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Deutschland: Skyline Swing - Bernau (IBG 20)

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28/06/2025 - 05/07/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 9

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Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Zurich (ZRH)

Anreise über: Next train stations: Seebrugg or Waldshut Next international bus stop: Freiburg

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You will work on the "Hochtalsteig" (High Valley Trail), a 16km award-winning circular hiking trail through the heights of the Black Forest with beautiful views. There you find the 'Neumannshütte', a hiking/shelter hut situated at a vantage point above our valley and directly on the much-travelled ‘Hochtalsteig’ hiking trail. This hut needs to be renovated.

Your tasks include:
• Replacing the wood panelling of the hut: You will remove old wood panelling, cut new wood to size and seal it with protective coating.
• Upgrading the barbecue area: You will create new seating made of wood or natural stone.

Additionally, you will help build a panoramic swing. Your tasks here include:
• Building the panoramic swing: Prepare the site, manufacture, assemble and secure the wooden swing and create a visual design as an ‘insta-spot’ with panoramic orientation.

You will work under the professional guidance of staff from the municipal service department. Please be prepared for long outdoor activities.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay at 1.100m altitude in a mountain hut surrounded by forest and pure nature. The hut was build by the black forest hikers association. You will find a simple kitchen, a room for having meals and spending free time and a dormitory with mattresses on the floor. There are two toilets and running (cold!) water. Electricity is provided (but mainly used for the lights, only very few plugs), so it could be good idea to have a power bank. Please bring a sleeping bag and a pillow. There is no Wi-Fi, os data will be needed. For showering you can go to the camping area near by with the workcamp car. So, it is a special experience and an extraordinary place to stay if you agree with simple conditions. You will cook with the group your meals and be responsible with the group to celan after yourselfs.

Lage und Freizeit

Bernau is located in the highest part of the Black Forest. The accommodation is at an altitude of more than 1.000m. As many tourists visit the area in summer and winter, you can find many attractive places, sights and leisure time offers.

A perfect camp for nature lovers!

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

This is the perfect project for eveyone who loves outdoor activities in the mountains.
You will live and work surrounded by with high moors, forests and mountain pastures. You will stay in a mountain hut and improve a hiking hut.

The village of Bernau attracts many tourists - hikers in summer and people doing Nordic skiing during winter. Parts of this fantastic landscape are a nature protected area. Therefore, it is very important to make it accessible to people but at the same time, to make the paths attractive and guide visitors so that they don’t leave the established paths and damage the nature.

Part of a good hiking experience is having spaces to rest. The Neumannshütte, that you will help renovate, is one of these places. To make the experience more unique, the village has decided to build a panoramic swing to swing into the landscape.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

The place is quite isolated and approx. 3 km from the tiny village, but by chance there is a bus stop for hikers nearby called “Rotes Kreuz, Bernau im Schwarzwald”. Please check www.bahn.com for a connection from anywhere in Germany to this bus stop. There is a bus every two hours on Sunday afternoons. But the last bus of the day arrives already at 6pm. Please do your best to arrange your travel in a way that you can reach the campsite with public transport.

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Deutschland: Build Green Minds in Horb (IBG 03)

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28/06/2025 - 13/07/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 9

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Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Stuttgart (STR)

Anreise über: Horb

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The community of Horb is counting on your help to build a Recycling Station for kids. In addition you will help to extend and improve other parts of the town’s public infrastructure. Your specific tasks will be:

- Construction of a recycling station in two municipal kindergartens
- Renovation of a tool shed (woodworking tasks)
- Renovation of the playground area in a kindergarten
- Renovation of the care centre building in a primary school

The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed. You will work 30 hours per week, between 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday with a lunchbreak. You will also be divided in smaller groups throughout the days to effectively complete the different tasks.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay at Horb’s youth house called Marmorwerk (the “marble factory” in German). The Marmorwerk has an equipped kitchen, common rooms where you will sleep on camp beds (please bring a sleeping bag with you!), toilets and a big outdoor area. To shower, you will need to walk 4-5 min to the town’s indoor swimming pool. You will get to the workarea with a car driven by one of the campleaders.

The Marmorwerk is very central so it will take you only 5-7mn to walk to the supermarket and train station. 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.

Lage und Freizeit

Horb am Neckar is a beautiful town of 25.300 inhabitants, located on the banks on the Neckar River and surrounded by green hills. Horb is about 900 years old! You will feel its long history when exploring the town center. With its church overlooking the town, charming half-timbered houses, old towers, gates and narrow alleys, Horb offers many picturesque sights. On weekends make sure you explore other areas of the region! There are nearby hiking opportunities in the Black Forest. You can also easily reach cities like Tübingen (30 min) or Stuttgart (50 min) or visit Lake Constance (2 to 2.5h) by regional train. The local community is willing to provide plenty of recommendations and spend time with the group on your free time to help you discover their beautiful region.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

This project is an incredible opportunity for the Horb Youth Department and IBG to collaborate for a third time! They are looking forward to working with you and improve the infrastructure of community nurseries and schools. Some spaces need a bit of attention and care, and with your help, they can be transformed into welcoming places where children and young people in the community can thrive. This year the main focus will be on building a recycling station in the kindergartens. The goal is to establish an effective recycling system but also to help raise awareness about the importance of recycling and spark the interest in children on engaging with environmental issues from an early age. You will collaborate alongside the municipality, youth welfare office and other helpers to make sustainable public spaces useful for new generations.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please, you should try to arrive at Horb train station between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on the 28.06.25. You can check for connections from anywhere to Horb on www.bahn.com/en or https://www.thetrainline.com/

Deutschland: Enjoy being outdoors- Schwarzerden (IBG 05)

