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Deutschland Deutschland: Danube Valley Village Leibertingen (IBG 05)

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17/06/2023   -   01/07/2023

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12
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1 ( full for <18)
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Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Zurich (ZRH)
Anreise über
“Hausen i Tal” - please check train connections to “Hausen i Tal” on https://www.bahn.com/en

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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.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

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.

Lage und Freizeit

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.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

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.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please try to arrive at Hausen i Tal train station between 1pm and 8pm on June 17th. Pick ups will be organised.

Weitere Infos

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!

Anforderungen

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.

Deutschland Deutschland: Camp Village Bergheim 1 (IBG 06)

Dauer

21/06/2023   -   15/07/2023

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18 - 99
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6
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3 Male + -1 Female ( full for <18)
Sprachen
Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Zugang mit Behinderung
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Koeln (Koln/Cologne) (QKL)
Anreise über
Paffendorf

Arbeit

Come and volunteer in a summer village for different (age) groups! Over 3 weeks of various activities await you while you assist in a summer camp for children and young people with or without mental disabilities near Cologne!

The summer village will start on June 25. Prior to that, you will work with the local team and help building up the infrastructure of the area. Typically this involves setting up the tents for the children. 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 two weeks the program caters for children aged 7 to 12. In the next week 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.

Aside from helping with the program, there will also be “backstage” tasks, such as going grocery shopping or cleaning. 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 two weeks of kids-program for children aged 7 to 12. The next week is 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. (After the end of this workcamp the program does continue with a week of camping for teenagers (12-15 years old), then followed by a long weekend for adolescents (14+) and finally a week of family camp. If you want to stay for the whole duration, you are welcome to apply also for the second workcamp IBG 07 which ends on the 3rd of August). 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! Since the project involves children, you need to provide a certificate of good conduct before the start of the project.

COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

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Sustainable Cities and Communities
Deutschland Deutschland: Music Festival Pegnitz (IBG 22)

Dauer

02/07/2023   -   10/07/2023

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18 - 26
Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen
10
Immer noch Platz für
1 ( full for <18)
Sprachen
Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Nuernberg (Nurnberg/Nuremburg) (NUE)
Anreise über
Pegnitz

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You will help the organisers in all phases of the festival. On the first days, the main tasks will
be setting up the stage and the campground on the site of the festival. You will also help to create
the always charming and handmade decorations of the festival site and help with the disassembly of
the whole structure and surroundings on the last day. While the festival is running, you should be
available to the organisation and will be asked to assist in different areas: bar, stage, organisation,
catering etc. You will work closely with the local people from the association! There is a plan for the
build-up of the festival, nevertheless the schedule will be adapted to the always changing logistics of
the event and you are expected to be flexible, patient and work autonomously within this plan.
Volunteers should be prepared to work long and unusual hours, but also have some time between
their shifts, which can be used to explore the festival and enjoy the music! Speaking or
understanding basic German will be a plus!

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay at the local brewery! It is a small and very basic accommodation
not far from the festival site that does not provide much comfort, but a very unique charm. The final
ceremony afterwards for all the helpers of the festival will also take place there. During the festival
food will be provided by the food stands throughout the day.

Lage und Freizeit

Pegnitz is a small town in Franconia, Bavaria, near Nuremberg. You can find medieval and
historic buildings and churches in the centre of the city. The city is known for its beers: it has a long
tradition in brewery and the locals are very proud of it. The Bavarian region, in which Pegnitz is
located, is called “Little Switzerland” due to its beautiful surrounding that invites extended
adventures and hiking trips in the region. There are all kinds of trails and possibilities to experience
the unique nature.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

The local association Waldstock e.V. (https://waldstock.de/) promotes local youth activities
in the small town of Pegnitz. Its members are very motivated and involved in organizing projects like
concerts, film festivals or soccer cups. For more than 20 years, they have been coordinating the
“Waldstock” festival, a so called “Umsonst und Draussen” - festival (“outside & free of charge”),
which has become an important part of the cultural life in the town of Pegnitz and the region. Since
2013 the festival is supported by a small group of international Workcamp volunteers, who can enjoy
the truly unique experience of becoming a part of the busy festival team. The festival has only taken
place once, last year, since Corona, and it was a great success! Here you can find a sneak peek on last
years’ festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gst3Wuj6is4 .

