PROJECT: The community of Lauchringen is hosting an international workcamp since already six years. The project will take place in cooperation with the ‘’Familienzentrum’’ (family center). The family center offers various programs for people of all ages to meet, exchange and educate themselves. In 2018, they built the Adventure Land’’: A big house with sleeping facilities, akitchen sanitary facilities, a workshop space, and a big common room. The place offers an afternoon program for children and youngster and hosts group during school holidays. The Adventure Land is a very special and inclusive place, from which everyone has something to learn! By participating in this work camp, you are actively supporting inclusive education (SDG4).
WORK: The Family Center, more generally, the community of Lauchringen, are counting on your help to continue the work of previous workcamp groups. You will work on improving the outdoor infrastructure of the ‘’Adventure Land’’, an inclusive place for children and school groups. In addition, you will improve, maintain and beautify some of the town’s public spaces.

In the Adventure Land, you will:
Design a new stage set up for the natural stage in the Adventure Land’s garden. Your tasks will be also to build up raised garden beds, to take care of the vegetable garden, to weed and plant flowers.
Build up some wooden huts, which will be used for the children’s holiday programme in the Adventure land.
Do other building works, depending on the team’s plan. These will involve working with wood, nailing screwing, sanding down and painting.

In other parts of Lauchringen you will:
Build a bench in the ‘’Generations Park’’ behind the Family Center. This bench will be there to promote social interaction while hiding the front of the underground parking lot, which is considered not very pretty by the residents of Lauchringen.
Do other creative and supporting works, depending on the construction yard team’s needs.

The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed. You will work around 30 hours per week, somewhere between 8am to 4pm from Monday to Friday with a lunchbreak.

LOCATION: Lauchringen is small and pretty town in the very south of Germany. It is located inside the Black Forest, which means you will be surrounded by beautiful nature. In your free time, you can go on hikes and explore the Black Forest. Lauchringen is also very close to Swiss border and not far from places like lake Constance, Rhein Falls or the university town of Freiburg. In Lauchringen itself, you can find everything you need for your everyday life: supermarkets, bakeries, cafés, etc...

MEETING POINT AND TIME: Please, try and arrive at Lauchringen train station between 1pm and 7pm on June 22th. Find the best connection on the German railway company’s website: www.DBbahn.com

NEXT TRAIN STATION: Lauchringen West

NEXT INTERNATIONAL TRAIN STATIONS: Basel (Switzerland), Zurich (Switzerland) From Basel train station it takes about 1 hour and there are tickets from 12€
From Zurich train station it takes about 1,5 hour and there are tickets from 30€

NEXT AIRPORTS: Basel (BSL), Zuerich (ZRH) – both in Switzerland

ACCOMODATION: You will live inside the building on the ‘’Adventure Land’’: There are two big rooms with sleeping mats, a kitchen and sanitary facilities. Please, bring a sleeping bag. There is also a big common room that you can use for your activities. Bear in mind that during the week groups of children will come to the Adventure Land in the afternoon and you will need to share the common room and the sanitary facilities with them. The two rooms for sleeping, however are private and reserved only for your group. Have a look at pictures of the new building and area here.

In the Adventure Land, there is a washing machine, which can be used in agreement with local workers, and there is Wifi. Your group of volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. During the week, you will have a rapid cold lunch during your break. In the evening and on the weekend, you will have more time to cook warm meals from different countries. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.

English

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개인 위생을 위해 개인용 침낭을 반드시 준비하시기 바랍니다.

REMARK: Please bring a sleeping bag, sturdy working shoes and clothes, as well as sun and rain protection

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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:

The community in Leibertingen is inviting an international workcamp for the second time in a row! Last year, a group of volunteers helped to restore a natural outdoor swimming pool (Naturbad) and helped pave the alleys of one of the town’s cemeteries. The workcamp was a huge success and the inhabitants of Leibertingen are looking forward to meeting you, the next group of volunteers! This time again, your work will satisfy needs, which have been expressed to the municipality. Also, the locals are looking forward to introduce you to their beautiful region.


Description of work:

The community of Leibertingen is counting on you to realise projects, which are desired by and will benefit the local population. Different wishes have been expressed and you will help on one or several of the following projects:

• Renew a barbecue area close to the Wildenstein castle (Burg Wildenstein). Outside barbecue areas are public places where the locals can gather and where hikers or tourists can have a rest. There are free places where people can enjoy time in the nature. The one barbecue spot close to the Wildenstein castle needs to be improved and this is where you can help.

• Help to maintain hiking trails. Due to its beautiful nature, the region around Leibertingen is famous for hiking. It offers many beautiful hiking trails, which need to be maintained. To do so, you will make sure the paths are free of growing vegetation (ie. You will cut branches and free the soil of dead leaves or other plants, which might be dangerous to walk on), replace worn out wood segments along the hiking trail and clean up the information boards.

• Make the tree trail inclusive! In Leibertingen there is a “tree education trail”, along which young and adult visitors can read information about specific trees on information boards. The community wants to make this trail more inclusive by adding sitting possibilities (benches) and specific parking spots for strollers and wheelchairs.

The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed. You will work around 30 hours per week and your group will commonly decide on how to spend your free time.

The place where the project/workcamp will take place: Leibertingen

Description of location and leisure:

Leibertingen is a village of about 2,100 inhabitants, nested in the the “Upper Danube Nature Park” (Naturpark Obere Donau). It is located directly over the Danube valley, about 600m to 870m above sea level, and very close to the old mountain chain of the Swabian Alb. Coming to Leibertingen, you can expect spectacular scenery and wonderful hikes through forests, hills, rocks and along the Danube river. On the outskirts of the village you can visit the Wildenstein Castle, which overlooks the Danube valley. In the castle, there is one of the oldest youth hostels in Germany! During the weekend, you might go on excursions to the famous Hohenzollern Castle, to the city of Sigmaringen which also has a beautiful castle or to Lake Constance.


The nearest airport: ZRH in Zurich,Switzerland
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): “Hausen i Tal” - please check train connections to “Hausen i Tal” on https://www.bahn.com/en
Meeting Point and Time: Please try to arrive at Hausen i Tal train station between 1pm and 8pm on June 17th. Pick ups will be organised.

Description of accommodation and food:

Your group will most probably stay in the building of the aviation club in Leibertingen. You will sleep in shared rooms with single beds. Pillows, covers and bedsheets are provided but you can also bring a sleeping bag if you want. In the building there is an equipped kitchen, several bathrooms with showers and several toilets. The building is surrounded by nature and small aircrafts. Please note, that the accommodation may change but we will inform you it it’s the case.

Your group of volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking, washing the dishes and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.

English

[침낭 구비 안내]
개인 위생을 위해 개인용 침낭을 반드시 준비하시기 바랍니다.

Description of specific requirements: All volunteers must arrive with the proof of a negative Covid-19 Test to the workcamp: ie. a certificate no older than 24h for antigenic tests and no older than 48h for PCR tests.

Short remarks for the project:
As the weather can be unpredictable in June in Germany, be sure to pack clothes for cold and warm weather (16 to 30 °C), as well as raingear!