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09/07/2025 - 23/07/2025

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Alter: 18 - 66

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 12

Immer noch Platz für: 5

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Frankfurt (FRA)

Anreise über: train station: St. Wendel bus stop: "Schwarzerden Bahnhof, Freisen"

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Enjoy being outdoors! The main task of the project will be to improve the outdoor infrastructure so that even more people enjoy spending their leisure time outdoors and in nature.
• You will be installing benches at various points along the edge of paths or forests - in some places this will first require clearing work and the construction of a foundation, while in other places existing wooden benches or picnic areas will simply be renovated.
• You will renovate a wooden shelter for hikers. This includes woodwork and painting as well as wood and roof maintenance.
• To motivate children in particular to spend their free time outdoors, you will maintain an existing playground in the middle of the forest and add some new play equipment.
• To complete all these small tasks you will also improve the surrounding of your accommodation. This will include landscape gardening and renovation work.
The group of volunteers will be split up in the two different tasks every day. You are also invited to support the local festival team during their village party.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

The accommodation provided is the former centre of the sports club of Schwarzerden. It is now in public use for bigger events in this village. All necessary facilities are a hall for sleeping, a kitchen, toilettes, showers… Camping beds are provided but please bring your sleeping bag! If the weather is fine, you have the opportunity to eat and chill outside. Attention: This place is quite isolated; the village of Schwarzerden is 1km away. Next to the accommodation you can find the sports ground, you can use it whenever you want. You will have a beautiful view over the valley; you will be surrounded by forests and meadows. Just make a campfire and enjoy nature.
Please bring your own sleeping bag and pillow (if required). 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.

Lage und Freizeit

The workcamp will take place in the small village Schwarzerden, which belongs to the community of Freisen. Freisen is situated in the north of Saarland in a rural area. You can find many interesting places in Freisen: a historical railway, cultural and natural sights, a small zoo, a spa bath (but only few of them in Schwarzerden). The local villagers are already looking forward to getting to know you and to welcoming you at the local village festival. We will do our best to arrange excursions with the support of locals but due to the poot public transport they will for sure be limited. The project is perfect for volunteers who enjoy being outside and in nature.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

Schwarzerden is a small village with 430 inhabitants and already experienced in welcoming international volunteers. After six successful international IBG workcamps they again invite a group of volunteers to support them to improve the local infrastructure and to enrich the village festival on July 12th to 14th. The previous camps have always been a big fun for the volunteers and the locals.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please check www.bahn.com for a connection from anywhere in Germany to “Schwarzerden Bahnhof, Freisen”. This bus stop is only 300m from your accommodation. You will travel by train to St. Wendel and change to the bus No. 604. Please make sure to arrive in St. Wendel before 20.25 p.m. to reach the last bus of the day to Schwarzerden

Deutschland: Camp Village Bergheim 1 –TogeZer, KidZ & TeenZ (IBG ESC02)

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12/07/2025 - 03/08/2025

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Alter: 18 - 30

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 6

Immer noch Platz für: 2

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Koeln (Koln/Cologne) (QKL)

Anreise über: Cologne, Düsseldorf or Bonn

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Come and volunteer in a summer village for different (age) groups! Over 2 weeks of various activities await you while you assist in a summer camp for children, teenagers and young families near Cologne! The summer village officially opens on the 13th of July. Prior to that, the local team has already built up the infrastructure of the area. All the tents, sanitary facilities and common areas are mostly set up on your arrival the day before the official opening. You might be asked to lend a hand in the very final stages of preparation.

Your job then will be to work together with the local team and provide different types of activities and workshops for the participants. The children should be able to try out different types of sport, creative (group) activities, do arts and crafting or simply chill or play games. In the first week (TogeZer 14.-18.7.) the participants are children and young people with or without mental disabilities. The young people might be older (up to 18), but the developmental age is up to 12. For this week the team is also supported by professionals from an NGO working with people with disabilities and integration assistants.

In the second week (KidZ 21.-26.7.) the program caters for children aged 7 to 12. The third week (TeenZ 27.7.-01.8.) consists of a program for teenagers.

Aside from helping with the program, there will also be “backstage” tasks, such as taking shifts in the “bar” or cleaning the sanitary facilities. Another responsibility is the night duty: Since the participants are under-age, someone always needs to stay awake. Don’t worry, you won’t need to stay up the whole night and you won’t need to do it alone. It can easily turn into a nice long campfire-evening with friends. It is very important to the local team that you feel and become part of one big group of teamers.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will sleep in big group tents on the camp village site. Camp mats will be provided, but please bring your own sleeping bag! There are showers and sanitary facilities available, but the accommodation itself is quite basic. There will be no need for cooking since you will be eating together with the local team and the participants, so everything will be provided, but of course it is expected that you may help with cleaning and so on. You can get a glimpse of the project area on the homepage of the association, where you can find pictures from the previous years: https://www.woanders.org/fotos/

Lage und Freizeit

The camp village is situated on a meadow surrounded by trees a bit outside of the town of Bergheim. In Bergheim, you can find different shops and cafés, and Bergheim itself is only 20km away from Cologne. On your days off you can therefore visit Cologne, which is the fourth most populous city of Germany, famous for its cathedral and the Roman-Germanic museum. You can also go on trips to other nearby towns, for example to Bonn.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

Woanders e.V. is a non-profit organization which wants to reach people of all ages, support cross-generational interaction and contact between people from different areas of life. Their work intends to reduce fear of contact and support tolerance and curiosity for other people, by strengthening the team-spirit “We”. Each summer for over a month, they organize a camping village full of activities for different age groups. This year the program starts with a week dedicated to children and young people with or without mental disabilities. The young people might be older (up to 18), but the developmental age is up to 12. The next week contains a kids-program for children aged 7 to 12, which is followed by a week of camping for teenagers (12-15 years old) which ends in long weekend for adolescents (14+). (After the end of this project the program does continue with a second week of camping for children, followed by a week for families and finally the dismantling of the whore area until next year. The second group of volunteers is arriving on the 1st of August you will help in facilitating their arrival phase.)