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

How to arrive at Pegnitz station: from Nuremberg main station 37 minutes via
regional train (RE) to Bayreuth. From Pegnitz station it is only about 1 km to walk to the brewery:
https://goo.gl/maps/GVscNqPkSMGtjt2V6

Anforderungen

We ask for a motivation letter to be sent with the application!

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Sustainable Cities and Communities
Deutschland Deutschland: Celtic House Bopfingen (IBG 09)

Dauer

08/07/2023   -   22/07/2023

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12
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Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Stuttgart (ZWS)
Anreise über
Bopfingen

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We invite 12 international volunteers to help continue the construction of the Celtic housing complex in Bopfingen. So far, six 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 beautiful 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 for the next years is to rebuild some of the houses in Celtic style to show tourists how the Celts may have lived in this area. By participating to this project you contribute to protecting the local cultural heritage in a sustainable way (UN SDG 9 and 11). You will also be part of the strong partnership between international volunteers and this project in Bopfingen, as international workcamps have helped with building the complex almost every year.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please, try and arrive at Bopfingen train station between 1pm and 7pm on July 9th. Find the best connection on the German railway company's website: https://www.bahn.com/en

Weitere Infos

COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Sustainable Cities and Communities
Deutschland Deutschland: Neresheim in Bloom (IBG 11)

Dauer

15/07/2023   -   29/07/2023

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Alter
18 - 99
Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen
10
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1 ( full for <18)
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Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Stuttgart (ZWS)
Anreise über
Aalen

Arbeit

In this workcamp, you will prepare the summer festival “Neresheim in Bloom”, which will be opened on July 22. Your main tasks will be to
• build, move and install various flowerbeds;
• build up a summer playground for children to use during the festival;
• help to prepare for the opening ceremony on July 22.
Your work in the park also includes tasks like digging up the lawn in order to prepare the flower beds, so be prepared to work with earth and soil. You will work together with municipal workers and members of diverse local associations.
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.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will be accommodated in the building of the local fire station, which offers one big room for sleeping, toilets and a kitchen. You will sleep on camp beds, so please bring your own sleeping bag – and a pillow if you need one. The showers are located in the public swimming pool, which is only a 200m walk away. Supermarkets can be easily reached by foot.
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

Neresheim is a small but lively town with around 8,000 inhabitants. The region around it is called the “Härtsfeld” and it is located in the east of the Swabian Jura, a mountain range in the region of Baden-Württemberg. Neresheim is the cultural centre of the Härtsfeld, which is why you can find more than 100 local clubs, associations and youth initiatives there; a lot for the town’s size! This cultural dynamism will give you many possibilities to interact with locals and to discover the local culture. In your free time, you will find attractions directly in Neresheim like the famous Abbey, the local museum and open air or indoor swimming pools. The beautiful nature surrounding it also invites you to explore and hike the local trails. On weekends you can also go on excursions to town and cities like Aalen, Ulm or Stuttgart or reach the banks of the Danube River. The municipality of Neresheim is even planning to organise a bus for your excursions!

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

For the third time, Neresheim will organize the festival “Neresheim in Bloom” (Blühendes Neresheim in German), which will start on July 22 and last until September 2023.
The goal of Neresheim’s municipality is to bring life and colour to the town by filling the streets and parks with flowers, art pieces and cultural events during the summer months. Indeed during this time a lot of cultural events like concerts, comedy shows, lectures, sports competitions, hiking trips or beer tastings are organised. The local associations, artists and municipal workers work together to prepare the town for the event and they are counting on your help! By helping Neresheim prepare the festival you will help facilitate sustainable cities and communities (UN SDG 11).

