Untitled - Servei Civil Internacional de Catalunya

SUMARI 

Què és el Servei Civil Internacional? pàg. 3 

Què és el Servei Civil Internacional Catalunya? pàg. 5 

Què és un camp internacional de treball voluntari? pàg. 6 

Com m’apunto a un camp? pàg. 8 

Camps de treball a Austràlia i Pacífic pàg. 9 

Camps de treball a Europa pàg. 12 

Camps de treball a l’Àrea mediterrània pàg. 173 

Camps de treball a Amèrica Llatina pàg. 192 

Camps de treball a Àfrica pàg. 195 

Camps de treball a Àsia pàg. 223 

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QUÈ ÉS EL SERVEI CIVIL INTERNACIONAL? 

El Servei Civil Internacional és una ONG que va néixer l'any 1920, a partir de la trobada d'unes persones que creien que 

la pau no era només una idea sinó que es podia fer realitat si tots plegats es posaven a treballar i creaven les bases per a 

la solidaritat entre els pobles que impedís noves guerres. 

El 1920 es va realitzar el primer Camp Internacional de Treball Voluntari a Verdú (França). Homes i dones alemanys i 

francesos que fins uns mesos abans havien estat combatent uns contra d’altres en la Primera Guerra Mundial es van 

reunir per treballar junts. Aquests voluntaris van fer tasques de reconstrucció i recuperació de camps d'aquella zona 

devastada per la guerra. Era la primera temptativa de reconciliació que feia servir com a mitjà un servei voluntari i no 

retribuït. 

A partir de 1924 es va anar elaborant a l’SCI la idea d'un servei civil voluntari internacional com a substitut del servei militar 

obligatori i nacional. 

Actualment l’SCI està present en més de 40 països als 5 continents. 

Pierre Ceresole, fundador de l’SCI 

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Finalitats de l’SCI 

● Fomentar una cultura de pau, la solidaritat internacional, la justícia, l'entesa mútua, la participació política a tots 

nivells i un respecte pels individus tal com s'indica a la Declaració Universal dels Drets Humans. 

●Organitzar treball voluntari col·laborant amb les comunitats locals, reconeixent la funció educativa d'aquest servei. 

●Intentar difondre, mitjançant el treball pràctic col·lectiu i comunitari, un sentiment que trenqui les barreres entre la gent 

i les fronteres entre els països. 

●Treballar per crear xarxes per tal d’assolir canvis constructius en les estructures injustes que existeixen en la societat 

i que divideixen la humanitat. 

●Impulsar noves formes de convivència que promouen la participació, la tolerància i la solidaritat i ens ensenyen a 

qüestionar-nos les nostres pròpies actituds. 

1920, primer camp de treball a Verdú 

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QUÈ ÉS EL SERVEI CIVIL INTERNACIONAL CATALUNYA? 

L’SCI Catalunya és una ONG creada el 1982 per impulsar iniciatives de promoció de la pau. Som part de la 

xarxa internacional SCI que fomenta activitats de voluntariat internacional com a eina de construcció de pau. 

Treballem conjuntament amb altres organitzacions del nostre país i socis internacionals per formar el diàleg 

intercultural, el coneixement mutu entre els pobles, la justícia social i el desenvolupament sostenible com a 

premisses per a la pau. 

Per avançar en aquests objectius avancem amb diferents línies de treball: 

• El voluntariat: camps de treball, voluntariat de llarga durada i intercanvis juvenils. 

• Formació: cursos, jornades, seminaris i cicles formatius per obrir espais a diferents opinions i 

presentar discursos i debats que no responguin al discurs dominant. 

• Cooperació internacional per al desenvolupament: recolzem processos de desenvolupament 

participatiu que sorgeixen de la pròpia societat civil a països que intenten superar una situació de 

conflicte violent. 

Grups de treball de l’SCI Catalunya 

• Formació. La funció bàsica que té el grup és la de preparar els seminaris de formació per a les persones que 

participen dels camps de treball internacionals. Aquests seminaris tenen com a objectiu conèixer la realitat 

política i socioeconòmica dels països on anem, desigualtats socio econòmiques i situació política mundial; 

coneixements sobre l’SCI i desenvolupament dels camps de treball. 

• Camps de treballs. L’objectiu és organitzar camps de treball que es fan a Catalunya, País Valencià i Illes 

Balears. Aquests camps es realitzen amb associacions i entitats afins a la filosofia de l’SCI. 

• YUWG. Forma part del grup internacional del SCI i pretén apropar activitats de l’SCI a joves en risc d’exclusió 

social, en concret s’organitzen dos intercanvis juvenils europeus amb les altres branques del SCI. 

• Comunicació. La comunicació és l’eix que vertebra tot el nostre equip humà, tant sigui personal laboral com 

socis i voluntaris del SCI. Versa la seva activitat en diversos nivells: difusió de la informació i promoció del SCI a 

través d’eines com la web, l’agenda bisetmanal i el butlletí així com la comunicació interna entre la resta de grups 

del SCI. 

• Sàhara. Grup d’estudi i sensibilització al voltant de la problemàtica al Sàhara on es vulneren els Drets Humans i 

existeixen comunitats que viuen en camps de refugiats. 

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QUÈ ÉS UN CAMP INTERNACIONAL DE TREBALL VOLUNTARI? 

És la participació en un projecte de treball voluntari amb persones locals i internacionals. Entenem els camps 

de treball com una eina per la construcció de la pau a través de la convivència intercultural. 

La vida en grup es basa en un principi essencial “no hi ha una evolució de l’individu sense una aportació del 

grup i no hi ha una progressió del grup sense una aportació dels individus”. 

Característiques dels camps de treball 

• Hi ha camps durant tot l’any però la majoria es realitzen durant els mesos d’estiu. 

• La durada és d’entre 10 i 14 dies. 

• Entre 25h i 40h de treball setmanal. 

• De 7 a 25 voluntaris de diferents països a cada camp. 

• Allotjament, manutenció i assegurança en cas d’accidents. 

• Xerrades i activitats so bre temes d’interès social: pacifisme, ecologia, solidaritat, resolució de 

conflictes... 

• Contactes amb la població local i grups promotors. 

• La participació de persones amb disminucions físiques, psíquiques o sensorials és possible en molts 

camps, així com la de voluntaris amb nens. 

Requisits per participar a un camp de treball 

• Cal participar durant tot el camp sense arribar tard ni marxar abans. 

• A la majoria de camps l’anglès és la llengua que s’utilitza. Val la pena que valoreu quin és el vostre 

nivell de coneixement de la llengua per tal de ser conscients de fins a quin punt us podreu comunicar 

amb el grup. 

• Normalment no s’admeten grups formats i molt difícilment parelles. 

• El transport va a càrrec del voluntari/a. 

• És necessari participar al seminari de formació general, al seminari de formació específica i al 

seminari d’avaluació. 

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Assegurança 

Tots els voluntaris/es que participen en un camp de treball han de tenir obligatòriament una assegurança de 

viatge. 

Els voluntaris/es que participen en camp de treball a Europa, Japó, Corea, Estats Units i Austràlia tenen 

l’assegurança inclosa amb l’SCI en la quota. 

Els voluntaris/es que participen en camps de treball qualsevol país excepte els esmentats anteriorment, 

l’assegurança no està inclosa en la quota. En aquest cas, és necessari que es faci una assegurança. La pot 

fer a través de l’SCI (pel cost d’1€ al dia) o bé a través d’una companyia d’assegurances. El voluntari/a ha de 

presentar a l’SCI un document que acrediti que té una assegurança per a viatjar. 

L’assegurança de l’SCI: 

• Cobreix accidents i malalties produïdes durant el camp. 

• Té una durada limitada a l’estada al camp. 

• No cobreix els accidents que es produeixin durant el viatge del voluntari al camp i malalties que 

provinguin de problemes físics o mentals existents prèviament al camp. 

• No cobreix la pèrdua o robatori d’objectes personals. 

• Hi ha indemnitzacions limitades en cas d’invalidesa o mort. 

Formació 

La formació és una eina valuosa i essencial per als voluntaris/es que garanteix l’experiència al camp de 

treball sigui més enriquidora, per això és un requisit indispensable per participar als camps. 

Té com a objectiu general reflexionar i sensibilitzar sobre la realitat política i socioeconòmica mundial i 

introduir-nos en l’educació per la pau. 

Dates previstes per a la formació 2008: 

o 31 de maig i 1 de juny o bé 5 i 6 de juliol. Seminari de formació general que té com a objectiu 

reflexionar sobre la realitat política i socioeconòmica mundial i els principis de l’educació per 

a la pau. 

o 7 de juny. Seminari de formació específica de camps a països del nord, que s’encamina a 

preparar el viatge i l’experiència del camp de treball. 

o 14 de juny. Seminari de formació específica de camps a països del sud, que s’encamina a 

preparar el viatge i l’experiència del camp de treball. 

o 4 i 5 d’octubre. Seminari d’avaluació, es realitza a la tornada dels camps i és l’espai per 

compartir i valorar l’experiència i proposar noves accions. 

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COM M’APUNTO A UN CAMP? 

1. Cerca els camp de treball a la Guia de camps 2008 o al cercador de camps de www.sci-cat.org 

2. Omple els formularis d’inscripció: 

a) Es troben a: 

1) www.sci-cat.org 

2) Oficina de l’SCI 

ATENCIÓ: consulta amb la nostra oficina si encara queden places en els camps escollits! 

3. Realitza el pagament de la quota d’inscripció: 

a) Quota:165€ (30€ de quota de soci, 78€ tasques administratives i 57€ seminaris de 

formació/avalució). 

b) Fes l’ingrés al número de compte de La Caixa: 

2100-3001-65-2200322889 

ATENCIÓ 

En el cas que finalment decideixis no participar al camp no es tornarà la quota (excepte en casos 

justificats). 

En el cas de no poder emplaçar-te en els camps escollits o per cancel·lacions de camps, se’t retornarà a 

finals de setembre la quota de formació i la d’administració (135€) 

4. Fes-nos arribar la documentació: 

a) Full d’inscripció per correu electrònic a l’adreça outgoing@sci-cat.org 

b) Rebut de pagament i fotocòpia del DNI, NIE o passaport (ho pots portar en persona l’oficina de 

l’SCI, per fax al 93 441 70 18 o a l’adreça outgoing@sci-cat.org) 

5. Es tramita la teva sol·licitud i et truquem per informar-te on has estat emplaçat. 

6. Participa en els seminaris de Formació. 

7. Envia el full de confirmació de participació a l’SCI i a l’organització d’acollida. 

8. Reps el full de ruta o infosheet sobre el teu camp de treball: és el document on t’explicaran de manera 

acurada tot allò necessari preparar i arribar al teu camp de treball. 

9. A la tornada, participes al seminari d’avaluació. 

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AUSTRÀLIA I PACÍFIC 

1. Australia - IVP Australia 

Begin:August 21, 2008, End: August 31, 2008 

Topic: Peace and disarmament 

Campcode:AU-IVP-3-1 

PEACE STUDY CELEBRATION, Goulburn 

NSW 

Special workcamp to celebrate 20 years of IVP. 