You can find the camp village schedule here: www.woanders.org/zeltstadt/

Participants usually stay there for a full week, most of them will stay overnight in tents and have their meals there as well. It is a project aimed mostly towards children and teens with fewer opportunities but it is open to people from all backgrounds. Priority is given to participants from nearby communities. Since 2020 we successfully support this project with small groups of international volunteers and the local team is looking forward to meet new international friends. By volunteering in this project, you are contributing to a sustainable and inclusive community (UN SDG 11).

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

You have to arrive in Paffendorf train station. Please check for connections from anywhere to Paffendorf www.bahn.com/en. From there it is only a 15 minute walk to the camp village. There will be someone waiting to accompany you.

Anforderungen

We ask for a motivation letter to be sent with the application! Previous experience in working with children and/or people with disabilities will be very helpful. Since the project involves children, you need to provide a certificate of good conduct before the start of the project.

This project is a Volunteering Team within the European Solidarity Corps program. Volunteers have to have legal residency in an EU country, there is a strict age limit of 18 to 30 years. The participation to the ESC Volunteering Teams is subject to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en

Volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets;
Volunteers need to enroll in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then IBG will organise their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project;
Volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 7€/day, once they arrive on the project;
Volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the por

Deutschland: Black Forest Experience Lauterbach (IBG 06)

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12/07/2025 - 27/07/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 12

Immer noch Platz für: 2 Male + 1 Female

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Strasbourg (SXB)

Anreise über: Hausach Bahnhof

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Help the community of Lauterbach in preserving its forest and wildlife-rich open land! Lauterbach has many nature conservation areas to offer and your support is needed for various tasks.

During this Workcamp, you will work in the forest and open land, helping the municipality maintain wet meadow; an important habitat for rare species of flora and fauna. This involves removing mown material from the meadow by hand. The municipality is also responsible of the preservation of a hiking trail, so additionally, you may also assist in sanding, cutting or paving paths, renewing steps and painting hiking trail bridges.

Be prepared for hard physical work! Due to working in swampy (boggy) and steep areas, sturdy boots are required for effective work. The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed. You will work 30 hours per week, between 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday with a lunchbreak.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay at the community house in the middle of the forest, called 'Mosenmättle Guest House'. There, you will find sanitary facilities, showers a common room with sofas, tables and also a well equipped kitchen for you to use. You will sleep in 4 multi bed rooms (with bunkbeds).

As the house is located in a very rural area, the internet access and mobile phone coverage will be limited. Be prepared to spend two wonderful, adventurous weeks away from your busy everyday life.

Lage und Freizeit

Lauterbach is a village with 3,000 inhabitants located on the edge of the Black Forest nature park, surrounded by greenery and breath-taking landscapes right at your doorstep. The village has many scenic viewpoints to enjoy the beauty of the countryside.

You will have many possibilities for hiking and immersing yourself in nature. In your free time, you can also visit the popular nearby cities like Rottweil, Schramberg or the student city of Freiburg.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

This will be the 16th time that the community of Lauterbach and the local Landscape Development Association host a Workcamp. They appreciate the contributions of international volunteers and are very excited to welcome support for different environmental construction tasks in protected natural area.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

On July 12th, there will be pickups from Hausach train station in the afternoon. The exact times of the pickups will be given in the specific infosheet.

Find the best train connection to Hausach on the German railway company’s website: https://www.bahn.com/en

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Deutschland: Bring nature back to Nellschütz (IBG 07)

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13/07/2025 - 26/07/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 12

Immer noch Platz für: 2 Male + 2 Female

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Leipzig (LEJ)

Anreise über: Weißenfels

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Bring nature back to an old gravel mine! You will support the transformation of an abandoned gravel pit into an ecologically valuable habitat and thus give back to nature what humans have taken from it.

The Nellschütz gravel company is creating a habitat with a pond, deadwood, rocks and steep slopes on an area of 4 hectares, providing a new habitat for amphibians, insects and various plants. All these tasks are done in close cooperation with the local authorities for nature protection. The site will also be used for environmental education work with children and young people in the future.
Specific tasks will include the construction of a circular path and a green classroom, the creation of a pond, deadwood areas, etc.

You will be digging, straightening, planting, sawing and nailing. There will be a wide variety of work with different levels of difficulty. If necessary, workers from the gravel company will support you with heavy machines. A landscape gardener will provide professional guidance.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

The living conditions will be very basic and sustainable. You will stay right next to the gravel pit, about 1km away from the small hamlet of Nellschütz.

There will be several sleeping tents with camping beds and a pavilion with tables and benches as a common room. Cooking will take place in an improvised outdoor kitchen on an open fire. Instead of a fridge, there will be a dug-out earth cellar. There will be a compost toilet and solar showers. You can also use the showers in the public swimming pool from time to time or swim in the lake. Please bring your own sleeping bag. Oh, of course there is no WiFi.

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.

Lage und Freizeit

Nellschütz is located in the south-west of Leipzig. The nearest larger town is Weißenfels, the meeting point on arrival.

