Indelhausen. The forest school “Waldschulheim Indelhausen” is a pedagogical institution founded in 1977. The building used to be the village school and now serves 1,000 students and teachers every year as a non-formal learning place on the topic of forest and nature. Groups of students of the grades 7 to 9 of all school types usually stay here for two weeks and participate in different tasks of simple forest work, an educational program about the forest and excursions as well as games, fun and sports.
You can take a look at the place here: https://waldschulheim-indelhausen.forstbw.de/.
By participating in this workcamp, you are actively supporting biodiversity (UN SDG 15) and help us work against climate change (UN SDG 13).
Description of work:
You want to learn how the knowledge about forests is taught to young people in Germany in a non-formal way? Then this is the perfect Workcamp for you! It is a special project for nature lovers and people interested in learning about nature protection work and how to pass on important knowledge about forests to future generations.
In the mornings you will work outside with the foresters and in the afternoons you will participate in different workshops about topics such as climate change, the forest ecosystem and economy or biodiversity conservation together with german students.
During your Workcamp, there will be a German school class (7th class, pupils around 13 years old) staying at the forest school, too. During some activities, you will be in contact with them. If you’re interested, you will have the possibility to co-organise workshops relating to forest education for your group and/or the school class.
Description of location and leisure:
The “Waldschulheim” is located in the small village of Indelhausen in the middle of a geopark (a single, unified geographical area where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development) and at the southern end of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve “Schwaebische Alb” in southern Germany. This area features diverse mountainous and cultural landscapes, protected ecosystems with rare plants and animals and notable forest, meadow and orchard habitats.
The surroundings are perfect for outdoors activities like hiking. It is very rural, and there are many great view-points and various old castle ruins that are worth visiting. Due to this, visiting bigger cities is quite complicated so the free time activities will be mainly done close-by, enjoying the beautiful surroundings
The nearest airport: ZWS in Stuttgart,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Riedlingen
Meeting Point and Time: Riedlingen train station, from there is a bus every two hours to Indelhausen, the last bus of the day departs in Riedlingen some minutes after 6pm. So please try to arrange your journey in a way, that you are in time before 6pm. You can plan your trip by using the German Railway website: https://www.bahn.com/en
Description of accommodation and food:
You will be accommodated in shared rooms (2 to 4 beds) directly in the forest school. There is a dining room, a common room where you can relax or play games, bathroom facilities with shared showers, as well as a gym hall, a volleyball court, table tennis tables and two climbing walls.
Meals will be provided by the school, so you don't have to cook by yourself. The forest school tries its best to serve local and organic food. There will be vegetarian and vegan options but we need to know about your needs in advance! Please inform us of any dietary restrictions and/or allergies you may have.
Lastly, there is little phone reception in the forest school. Wifi is provided but it is quite slow – you will be able to send messages but streaming videos will most likely not work.
English
Description of specific requirements: Please be aware that ticks can be an issue when you spend a lot of time outdoors in natural areas in Germany - like in this camp. In our General Infosheet you will find suggestions on how you can protect yourself against them. You are also welcome to check whether a vaccination against the tick-borne disease TBE makes sense and is possible in your home country.
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age : 19-29
Help to restore a historical fortress museum - Enjoy living in a lively community
Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
Social Media Project Partner: www.germersheim.eu
Description of work:
Your host community Germersheim is looking forward to your help with renovation tasks in the fortress museum. The fortress is everywhere in Germersheim. The numerous historic buildings are listed and are used in a variety of ways: as a museum, university, music school and youth center. The Ludwigstor, as one of the preserved city gates, will be “your fortress building”, which is used as a museum but is closed due to necessary renovation and restoration work. With your help, it should be reopened in 2026. To this end, we are organizing two Workcamps with the city of Germersheim this year. In this spring Camp, we need your help with the renovation of the exhibition rooms. The rooms are to be restored to their original “historical” state as far as possible and everything that deviates from the construction period is to be removed. Specifically: historic windows must be thoroughly refurbished, plywood panels that keep out daylight must be carefully removed, the window timbers must be sanded and revitalized with oily paints. Some of the historic wooden floors have PVC coverings, which should be carefully removed without damaging the substrate, e.g. with a spatula or special tools. Door frames that do not correspond to the construction period, i.e. were added later, should be carefully removed, as should wall areas that close off former passageways. As you can see, you can really let off steam here, but it's also strenuous work that requires a bit of strength! Turn up the music and off you go. If you want to really let off steam in an old fortress, this is the place for you. Another aspect is that you should document your work digitally, e.g. with a video diary of your work or a photo documentation that not only shows you at work, but also the spatial changes before and after your work assignment.