This is a work/study camp intended to renew 

inspiration and recharge activists. We would 

like to have approx 20 Australians and 20 

internationals, especially people with previous 

workcamp experience or other SCI experience. 

The time will be divided between work, study 

and play and the participants will influence the 

agenda. More details to follow. 

Number of Volunteers: 40 


Begin:September 15, 2008, End: September 

28, 2008 

Topic: Environment 


Marou (Vanuatu) 

Marou Village, Emao Island, 1.5 hours from the 

capital, Port Vila. Marou has a population of 

181 and there is a marine conservation area in 

the village. 

Work: Volunteers will work with the community 

to: 1. Lay up stones at the seaside for cyclone 

protection. 2. Dive in the lagoon to remove 

plastic bags, and remove Crown of Thorns starfish 

from the reef. 3. Assist with building of an 

additional classroom. 

Accommodation: Communal hut, very basic 

with no electricity, no running water. Vols 

should bring camping mattress and sleeping 

bag. 

Extra info: Family camp: There will be the 

opportunity for parents to bring children (total 4 

children for the camp). Volunteers will be 

required to sign Work With Children form or 

supply a police record check. 

Study: Sustainability, waste management and 

recycling, global warming. Extra cost: 125 Euro 

which must be paid in local currency (Vatu 

17,250) on arrival. This fee will pay for your 

food, accommodation, insurance, workcamp 

leader and internal fares, and a small 

proportion will go towards the further 

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capital, Port Vila. Emao is a small island 

composed of six different communities, Marou 

being largest with a population of 181. There is 

a marine conservation area in the village. 


on three projects: 1. Lay up stones at the 

seaside for cyclone protection. 2. Dive in the 

lagoon to remove plastic bags, and remove 

‘crown of thorns’ star-fish from the reef. 3. 

Assist with building of an additional classroom. 


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Begin:December 26, 2008, End: January 9, 

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PEATS RIDGE FESTIVAL (NSW) 

This workcamp is based around a 4-day 

sustainable arts and music festival located just 

out of Sydney in the natural environment. Peats 

Ridge Festival aims to create the benchmark on 

how to run a sustainable event with minimal 

impact on the environment. An alternative to 

commercial festivals, volunteers are a great 

part of its success. 

Work: IVP volunteers will help with sustainable 

practices in waste management, eg. 

composting and recycling. Vols will also help to 

build up and break down the festival 

infrastructure, including some creative input. 

Study: There will be an opportunity to learn 

about sustainability and to attend seminars, 

workshop and festival events. 

Accommodation: camping on site in a 

designated IVP area. 

Qualifications: Volunteers must be interested 

in recycling and sustainability. 


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EUROPA 

1. Albania - PVN Albania 

Begin:July 5, 2008, End: July 19, 2008 

Topic: Socially disadvantaged 

Campcode:AL-PVN-8-1 

Work with orphans in SOS Kinderdorf 

Tirana 

In SOS Kinderdorf there are about 70 children 

in the age 6-16 years. The children live in good 

conditions, what they need is more entertaining 

and creative activities and social support from 

the other social categories, especially in the 

summer holidays. During the work camp the 

children will be divided in groups to organise a 

theatre play, to learn about the basic technical 

on painting and graffiti, as well on dancing Latin 

American, break dance and classic dance. At 

the end of the camp there will be organised a 

big party with all the creative works of the 

children during the camp, where also people 

from local community will be invited. 

Work: Organising entertaining and creative 

activities. 

Study: Human Rights and Antidiscrimination, 

focused on children rights and related with the 

concrete situation in Albania and other 

representative countries. 

Accommodation: In SOS Kinderdorf 

Language: English and Albanian 


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Campcode:AL-PVN-8-2 

Work with orphans in Orphanage in Durres 

In Orphanage Durres there are children in the 

age 0-12 years. In the summer holidays there 

are not many activities for the children and the 

house has lack of personnel. Beside the 

orphanage, the centre has a kindergarten for 

children from disadvantaged categories. During 

the work camp the vols will support the social 

workers especially in outdoor activities, what 

actually the most needed is, like going to the 

beach, organising exhibition with their creative 

works. etc. 

Work: Assisting at daily activities and 

organizing new one for the children. 

Study: Human Rights and Antidiscrimination, 

focused on children rights and related with the 

concrete situation in Albania and other 

representative countries. 

Accommodation: In administration offices 

Language: English and Albanian 


1. Armenia - HUJ Armenia 

Begin:June 26, 2008, End: July 15, 2008 

Topic: Children, teenagers, elderly people 

Campcode:AM-HUJ-5-2 

SOS Kinderdorf, Abovyan 

The camp is situated in Abovyan (15km from 

Yerevan) in the SOS Children’s Village where 

children-orphans found their new mothers, 

sisters and brothers and live in families. 6-7 

children live in separate cottages with their 

SOS mothers. SOS Children’s village in 

Armenia is built and is financed by SOS- 

Kinderdorf international non-governmental 

social development organization. SOS 

Children's Villages revolve around the effort to 

give children who have lost their parents or who 

are no longer able to live with them a 

permanent home and a stable environment. 

The SOS Children's Village family-like structure 

is formed by four basic principles: mother, 

brothers and sisters, house and village. This 

camp has become a popular and traditional one 

and children are looking forward to meet the 

volunteers in summer 

Work: Volunteers will participate in most 

activities with the children and have a variety of 

different tasks: they’ll organize art workshops - 

painting, sculpturing, handicrafts; dancing, 

singing, sports. The main aim of the camp is 

the organization of a big performance and an 

exhibition of works which will be presented in 

the end by volunteers and children. Each 

volunteer or group of volunteers from the same 

country will teach a group of 5-10 children his 

national dance, song or stage an original 

performance. Volunteers together with trainers 

will organize and participate in “Funfootball” 

games selection organized in the village. Also 

the volunteers will do ecological work on the 

territory and will paint the cottages. The 

workcamp is organized together with OSCE 

office in Yerevan. (Organization for Security 

and Co-operation in Europe) 

Study: Some trips and hikes to the most 

beautiful places of Armenia, such as Garni 

Pagan Temple, Geghard cloister which are 

near to the camp, Sevan Lake, Echmiadzin 

Cathedral, museums of Yerevan are foreseen 

in the program of the camp. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will live in a 

comfortable cottage on the territory of the 

village 

Language: English 

Extra info: Participation fee 50 Euro 




Topic: Disabilities 


Aparan1, Aparan 

The Summer Treatment camp for children is 

situated on the bank of the Aparan lake in 

Aragatsotn region, 52 km from Yerevan. The 

Center is built in 2007 in a very picturesque 

place surrounded by nature 

Work: The aim of this camp is to organize the 

leisure time activities of 30 children with 

development problems. These children usually 

don’t have possibility to participate in simple 

summer camps. The summer Treatment Camp 

will give them a possibility to enjoy the summer, 

have rest and interesting holidays in the 

countryside without interrupting the treatment. 

Volunteers will help the staff of the Center to 

organize different workgroups for the children, 

where they can draw, sculpture, sing and 

dance, do physical training, play games, 

organize competitions on the playground and 

swimming pool, attend elementary English, 

German, French and other language courses 

by the children’s wish. Volunteers will bring 

along a lot of ideas, spirit, love and warmth, 

kindness and make the stay of these children in 

this Center a great holiday. Also the volunteers 

will participate in the program of cleaning the 

small forest. 2 EVS volunteers in Armenia will 

be the campleaders of the workcamp. 

Study: Volunteers will have possibilities to 

arrange excursions to the most beautiful places 

of Armenia together with children and also with 

the staff of the center. Special requirements: 

Motivation Letter is required 

Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in 

comfortably equipped Center and sleep on 

beds. 


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Extra info: Participation fee 50 Euro Motivation 

Letter is required 






Botanical Garden, Yerevan 

The Botanical Garden is situated in the northeastern 

part of Yerevan.(80 ha of semi-desert 

habitat). The Botanical Garden of the National 

Academy of Science is responsible for plant 

collections in Armenia. It holds rich herbarium 

as well as collection of 1070 species which 

represent 40% of the national collection and 

shrubs which represent 51% of the collection. 

The collection of Armenian flora includes 

around 200 species of endemic, rare and 

declining plant species, and provides a basis 

for the study of Armenian flora, and the 

ecological interactions of species, in a relatively 

natural environment. 

Work: The main aim of this camp is to give 

assistance to the staff of National Botanical 

Garden in variety of environmental 

maintenance projects: taking care of spaces of 

the Garden, clearing the paths, taking out the 

weeds, cultivating the trees, preparing the trees 

for planting, cleanness of the territory etc. 

Besides the volunteers will carry out irrigation 

works together with the staff of the Botanical 

Garden. Also the volunteers will visit for several 

days the branch of Botanical Garden in 

Tsovinar village in Sevan lake region to do 

ecological works there and will have rest on the 

beach after the work. The staff of the Botanical 

Garden will organize interesting seminars for 

volunteers on the theme of environment and 

nature. 


arrange some trips and hikes to the most 

beautiful places of Armenia, such as Garni 

Pagan temple, Geghard cloister, Echmiadzin 

Cathedral, will visit numerous interesting 

museums in Yerevan. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will live in 

separate building on the territory of the 

Botanical Garden. They will be provided with 

mats. 








Rehabilitation Center, Yerevan 

The camp is situated not far from the center of 

Yerevan, next to the artificial Lake Yerevan, the 

Armenian Brandy Factory which is famous all 

over the world and near USA Embassy in 

Armenia. The territory of the Rehabilitation 

Center was former Governmental rest house. 

The camp will be opened for the 14th time and 

has become a popular and traditional one. Most 

of the children are having treatment here every 

year and are looking forward to meet the 

volunteers in summer. 


leisure of children with motor-system 

infringement and cardio-vascular system 

diseases and to do some environmental work 

on the territory. During the summer period 

children live in Rehabilitation Center together 

with their mothers. Volunteers’ day will begin 

from ecological work: maintaining the territory, 

cleaning children’s playground from weeds and 

grass. After the children finish their therapy, 

volunteers gather together with children to 

draw, sculpture, sing and dance, do physical 

training, play games. At the end of the camp 

volunteers and children will organize a farewell 

party. Volunteers will bring along a lot of ideas, 

spirit, love and warmth, kindness and make the 

stay of these children in this Center a great 

holiday. They make these children feel that they 

are needed, full-valued and help them to open 

their talents and abilities. There must be a strict 

discipline in the camp. The workcamp is 

organized together with OSCE office in 

Yerevan. (Organization for Security and Cooperation 

in Europe). 

Study: Volunteers will visit places of interest in 

Yerevan such as St.Sargis and Zoravor 

Churches, museums also will have possibilities 

to arrange some trips and hikes to the most 

beautiful places of Armenia- Garni Pagan 

temple, Geghard cloister, Sevan Lake, 

Echmiadzin Cathedral. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in a 

separate comfortable cottage on the territory of 

the Rehabilitation Center and sleep on beds. 