Weißenfels is worth a visit, there is a historic old town with various baroque-style buildings, a castle, but also nice shops, bars and cafés... but also many lost places due to the structural change in the region. We will try to offer various excursions. Due to the poor public transport most activities and excursions will be realised with the support of locals. They are already exited in showing you their highlights of the region.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

In this camp, you make a contribution to the biodiversity and the transformation of former industrial brownfield sites.

There are many places south-west of Leipzig where gravel is extracted. This is done in open-cast mining. As soon as a site is exhausted, large desolate-looking holes are left in the landscape. In cooperation with the local nature conservation authorities and the Nellschütz gravel company, we will support the revitalisation of such a gravel pit with this volunteering project. The site will also be used for environmental education by school classes and kindergartens, so a circular route through the site and an outdoor classroom will be built.

Many people in the region are looking forward to this renaturation and to you. They will support you at work, in your free time, with food etc. and they are looking forward to meeting you.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Meeting point will be at Weißenfels train station. Here you will be picked up by your campleaders. We will arrange several pick-up times in the afternoon and early evening. Please arrange your journey in a way that you arrive between 3 pm and 9 pm in Weißenfels. You can check for connections from anywhere to on: www.bahn.com/en.

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The project is only suitable for people who are comfortable with living and working in the simplest of conditions and want to try out this way of living for a fortnight.

Anforderungen

The project is only suitable for people who are comfortable with living and working in the simplest of conditions and want to try out this way of living for a fortnight without too many comforts.

Deutschland: PEACE works Hötensleben - - celebrate Reunification (IBG 08)

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18/07/2025 - 03/08/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 11

Immer noch Platz für: 3 Male + -1 Female

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Berlin (BER)

Anreise über: Schöningen ZOB

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Celebrate 35 years of German Reunification, for this reason PEACE is the main theme of this project. The workcamp combines volunteering, learning from history, thinking about peace and the exchange with the local villagers in a special way.

+ Volunteering: There will be various smaller tasks in Hötensleben. You will be doing some maintenance work at the border memorial, mowing and building new wooden seating areas. Other small jobs for the local infrastructure will be added.

+ Learning from history: You will not only work on the border memorial, but will of course also be given a lot of background information on the history of the Iron Curtain and the division of Germany, as well as going on excursions to other thematically relevant places of interest.
Thinking about peace: What is Peace for you? When and how is peace in danger? Share your personal point of view and the reality in your home country with other volunteers and with local villagers.

+ Exchange with local villagers: Peace will be one topic to share and to discuss, but you will also get to know local associations and be able to exchange ideas about everyday life today. They are very excited to meet you and will be glad to share stories with you about their experience in this border area. It would be great if you can speak a bit of German and/or are able to communicate with a phone translator.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay in the former village hall that is renovated now and includes several holiday apartments. They offer a quite comfortable stay and ensure enough room for everyone. There are different sleeping rooms with beds provided and a good equipped kitchen as well. Wifi-acess is limited. Bear in mind that the ground floor of the building is used for different activites during the week, and don’t be scared if you see some unfamiliar faces roaming around!

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.

Lage und Freizeit

Hötensleben is a little village with about 2,500 inhabitants. International workcamps have been taking place there for some 25 years, so local inhabitants are looking forward to welcome the volunteers. Many activities will be done together with locals, e.g. the voluntary fire brigade of Hötensleben.

Volunteers should be interested in German contemporary history. We will work at and visit historical places and commemoration sites related to Germany’s history.

You will be given bicycles so that you can be mobile in your free time and, for example, go to the swimming pool.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

You will be hosted in a very special village. From 1961 to 1989, the Wall with its martial border fortifications ran right next to the village. It divided Germany into two parts and was part of the so-called Iron Curtain. The people of Hötensleben lived in a restricted zone for almost 30 years and always had the Wall in view. To this day, 400 metres of the border fortifications have been preserved as a memorial and are visited by many visitors. Here you can find an impression of the border memorial: http://www.grenzdenkmal.com
2025 marks the 35th anniversary of German reunification. This should be taken as a sign of hope for Germany, Korea and the whole world and from the basis for further discussions. Questions about war and peace, migration and its causes, isolation and violence are unfortunately still very topical issues today. This project in Hötensleben gives you the opportunity to learn more about the time of the Iron Curtain and the division of Germany and to reflect on what peace means to you and how you can contribute to it. At the end, you will present your personal perspective on the topic of "peace" to the local villagers and discuss it with them. German speakers are therefore particularly welcome.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Meeting point will be the bus stop “ZOB, Schöningen”. Your campleaders will arrange several pick-ups from there (probably between 4pm and 9pm). To reacht the meeting point please use bus No 370 from Helmstedt train station. For connections from anywhere to “ZOB, Schöningen”, please check www.bahn.com .

Anforderungen

Please add a short motivation letter to your application, describing your interest in this special project.

Please note that you should be able to ride a bicycle!

Deutschland: Celtic house Bopfingen (IBG 09)

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19/07/2025 - 02/08/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 12

Immer noch Platz für: 1 Male + 2 Female

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Stuttgart (STR)

Anreise über: Stuttgart (about 2h away), Ulm (about 2h away), Augsburg (about 3h away), Munich (about 3h away)

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We invite 12 international volunteers to help continue the construction of the Celtic housing complex in Bopfingen. So far, seven Workcamp groups, local volunteers of the community of Bopfingen and a team of professional craftsmen have been working on the three houses of the Celtic housing complex.

Your task will be to continue the work there by finishing the walls and floors. The working place is set on the top of the hill “Ipf”, so you will be working outside a lot with a wonderful view over the region. All the materials you work with are natural materials like clay, wood, and stone. The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed.