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please arrive in Neresheim between 1pm and 7pm on July 15. Find the best connection on the German railway company's website: https://www.bahn.com/en

Weitere Infos

COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

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Sustainable Cities and Communities
Deutschland Deutschland: Black Forest Experience Lauterbach (IBG 12)

Dauer

15/07/2023   -   30/07/2023

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Alter
18 - 99
Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen
12
Immer noch Platz für
4 Male + 0 Female ( full for <18)
Sprachen
Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Stuttgart (ZWS)
Anreise über
Hausach

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Help the community of Lauterbach take care of its beautiful forest and of its wildlife-rich open land! Lauterbach has many nature conservation areas to offer and your valuable help is needed for various conservation tasks.
During this workcamp you will be working in the forest and open land and you will help the municipality to maintain the diverse landscape. Your tasks:
• Maintaining a wet meadow as a habitat for rare species of flora and fauna. This involves removing mown material from the meadow by hand;
• removal of woody plants from the forest moor biotopes with tree-trimmers and saws;
• maintenance of beautiful hiking trails, so that everyone can enjoy the great landscape as well;
• removal of so-called "neophytes" (invasive non-native vegetation) from protected areas, as they threaten native biodiversity;
• you may also repair fences and maintain ecologically valuable grassland areas, supporting our local graziers.
Be prepared for hard physical work! Due to working in swampy (boggy) and steep areas, rubber boots and/or sturdy shoes are required for effective work! 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 3pm from Monday to Friday with a lunchbreak.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay in a nice community house in the middle of the forest, called "Mosenmättle Guest House". There, you will find sanitary facilities, showers, a common room with sofas and tables and 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 most probably be limited. Just be prepared to spend two wonderful, adventurous weeks away from your busy and usual everyday life. 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 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

Lauterbach is situated in the heart of the Black Forest nature park, close to the towns of Schramberg and Rottweil. You will have many possibilities to hike and experience nature first hand. Just step out the door and find yourself surrounded by beautiful landscapes! In your free time, you will have the possibility to go to the swimming or to visit cities like Rottweil or Freiburg.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

It is the 14th time that the community of Lauterbach and a local Landscape Development Association invite an internaitonal workcamp! Above all, the local hosts are very happy to be supported by a workcamp at different environmental and construction tasks in a nature protected area! Not only is your help valuable to them but they are also very happy to share their knowledge about forest preservation to foreign volunteers. By volunteering in this project, you are actively protecting nature and biodiversity (UN SDG 15).

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

On July 15, 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 connection to Hausach on the German railway company's website: https://www.bahn.com/en

Weitere Infos

COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

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Life on Land
Deutschland Deutschland: Camp Village Bergheim 2 (IBG 07)

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15/07/2023   -   03/08/2023

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Alter
18 - 99
Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen
6
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1 ( full for <18)
Sprachen
Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Zugang mit Behinderung
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Koeln (Koln/Cologne) (QKL)
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Paffendorf

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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 will start on June 25 and several weeks of program for children and young people with and without disabilities will have already happened when your camp starts. Your project starts with the arrival of a teenager group aged 12 to 15 and a week full of activities with and for the young participants. Your job will be to help with different types of workshops, where the youngsters can try out different types of sport, creative activities, do arts and crafting or simply chill or play games. The second week of the program is dedicated to families with (small) children. In the last days the job will be helping with the dismantling of the infrastructure, which gets stored away until the next year.

Aside from helping with the program, there will also be “backstage” tasks, such as going grocery shopping or cleaning. 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 workcamp starts with a week of camping for teenagers (12-15 years old), which is followed by a long weekend for adolescents (14+) and finally a week of family camp. (Before this workcamp the program started with two weeks of kids-program for children aged 7 to 12. The next week is 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. If you want to stay for the whole duration, you are welcome to apply also for the first workcamp IBG 06 which starts on the 21st of June)
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! Since the project involves minors, you need to provide a certificate of good conduct before the start of the project.

COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

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Deutschland Deutschland: Bernburg – taking action for young people (IBG 13)

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15/07/2023   -   05/08/2023

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12
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1 ( full for <18)
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Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
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Leipzig (LEJ)
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Bernburg Hbf

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The international workcamps in Bernburg (Saale) have already a long tradition. Each year, the local youth department defines together with IBG different actions where they want to improve the living conditions for young people, and ask for the support of international volunteers to realise them. This year’s workcamp consists of two projects:
• Set up a “bare foot sensory path” alongside a bicycle path in Biendorf, a district of Bernburg and help children and young people becoming more aware of their senses.
• Support the construction of a kitchen for the large hall in the "Klubhaus der Jugend", as a follow-up project to the two IBG projects for the design of the sanitary facilities according to Hundertwasser. Part of it are for example drywall works, painting works and the assembly of the kitchen furniture.
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. You will reach the work place with two mini-busses. In addition you will get bicycles for leisure activities.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

The accommodation will be on the first floor of Bernburg’s youth club. It will be basic but with all facilities needed, such as a kitchen, a shower and a bathroom. Participants will sleep on sport mats. Please bring a sleeping bag with you! Your group of volunteers will frequently come in contact with the local youth. During the workcamp, the ground floor of the youth club will be regularly open to them. You can spend your time there as well and move upstairs to the first floor, which is reserved only for the international group, if you want more privacy.
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 town of Bernburg is situated in the eastern part of Germany and it has a history of more than 1000 years. Overlooking the valley formed by the Saale River, there is a medieval castle. There are plenty of possibilities for leisure activities, such as visiting the town, having a drink in a local pub, go on excursions to cities like Leipzig or Magdeburg, canoeing on the river, hiking or simply making conversation with the locals. As you will stay in the local youth club, there will be many options to do some activities with the locals like playing darts or billards, use the outdoor sportsgrounds or barbecue area.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

Since more than 20 years, the municipality of Bernburg has been inviting international workcamps almost each summer! All former camps have been running very successfully in cooperation with a local youth club “Klubhaus der Jugend”, due to experienced and motivated people, lots of leisure activities and good contact to locals.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please arrange your travel in a way that you arrive in the afternoon or early evening to the train station of Bernburg (Saale). Please check for connections from anywhere to Bernburg www.bahn.com/en

Weitere Infos

COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

Anforderungen

Volunteers need to be able to ride a bike.

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Deutschland Deutschland: Forest School Indelhausen for Teens (IBG YE1)

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16/07/2023   -   28/07/2023

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24
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Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Stuttgart (ZWS)
Anreise über
Owen(Teck)

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This workcamp 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 workcamp 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 workcamp 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 17 until the end of the work camp. On the first night (July 16), you will stay at a group house located in Owen, a town between Stuttgart and Indelhausen. The Freizeitheim Owen offers shared rooms for 4 to 12 people, common rooms, sanitary facilities, a kitchen and a big outside area. On July 17 you will all leave after breakfast to travel together to Indelhausen.
At the forest school you will be accommodated in shared rooms (2 to 4 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 project is designed for volunteers from Estonia, France, Germany and Spain 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

Owen train station in the afternoon. 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 “Owen(Teck)” by using the German Railway website: https://www.bahn.com/en

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All participants will attend a kick-off meeting on July 6th at 5pm. During this meeting, the workcamp programme will be presented and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions. If you cannot join the meeting, please inform your sending organisation or your camp leaders as early as possible. COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

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Deutschland Deutschland: Cold war and peace Hötensleben (IBG 14)

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21/07/2023   -   06/08/2023

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18 - 99
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12
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2 Male + 2 Female ( full for <18)
Sprachen
Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Berlin (BER)
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Magdeburg Hbf