Volunteers are requested to read methodic 

literature about work and special games for 

children. 



Begin:July 14, 2008, End: August 2, 2008 



Krunk, Yerevan 

The camp is situated in a secondary school in 

Yerevan. There are 647 pupils studying in this 

school. The director of the school- an active 

volunteer, former staff of Voluntary Service of 

Armenia is very dedicated to the ideas of 

voluntary movement. 

Work: The main aim of the workcamp is the 

aesthetic education of children and ecologicalrenovation 

work on the territory of the school. 

Volunteers will teach children songs and 

dances of the countries where the volunteers 

come from. Volunteers will organize a 

performance in different languages on the 

suggested theme and an exhibition of their 

works. During the workcamp volunteers will 

organize different workgroups for children, 

where they can draw, sculpture; learn different 

national and foreign songs, dances, attend 

elementary English, German and French and 

other language courses by their wish, play 

intellectual games, physical training classes. 

Each volunteer or group of volunteers from the 

same country will teach a group of 5-10 

children a national dance, song or stage an 

original performance. Also the volunteers will 

carry out ecological-renovation work on 

equipping the territory, taking care of trees and 

bushes. 


arrange some trips and hikes to the most 

beautiful places of Armenia, such as Sevan 

Lake, Garni Pagan temple, Geghard cloister, 

Echmiadzin Cathedral, visit museums and 

theater performances in Yerevan. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in the 

school. They will be provided with beds. 


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Zatik orphanage, Yerevan 

The orphanage “Zatik” is located in Yerevan. 

There are 135 orphan children living in the 

orphanage. 

Work: The volunteers will have 2 main tasks: 

aesthetic education of children and ecological 

work on the territory of the Cattle Breeding 

complex of Zatik orphanage. In the morning the 

volunteers will carry out ecological work on the 

territory of the Cattle Breeding complex. In the 

afternoon the volunteers will work with children. 

Volunteers will teach children different national 

and foreign songs and dances of the countries 

where the volunteers come from; organize a big 

performance in different languages. During the 

workcamp volunteers will organize different 

workgroups for children, where they can draw, 

sculpture and an exhibition of their works will be 

organized in the end of the camp. Children will 

also play intellectual games, attend elementary 

English, German and French and other 

language courses by their wish, physical 

training classes and other things according to 

the talents and abilities of the volunteers. 

Study: Volunteers will visit museums and 

theater performances in Yerevan, will have trips 

and hikes to the most beautiful places of 

Armenia, such as Garni Pagan temple, 

Geghard cloister, Sevan Lake, Echmiadzin 

Cathedral. 


orphanage. They will be provided with beds. 








Aparan2, Aparan 

The Summer Treatment camp for children is 

situated on the bank of the Aparan lake in 

Aragatsotn region, 52 km from Yerevan. The 

Center is built in 2007 in a very picturesque 

place surrounded by nature 


leisure time activities of 30 children with 

development problems. These children usually 

don’t have possibility to participate in simple 

summer camps. The summer Treatment Camp 

will give them a possibility to enjoy the summer, 

have rest and interesting holidays in the 

countryside without interrupting the treatment. 

Volunteers will help the staff of the Center to 

organize different workgroups for the children, 

where they can draw, sculpture, sing and 

dance, do physical training, play games, 

organize competitions on the playground and 

swimming pool, attend elementary English, 

German, French and other language courses 

by the children’s wish. Volunteers will bring 

along a lot of ideas, spirit, love and warmth, 

kindness and make the stay of these children in 

this Center a great holiday. Also the volunteers 

will participate in the program of cleaning the 

small forest. 2 EVS volunteers in Armenia will 

be the campleaders of the workcamp. 


arrange excursions to the most beautiful places 

of Armenia together with children and also with 

the staff of the center. Special requirements: 

Motivation Letter is required 

Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in 

comfortably equipped Center and sleep on 

beds. 


Extra info: Participation fee 50 Euro Motivation 

Letter is required 


1. Austria - SCI Austria 



Campcode:AT-SCI-6-1 

Alpine Farming Encouragement Project 

‘Save the Alms’ 

Working and living in the Alps are well known 

Austrian clichés, but in reality life there is hard 

and unfair. The Austrian mountain farming and 

highland agriculture are under considerable 

economical and social stresses and strains. 

Falling food prices, industrial alimentary 

production and movement of labour endanger 

the 4000 year old tradition. The Austrian 

mountain farmers face a hard present and an 

unknown future. Alpine farming doesn’t 

represent a social tradition only, but is also very 

important for a healthy mountain ecosystem 

and a rich biodiversity. Since 20 years the 

Austrian Alpine Association (OeAV) has been 

supporting people and the environment in the 

Alps. Two years ago SCI-Austria and the OeAV 

started cooperation by organising workcamps 

together. Both NGOs will send eight volunteers 

again who will help to clean alpine meadows by 

cutting removing shrubs to get back quality 

meadows for cattle-breeding and renovate 

alpine cottages in a traditional way. The work 

will be very hard but useful and important. 

Volunteers have to be in a good physical 

condition and mountain experience is 

advantageous. We will work in the Stodertal, 

Totes Gebirge (The Death Mountains) which is 

in the south of Upper Austria and part of the 

Eastern Alps. During the camp we will change 

our accommodation several times because we 

work with different farmers in different valleys. 

The volunteers will get an intensive feeling of 

how the mountain farmers work and live and 

will get in contact with Austrian volunteers from 

the OeAV. 

Work:Cleaning alpine meadows from shrubs 

and renovate mountain huts 

Study:The volunteers will get an intensive 

feeling of how the mountain farmers work and 

live and will get in contact with Austrian 

volunteers from the OeAV. For our free time 

different mountain expeditions, campfires and 

the visit of a big local festival are planned. 

Accommodation:The accommodation will be 

basic in small mountain huts up in the 

mountains. We will receive good local and 

organic food (also meat) and the mountain 

scenery is beautiful and impressive. We have to 

change accommodation during the project. 


Extra info: Motivation letter needed, wherein 

reference is made to volunteer’s physical 

condition, mountain or farming experience and 

overall motivation 

Terminal/Region:Hinterstoder, Totes Gebirge, 

Upper Austria 


2. Austria - SCI Austria 

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Campcode:AT-SCI-3-1 

Meeting Place – Paths of Peace. Kötschach- 

Mauthen/Plöcken 

Many traces have been left by the First World 

War in the mountains between the Ortler Group 

and the Isonzo River during the years 1915-18. 

More than thirty years ago, a small group of 

mountaineering joined forces with the intention 

of restoring and re-opening some of the old 

wartime paths which led up these mountains. In 

1973 this idea evolved into the founding of the 

Association named: “FRIENDS OF THE 

DOLOMITES”. Their motto became: "Paths 

which once separated us, shall unite us today" 

and the name "PATHS OF PEACE". The 

friends of the Dolomites are working here since 

1983, with the help of their International team of 

volunteers to reconstruct old trails, as well as 

excavate and reconstruct historical sites. As a 

result of such efforts, the impressive Open Air 

Museum, up in the mountains, is free of charge 

and accessible to everyone. Basically, 

everyone is welcome to join us, regardless your 

age, gender or whether you have specialized 

skills or not, anyone can help. Our 

requirements are: Personal dedication, 

tolerance, ability to improvise, think 

independently and to be a good team player 

with the volunteers from the Friends of the 

Dolomites (most volunteers are Austrian, 

German, Hungarian and Italian). It is essential 

to be able to work on mountain construction 

sites, to be in good physical condition and be 

surefooted on rocky and uneven terrain. The 

work will be hard, but useful and very important. 

We appreciate volunteers who are openminded, 

interested in war history, flexible and 

with good teamwork spirit. Those who are 

looking for a cheap holiday, please abstain. 

Work: In the working camps of the Open Air 

Museum of the Great War in the mountains 

(1915-1917), on the Kleinen Pal (Plöcken Pass) 

there are many tasks that must be achieved: 

Clearing and maintaining, as well as marking 

the existing trails; applying wood varnish 

protector to wooden structures; mounting or 

placement of information plates; excavation and 

clearance of war time trenches and shelters 

(caverns) as well as reconstructing collapsed 

rock walls. 

Study: Here you can combine the experience 

of being in some of the most beautiful natural 

surroundings with locations where history took 

place. Interact, chat, sing, laugh and converse 

with the multi-national team of volunteers! In 

your free time you can visit the Museum. 

Accommodation: The first night you will be 

accommodated in the base camp dormitories 

(1,275 meters). On Monday you will walk your 

way up to the work camp in the mountain, 

which is about 1h to 1+1/2h hike. From Monday 

to Friday accommodation will be in the 

mountain camp (1,800 meters) in a cabin 

dormitory or tents. On Friday volunteers will 

return back to the base camp for the weekend 

at their own leisure. Showers are limited to the 

weekend so adecuate change of clothing in the 

mountain is recommended. Wholesome freshly 

cooked food (including meat) will be served in 

the work camp. Supplies and luggage will be 

sent up by cable car (weather permitting) 

Language: German/English/Italian. 

Extra info: Good physical condition. We kindly 

request a letter of introduction mentioning what 

inspired or motivated you to volunteer with us, 

as well as some of your qualifications and 

mountain environment experience that you can 

contribute with, for the team. 


1. Azerbaijan - AYAFE Azerbaijan 



Campcode:AZ-AYA-5-1 

Shamakhi/Azerbaijan 

Shamakhi is situated in the North West part of 

Azerbaijan, in Caucasian mountains. It is 

surrounded with forest, waterfall, has a 

beautiful nature. At the moment it is farmer and 

agricultural region. Only 130 km separates 

Baku from one of the most ancient and most 

interesting cities of the country - Shamakhi. In 

the 9th - 16th centuries this city was the capital 

of Shirvan and the residence Shirvan Dynasty 

(before it was moved to Baku ). Standing on the 

crossing point of caravans routes it was one of 

the largest centers of commerce and crafts in 

the Near East . In 1222 after the long siege 

Shamakhy was conquered and destroyed by 

Mongols. In the mid-18 th century it became the 

capital Shamakhy khanate. In 1805 it was 

annexed by Russia . The destiny of city might 

be regarded as tragic. Destructive earthquakes 

shook the city in 1667, 1669, 1828, 1859, 1872 

and 1902. Many historical monuments suffered. 

For example the former Shirvan Dynasty 

Palace (12 th century) was completely 

destroyed; Present day Dzhuma Mosque has 

been practically restored from scratch. The 

ancient structures which have survived are 

Gyulistan Fortress (11 th – 12th centuries) – the 

last refuge of Shirvan Dynasty, Eddi Gumbez 

Mausoleum (“Seven Domes”) - Shamakhy 

rulers' tomb, Dzhuma mosque, etc. The lands 

of Shamakhy are famous for its vineyards, 

pastures, wines and cognacs. The absence of 

extreme frosts and exhausting heat, original 

nature, mild climate, mineral water springs - all 

these attract tourists from all over the world. 