Expect manual work! You will work around 30 hours per week, somewhere between 8am to 4pm from Monday to Friday with a 1-2 hour lunchbreak.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will be staying at a local gym hall at about 10 minutes walking distance from the city centre and 15 minutes from the train station. You will all sleep in the very big main room of the gym hall. Camp beds are provided but please bring your own sleeping bag!

In the gym hall there is also a kitchen which you can use for cooking, tables and chairs, different toilets which can be separated by gender and one bathroom with one shower.

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.

Lage und Freizeit

Bopfingen is a small town in southern Germany. It has a centre with a lot of houses in old German style. What makes Bopfingen special is the hill next to the town which is called “Ipf” with its flat plateau on the top. The “Ipf” has an important historical meaning in this area. In former times, the Celts lived there and until today a lot of archaeologists and historians come to explore the region. It is surrounded by beautiful nature where you can go for a walk or hike.

Around Bopfingen, you will find various museums, the romantic historic city of Nördlingen, and the Ries (a large circular meteor impact crater with a diameter of 24 km). If you would like to visit a bigger city, Ulm is not far away with its famous cathedral and the highest church tower in the world.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

The town of Bopfingen invites an international Workcamp for the seventh time this year! A couple years back, researchers found archaeological evidence from the Celtic people that used to live here thousands of years ago in the Iron Age. The town’s project is to rebuild some of the houses in Celtic style to show tourists how the Celts may have lived in this area.

You will also be part of the strong partnership between international volunteers and this project in Bopfingen, as international Workcamps help with building the complex almost every year.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please, try and arrive at “Bopfingen” train station between 1pm and 7pm on July 19th. Find the best connection on the German railway company's website: https://www.bahn.com/en

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Deutschland: Forest School Indelhausen (IBG YE1)

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20/07/2025 - 01/08/2025

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Alter: 16 - 20

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 24

Immer noch Platz für: 12

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Stuttgart (STR)

Anreise über: Blaubeuren Bf

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This youth exchange is about helping to maintain a beautiful biosphere area while learning about “Waldpädagogik” (forest education)! During two weeks, you will support the forest school “Waldschulheim Indelhausen”, a place of non-formal environmental education for school classes.

This project has two objectives.
• The first one is to help the foresters with diverse environmental tasks every morning (2,5 to 3h), which will help to protect the surrounding biosphere area.
• The second one is to learn about forest education and if you are interested, contribute to the forest school’s educative programme yourself.

You want to increase your knowledge about forests and learn about how it is transmitted to young people in Germany? Then this is the perfect camp for you! In the mornings you will work outside with the foresters, gaining experience and know-how about how to preserve a forest, and in the afternoons you will participate to different workshops about themes such as climate change, the forest ecosystem and forest economy or biodiversity conservation. Actively preserving the forest and learning why it is essential to do it go hand in hand; this is why the workshops about forest education in the afternoons are as important as the practical work outside in the mornings! If you’re interested, you will have the possibility to co-organise workshops relating to forest education for your group. This 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.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will be staying at the forest school from July 21 until the end of the work camp. On the first night (July 20-21), you will stay at a youth hostel located in Blaubeuren. The Jugendherberge Blaubeuren International offers shared rooms, common rooms, sanitary facilities and an outside area. On July 21 you will all leave after breakfast to travel together to Indelhausen. You will be picked up by a bus.

At the forest school you will be accommodated in shared rooms (2 to 8 beds). The building is quite big, 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 bio 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 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 exchange messages but streaming videos will most likely not function. Be ready for a digital detox!

Lage und Freizeit

The “Waldschulheim Indelhausen” is located in the small village of Hayingen in the middle of a geopark, 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. Because Hayingen is quite far from bigger cities, the free time activities will be mainly done close-by in the nature, enjoying the beautiful surroundings and getting to know the local culture.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

This youth exchange is designed for volunteers from Italy, France, Germany and Catalonia aged between 16 and 20 years old.

It is organised in cooperation with the forest school Indelhausen (Waldschulheim Indelhausen). The forest school 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, they take part to the school’s educational program about the forest, go on excursions or play games, have fun and do 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).

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Blaubeuren main train station in the afternoon. The accommodation is 700m away from the main train station. Please try to be there between 1pm and 8pm. Your camp leaders will come and pick you up at the train station. You can plan your trip to “Blaubeuren bf” by using the German Railway website: https://www.bahn.com/en

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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.

Deutschland: Summer Camp Weil der Stadt (IBG 13)

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02/08/2025 - 16/08/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 9

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Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Stuttgart (STR)

Anreise über: Next Train Station: Weil der Stadt

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In the first two weeks of summer holidays, the children who participate in this summer camp program get picked up in the morning; they spend their day from 9 am at the summer camp and holiday house and return home in the afternoon around 5pm. On Fridays, there is an overnight-stay and a common breakfast with the team and the children. Saturday afternoons and Sundays are free. Your tasks include:

- Taking care of the children: You'll be working with other local caregivers to take care of a group of 12 to 15 children.
- You will be leading workshops in dance, football and painting: If you have any ideas you'd like to include, please feel free to do so in advance!
- Support with set-up and dismantling, as well as logistics: To make it possible, it would be great if you could help in setting up some tents or other things needed.

Be aware that specific tasks will be defined spontaneously depending on the needs and interests of the children. The summer camp is located next to a forest and a sportsground which allow for many outdoor adventures. Please be prepared that, due to the nature of the project, working hours may be longer than in usual workcamps - but work and fun will be mixed.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay directly in the Sporthalle in Hausen. In the building, there is a big room where you will sleep. The floor will be covered by soft floor mats, so it would be good to bring your own sleeping and pillow! Inside of the building you will find sanitary facilities and a fully equiped kitchen. There is no Wi-Fi or washing machine, so remember that you will need to wash your clothes by hand and buy a Sim Card for Data.