Description of location and leisure:
You have lots of leisure options: you can be in Speyer in 12 minutes by S-Bahn, with a beautiful historic old town, the cathedral, technology museum, Sea Life, Bademaxx (leisure pool), cafés and bars. The university cities of Heidelberg and Karlsruhe are also very easy to reach by train. You can also travel to France, e.g. to Strasbourg. If you like hiking, you can do so in the Palatinate Forest with its many castles and huts to stop off at. To discover Germersheim, you can take a guided tour of the town. Germersheim has an old town with several stores and cafés. www.germersheim.eu You can take an electric boat trip (night trip) or a canoe trip on the Rhine. An absolute highlight for the region is the almond blossom, which will be in full bloom during your workcamp. Very beautiful for nature lovers and great photo opportunities www.mandelbluete-pfalz.de
The nearest airport: FRA in Frankfurt,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): airport: Frankfurt international, next train station: Germersheim. We would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus, or carshare that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward.
Meeting Point and Time: At the accomodation at the latest at 18 h.
Description of accommodation and food:
Rooms of the former district administration, right in the center of Germersheim. You cook together. Money for the food shopping is provided to you. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any allergies when registering.
English
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Description of specific requirements: Only for participants who enjoy manual and physically demanding work.
Age : 19-26
Short remarks for the project:
The work is physically demanding.
Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education
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Facebook @ijgd.workcamps
Description of work:
Highlights: Group feeling in the middle of the forest! Active for future- help to plant trees
Are you a nature lover? Then this is the perfect workcamp for you! Here you will have the opportunity to spend 2 weeks working and living in the forest. Your main task will be to plant trees as part of an active contribution to conservation! You will also be helping out with several other conservation tasks, such as forest maintenance, constructing and repairing protective fences, and preserving the biotopes in the area. By working on these activities, you will also learn a lot about the ecosystem of a forest!
Description of location and leisure:
Highlight numerous weekend excursions: Frankfurt, Cologne, Mainz and much more.
You will be living in a beautiful accommodation building in the middle of the forest, where you can barbecue together in the evening and sit around the campfire. There will be a minibus available for your group, so that you can get to know the beautiful surroundings and drive to local attractions such as the swimming pool, the animal park or the climbing area. You will also be able to take trips to the river Rhine, to Koblenz, to Mainz or to Frankfurt during the camp. The nearest town to your accommodation is Bingen, which also offers several different sights and attractions.
The nearest airport: FRA in Frankfurt,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Airport: Frankfurt am Main international,Train station: Bingen HBF (don't choose Frankfurt Hahn as airport, it's to far away.) We would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus or carshare that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward.
Meeting Point and Time: Since there is no bus connection to the accommodation, you will be picked up on Saturday 29th of March at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the train station in Bingen HBF. For any late arrival you can contact the group leaders, you will get their mobile number 10 days before the Camp starts. Check the website of Deutsche Bahn for the best times and to book your tickets: https://www.bahn.com/en.
Description of accommodation and food:
Highlight: comfortable accommodation,
You will be living in the leisure centre, which is located in the middle of the forest. Meals are prepared by the house: Breakfast, a warm lunch and in the evening there is a “cold” dinner with bread and sausage, cheese, (vegan/vegetarian) spread. Please state any intolerances during registration.
English
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개인 위생을 위해 개인용 침낭을 반드시 준비하시기 바랍니다.
Age : 19-26
Short remarks for the project:
Interest in working in the nature! You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration and at least 3 weeks before the start of the camp with the specific info sheet for your camp.
Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
"Projekt- und Begegnungsstätte" of the Association of Young Volunteers
(Vereinigung Junger Freiwilliger e.V. (VJF))
Description of work:
During this camp, our main goal for the week will be all about woodworking. This means we'll be busy building DIY furniture specifically designed for our outdoor areas. To make sure everyone learns the woodworking skills well, we've arranged for a skilled instructor to guide us through hands-on training sessions. Alongside woodworking, we'll also take care of other renovation tasks, like painting walls and fixing up small things indoors and outdoors. Since a lot of our work will be outside, it's essential for everyone to come prepared with waterproof clothing to handle any bad weather that comes our way.