Association of Young Azerbaijani Friends will 

organize in cooperation with “Umid Yeri” NGO 

summer camp for homeless and abandoned 

children imposed to street life. 

Work: The work will be with homeless and 

abandoned children imposed to street life. The 

volunteers will teach them English, art, sport 

games and other activities are welcome. We 

would wish those volunteers who enjoy working 

with children, teaching them, making their time 

enjoyable and as well making fun for 

themselves. Free time: City excursions, games, 

discussions, traveling to the nearby regions, 

having tour to the Caucasian mountains. 


house. Sleeping bag would be useful. 

Volunteers will eat with children. 

Language: Camp language is English. 

Knowledge of Turkish or Russian would be an 

asset. What to bring: tapes or CD (national 

music), national food (drinks, sweets for 

intercultural evening) and everything is 

welcome that could be interesting for instance 

colored papers, pencils, puzzles, games etc. 


2. Azerbaijan - AYAFE Azerbaijan 



Campcode:AZ-AYA-5-2 

Shamakhi/Azerbaijan 

Shamakhi is situated in the North West part of 

Azerbaijan, in Caucasian mountains. It is 

surrounded with forest, waterfall, has a 

beautiful nature. At the moment it is farmer and 

agricultural region. Only 130 km separates 

Baku from one of the most ancient and most 

interesting cities of the country - Shamakhi. In 

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the 9th - 16th centuries this city was the capital 

of Shirvan and the residence Shirvan Dynasty 

(before it was moved to Baku ). Standing on the 

crossing point of caravans routes it was one of 

the largest centers of commerce and crafts in 

the Near East . In 1222 after the long siege 

Shamakhy was conquered and destroyed by 

Mongols. In the mid-18 th century it became the 

capital Shamakhy khanate. In 1805 it was 

annexed by Russia . The destiny of city might 

be regarded as tragic. Destructive earthquakes 

shook the city in 1667, 1669, 1828, 1859, 1872 

and 1902. Many historical monuments suffered. 

For example the former Shirvan Dynasty 

Palace (12 th century) was completely 

destroyed; Present day Dzhuma Mosque has 

been practically restored from scratch. The 

ancient structures which have survived are 

Gyulistan Fortress (11 th – 12th centuries) – the 

last refuge of Shirvan Dynasty, Eddi Gumbez 

Mausoleum (“Seven Domes”) - Shamakhy 

rulers' tomb, Dzhuma mosque, etc. The lands 

of Shamakhy are famous for its vineyards, 

pastures, wines and cognacs. The absence of 

extreme frosts and exhausting heat, original 

nature, mild climate, mineral water springs - all 

these attract tourists from all over the world. 

Association of Young Azerbaijani Friends will 

organize in cooperation with “Umid Yeri” NGO 

summer camp for homeless and abandoned 

children imposed to street life. 

Work: The work will be with homeless and 

abandoned children imposed to street life. The 

volunteers will teach them English, art, sport 

games and other activities are welcome. We 

would wish those volunteers who enjoy working 

with children, teaching them, making their time 

enjoyable and as well making fun for 

themselves. Free time: City excursions, games, 

discussions, traveling to the nearby regions, 

having tour to the Caucasian mountains. 


house. Sleeping bag would be useful. 

Volunteers will eat with children. 

Language: Camp language is English. 

Knowledge of Turkish or Russian would be an 

asset. What to bring: tapes or CD (national 

music), national food (drinks, sweets for 

intercultural evening) and everything is 

welcome that could be interesting for instance 

colored papers, pencils, puzzles, games etc. 


1. Belarus - New Group SCI Belarus 



Campcode:BY-SCI-5-1 

Project “Let’s save Belarus for ourselves 

2008”- Blue Lakes 

The camp is organized in the framework of 

“Youth Transcending New Frontiers” 

(www.ytnf.org) project, which is taking place in 

Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Project 

Management Team organizing activities on 

social inclusion, human rights and racism and 

xenophobia directions. THE PROJEC 

Terminal/Region: Place of the project is 

Naroch settlement on the territory of 

Narochansky national park near Myadzel town. 

The idea of carrying out this camp is based on 

possibility to give a chance for teenagers from 

unhappy families to integrate into community of 

voluntary NGO, to spend their free summer 

time in interesting and useful way, to meet 

people who use their free time for social work, 

to give them possibility to meet and to 

understand youth from other countries through 

communication with foreign participants. 

WORK: organizing different language 

workshops for teenagers, technical work 

(cutting wood, water support), you should be 

ready for a physical work and also help in 

organizing free time for kids. STUDY PAR 

Terminal/Region: The first 3 days of the 

workcamp you will spend in Minsk – the capital 

of the Republic of Belarus. It is neccesary for 

your registration and also it is good opportunity 

to get acqaintance with Minsk and visit different 

museums, exchebitions and go for sighseeing 

on excursions. During the camp it will be 

different workshop in field o Human Rights, 

Ecology, theatrical for teenagers. 

ACCOMODATION AND FOOD: In tents in 

forest near the lake on the territory of National 

park “Narazanski”. We will cook for us 

ourselves, on the fire, so some ϑnational 

receipts from your country may be useful 

WHAT TO BRING: • Sleeping bag, karemat 

(carpet under sleeping bag), gum boots, light, 

cup, spoon, plate, insect repellent, sun 

protecting lotion, warm clothes in case of bad 

weather might be also very useful. • Bring tent 

(if it is not possible, please inform us) • Different 

materials about your country: books, postcards, 

tapes, traditional recipes from your country. • 

High spirits and readiness for unexpected 

situations! • Swimming suite 


1. Belgium - SCI Belgium 

Begin:April 21, 2008, End: May 3, 2008 

Topic: Art, culture, history 

Campcode:BE-SCI-9-1 

Sortilèges au chateau - Ath 

Action Jeunesse Info is an association which 

aims are to fight against social and cultural 

exclusions of young people. Along with the 

Cultural Centre of Ath, which aims are to create 

space for creative expression and to promote 

communication and cultural events, they have 

been organising for 29 years the 

event.Sortilèges au château. Its a one day 

event gathering concerts, exhibitions, food and 

craft stands all over the city. The theme of this 

year is water. Volunteers will have the 

opportunity to meet and work with local people 

and local youth. 

Work: Volunteers will help with the construction 

of an entrance of the kids space (building, 

decorating) and they will help with the general 

organization of the event: setting up and taking 

down the facilities and the exhibitions. 

Study: Debates about sustainable 

development, water, waste and recycling 

Accommodation: Volunteers will sleep in a 

premise in the centre of the city 

Language: Average knowledge of French 

Terminal/Region: The event will take place in 

the centre of Ath, a city of 15.000 inhabitants 

located 50 km west of Brussels 

Extra info: Not accessible to wheelchairs 


2. Belgium - VIA Belgium 



Campcode:BE-VIA-9-1 

NA FIR BOLG (Vorselaar, near Antwerp) 

Na Fir Bolg is a three day family festival (27- 

29/6) with the focus on folk music. Last year 

they received 6000 spectators. The 

organisation started 12 years ago out of 

different groups who needed funding for 

environmental investments. They want to 

provide an alternative for commercial festivals. 

For this they choose to work only with 

volunteers. 

Work: building up and breaking down of the 

festival, electricity, water, tents, also creative 

input like decoration. 

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Accommodation: in tents, not accessible for 

wheelchairs and vols with children 




Topic: Ideology and spirituality 


DE STERRENWIJZER (Olen, near Antwerp) 

The Sterrenwijzer is a growing initiative-village 

for elderly based upon an anthroposophical 

philosophy, situated in a green surrounding and 

constructed with organic architecture. The 

project is realizing a broad range of new 

initiatives through professionals (house for 

elderly) and international volunteers work: a 

wood shed, textile work-place, eco-fair-trade 

store and a gathering place are already 

realized, a shelter for construction material, 2 

info kiosks and different kinds of wood work is 

planned. The project is offering lot’s of 

opportunities for philosophical discussions and 

intergenerational meetings through music and 

camp fire. 

Accommodation: in tents, if bad weather 

inside sleeping accommodation is foreseen. 






Itinéraires - Bruxelles 

Itinéraires is an association offering a help 

service for youngsters. Its work is mainly 

preventive and offers 3 different types of help: 

individual help (counselling, orientation), 

collective action (organisation of sport activities 

such as climbing, canoeing with youngsters 

coming from different social backgrounds) and 

community action (organisation of activities 

conveying co-operation values, pacific 

cohabitation and mutual aid). The aim of the 

workcamp will be to fight against ghetto 

mechanisms thanks to encounters and 

exchanges around an animation project for 

children (5 to 11 years old) coming from 

different social backgrounds. Activities with the 

children will deal with environmental issues. 

www.itineraires-amo.be 

Work: First week : preparation of the creative 

workshops, cleaning of the rooms, climbing 

training and training session on the study 

themes of the camp. Second week: supervision 

and animation of the sport and creative 

workshops. 

Study: Discussions about Itinéraires’ missions 

and ecology and environmental issues 

Accommodation: Volunteers will sleep in the 

building of the association 

Language: Good knowledge of French 

Qualifications: Experience in animation or/and 

artistic skills 

Terminal/Region: Itinéraires is located in 

Saint-Gilles, one of the 19 districts of Brussels, 

close to the centre 

Extra info: Fill in the extra motivation form. Not 

accessible to wheelchairs. 



Begin:July 5, 2008, End: September 19, 2008 



Festival du conte - Chiny 

The Youth House of Chiny contributes to the 

social and cultural development of the region by 

giving youngsters the opportunity to meet each 

other and discover new leisure activities. To 

this end, it has taken part very concretely, in the 

organisation of the Tale Festival of Chiny along 

with the Cultural Centre of Florenville, for the 

past few years. The Festival lasts one weekend 

and takes place in the enchanting village of 

Chiny. It offers a wide range of tales told in 

French by genuine story tellers. Most tales are 

for adults and youngsters, but some children 

tales are also programmed. 

http://www.beaucanton.be/maisondesjeunes 

and http://www.conte.be 

Work: Volunteers will help local volunteers with 

the preparation and arrangement of the site. 

They will put up and take down the facilities 

(chairs, stages, sound systems). During the 

festival, they will be in charge of the staff area: 

hosting of the artists, helping with logistic things 

(food, accommodation). 

Study: The interest of using an unknown 

cultural media such as tales, work and mission 

of a youth club. Encounter with the artists 


premise in Chiny 

Language: Very good knowledge of French is 

essential to communicate with the locals 

Qualifications: To be interested in art and 

culture activities. Lot of physical work. 

Terminal/Region: Chiny is a village located in 

the Belgian Ardennes near the French border 







Ferme La Clarine - Manage 

La Clarine is an association taking care of 

mentally disabled people aged 20 and over, by 

giving them the opportunity to work in a farm, 

and therefore to be as independent as possible 

and opened to the outside world. The 

association focuses on the recognition of the 

disabled abilities. The products of the farm 

(jam, cheese, vegetables, fruits) are sold on 

local markets by the disabled themselves. 