During the week you won't need to worry about lunch! You will have lunch together with all the kids. For dinners and during the weekend, your group will be responsible for going grocery shopping (covered with the camp budget), cooking and cleaning after yourselves.

Lage und Freizeit

Weil der Stadt is a town with almost 20.000 inhabitants. It has a very nice historical centre and is located at the outskirts of the Black Forest – perfect for hiking, if you are up to it! Also public transportation is good, so you can easily reach the regional capital Stuttgart, as well as Karlsruhe or Pforzheim. Free time will be used for trips with the hole group, so please let your camp leader know if you want to do anything individually.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

Every year, the lovely people at the Weil der Stadt Youth Centre organise a summer camp for children, and it's a real hit! About 95 children aged 6-12 years old, take part in the camp, which is full of fun activities like dancing, sports, graffiti, hiking… The great thing about this camp is that it offers children from all backgrounds the opportunity to spend a vacation time while supporting working parents during the first part of the school summer vacations. What's really heartening is that for the past three years, international volunteers and caregivers from the town have been supporting the summer activities and local communities, making a huge impact on the children's lives and development.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

You will need to take the bus from the Train Station “Weil der Stadt” to the Bus Stop “Hausen Würmtalstraße”. Meeting Point is the Sporthalle Hausen (Am Lindenberg, 71263 Weil der Stadt). It is nearby the bus stop. Please try to arrive between 1 pm to 7 pm. For more info you can check the Train App: https://www.bahn.de/

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You don't have to speak German to join, but it's definitely a plus! Tell us why you're excited to participate in this project, any experience you have, and if you know any German (even just a little). Oh, and since you'll be hanging out with minors, we'll need you to provides us with Certificate of good conduct before the camp kicks off.

Deutschland: Mötzingen - Hands On for a Place to Belong (IBG ESC04)

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03/08/2025 - 17/08/2025

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Alter: 18 - 30

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 15

Immer noch Platz für: 1

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Stuttgart (STR)

Anreise über: Herrenberg

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For kids, youth, families and senior citizens - be ready for a colourful mix of tasks. The whole village of Mötzingen will benefit from your work. The focus will be on care and maintenance work on the large leisure area for all generations.

You will maintain and renew play equipment, restore the sports facilities such as the two beach volleyball courts or the boccia court, create benches and picnic areas and much more. There is plenty to do on the huge site, you will be sawing, painting, hammering, drilling, shovelling, mowing.... The work will be supervised by community workers and local volunteers.

Other smaller projects in the area of landscape maintenance and public green spaces will complement your tasks. You will probably also be able to support holiday activities for children in Mötzingen on individual days, but this is not yet entirely clear.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay in a building of the municipality, which until June is still home to the ‘Villa Pusteblume’ kindergarten. Here you will find everything you need for everyday life, a small kitchen, space to sleep and chill out, a small outdoor area and sanitary facilities with a shower. If required, additional showers can be used in the neighbouring fire station. Of course, you can also enjoy the leisure area yourself, which is only a few metres away.

Please bring your own sleeping bag and pillow (if required). 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.

Lage und Freizeit

Mötzingen is an up-and-coming municipality with just under 4,000 inhabitants between Stuttgart and the Black Forest. Many young families move here to combine a life in the countryside with a good infrastructure and work in the industrial region of Stuttgart.

Mötzingen itself has everything you need for your daily needs: a supermarket, other shops, a pharmacy, schools, a library, a youth club and many leisure activities. The neighbouring towns of Nagold and Herrenberg with their historic old towns are well worth a visit.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

Become part of the first international volunteering project in Mötzingen - your support is urgently needed!

Many local volunteers have built together with the municipality a large recreational area for all generations: The citizens are proud of it and it is very well used by children, young people, families and local associations. It is a place to be outside, meet up and have fun. On the grounds you will find a barbecue hut, a great adventure playground with a rope net pyramid, pirate ship, slide tower with tube slide, a football pitch, two beach volleyball courts, a small playing field with a synthetic surface, two beach volleyball courts, a mud area for small children, a chess field, a table tennis table and a boccia court.

However, maintaining the large facility is more time-consuming than previously thought. That's why everyone is looking forward to your international support. Other tasks for and with children, young people, families and senior citizens in Mötzingen will complement the project. In addition to the work, the international dimension is an important motivation for the project - be prepared for a lot of exchange and immerse yourself in the everyday life of a German village.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please arrange your journey to the bus stop ‘Rathaus, Mötzingen’, for which you will be directed via Stuttgart and Herrenberg railway stations. From Herrenberg the bus 790 goes once an hour to Mötzingen. You can check for connections from anywhere to Mötzingen on: www.bahn.com/en.

Anforderungen

This project is a Volunteering Team within the European Solidarity Corps program. Volunteers have to have legal residency in an EU country, there is a strict age limit of 18 to 30 years. The participation to the ESC Volunteering Teams is subject to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en

• Volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets;
• Volunteers need to enroll in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then IBG will organise their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project;
• Volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 7€/day, once they arrive on the project;
• Volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal

Deutschland: Music Festival Stuttgart (IBG 15)

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04/08/2025 - 15/08/2025

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Alter: 18 - 26

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 12

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Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Stuttgart (STR)

Anreise über: Stuttgart Vaihingen

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The main tasks will be:

- The setting up of the stage, stalls and tents on the site of the festival, as well as the disassembly at the end.
- Assistance in different areas: bar, stage, organisation, catering etc.