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The Border Memorial is quite impressive and many visitors come to see it every year. To keep it in good conditions and to improve the access to the memorial, a lot of maintenance works are regularly needed. This is too much for the volunteers of the local association alone, so they are happy to get support from you. You will help them on maintenance and repair works at the Border Memorial and its surrounding. You will also set up a geocache at the Border Memorial and build a wooden seating area. In the course of the workcamp, there will be several study parts and excursions to learn more about the period of the German division, contemporary Germany and its people (History Lab). The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will stay in Hötensleben former town hall. After the town hall moved to another place, the building has been renovated and now includes several holiday apartments. The apartments are quite comfortable and spacious, so that there will be enough room for everyone. There are different sleeping rooms with single beds and camp beds and a good equipped kitchen as well. Please bring a sleeping bag with you.
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 well over 20 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 as you 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. This year, Hötensleben is celebrating its 25th workcamp anniversary, so be prepared for some special activities to celebrate this (party!).

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

During the period of the Cold War, the village of Hötensleben used to be directly on the inner German border (Eastern side) that was dividing Germany. From 1952 to 1989, the village was part of an exclusion zone, created by the East German dictatorship. The exclusion zone was spread along the 1400 km borderline with West Germany and its goal was to prevent illegal border crossings. Walls, barbed wire fences, and watchtowers blocked the view and the roads to the West. Border guards, mines, and guns made sure that no one would try to flee from East Germany. For the villagers, as for all people living in the 5 km exclusion zone, life was even more restricted than elsewhere in the country. Armed forces and state surveillance were ever-present. Still, many people died trying to escape.
After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the border fortifications were preserved by the local Border Memorial Association (Grenzdenkmalverein). A section of 400 metres of the former fortification system can still be visited today. The Border Memorial depicts life at the former border – in East and West Germany, informs about the rigid border regime, and commemorates its victims. It belongs to the Marienborn Memorial of German Division.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please arrange your travel in a way that you can take the last bus of the day from Magdeburg to Hötensleben (departing at 4.30 pm from Magdeburg). For train connections from anywhere to Magdeburg, please check www.bahn.com/en For those missing this connection we will organise one later pick up in Schöningen ZOB in the evening (train to Helmstadt first, than bus to Schöningen).

Weitere Infos

COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

Anforderungen

Please add a short motivation letter to your application, describing your interest in this special project. You should be able to ride a bicycle!

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Deutschland Deutschland: Kirf – Woodwork and country life (IBG 16)

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29/07/2023   -   12/08/2023

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12
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Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Luxembourg (LUX)
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Saarburg(Bz Trier)

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You will construct a wooden hut at a small fountain that will serve as a waiting area for the bus stop and as a local meeting point.
Until now, school children and other people waiting for the bus get wet if it rains while waiting for the bus. This is the main reason why the local community of the village Kirf is asking for your support. Under the guidance of professional craftsmen, you will build a wooden shelter. The shelter will be at the local small fountain where the bus stops. At the same time, this place is also a meeting point for the local population, so the shelter will increase the quality of life in the village. Besides this main project, you will also renovate the barbecue hut and other communal facilities. In order to strengthen the biodiversity around the village, different nesting boxes and insect hotels will be built and hung up. Volunteers with interest and perhaps even experience in woodwork are therefore particularly welcome!

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will most probably live and sleep in the community centre of the village, but this has still to be confirmed. But in any case, the entire necessary infrastructure will be provided: Space to sleep and stay, camp beds or mattresses, a kitchen, access to sanitary facilities and showers. Please bring a sleeping bag. Outside the community centre, you have plenty of space to play games and sports. 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

Kirf is a small community which consists of the main village Kirf and two small hamlets. 800 inhabitants live there in total. It will be a highlight for the local community to host your international group. They already have many ideas for joint activities and are looking forward to meeting you all. Kirf itself is beautifully nestled in hills and meadows; you will experience the real country life in Germany. The nearest shops and supermarkets are in Saarburg, about 8km away. There is a regular bus connection to Saarburg. Much of the free time will be spent in nature (the region is perfect for hiking) or in common activities with the local population. But you will certainly visit Saarburg, a small town with a nice castle, a medieval town centre, a famous waterfall and mills, vineyards, many tourists, a swimming pool, a chairlift and a summer toboggan run and much more.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

The village of Kirf is asking for the support of international volunteers for the first time this year. The village community has developed many projects to make the place attractive and lively, and this project will be another piece in the mosaic of this concept. Please note that the encounters are just as important as the work itself, so be prepared to get deeply involved in the village life!
Apply now to support us and join the first international workcamp in the village of Kirf!