During the school year, La Clarine also hosts 

classes who visit the farm, giving the 

opportunity to the disabled to explain their work. 

Farmers (disabled people) come in the morning 

and leave at 4:00 PM every day. 

www.laclarine.be 

Work: General farm activities, gardening, 

cleaning up the cowsheds and the house of the 

association. Overall restoration of the 

farmhouse. Volunteers will be working together 

with the disabled farmers, until 4:00 PM. In the 

evening volunteers will stay at the farm with 

their group only. 

Study: The integration and socializing of 

handicapped people 

Accommodation: Volunteers will sleep in 

group in the new wing of the association 

Language: Fair knowledge of French to 

communicate with the farmers 

Qualifications: Not to be put off by 

unrewarding tasks such as cleaning up the 

stables 

Terminal/Region: Location of the camp : 

Manage is a little town near the city of La 

Louvière 


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Maison des jeunes - Neufvilles 

The association works with local teenagers, 

allowing them to meet other youngsters, like 

SCI volunteers, and therefore to open 

themselves to other cultures and other 

horizons. During the whole year the association 

organises cultural, educational and play 

activities (drum classes, drawing and 

photography workshops, mini trips) 

www.mjneufvilles.be 

Work: Renovation work in the building 

(cleaning, removal of wallpaper, painting, ...), 

upkeep of the garden (weeding, etc.), 

demolition of an old wall, renovation of a shelter 

Study: The usefulness and purpose of a youth 

house in a semi-rural area. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will sleep 

together in a very comfortable house, not far 

from the association 

Language: Basic knowledge of French to 

communicate with the youngsters of the 

association 

Qualifications: Manual and technical skills 

Terminal/Region: Neufvilles is a small town in 

the region of Mons. (25 minutes train ride from 

Brussels) 







DE WROETER (Kortessem, near Hasselt) 

De Wroeter is a non-residential centre for 

socially disadvantaged people, some of them 

have a minor disability. It is situated in a 

beautiful countryside area. Growing vegetables 

and fruit in an ecological way is the main 

activity, next to maintaining the lanes, flowers 

and trees and occasional building activities. 

The objective of the organization is to enlarge 

the social integration of the people by giving 

them work or useful daytime activities. 

Work: taking part in the daily tasks together 

with the people from De Wroeter, leisure 

activities will be organised: group visits, free 

concerts, … 

Accommodation: inside a building, not 

accessible for wheelchairs 

Qualifications: motivated to make contacts 

with the disadvantaged people from De 

Wroeter, sometimes heavy work on the field, 

interest in organic farming. 




Topic: Antiracism, antifascism, refugees and 

ethnic minorities 


Centre de refugies - Rixensart 

The Centre for Refugees in Rixensart is an 

open centre for asylum seekers (in opposition 

with the closed centre where refugees are 

forbidden to go outside, work, go to school). Its 

main tasks are to feed, accommodate, and 

provide social and medical aid to asylum 

seekers. The refugees stay in the Centre during 

the whole 1st stage of the procedure (4 months 

at least). The Centre hosts maximum 160 

people (mostly families) and is located in the 

residential area of Rixensart. Promoting 

intercultural understanding, and proposing new 

activities to the residents of the centre are the 

main aims of the workcamp. www.fedasil.be 

Work: Organising creative workshops for the 

refugees of the Centre (mostly with children): 

theatre, handicraft, artwork, musical evening 

(drums, guitar) games, sport 

Study: Belgium as a hosting country: asylum 

procedure, Belgian federal system, etc. 


large room of the centre 

Language: Fair knowledge of French required 

as most of the refugees DO NOT speak English 

Qualifications: To like children and to be 

experienced in animation is necessary; artistic 

and musical skills welcomed. The workcamp 

could be psychologically tiring 

Terminal/Region: Location of the camp : 

Rixensart is a charming little town located 

approximately 20 km from Brussels 

Extra info: 20 and over. Fill in the extra 

motivation form. 







TER DENNEN (Lanaken, near Hasselt) 

Ter Dennen is a Red Cross centre for asylum 

seekers. After arrival in Belgium, refugees are 

sent to a centre where they receive food and a 

shelter. Ter Dennen is a quite isolated place in 

a green surrounding. Around 200 refugees from 

more then 20 countries stay there, of which 70 

are children and youngsters. Since a lot of 

people from different backgrounds live together 

there and the asylum procedure is not always 

successful, life in the centre is not always easy. 

Work: organizing leisure time activities for 

children and youngsters who live in the centre 

Accommodation: staying in the centre, not 

accessible for wheelchairs and vols with 

children. No self-cooking possible, vegetarian 

food is possible. 

Qualifications: respecting the house rules (no 

alcohol, no smoking inside the buildings). 






Centre nature - Borzee 

The nature centre of Borzee is a social tourism 

centre in a small hamlet of the Ardennes. The 

centre hosts pupils for their school camps, 

families on holidays, individuals or associations 

for trainings and seminars all year long. In the 

activity program the centre mainly organises 

nature awareness activities (walks, treasure 

hunts, observation activities, farm activities) as 

well as sport and expression activities. Around 

40 people work daily in the centre and among 

them 10 guides. The encounter is privileged 

throughout all activities. 

Work: Volunteers will work at the rehabilitation 

of an old traditional farm (demolition work). 

They will build two stables with the reprocessed 

material and will work at the management of a 

natural didactical garden. The farm will be used 

as a reception and preparation place for tourists 

who will visit the archaeological site not far 

away. 

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Study: Reflection about touristic products 

friendly to the environment and the patrimony 

Accommodation: Group accommodation in 

the building of the centre 

Language: English but some basic knowledge 

of French will be an asset if you want to 

communicate with the staff 

Qualifications: To like physical outdoor work 

Terminal/Region: Borzee is located 2 km away 

from La Roche-en-Ardennes in the middle of a 

small valley of the Belgian Ardennes 







MPI OOSTERLO – REAGGAE GEEL (Geel, 

near Antwerp) 

MPI Oosterlo is an activity centre, which 

provides children, youngsters and adult people 

with a mental disability useful day activities 

according from their strengths. The first week 

there is a summer camp for these people, 

theme: ‘Mirror , mirror on the wall’. The second 

week they work together with Reggae Geel, a 

yearly reggae festival, where 15.000 young 

people come to listen and to party music. This 

is an integration activity for the disabled people 

to be active with young people. 

Work: the first week organizing workshops: 

painting, photo, film, theatre, storytelling, 

recycling material… The second week the 

workcamp will help the people with a mental 

handicap to build up the festival 

Accommodation: first week inside a building, 

second week on campsite in tents 

Qualifications: interest in working with 

mentally disabled people 






Festival Esperanzah, Floreffe 

For 6 years now, the association has organised 

the festival Esperanzah, a world music festival 

which aim is to favour open-mindedness, 

exchanges, meetings and (north-south) cultural 

crossing. Each edition emphasizes on a 

specific theme and this years thematic will be a 

decent work for all. The event will gather for 3 

days musicians from all over the world and lots 

of associations working for a fairer and better 

world. The whole event tends to promote 

through world music and party time, human and 

environmental values, peace and equality 

between people. www.esperanzah.be 

Work: Volunteers will mainly help with setting 

up and taking down the festival facilities (tents, 

fences, décor, stages;). Some of them might 

join the deco team; for a few days for some 

painting and drawing. During the festival, 

volunteers will attend the concerts. They will 

work with local volunteers. 

Study: Discussion about a decent work for all 

but also about citizenship and mobilization 

Accommodation: Volunteers will sleep in 

group in a classroom of the school 

Qualifications: To show a sense of initiative. 

Volunteers with some artistic skills are more 

than welcomed 

Terminal/Region: The festival will take place in 

the beautiful Abbey of Floreffe, close to Namur 







HET GANZENHOF (Avelgem, near Kortrijk) 

Het Ganzenhof is an organic farm and 

educational centre, run by persons with a 

disability. The project invites local public to 

learn about ecological farming and composting 

waste of vegetables and fruit, baking bread in a 

traditional wood oven, producing marmalade, 

raise animals, … while (re)integrating persons 

with less opportunities in society at the same 

time. The study part will involve organic farming 

and the integration of disabled persons in 

society. 

Work: removing weeds, harvesting vegetables, 

producing marmalade and bread, maintenance 

of the farm building. 

Accommodation: Sleeping in tents in the inner 

square of the charming farm, inside the stable if 

bad weather. 






Camp de partage - Rance 

The association Le camp de partage is a 

volunteer association born in 1974 which 

organises a 2 week holiday camp for 

approximately 80 children aged 6 to 18 years 

old, every year. All of them come from 

disadvantaged families or have no families and 

most of them live in child welfare institutions. 

Most of them have gone through very hard 

moments and have deep wounds. Around 30 

Belgian volunteers aged 20 to 28 take care of 

the kids and organise activities for them. 

Around 20 other people of all ages take care of 

the logistical aspects. 

http://www.campdepartage.be 

Work: Helping with the activities for the 

children (sport, games, plays, dancing, art and 

crafts). Little free time 

Study: Discussions over the Child welfare 

system and institutions 

Accommodation: In tents 

Qualifications: To have some previous 

experience with kids. Artistic skills and creativity 

most welcome 

Language: Very good knowledge of French in 

order to communicate with the children 

Terminal/Region: Rance, a small village in the 

south west of Belgium, close to Chimay 

Extra info: 20 years old and over. Specific 

questionnaire to fill in with application form. 

Could be psychologically tiring. Not accessible 

to wheel chairs. 






DE BEREKLAUW (Herent, near Leuven) 

De Bereklauw project exists thanks to the 

charismatic owner of a farm who has created 

an alternative community of people living 

independently from consumer society. The 

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project brings together an unique group of 

young people and artists coming from various 

parts of the world. They try to live and work in 

an ecological, partly self-sufficient way, by 

growing their own fruit and vegetables, by 

recycling materials, exchanging food and 

materials with others and by keeping some 

animals. 

Work: maintenance of the house and the 

garden, ecological gardening, restoration, 

painting, taking part in artistic events taking 

place at the venue. 

Accommodation: primitive and basic 

accommodation, interest in community life and 

art, if you prefer you can bring your tent, not 


children. 




Topic: North South solidarity 


Maisons internationale - St Paul - Mons 

Workcamp organised with two different 

community houses: the International House and 

the Saint-Paul House. The International house 

offers 42 beds to students coming from third 

world countries. It also provides them with 

some information about Belgium and its 

institutions and tries to raise awareness about 

north-south issues through events with different 

NGOs. On the other hand, the Saint-Paul 

House offers around 50 beds to homeless and 

socially disadvantaged men and provides the 

residents with some tools to reintegrate the 

society (health and administrative advice, dayto-day 

management, training and work). 

Work: General maintenance work (painting, 

cleaning, gardening).Organisation of some 

common events for both houses and its 

residents, such as barbecue and concert. 