You will also have time to enjoy the festival yourself! Volunteers should be flexible enough to work long and unusual hours – and enjoy music! Speaking or understanding basic German will be a plus. Your group might be asked to give a short presentation of their workcamp on stage!

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

In the first two days, you will be hosted in a cultural centre in Stuttgart, where there is a kitchen and sanitary facilities. You will be sleeping in the building’s hall, where a stage is. We advise sightseeing in the first two days (Monday and Tuesday). On the third day, you will move to the site of the festival. There you will be camping in a big tent, all together. Please bring your own camping mat and sleeping bag. We encourage you to bring your own tent, if possible!

Food will be available through the food stands, until the end of the camp, so you will not have to cook for yourselves. Sanitary facilities are given, but be aware of very basic festival standards: You will most likely be able to use the showers in the youth centre nearby, otherwise only cold, outdoor showers available and there is limited privacy compared to “regular” accommodations!

Lage und Freizeit

With 600,000 inhabitants, Stuttgart is the state-capital of Baden-Württemberg. From museums, to castles and parks, to an afternoon spent shopping, this city offers something for everyone to see! Within a short train ride, you can also enjoy the variety of nature around Stuttgart. The city is surrounded by beautiful vineyards and hills. You could also visit some of the other interesting towns in the area, like Tübingen (approximately 1 hour away) and Ludwigsburg (approximately 30 minutes away), both accessible by public transportation.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

In summer, Stuttgart hosts a variety of music festivals and events. One of those festivals – called “Umsonst & Draussen” (free of charge & outdoors) – will take place in the middle of Vaihingen, an outer city student- district of Stuttgart. The festival will run for three days, from 8nd to 10th of August (www.ud-stuttgart.de). It is the biggest non-commercial music-politics-culture festival in Stuttgart. “Umsonst & Draussen” is organized in a participative way, where everyone can come and take part. It has been running in that unique and quite anarchic way for over 40 years now! Since 2013, the festival has been hosting workcamps and the international volunteers have become an important part in the festival organisation. By helping to organize this communal festival, you are contributing to a sustainable and inclusive community.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please, try and arrive at the accommodation between 11am and 8pm.

Deutschland: National Park Hunsrück (IBG 16)

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10/08/2025 - 30/08/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 15

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Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Frankfurt (FRA)

Anreise über: Bus Stop "Hunsrückhaus/Erbeskopf, Hilscheid”

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The park rangers of the National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald are waiting for your support to preserve the fauna and flora in this unique natural environment and to provide endangered species with their original habitats again. At the same time it is a great opportunity for you to learn a lot about this ecosystem, the rangers will show and explain a lot.

Three main tasks are waiting for you:

1. Care of the nutrient-poor grassland and arnica meadows (mowing works, work to stop spreading of shrubs etc.). With this work you can protect a valuable habitat with a very high biodiversity. This is especially the case for insects such as bees and butterflies and flowering plants such as orchids.

2. You will work on the wildlife park of Wildenburg Castle. Here you can find wolves, deer, wild boars, wildcats, mouflons and many other animals. Your task will mainly be to renew wooden fences and to build elements where the animals can hide behind. You will also construct wooden barriers to protect small trees from damage through the animals.

3. Let’s give water its natural space back! Within the National Park there are many places where the natural flow of water was changed (through cutting the curves of the streams or drainage channels etc.). In many cases this alteration is negatively impacting the biodiversity of these creeks. You will therefore help to restore the natural flow of the water by closing the channels and revitalizing natural flow elements.

Other environmental protections tasks can be added. Be aware: The work might be physically hard and you will get wet and muddy for sure! Please bring hiking boots and working clothes.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay in the community centre of Deuselbach. The accommodation is spacious, has a huge kitchen including a dish-washer and a living room, toilets and showers. There is one big sleeping room with camping beds. WiFi and even a washing machine are available. Please bring your own sleeping bag.

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.

Lage und Freizeit

The Workcamp will take places in the western part of Rhineland-Palatinate. You will stay in Deuselbach, a small village with 260 inhabitants. The local villagers are very much interested to welcome you - parties and events will be organised together.

Deuselbach has a pub but no shops. The next bigger village (Thalfang) is 4km far, here you can find everything you need (shops, swimming pool…). There are also many tourists in the area as it is well known for hiking all over the year and for skiing in winter.

You will have excursions with the support of the park rangers, e.g. to Trier, the next bigger city and the oldest Germany city with many Roman sights, a huge cathedral and more.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

The National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald is the newest German National Park to protect the nature. The park was founded in 2015.

You will support the national park's rangers in their work to preserve the habitat of endangered species and to protect ecologically valuable ecosystems. This Workcamp will continue the mission of several Workcamps in the past years.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

You will be picked up from the bus stop called “Hunsrückhaus/Erbeskopf, Hilscheid”. Please inform your campleader about your arrival time on Aug 10th . Please check for connections from anywhere to Deuselbach www.bahn.com There are regular busses to Deuselbach from the train stations of Idar-Oberstein, Trier and Neubrücke(Nahe).
International bus stops: suitable international bus stops are in Mainz, Saarbrucken and Trier
Most suitable airports: Frankfurt (FRA), Luxembourg (LUX)

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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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Deutschland: Bloom up the city! (IBG 23)

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11/08/2025 - 31/08/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 13

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Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Nuernberg (Nurnberg/Nuremburg) (NUE)

Anreise über: Train station: Bad Windsheim International bus stops: convenient international bus stops are in Würzburg and Nuremberg

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The focus of the project is to create vibrant floral oases for people of all ages and backgrounds, offering a glimpse of what the garden show will entail. The Bavarian State Garden brings life to the city by adding green spaces where people can relax, improving their quality of life. During the Workcamp:

- Green oasis for the old town: Between the old town and the new development area lies an almost forgotten moat. We want to transform it into a small, colourful community garden - with raised beds for everyone who doesn't have their own garden. An old pavilion will also be refurbished, including a terrace, new paths and a fence.