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

You will first have to travel to Saarburg. From there you have a direct bus to Kirf every two hours. Please organize your journey in a way that you arrive in Saarburg before 6.45pm as the last bus of the day leaves at 6.57pm. You can check connections from anywhere to “Saarburg(Bz Trier)” here: www.bahn.com

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COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

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Deutschland Deutschland: Stühlingen – Here Grows the Future! (IBG_4M)

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30/07/2023   -   12/08/2023

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Nächster Flughafen
Zurich (ZRH)
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Depending on where you are travelling from, you can catch a bus to Stühlingen from Tiengen, Erzingen, Donaueschingen or Seebrugg.

Arbeit

Work with the local youth of Stühlingen to bring a nature trail back to life and construct different outdoor elements for locals under the motto “Here Grows the Future”! In this workcamp, you will be working on two parallel projects.

1. In Stühlingen, there is a trail passing through different natural landscapes. The trail has not been properly maintained in the past 30 years, so your work will help to give it a second life for locals and visitors to enjoy. Under the guidance of a work instructor, you will:
• Clean up the trail from overgrowing vegetation and trash;
• Remove old signs and put up new ones;
• Replace rotten wooden elements to make the trail safe and accessible again!

2. As part of a regional concept called “Here Grows Future”, you will realize different constructions both for children and young people but also for local animals. You can expect to construct wooden huts to rest, a balancing log to play, shelters for animals, natural tipis, and a “green classroom” which is an outdoor space for Kindergarten groups. To do this, you will only use natural material! In this project you will practice environmental protection and sustainability together!

Members of the youth fire department will be working with you every day, so you will get to know local young people your age. Although they will not stay at the camp place with you, they will still be part of your group. The work will be guided by different instructors depending on the tasks. You will work 5 to 6h per day. Please bring weatherproof clothing and good shoes! The workplace is about 20 to 25mn from your accommodation on foot.

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

You will be accommodated in 4 big group tents, on the sports field in Stühlingen. Please bring your own sleeping bag and camping mat! The sanitary facilities (showers and toilets separated by gender) are located in the building of the local sports association nearby. To cook, an outdoor kitchen will be organized for you and you will take your meals on a pick nick area. Wi-Fi should be available in the building of the association and there is no washing machine. Be prepared to spend most of your time outside, surrounded by nature! Indeed, the forest is everywhere to see and the “Wutach” river is only a 100m away from the sports field. Fun fact: on the other side of the river, you are in Switzerland.

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

Stühlingen is a very nice town with approx. 5.200 inhabitants, located south of the Black Forest Nature Park, on the border with Switzerland. With its beautiful historic and natural sights, Stühlingen and the region around attract a lot of tourists each year. From Stühlingen you can go on hikes in the Black Forest, visit the famous Wutach Gorge - one of the last wild river landscapes in Central Europe, the Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen - the most powerful waterfall in Europe, but also a historic steam locomotive, local museums, the student city of Freiburg or Lake Constance. In Stühlingen itself, you will find everything you need: supermarkets, bakeries, pharmacies, cafés, ice cream parlours and an outdoor swimming pool which you can go to for free. As you will get to know many local young people, they will probably help you discover the surroundings!

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

This project is a first time cooperation between the town of Stühlingen and IBG! The municipality of Stühlingen has been looking for a way to bring the old nature trail back to life for a long time and they are very happy about your help! The second project is part of a regional project called “Hier wächst Zukunft” (Here grows the future), where foresters and local youth fire departments cooperate on different environmental projects in 2023. In this workcamp you will meet many local actors and all of them are already looking forward to welcoming you in their beautiful region.