Study: North South and intercultural issues and 

rehabilitation of marginalised people 


the International house and meals at the Saint- 

Paul house 

Qualifications: To like manual work and be 

open to meet African students and 

disadvantaged people 

Terminal/Region: In the centre of the city of 

Mons 







Crie - Frasnes Lez Anvaing 

The regional Initiation centre for Environment of 

Mouscron was founded in 1998. Its mission is 

to organise environmental awareness activities 

for a large and varied public and to support 

sustainable development projects through 

activities such as nature weekends, guided 

walks, school activities, garden exhibitions. The 

objective of the work-camp will be to 

rehabilitate the settling basins of an old sugar 

factory into a nature reserve. www.crie.be 

Work: Making wooden observatories, setting 

up stakes and fences, mowing weed, building 

animal sheds 

Study: Discussion about the centre missions, 

presentation of the project and the reserve. 

Accommodation: Group accommodation in a 

rural hostel 

Qualifications: English but basic knowledge of 

French can be an advantage, be able to swim 

and ride a bicycle and not to be afraid of water 

and have some manual skills (handyman) 

Terminal/Region: Frasnes-lez-anvaing, a 

small village located 20 km away from Tournai 







WEMEL KAMP (Herentals, near Antwerpen) 

Wemel is organizing summer time activities for 

children with ADHD (Attention Deficit 

Hyperactivity Disorder). During the international 

workcamp there will be a 7-day camp for 

children (age 8-12 and 13-15) with ADHD or a 

light form of autism. Camp theme is ‘Pirates’ : 

lot’s of creative workshops, campfires, outdoor 

games, … The camp place is beautifully 

situated in the pine wood. 

Work: helping the local leaders with logistics, 

cooking, dishes, preparing and organizing 

activities with the children, creating a good 

atmosphere. 

Accommodation: In tents, good sanitary. Not 

accessible for wheelchairs. 

Qualifications: Vols. should consider the 

unique approach of the children: respect, no 

punishment but encouragement, conflict 

resolution through talking. Creative people very 

welcome. 






Teleservices - Bruxelles 

Télé-services provides a dozen services aimed 

at listening, advising and guiding people in 

need or up against difficulties, in order to help 

them to acquire autonomy. Amongst these 

various activities, the service for young people 

organises different types of activities all year 

long (creative workshops, homework school, 

sport…) for children and youngsters coming 

from a densely populated area in the centre of 

Brussels and mostly from immigrated origins. 

http://guidesocial.be/tele-service 

Work: Prepare activities for children coming to 

the centre, aged 6 to 12, in the morning and 

animate in the afternoon (arts and crafts, 

cooking, sports, daily trips in the country or the 

sea side) 

Study: Immigration and integration issues and 

development of the big cities 


Don Bosco Centre where they will run the 

activities 

Qualifications: Animation experience, and 

creativity welcomed 

Language: Good knowledge of French to 

communicate with the children and prepare the 

activities with the staff 

Terminal/Region: In the centre of Brussels 




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2008 



BOOMBAL FESTIVAL (Lovendegem, near 

Gent) 

Boombalfestival (28-31/8) is a 4-days folk 

music and dance festival for young and old. 

Atmosphere and social contact are very 

important on this small-scale and multicultural 

festival (3000 visitors) 

Study: Study part around dance initiation and 

musical workshops. Personal music 

instruments very welcome 

Work: building up and breaking down the 

festival (tents, dance floors, decoration, 

electricity, water, …) . Free time during the 

festival. 

Accommodation: during the festival in tents, 

the rest of the camp inside a house. Not 


children. 




2008 



Facere, Bruxelles 

Facere is a day and residential centre for 35 

I.M.C. (Cerebral palsy) i.e. mentally and 

physically handicapped people (adults). The 

aim of the association is to promote the 

autonomy and integration of the residents, by 

providing them with an appropriate place to live 

in and a range of creative and artistic activities, 

meetings, discoveries and guidance in their 

daily life. Meeting each other and spending time 

together is the main aim of the workcamp. 

Volunteers willing to share a passion are 

welcomed. www.facere.be 

Work: 1) Assist the disabled in their daily life 

(awakening, meals, moving, discussion) - 2) 

Take part in the activities proposed by the 

centre : games and workshops (cartoons, 

painting, computer practice, radio, 

photography) and outings - 3) Animate 

evenings and come up with new activities and 

workshops (arts & crafts, music, photography) 

Study: The daily life of handicapped people in 

a specialised home 


the centre 

Language: Good level of French (required to 

communicate with the residents) ! 

Qualifications: Open-minded, good sense of 

creativity (artistic skills) and autonomy. The 

work camp could be psychologically tiring 

Terminal/Region: The association is located in 

the Brussels suburbs 

Extra info: Please join a motivation letter to 

your application form 




2008 



RIZSAS (Betekom, near Leuven) 

Rizsas is a project on a small farm where useful 

daytime activities are organized for youngsters 

who need special care: school drop-outs, family 

problems, … On the farm the youngsters find 

time and space to find/redefine their interests 

and capacities. 

Work: the first week garden work 

(Permaculture) and cleaning of the surrounding 

(cleaning the animal houses), making bread, 

preparing an open event for the 

neighbourhood, … The second week the 

youngsters arrive and activities will be 

organized with them, maintaining of the 

ecological garden, … 

Accommodation: Living in primitive conditions, 

sleeping in tents. Not accessible for 

wheelchairs and vols with children. 




2008 



NATUURPUNT BEGIJNENDIJK 

(Begijnendijk, near Leuven) 

In the valley of the Demer, young ecovolunteers 

are working on a recently conversed 

natural reserve project. An abandoned 

agricultural zone is being transferred into a bio 

diverse area. There will be also 10 Flemish 

volunteers on the work camp 

Work: to cut foreign dominant trees, mow the 

grasslands, maintain fences, open walking trails 

and take care of the sheep and goats. 

Organizing neighbour festivity. Heavy, dirty, but 

satisfying work! 

Accommodation: Basic living conditions, in 

tent (no shower but natural pool, ...). The camp 

place is close to an alternative community 

house of some local volunteers where nature 

and music are integrated in the everyday life. 

Not accessible for wheelchairs. 




2008 



MILIEUBOERDERIJ PALINGBEEK 

(Zillebeke, near Ieper) 

Milieuboerderij Palingbeek is a very peacefully 

located day centre for 15 adult men and women 

with a mental disability. Their aim is to give 

these people a useful day job with respect for 

the human being and nature. The farm and the 

nearby educative centre are open for children 

and groups who want to learn about farming 

and ecology. If you are musical, bring your 

instruments with you. 

Work: maintaining the ecological gardens, 

taking care of the animals, preparing free time 

activities for people from the day centre, 

including preparation of meals. 

Accommodation: inside a comfortable stable, 

not accessible for vols with children and 

wheelchairs but open to other handicapped 

people 




2008 



DIGGIEBOERDERIJ (Brakel) and FERME LE 

DORLOU (Ath) 

VIA and SCI, the two Belgian SCI branches, 

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organise one camp to enable Belgian and 

international volunteers to discover and discuss 

Belgium, it's peculiar political system and 

cultural issues, globalisation and organic 

farming. The camp will take place at two farms, 

situated at a distance of 12 km from each other. 

Diggiefarm is a Flemish ‘children farm’ which 

proposes educational activities (feeding the 

animals, making bread) to school groups, youth 

movement, disabled and disadvantaged 

children, ... Dorlou is a Walon organic farm 

(mainly animals) which sells its own products, 

has a restaurant and a camping for tourists and 

opens its doors to school groups. 

Work: One week in each farm - harvesting, 

feeding the animals, repairing fences, doing 

some construction work such as painting, 

installing a rainwater evacuation system and 

conversion of an attic into a meeting room. 

Accommodation: On beds in comfortable 

rooms at the ‘Diggie’ and on your own 

mattresses in tents or in the barn at ‘Le Dorlou’. 

Not accessible for wheelchairs 



Begin:September 4, 2008, End: September 17, 

2008 

Topic: Others 


TOK VIA (Eeklo) 

VIA Belgium is part of 2 international networks: 

SCI and ICYE. ICYE stands for International 

Cultural Youth Exchange and gives young 

people between 18 and 30 the possibility to do 

an exchange for one year. The exchange year 

starts with a language and orientation camp 

where they get informed about the life in 

Belgium and where they learn Dutch. This 

camp will be a chance to meet 20 people from 

all over the world (Africa, Latin-America, Asia, 

and Europe) and to spend time with these 

volunteers. 

Work: logistic support during the language and 

orientation camp: cooking, co-ordination, 

hosting, animation, exchange between SCI and 

ICYE 

Accommodation: inside a building 




2008 



Centre de Hemptinne - Jauche 

The Centre de Hemptinne is a residential 

centre for mentally handicapped people that 

hosts 54 adults living in 6 groups of different 

ages and abilities. Each day the residents take 

part in collective and appropriate work which 

allows them to carry out a task from its 

beginning to its end, to approach the 

professional world and to promote their 

activities (farming, making aromatic vinegar and 

liqueur, growing chicory, etc.). The Centre 

provides the handicapped people with 

appropriate leisure activities: hippotherapy, 

swimming in the pool of the Centre, creative 

workshops, etc. All those activities give them 

the opportunity to build relationships with other 

people and contribute to the creation of a place 

matching their abilities, their needs and their 

desires. 

Work: Installation of a fitness track outside and 

gardening. Some painting work inside. 

Possibility for the volunteers to take part in the 

residents; leisure activities and workshops 

Study: The integration and socializing of 

handicapped people 

Accommodation: Accommodation in the 

centre 

Qualifications: Open-minded. Interested in 

encountering with handicapped people. The 

work camp could be psychologically tiring 

Terminal/Region: Jauche is a small village 

located 30 km away from Namur and Leuven 

and 50 km from Liège and Brussels 

Extra info: Not accessible to wheelchairs. 

Please join a motivation letter to your 

application form 




2008 



Domaine nature - Mozet 

The Mozet property is a social tourism centre 

which hosts all year long school groups, youth 

movements, associations, families and 

companies. It is located in a wonderful country 

landscape and the building is a 11th century 

farm castle. Many activities are aimed at raising 

awareness on nature and patrimony such as 

trainings about nature pedagogy, discovery 

walks, wild cooking day.The property is also 

managed according to sustainable 

development principles. http://www.mozet.be 

Work: Volunteers will help with the 

improvement and maintenance of the park: 

cutting trees and vegetation, preparing and 

ploughing the ground for plantation, clearing. 

Study: Discussion about ecocivism, 

biodiversity and environmental awareness 

activities 

Accommodation: Group accommodation in a 

small house next to the castle 

Language: English but basic knowledge of 

French can be useful to communicate wit the 

staff 

Qualifications: Special interest for 

environmental issues and not to be afraid by 

some heavy tasks 

Terminal/Region: In the village of Mozet, in the 

countryside, 14 km away from Namur - isolated 





21, 2008 



JNM ZWART WERK (Koersel – Beringen, 

near Hasselt) 

JNM is a youth organization working around 

nature and environment. This is done by 

organizing excursions, camps, workshops, and 

study sessions, environmental actions and 

working in nature reserves. This project aims at 

reconstructing and maintaining Flanders’ 

biggest nature reserve ‘Valley of the black 

creek’, 1200 ha. There will be 6 international 

and 14 local volunteers, all amateur physicists 

and/or science students with a special interest 

for nature. 