Description of location and leisure:
Location:
The camp will take place at the "Projekt- und Begegnungsstätte" of the Association of Young Volunteers (Vereinigung Junger Freiwilliger e.V. (VJF)). Situated directly on the banks of Lake "Langer See" in Berlin-Grünau, this peaceful location offers a quiet retreat just one hour away from central Berlin, with excellent infrastructure.
Leisure Time:
Free-time activities will be decided upon by participants at the start of the camp. We encourage you to research and suggest activities you'd like to experience in Berlin to contribute to group plans.
[Travel Information]
The nearest airport: BER in Berlin,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Tram 68: “Adlergestell / Vetschauer Allee”
Meeting Point and Time: Projekt- und Begegnungsstätte der VJF Krimnitzer Weg 25 12527 Berlin Arrival time: Arrival day from 10am until 4pm. If your arrival time deviates, please let us know.
Description of accommodation and food:
Accommodation:
You will be staying in heated bungalows at the training center. Bed linen will be provided, so you don't necessarily need to bring a sleeping bag. However, please note that there is no washing machine on-site and only limited internet access.
Meals:
You will have access to a kitchen at the training center to prepare your own meals. We encourage you to bring recipes or ingredients from your home country to share and enjoy traditional meals together.
English
* 현장납부비용 : EUR 0
First Language: English
Available vegetarian food: Yes
Description of specific requirements: Please book refundable tickets Also, dont forget to bring the following items: - a flashlight - warm clothes - towels and personal items - entertainment (music, games, instruments,...) - International Student Identity Card (ISIC)
Documents the applicants have to provide: -
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
"Projekt- und Begegnungsstätte" of the Association of Young Volunteers
(Vereinigung Junger Freiwilliger e.V. (VJF))
Description of work:
#Berlin_the_place_to_be
If you have always wanted to visit Berlin, then this camp is the right calling for you. Besides the supportive work at our project center you will have plenty of time to explore this unique city.
The project center is located between the banks at the lake (Langer See) and a nearby forest part. It is the perfect spot to enjoy the silence away from the city life. At the same time it is also the location of the workcamp and your accommodation for the period of the workcamp. The property includes two main buildings and six bungalows and has plenty of recreational and leisure activities to offer for our guests and seminar groups. We need your support to prepare the project center for the next season. These are simple tasks, like raking of leaves, piled and loaded onto a vehicle or maintenance/renovation work inside and outside the buildings. In simple words, the property of our project center needs to get in shape for the season and that is why we need your help.
Description of location and leisure:
Location: You are accommodated at the "Projekt- und Begegnungsstätte" of the Vereinigung Junger Freiwilliger e.V. The small bungalow village is located directly at the lake "Langer See" in Berlin. It is a quiet place with good connections to the center of Germanys capital.
Leisure time:
At the center you can do sports and games (e.g. table tennis, volleyball), hiking tours and Berlin explorations.The leisure activities will be discussed and jointly determined by the participants. Smaller groups for some excursions are also possible.
Please research in advance what sights in Berlin you would like to visit and contribute your ideas to the group to plan your leisure time together.
[Travel Information]
The nearest airport: BER in Berlin,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Tram 68: “Adlergestell / Vetschauer Allee”
Meeting Point and Time: Projekt- und Begegnungsstätte der VJF Krimnitzer Weg 25 12527 Berlin Arrival time: Arrival day from 10am until 4pm. If your arrival time deviates, please let us know.
Description of accommodation and food:
Accommodation:
You will live in one of the heated bungalows of the project and meeting center. There are six bungalows in total, each equipped with a bathroom, shower and toilet. Bed linen are provided so you do not need to bring any sleeping bag or linen. The main buildings can also be used for cooking, sharing meals and leisure activities during the stay.
Food:
Meals are prepared in alternating cooking groups in a large kitchen at the main building. Please bring some recipes or ingredients from your home region for some culinary exchange events. For the cook a grill for bbq can be provided as well.