Attention: This project is dedicated to volunteers from Baden-Wurttemberg and its three partner regions: Lombardy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Catalonia. We want to demonstrate that youth is an essential part of a partnership and that this partnership cannot be reduced to the sectors of economy, science, culture and administration. Therefore you should either come from one of these four regions or have a close link to them.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

The nearest bus stop is “Bahnhof (Bus), Stühlingen”.

Weitere Infos

This project is only for volunteers aged 16-20 from Baden-Wurttemberg, Lombardia, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Catalunya (or with a close link to these regions). No extra participation fee.

Anforderungen

All volunteers need to arrive with a negative covid-test at the camp.

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Deutschland Deutschland: Bad Windsheim - Shape a place for youth education (IBG 25)

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30/07/2023   -   12/08/2023

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Englisch
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Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Nuernberg (Nurnberg/Nuremburg) (NUE)
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Bad Windsheim

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Support the European School Hostel, an important place for youth work in the whole area of Franconia, by doing environmental and maintenance works! The barrier-free European School Hostel Bad Windsheim describes itself as a house of encounter with a focus on Europe, inclusion, age, heritage and culture for all age groups and school types. The uniqueness of the school hostel, which opened in 2013, is due to its location directly next to the open-air museum of the district of Middle Franconia. You will be working to take care and maintain the green areas around the regional school hostel and the town of Bad Windsheim. Your tasks will include:
• Painting and renovation works
• Renovating/taking care of the playground
• Manual works in the local kindergarden

Unterkunft und Verpflegung

Your group will stay in one of the three independent buildings of the school hostel. Even if it is called “hostel”, the place isn’t open to individual young people but is a place specifically built for school classes. There is the main building with a big dining hall and shared rooms and two more buildings with shared rooms. All are equipped with sanitary facilities (toilets and showers). In the main building there is also a chilling area for everyone to use.
Meals will be taken in the dining hall, with other school groups, which means that you will not have to cook. Please be aware that you will be in contact with more than 60 children or teenagers everyday! 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: foosball, table tennis, billiard and plenty of outdoor activities like campfire, basketball, football and handball.

Lage und Freizeit

Bad Windsheim is a town 50 km from Nuremberg in Franconia, surrounded by beautiful landscapes. The city itself has a beautiful old town with many cafés, a open air museum and
a swimmingpool which you can use for free. The area is well known for cycling, hiking and other ways of outdoor activities like miniature golf. If you want 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 locals like playing darts or billards, use the outdoor sportsgrounds or barbecue area.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

The town of Bad Windsheim is excited to host its first workcamp this year! After Covid the area of the European School Hostel and surrounding public spaces, like the local kindergarden are in urgent need of renovation. The European School Hostel hosts many school classes or youth associations, that come here for several days and run activities, seminars or trainings of their own. For the hostels’s team, is not only the support of international volunteers important, but they also share the aims of international volunteering and want to offer a nice opportunity to you. By participating in this project, you are supporting education on environmental issues (UN SDG 4 and 13).

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

From the train station in Bad Windsheim you can walk to the accommodation (its only 1.5 km). You can check for connections from anywhere to Bad Windsheim on: www.bahn.com/en.

Anforderungen

COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.

Deutschland Deutschland: Music Festival Stuttgart (IBG 24)

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31/07/2023   -   09/08/2023

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12
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Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Stuttgart (STR)
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Stuttgart – you can reach the meeting point using the city’s public transportation.

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Become part of a festival crew and support the organization of a non-profit, free music festival in Stuttgart! Your international group will work with many other local volunteers. 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. While the festival is running, your group of volunteers will assist 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 (has to be confirmed) 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 4th to 6th 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 (UN SDG 11).

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

Please, try and arrive at the accommodation between 11am and 8pm on Monday July, 31st.

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VERY BASIC CONDITIONS!