Work: hard work in a moist nature reserve: 

mowing grass, cutting trees, … 

Accommodation: sleeping in a horse stable, 

primitive living, vegetarian food, not accessible 

for wheelchairs and vols with children, age 

max. 25. 

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Begin:September 21, 2008, End: October 4, 

2008 



FIESTA MUNDIAL (Balen, near Antwerp) 

Fiesta Mundial (26-28/9) is a world party in the 

true sense of the word. 10 years ago it started 

out of the initiative of local development 

workers who all had there projects in Africa. To 

inform and motivate 10.000 spectators about 

globalisation workshops, an exotic market and 

music is organized. The festival is in the middle 

of a nature and recreation centre. 

Work: building up and breaking down the 

festival, electricity, water, tents, also creative 

input like decoration. 

Accommodation: inside a house, not 

accessible for vols with children 


Bosnia and Herzegovina - Youth Centre Livno Bosnia 



Campcode:BA-YCL-6-1 

Sturba 2008, Livno 

Organised by "Youth Centre Livno", this is 7th 

international workcamp organised in Drzanlije, 

on Sturba riverbanks. This workcamp is part of 

broader campaign for protection of river Sturba. 

Work: The main job for the volunteers will be 

cleaning of river banks (Sturba River) and bed 

from garbage and organic waste. The 

volunteers will work together with local 

population and other local participantsof the 

camp. Volunteers will also prepare some of the 

facilities for the camp. 

Study: The workcamp is also followed by the 

excursion to Livno town, where volunteers will 

have chance to vist all local notability and the 

city museum 

Accommodation: Tents near the banks of 

Sturba River 

Language: English and ex-yugoslavian 

languages 

Terminal/Region: Livno. 

Location: Village Dr¾anlije, near town Livno 

Extra info: The workcamp is also followed by 

the various workshops and Art Colony, in which 

volunteers can also take part. Sleeping bags 

and warm cloths for cold nights are necessary. 

Volunteers can also bring their tents and air 

mattresses. Age limit is +24 years. 


2. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Youth Centre Livno Bosnia 




Youth for life, Motajica ’08 

The workcamp will be organized in village 

Gornja Lepenica, on hillsides of mountain 

Motajica. Srbac is north from Banja Luka, on 

border with Croatia. The camp will be held in 

order to raise ecological conscience with young 

people, and we wish to develop intercultural 

dialogue between young people, which will 

participate at the camp. 

Work: Volunteers will work together with local 

population and local volunteers. They will work 

on building and accommodating the excursion 

site. Also, they will install wooden houses, 

tables, benches, swings and seesaws. 

Volunteers will participate in ecological and 

psychosocial workshops. 

Study: Visit to the international reservation of 

birds Bardaca 

Accommodation: In tents. 


Terminal/Region: Sarajevo or BanjaLuka, than 

city of Srbac 

Extra info: Volunteers should bring their own 

tents and sleeping bags. A warm clothes for 

cold nights is necessary. It would be useful if 

volunteers bring music, games or some kind of 

traditional food or drink from their 

country.Participation fee: 20 Euro 






International Summer Camp Youth and 

Heritage “Æuprija” Home Hospitality 2008 

The «Æuprija 2008» is an integrated project 

including work, educational and recreational 

activities, calling for approximately 40 young 

people as well as visiting professors and 

specialists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 

abroad, all being part of the programme. The 

aim of this enterprise is to build tolerance 

among young people from different 

backgrounds by installing in them a greater 

understanding and appreciation of the diversity 

and plurality of world cultures. The working 

activities will include the renovation and 

rehabilitation of destroyed cultural and natural 

heritage in Stolac. 

Work: Work during the camp will include 

Bregava river cleaning, helping with the 

reconstruction of endowment house in Brade 

and Æuprija mosque, rebuilding the 

surrounding wall of ortodox church, as well as 

cleaning of the old Muslim graveyard. Other 

additional works are possible. 

Study: During the camp there will be organized 

five educational workshops on following 

subjects: Tolerance, Cultural Memory, Religion 

and Heritage and Learning by doing. Visits to 

the following sites are envisaged as well: 

Sarajevo, Rama, Kravice waterfalls and Mostar. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be 

accommodated in private houses of the 

participants from Stolac. 

Language: English (obligatory) 

Terminal/Region: STOLAC 

Extra info: Participation fee for the participants 

of the neighboring countries (Croatia, Serbia 

and Montenegro) is 100 EUR. For all other 

participants fee is 250 EUR. Fee covers: 

accommodation, food, local travel and 

materials. Participants should cover their own 

travel costs to Stolac. For those who can not 

pay the fee (but are interested in participating) 

can ask for the fee reduction from the 

organizators and we will do what we can. Age: 

18-25 






Neretva, Konjic 

Youth council Konjic is organizing the 

workcamp with the aim of promotion of 

sustainable developement and protection of life 

environment. The workcamp will be contained 

of workshops, work actions and excursions. 

The municipality of Konjic is located in the 

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egion of Bosnia and Herzegovina known as 

northern Herzegovina, roughly 50 kilometres 

south of Sarajevo. It is a mountainous, heavily 

wooded area. The municipality extends on both 

sides of the Neretva River. 

Work: Volunteers will clean the canyon of river 

Neretva, beaches on Boraèko lake 

Study: The workcamp is also followed by the 

various workshops (creativity, touristic potential 

of this area, lectures about mines and 

excursions (rafting on river Neretva, walking 

through canion of river Rakitnica and to 

Boracko lake) 

Accommodation: In elementary school in the 

village 

Language: English and ex-yugoslavian 

languages 

Terminal/Region: Konjic. 

Extra info: Age limit is 18-30 years. Volunteers 

should bring their sleeping bags. 


1. Bulgaria - CVS Bulgaria 



Campcode:BG-CVS-6-2 

BEGLIKA, Pazardjik 

Beglika is located at an altitude of 1500 m 

above the sea in the western part of Rhodope 

Mountains. The region is famous for its well 

preserved nature, lakes and lush forests. In 

close proximity are located the natural reserves 

called “Mantaritsa” and “Beglika” – both 

included in the Man and Biosphere Program of 

UNESCO because the rich biodiversity that can 

be observed here. The project aims at 

generating facilities and organizing an outdoors 

festival in order to promote the region as 

destination for alternative and eco tourism. 

Work: The work that needs to be undertaken 

consists of three stages: construction of “North 

Shore” facilities (wooden bridges, paths and 

steps) and signposts for mountain bike 

orienteering; help with the organizing of the 

outdoors festival; post activities work including 

cleaning the area. 

Study: Presentation of the local wildlife and 

ways for development of sustainable tourism. 

Accommodation: tents and opportunity to use 

baths daily. Food will be cooked everyday in 

the camp including local dishes and good 

vegetarian choice. 


Terminal/Region: Sofia 

Extra info: interest in mountain biking, 

orienteering, sustainable development. 






GIGINTZI MONASTERY, Gigintzi village 

The monastery “St. St. Cozma and Damyan” is 

located in the municipality of Breznik, western 

part of Bulgaria at a distance of about 50 km 

from Sofia. This is a very remote and quiet 

place embedded in the beautiful landscape of 

the Cherna Gora mountain. The aim of the 

project is to create better life conditions in the 

monastery, which is inhabited by a few monks 

and novices who are trying to bring new life to 

the place. They grow their own food in the 

monastery garden and tend to the animals. 

Work: The volunteers will help with renovation 

works in the monastery, prepare the winter 

supplies, gather hay etc. They could also 

contribute to the everyday tasks of the 

monastery (work in the small farm and attend to 

the garden). 

Study: Presentation of the local cultural 

heritage, excursions in the region (please be 

prepared to have 15 euros for excursions, in 

case of need). Volunteers will have the 

possibility to learn about orthodox liturgy, 

philosophy and music. They will have the 

possibility to learn how to beat butter, prepare 

yoghurt and cheese. 

Accommodation: In the monastery in sleeping 

rooms. Very simple sanitary conditions. There 

is no telephone. Electricity from solar panels. 

Simple, mainly organic food, grown in the 

monastery garden. Please, bring your sleeping 

bag! 


Extra info: Readiness to respect the rules 

within the monastery and to spend two weeks 

in a very remote place far from any village or 

public transport; interest in cultural learning, 

religion studies, orthodox music, the history of 

the region. No wheelchair accessibility. 






ECO-CENTER VLAHI, Vlahi Village 

The Vlahi village is situated in the western part 

of the Pirin Mountain close to the Pirin National 

Park, which is part of the Natural Heritage 

Programme of UNESCO. The aim of the project 

is to build an Eco-center, which will serve as: • 

A center for environmental education for 

children, pupils, students, organized tourist 

groups and individual tourists as a form of ecotourism; 

• Informational and demonstrational 

center for the sustainable use of the natural 

resources for the local community and tourists; 

• A center for trainings, debates and seminars 

on topics related to eco-tourism, environment, 

biodiversity, sustainable development, and 

renewable energy 

Work: Renovation work in the Eco-centre 

building, marking of tourist trails 

Study: Presentation of the local bio-diversity 

and cultural heritage 

Accommodation: Tents or on the floor in the 

house. Very simple sanitary conditions (outside 

showers and compost toilets). The vols will 

cook themselves. Primarily vegetarian food. 

Bring your sleeping bag and mattress and if you 

have a small tent bring it too - it will be great. 







DOLNA BANYA, Dolna Banya Village 

The village of Dolna Banya is situated at about 

90 km east of Sofia. The workcamp will take 

place in a governmental institution for 

disadvantaged children called “Konstantsa 

Liapcheva”. The group consists of about 20 

children without parents, from poor families, or 

neglected children aged between 7 and 18 

years old. 

Work: The main task of the volunteers will be 

to organize the free time of the children during 

their summer holiday: organize creative 

workshops, excursions, sports and other 

games. 

Study: Presentation of the local history and 

cultural heritage. In their free time there is a 

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possibility for the vols to have walks in the 

nearby parks and hills (together with the kids). 

Accommodation: In the social home in a 

separate room. 

Language: English, Bulgarian 

Extra info: Interest in working with children and 

good motivation. Volunteers should be over 20 

years old. 




2008 



GIGINTZI MONASTERY, Gigintzi village 

The monastery “St. St. Cozma and Damyan” is 

located in the municipality of Breznik, western 

part of Bulgaria at a distance of about 50 km 

from Sofia. This is a very remote and quiet 

place embedded in the beautiful landscape of 

the Cherna Gora mountain. The aim of the 

project is to create better life conditions in the 

monastery, which is inhabited by a few monks 

and novices who are trying to bring new life to 

the place. They grow their own food in the 

monastery garden and tend to the animals. 