- Fresh coat of paint: The shelter on the traffic training area urgently needs new paint - we're making it inviting and beautiful again!

- Shine for the spa grounds: In preparation for the 2027 State Garden Show, the thermal water borehole building at the “Franken-Therme” is to be given a fresh look; we will repair it, paint it and make it pretty.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay at the European School Hostel. The European School Hostel only hosts students and school classes. There is the main building with a big dining hall and shared rooms with two more buildings also with shared rooms available. All are equipped with sanitary facilities (toilets and showers). The main building also has an area where the group can relax and spend time
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Meals will be taken in the dining hall, with other school groups, which means the group will not have to cook. Please be aware that you will be in contact with more than 60 children or teenagers every day! However, how much you interact with them in your free-time is up to you. For your free time you will find perfect conditions on site: football, table tennis, billiard and plenty of outdoor activities like campfire, basketball, football and handball.

Lage und Freizeit

Bad Windsheim is a town 50 km away from Nuremberg in Franconia, surrounded by beautiful landscapes. The city itself has a beautiful old town with many cafés, an open air museum and a swimming pool which you can use for free. The area is well known for cycling, hiking and other outdoor activities like mini golf. In your free time you can also make excursions to bigger cities nearby like Würzburg or Nuremberg! As you will stay in European School Hostel, there will be many options to do some activities with the local youth like playing darts or billiards, use the outdoor sportsgrounds or barbecue area.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

In the historic old town of Bad Windsheim lies a hidden gem: an old city moat that is just waiting to be kissed awake! In our work camp, we want to transform this special place into a lively community garden together with you, with raised beds that make you want to garden, cozy paths and a pavilion that invites you to linger again after a loving renovation. The result is a new meeting place for everyone who lives in the old town and doesn't have their own garden. But that's not all: There are also beautiful things to do in other corners of the city! A shelter on the traffic training area is being given a fresh, inviting look thanks to creative painting activities. And with a view to the 2027 State Garden Show, we are sprucing up a building near the “Franken Therme” - with paint, tools and lots of team spirit.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

You can walk to the accommodation from the Bad Windsheim train station (it is only 1.5 km). You can check for connections from anywhere to Bad Windsheim on: www.bahn.de/en

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Deutschland: Restore Peatlands Morbach (IBG 17)

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31/08/2025 - 13/09/2025

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Alter: 18 - 99

Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen: 14

Immer noch Platz für: 1 Male + 3 Female

Sprachen: Englisch

Vegetarisches Essen: Ja

Zugang mit Behinderung: Ja

Nächster Flughafen: Frankfurt (FRA)

Anreise über: bus stop "Hunsrückhaus/Erbeskopf, Hilscheid"

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Active for climate protection and biodiversity – save the peatlands in the Hunsrück area!

You will actively contribute to protecting some special peatlands, which are situated on the slopes of the lower mountain range called “Hunsrück”. These areas were drained more than 100 years ago for forestry use but they are a valuable and natural Co2 storage. Therefore the revitalisation of these peatlands was started, Under the supervision of a Park Ranger you will improve the water balance in the moor areas in order to renature the moors, and also to help the moors to arrange better with the consequences of climate change .

The work includes closing some ditches as well as other interventions to control the water flow. You will probably be needed in two different areas: A peatland forest area near the tiny village of Hochscheid and an area of open bog near Morbach. As this one bog has been opened up for tourism, one task might be the closure of a ditch under a footbridge used along a hiking trail. This will make the revitalised moor more visible for hikers and offers the opportunity for environmental education activities.

During the work and on some excursions, the park ranger will introduce you to many aspects of the ecological background. Please be aware: The work might be physically hard and you will get wet and muddy for sure! Bring hiking boots, rubber boots and working clothes.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay in the community centre of Deuselbach. The accommodation is spacious, has a huge kitchen including a dish-washer and a living room, toilets and showers. There is one big sleeping room with camping beds. WiFi and even a washing machine are available. Please bring your own sleeping bag.

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.

Lage und Freizeit

The Workcamp will take places in the western part of Rhineland-Palatinate. You will stay in Deuselbach, a small village with 260 inhabitants. The local villagers are very much interested to meet you - parties and events will be organised together.

Deuselbach has a pub but no shops. The next bigger village (Thalfang) is 5km far, here you can find everything you need (shops, swimming pool…). There are also many tourists in the area as it is well known for hiking all over the year and for skiing in winter.

You will have excursions with the support of the Park Rangers, e.g. to Trier. It is the next bigger city (40 km away) and the oldest Germany city with many Roman sights, a huge cathedral and more.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

This Workcamp is based on the cooperation between IBG and the regional “Foundation for Nature and Environment”. We have been working together since 2016, organising one or two international Workcamps per year in the field of nature protection.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

You will be picked up from the bus stop called “Hunsrückhaus/Erbeskopf, Hilscheid”. Please inform your campleader about your arrival time on Aug 10th . Please check for connections from anywhere to Deuselbach www.bahn.com There are regular busses to this bus stop from the train stations of Idar-Oberstein, Trier and Neubrücke(Nahe).
International bus stops: suitable international bus stops are in Mainz, Saarbrucken and Trier
Most suitable airports: Frankfurt (FRA), Luxembourg (LUX)

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This is a special project for nature lovers and people interested in nature protection work. You will get wet and dirty.

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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