English
* 현장납부비용 : 0
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본 워크캠프 신청을 위해서는 영문지원동기서를 별도로 제출하셔야 합니다. 신청서의 Motivation과 별도로 해당 워크캠프 활동 내용을 바탕으로 구체적인 참가동기, 관련 경험 등을 영문으로 작성한 지원동기서(Motivation Letter)를 신청서 작성 시 첨부해주시기 바랍니다.
▶파일형식: Microsoft Word
▶파일이름: 워크캠프 코드-영문이름(ML)
(ex. EST08-Gildong_HONG(ML).docx)
▶분량: 1장(자유양식)
▶첨부방법: 신청서 상의 ATTACHING FILE에 첨부
First Language: English
Available vegetarian food: Yes
Description of specific requirements: We recommend to purchase refundable tickets for your travel.
Documents the applicants have to provide: Motivation letter
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Children's and youth campsite of the city of Braunschweig
The campsite at Lenster Strand in Grömitz on the Baltic Sea is mainly used for recreation by children and young people from Brunswick, but can also be used by other groups and families. It is primarily aimed at children and young people from lower-income families and thus makes an important contribution to their recreation and relief.
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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Description of work:
Would you like to help children and young people have an unforgettable summer and get to know the Baltic Sea beach at the same time? Then help out with our spring cleaning at Brunswick’s children and youth camping site on the Lenster beach in Groemitz. Together with other young people from all over the world you support the staff of the campsite during various seasonal preparatory repairs on the entire site. Together you will repair or rebuild playgrounds and sports fields as well as barbecue and campfire areas, carry out painting, painting and basic cleaning work, carry out various site maintenance work (gardening and earthworks), repair bicycles and equip tents with beds, mattresses, lamps and other items. (Note: The actual work to be carried out may differ from that described here).
In the first week you will work from Thursday 24 April to Saturday 26 April, in the second week from Monday 28 April to Wednesday 30 April and on Friday 2 May and Saturday 3 May (Thursday 1 May is a public holiday in Germany). Your daily working hours are from 9am to 4pm with a lunch break. As you live and work directly on the campsite, you don’t have to spend time to travel to work.
You will be living in basic 4-bed rooms in the main building of the campsite, which is located just a few metres away from the sandy beach.
Information about the campsite can be found at https://www.braunschweig.de/zeltplatz-lenste and at the bottom of https://www.braunschweig.de/zeltplatz-lenste/zeltplatz.php there is also a short film (unfortunately also only in German) about the campsite.
Description of location and leisure:
The children and youth campsite is just a few metres away from the beautiful Baltic Sea beach. In April it will probably still be too cold to go swimming, but there will be bicycles available for you to use, so you can go on bike rides on the embankments along the Baltic coast!
There is a wide range of free-time activities available for you on the huge outdoor area of the campsite: several football pitches, a beach volleyball court, a beach football court, a beach handball court, a basketball court, a huge bouncy castle, a zip-line, several table tennis tables and giant chess. You can spend your evenings around the campfire.
On the free weekend, it’s also worth taking a trip to Hamburg (100km away) and/or Lübeck (50km away).
The nearest airport: HAM in Hamburg,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): nearest Airport: Hamburg, nearest train stations: Hamburg-Hauptbahnhof – Lübeck/Scharbeutz - Neustadt (Holstein) – Grömitz Lenster Strand Ferienpark Camaro. we would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus, or carshare that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward.
Meeting Point and Time: Meeting point and time: at the accommodation on Tuesday 22nd of April between 3 and 7:30 p.m. Directions to Meeting Point Directions to Meeting Point: From Hamburg airport take S-Bahn S1 (direction Wedel or Hamburg-Blankenese) to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg main train station, about 24 min travel time). The S1 is running every 10min. At Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg main train station) take (at least at 5:18pm) the train RE8 or RE80 in direction Lübeck Hbf. or Lübeck-Travemünde Strand and get off at the station Lübeck Hauptbahnhof (main train station) (travel time 46-50min). At Lübeck Hauptbahnhof (main train station) change to train RB85 in direction Neustadt (Holst) and get off at the last station Neustadt(Holst) (travel time 38min). From Neustadt Bahnhof/ZOB take Bus 550 in direction of „Grube Hauptstr./Friedhof“. Get off at the bus stop “(Grömitz) Lensterstrand Zwergenweg” (travel time 26-30min). From the bus stop “(Grömitz) Lensterstrand Zwergenweg” walk 350m straight to reach the accommodation on the left side. More information about train connections at www.bahn.com and about bus connections at https://www.nah.sh/en/.