Anforderungen

We ask for a motivation letter to be sent with the application. All volunteers must arrive at the camp with a negative covid-19 test.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Cities and Communities
Deutschland Deutschland: Wild Wood Pasture Kappel-Grafenhausen (IBG 23)

Dauer

19/08/2023   -   03/09/2023

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Details zum Projekt

Alter
18 - 99
Maximale Anzahl von Freiwilligen
10
Immer noch Platz für
3 Male + 1 Female ( full for <18)
Sprachen
Englisch
Vegetarisches Essen
Ja
Nächster Flughafen
Strasbourg (SXB)
Anreise über
Orschweier

Arbeit

During these two weeks, you will be supporting the development of the Wild Wood Pastures project by helping with different tasks on the area. These will include:
• Opening the area by collecting wood residues from the ground. This will foster grass growth and at the same time create hiding places for various animals.
• Protecting young oak trees (particularly valuable for the natural environment) by building wooden fences around them to protect them from grazing animals.
• Helping to increase the population of wildcats by building litter boxes out of wooden planks specifically for them. The boxes will then be disposed at strategic spots, fitting the environment.
• Protecting a specific type of salamander by removing overgrowing hazel bushes from a pond where the salamander is living. (They’re called Kammmolche in German).

Another focus of your work will be to support the monitoring of the garden dormouse, which has been declared animal of the year in Germany in 2023. Your job will be to help determine where the garden dormouse is to be found in the area and in which number. You will:
• Help check the tracing tunnels, which have been specifically installed in the forest and refill them with trace paper strips and charcoal paste.
• Create special nesting boxes and install them in the forest. These will help monitor the garden dormouse and also increase their diversity in the area.
In addition you will use other measuring methods to try and assess more accurately the habitat quality. 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 accommodated in the local primary school building in the centre of Kappel. At the time of your workcamp, the school will be closed for summer holidays. Some teachers might still pass by but otherwise, you will have the building for yourselves. Inside, there are sanitary facilities, a kitchen, a big common room and a few school classes where you will sleep on camp beds. Showers will be taken in the school gym right next door. Camp beds are provided, but please bring a sleeping bag. In the village, you will find a bakery and a supermarket; both can be reached by foot.
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

Kappel-Grafenhausen is a small town of 5,100 inhabitants, composed of two parts; the one to the west is called Kappel and the one to the east Grafenhausen. The town is situated right at the border to France, next to the river Rhine and a nature park with beautiful landscape in which you will be working. In addition, you will be very close to the Black Forest, which is perfect for hiking trips. In your free time, you can also do some sightseeing and go visit the cities of Freiburg in Germany or Strasbourg in France, by using public transportation.

Wer organisiert das Projekt?

The community of Kappel-Grafenhausen has initiated a special biodiversity preservation project in 2015: The Wild Wood Pastures! By introducing a small herd of Salers cattle and some Konik horses to the neighbouring nature park Taubergießen, they are returning to a historic use of land which had been given up in the 18th century. Throughout the year, the animals are roaming freely and grazing in the woods, which leads to a light forest. This allows room for animals and plants that have been pushed out of regular working forests and green lands. The grazing animals are changing the structure of vegetation and wildlife in a way that would be impossible to achieve through human hand. Many threatened species, especially birds and insects, have since returned to the area. Have a look at their website https://www.wilde-wald-weiden-taubergiessen.de/ (in German) to find out more about this project.

Anreise zum Treffpunkt

You will be picked up from the train station in Orschweier. Please try to arrive there in the afternoon on August 19. Pick up times will be announced in the specific infosheet. Find the best connection on the German railway company's website: https://www.bahn.com/en

Weitere Infos

This project is great for anyone with an interest in nature preservation and biodiversity. By participating in this workcamp, you are actively supporting biodiversity (UN SDG 15) and combating climate change (SDG 13).

Anforderungen

Volunteers should be able to ride a bike

Sustainable Development Goals

Life on Land Climate Action