Description of accommodation and food:
You will be sleeping in 4-bed rooms in the main building of a child and youth camping site.
Monday to Friday you will be fully catered for (vegan, halal and kosher are not possible). On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays you cater for yourself. Money for shopping on these days will be provided. Please state any intolerances during registration.
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Description of specific requirements: You should be fit enough for physically demanding work and you should be able to ride a bike.
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Age : 19-26
Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Lights, Curtain, Action! Are you ready to take part in the building of a Theater?
Your host will the Open-Air Theatre Heidenheim, the 2nd largest one of its kind in Southern Germany.
It is situated on the “castle hill” of the town of Heidenheim an der Brenz, surrounded by forests, and can accommodate up to 1100 spectators.
The Open-Air Theatre is run by a non-profit association and they are very excited about hosting again a group of international volunteers. This project is perfect for everyone who is interested in theatres and wants to have a look behind the scenes! Have a look at the Theatre here: www.naturtheater.de
The association was first founded by Gustav Müller over 100 years ago, after the first World War, in his quest of dedicating his life to something that would unite people: art. In 1919 not only did Müller materialize this idea, but also managed to host several productions at the concert hall.
Nowadays, with over 500 members of all ages, the Naturtheater Heidenheim association is one of the popular organizations in the city of Heidenheim and its surrounding area.
Description of work:
This year, you will help with the set construction. During 2025, 2 plays will be performed (The Three Musketeers, an adventure play that tells the story of the young d'Artagnan, who joins the French king's musketeers and fights with them against intrigue, rivalry and danger- and Alice im Wunderland, a surrealist theatre piece that depicts the adventures of young Alice in a fantastical land where she encounters bizarre creatures) the stage needs to be renewed accordingly: In the end, the scenery is supposed to suit both plays– a very interesting and challenging task! You will screw, nail, and paint. Smaller props will need to be built, too.
Apart from that, your work will also entail doing:
• Installing a wooden floor in the prop garage.
• Renewing the cover of the small wooden shelf storage.
• Painting service huts
• Support stage construction
• Clean, repair + paint fence around the perimeter of the site
• Paint hall walls
• Clean the stones around the cold hall with a high-pressure cleaner, replace/refill grit if necessary.
• And some other tasks as needed! Be sure to be always prepare to lend a helping hand
There will be a professional work instructor who helps you with all tasks. For sure it is helpful though, if you have a bit of experience in manual/constructional work and have used tools like cordless screwdrivers before.
Description of location and leisure:
Heidenheim an der Brenz is a town with a bit less than 50.000 inhabitants in the southern region of Baden-Württemberg. The area is rather rural with a beautiful countryside: since it is at the end of the Swabian Albs – a mountain range of about 220km-, there are many hills and forests. Also in the town you will find the Hellenstein Castle, first built on the 12th century, and wildlife park with around 100 animals, very close to your project. If you would like to visit a larger town, you may go to Ulm which is only 30km away. Stuttgart and Munich are just about 2 hours by train.
The nearest airport: STR in Stuttgart,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Heidenheim a. d. Brenz
Meeting Point and Time: Directly at the accommodation. The path between the place where you will stay and the train station is about 2kms long, so it should take you about 20 mins to get there.
Description of accommodation and food:
You will be accommodated directly on the project side: Next to the stage, there is huge building for administration, a workshop, a café … here you will have one big room for yourselves, showers, and a kitchen. Mind that there is only one big room for sleeping available to all volunteers – no separation possible! Regarding food, you will be asked to cook for yourselves, and carry out all related activities (grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning after yourselves).
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Michels Kleinsthof is working towards the utopia of a sustainable, resilient, and grandchild-friendly agriculture becoming reality. More than 50 different crops are grown on one hectare using the “Market Gardening” principle. We are part of the movement “Community based agriculture” (in Germany, this is called “Solidarity Farming — Solidarische Landwirtschaft”). This means members are involved in the work on a weekly basis in order to bring sustainable food production to the people. School classes are allowed to experience agriculture firsthand and enjoy looking after chicken, sheep and bees.
There is a great variety of tasks in our diverse garden! Diversity makes us independent of the agricultural industries. It also benefits our fellow creatures of all kinds.
We deliver a large portion of our products to our 90 Solidarity Farming members, while another part is sold at the market in the picturesque nearby town of Staufen.
However, Michel's micro-farm sees itself not only as a food producer, but also as a place of learning and a nature conservation project! Agriculture is the number one cause of species extinction worldwide and is responsible for 25% of climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions. On one of the most fertile soils in Germany, nestled in a beautiful spot between the Vosges and the Black Forest, the micro-farm sets a counterexample to the monocultures of the rest of the Rhine Valley.
Description of work:
You help is needed to continue building up the farm, including construction/ renovating of a tiny house for multifunctional using, made from clay. wood, etc... Previous workcamps in 2023 and 2024 contributed to this project, and now you will have the chance to help complete it. Another manual labour will be renovating other farm facilities. Also, the farm needs a small roundabout that is stable to drive on during wet times.
In August, every garden is in the fullness of its harvest season! Tomatoes sweetened by the sun, courgettes and cucumbers growing at a fast speed and need hard-working hands and hungry mouths. But the weeds don't stop growing either. That's why there will be the opportunity to help in the daily business of Market gardening, such as harvesting, weeding, planting seeds and caring for small plants in the nursery! In other words, there will not only be the opportunity to experience multifaceted gardening firsthand, but also to master manual and physical work in a team. So, if you have extra energy, you are more than welcome!
In our work, we follow the principle of “Market Garden”: Here is what it looks like: on the smallest possible area, as many crops as possible are cultivated without the use of groundwater-damaging fertiliser, only with the help of compost. The most important idea here is recycling, in order to work with as little labour, pesticides and land as possible. Learning gardening skills, the cycle concept and environmental aspects in agriculture are therefore important learning elements during the work camp. Permaculture and biodynamic principles can be experienced here. The care and feeding of chickens and sheep can also be learned in practice. Another important part is building with natural materials. We plan to implement old craft techniques that were used to build houses and infrastructure without modern technology yet were very energy efficient.
Description of location and leisure:
Michels Kleinsthof is located between the Black Forest and the Vosges in the border triangle in one of the most beautiful regions of Germany. A nearby quarry pond can be easily reached after work with bicycles provided by the farm and the young, alternative and beautiful student city of Freiburg is also less than 10 minutes away by train. The farm itself is located in a small village called Tunsel, but the entire region is bursting with nature and cultural tourism opportunities. If you are travelling by plane, we would very much appreciate it if you could extend your stay in Central Europe even further, so as not to use climate-damaging mobility just for our project.
The nearest airport: BSL in Basel,Switzerland
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Bad Krozingen, near Freiburg
Meeting Point and Time: Nearest airports: Basel, Stuttgart Note: If you arrive at Basel airport, check whether it is free to travel through Switzerland, as you may need an additional visa there (for non-EU countries). If not, choose an airport in Germany.
Description of accommodation and food:
Most of the organic seasonal food comes directly from the field to your plate. Everything else that is needed will be purchased. The diet will be predominantly vegetarian. Cooking will take place together in the outdoor kitchen and there will also be the possibility to cook a "classic" dish from your country of origin. Next to the kitchen, there is also a fireplace for sitting together in the evening, so your musical instruments are most welcome! We will also use the clay oven for pizza at least once.
As far as sleeping is concerned, we will either set up a communal tent directly on the field or provide some beds in construction trailers. A small hutch will serve as our shower, a composting toilet is already part of the sanitary facilities in the field.
Please be ready to live in very basic conditions; you will live outdoors most of the time and close to nature. The work can be physically demanding.
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Age : 19-26
Short remarks for the project:
Please bring a sleeping bag, swimwear and preferably sturdy shoes for working in the garden. Please note that you will get dirty in the garden, so clothes that can get dirty and are old are recommended. Remember that the sunshine could be strong, and you should bring suitable headgear and sufficient sun protection. Long-sleeved, thin clothing will also work for this. The living conditions will be very simple, so please be prepared. The work can be physically demanding. Note that it is not recommended to attend if you are allergic to weed.