Work: The volunteers will help with renovation 

works in the monastery, prepare the winter 

supplies, gather hay etc. They could also 

contribute to the everyday tasks of the 

monastery (work in the small farm and attend to 

the garden). 

Study: Presentation of the local cultural 

heritage, excursions in the region (please be 

prepared to have 15 euros for excursions, in 

case of need). Volunteers will have the 

possibility to learn about orthodox liturgy, 

philosophy and music. They will have the 

possibility to learn how to beat butter, prepare 

yoghurt and cheese. 

Accommodation: In the monastery in sleeping 

rooms. Very simple sanitary conditions. There 

is no telephone. Electricity from solar panels. 

Simple, mainly organic food, grown in the 

monastery garden. Please, bring your sleeping 

bag! 


Extra info: Readiness to respect the rules 

within the monastery and to spend two weeks 

in a very remote place far from any village or 

public transport; interest in cultural learning, 

religion studies, orthodox music, the history of 

the region. No wheelchair accessibility. 


1. Croatia - Volunteers Centre Zagreb 

Begin:May 14, 2008, End: May 28, 2008 


Campcode:HR-VCZ-6-1 

WHAT SEA BRINGS TO US (Tkon, Island of 

Pasman) 

The Island of Pasman belongs to Zadar 

archipelagos. The island's well-preserved 

landscape features many species of medicinal 

and aromatic herbs, vineyards, fields and olive 

groves. The camp has been organized for the 

third time in cooperation with TRS Association 

which aims at improving the quality of life on 

the island. 

Work: Volunteers will work on cleaning 

garbage off the beach and also run on 

beatification projects on the island, such as wall 

paintings, planting, decorating etc. Free time: 

excursion to Zadar, visits to monasteries, 

trekking around the island, swimming in the see 

:) 


Accommodation: Daruvar resort, Ugrnic. 

Sleeping bags are necessary 

Terminal/Region: Zadar, Biograd 

Extra info: The work camp is not accessible for 

wheelchairs. Participation fee 10 euro. 



Begin:May 26, 2008, End: June 8, 2008 



TRPANJ (Peljesac Peninsula) 

Trpanj is one of the oldest settlements on the 

Peljesac Peninsula, an oasis of crystalline sea 

and untouched nature. Trpanj and surroundings 

are environmentally pure areas, with little stony 

and sand beaches, beautiful crystal clear sea. 

The camp has been organized for the third time 

in cooperation with local Tourist Board and 

Municipality. 

Work: Work part will involve tree planting, 

maintaining walking and mountain trails, as well 

as setting up signs around cultural objects. 

Also, volunteers will clean up garbage off the 

beach, which will be used for recycleArt 

workshops with children from local school. Free 

time: local history and cultural heritage, 

excursion to Dubrovnik. 

Accommodation: Tourist camp on the beach. 

Toilets and showers are available. Tents and 

sleeping bags are necessary. 


Terminal/Region: Ploce 


wheelchairs. Participation fee 10 €. 






KUKLJICA (Island of Ugljan) 

ENVI/ART Kukljica is a small village situated on 

the Island of Ugljan which lies just few nautical 

off-shore from Zadar. 

Work: Volunteers will work on clening beaches 

and maintaining paths that lead to the beach. 

The garbage recollected will be used by 

volunteers for SMECART (garbage art), an 

exihibition that volunteers and some local 

artists will organize at the end of the workcamp. 

They will also actively partecipate in the 

organization of a poetry event. Free time: 

excursion to National park Kornati, monasteries 

etc. 

Language:English 

Accommodation: In a school in Kuklijca. 

Sleeping bags are necessary. 

Terminal/Region: Zadar 

Extra info: Volunteers shold be motivated to 

take part in the artistic part of the camp - 

recycleArt. The work camp is not accessible for 







DALMATIA WORLD MUSIC (Kastel 

Kambelovac) 

FEST Located only 15km from Split on the 

beautiful Adriatic coast, Kastel Kambelovac is 

one of the 7 towns of the Kastela Bay 

characterized by medieval castles. The work 

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camp has been organized for the past four 

years. 

Work: Volunteers will help in organizing the 

10th annual Dalmatia World Music Festival, one 

of the biggest in the region. The main tasks 

include preparation of traditional local food, 

journalist assignments, building stages for 

concerts, buying groceries, etc. 

Accommodation: Tourist camp in Kastel 

Kambelovac, in tents. Sleeping bags are 

necessary. Volunteers will cook for themselves. 


Terminal/Region: Split 

Extra info: Motivation letter required. 

Journalists and photographers are desirable. 








SOLTA SOLAR ACADEMY (Island of ©olta) 

ENVI/RENO 

Work: The Island of Solta is one-hour boat ride 

off Split. The camp is organized in cooperation 

with Zelena akcija (Green Action). Volunteers 

will renovate abandoned military barracks 

which will serve in future as an educational 

centre in the field of renewable energy sources, 

energy efficiency and general environmental 

activism. The camp site is 50 min from the sea 

side by foot. 

Accommodation: Refurbished rooms with 

beds, mattresses and linen. Sleeping bag is 

recommended. 



Extra info: Motivation letter is required. 

Knowledge of environmental issues and 

technical/practical skills are desirable. The work 

camp is not accessible for wheelchairs. 

Participation fee 20 euro. 






(PVP) SUNCOKRET (Gvozd) 

KIDS/ENVI 

Language: Gvozd is a very small town in a 

post war area. It is situated about one hour and 

half from Zagreb. 

Work: Volunteers will primarily organize and 

run workshops and different activities 

(accordingly with their own skills) with children 

and youth from the local community, they will 

as well work on beautification projects such as 

mosaics and wall paintings and environmental 

cleanup. During the camp will be organized 

activities and short term project on peace 

education and multi/intercultural issues to 

promote tolerance and solidarity as a way of 

living and thinking. 


Accommodation: In a house rented in Gvozd. 

Sleeping bags and mats are necessary. 

Terminal/Region: Gvozd, Zagreb 

Extra info: Motivation letter required. 

Knowledge on peace issues is desidarable. 

The work camp is not accessible for 

wheelchairs. 






SUPETAR (Island of Brac) 

Work: The camp has been organized for the 

fourth time in cooperation with St. Anna Home 

for Children without Parental Care from 

Vinkovci. Volunteers will organize workshops 

for children from the Home on the following 

topics: dancing, acting, drawing, jewelrymaking, 

juggling, sports. Volunteers will also 

help in preparing daily meals and occasionally 

spend time with children on the beach. 

Accommodation: Food and accommodation 

will be arranged in local children's home. 

Showers, toilets, sheets and blankets provided. 



Extra info: Since the main tasks and activities 

are aimed at children, volunteers should send a 

motivation letter with a short description of their 

skills and qualifications and 2 references along 

with their application form. A police statement 

certifying that volunteer has not been punished 

is also required. The work camp is not 







(PVP) LOVINAC 2008 (Lovinac) 

ENVI/EDU Sveti Rok, Lovinac Municipality, in 

region of Lika - Senj County, half way between 

Zagreb and Split. This camp is the result of a 

long and successful cooperation between VCZ 

and the Municipality in Lovinac. 

Work: Volunteers' work will include daily 

activities such as cleaning and marking of 

walking and bike paths, cleaning the lake and 

the beach, repainting different facilities, 

organization of small local events. This camp 

will also have education part on peace topic. 

Excursions to one of National Parks in the 

region and Adriatic Coast will be organized. 

Accommodation: Centre for day care and 

domestic help for senior citizens. 


Terminal/Region: Lovinac (Zagreb, Split, 

Zadar, Gospic) 


wheelchairs. 






HOW TO SHOVEL AROUND A GLOBAL 

VILLAGE 2008 (Petlovac) 

RENO/ENVI 

Language: Municipality of Petlovac is situated 

in the western part of Croatia, between Park of 

Nature “Kopaèki rit“ in Croatia and National 

Park „Dunav-Drava“ in Hungary. This 

multinational area is isolated from main cultural 

and tourist happenings and therefore this 

workcamp will animate and involve local people 

in active participation. 

Work: Volunteers will work on renovation of a 

former military building to create an 

enviromental/culture centre that aims to 

organize activities and projects for the local 

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community. Local community will help 

volunteers and will cooperate with them. 


Accommodation: In a camp, sleeping bags 

needed. After the first working week vols will 

sleep in the building they're going to renovate. 

Terminal/Region: Beli Manastir, Osijek 


wheelchairs. 






REFUGIUM URSORUM (Kuterevo) 

Work: Kuterevo is small village near Mount 

Velebit. The camp is organized in cooperation 

with Kuterevo Association which promotes 

ecology, sustainable development and ecotourism. 

The camp will take place in Brown 

Bear Refuge Centre. Volunteers will work on 

maintenance of natural pools that keep 

rainwater for bears and other animals. Paths for 

bear sanctuary will be made up and fruits and 

herbs for beers will be collected. Also, 

volunteers will participate in eco-ethno festival. 

Free time: excursions to Adriatic Coast, Velebit 

Nature Park and Velebit caves. 

Accommodation: Volunteers' house. Sleeping 

bags are necessary. The accommodation is 

very modest! 

Language: English. 

Terminal/Region: Zagreb 

Extra info: 30 euro participation fee. The work 

camp is not accessible for wheelchairs. 






SLATINA (Slatina) 

DISA Slatina is a small nice town with 10 000 

inhabitants, situated in Virovitica-podravina 

country, between river Drava and mountain 

Papuk, and it's surrounded by beautiful 

landscapes. 

Work: This camp is going in cooperation with 

Association of people with disabilities. The main 

goal of this project is move this people from 

their houses and institutions and show them 

some other aspects of life. In the project people 

with disabilities and their families will 

participate. Local and international volunteers 

will work and spend days with members of 

Association of disabled people in different art 

workshops or in nature. Free time: walking in 

vineyards, horseback-riding, games, excursion 

in Nature Park Papuk. 

Accommodation: NGO centre with all 

facilities. Sleeping bags are necessary. 


Terminal/Region: Zagreb 




2008 



MNOGO U MALOM \'08 (Jagnjedovec) 

HR-VCZ 9.2 MNOGO U MALOM '08 

(Jagnjedovec) 16/8-4/9 10 vols FEST/HERI 

Jagnjedovec, 7km from Koprivnica, North 

Croatia, from more info please visit www.sunny- 

village.com.Mnogo u malom 08 is a festival of 

(multi)culture which purpose is to broaden the 

multicultural experience through an exchange 

of knowledge and skills in an eco-ethno 

environment. 

Work: Volunteers will help to create and 

prepare the program of the festival. Each 

volunteer will be required to prepare her/his 

own workshop in advance and give it during the 

festival. It should be a practical presentation of 

any knowledge or skill which the volunteer 

wants to share with the guests of the festival. 

One of the festival days will be dedicated to 

volunteers' countries (cultures) during which 

they should present their country (culture) in 

any way they want. During with the festival, 

volunteers will participate in a 5 day bike 

expedition along the river Drava and 

surrounding hills. (not too demanding). 


Accommodation: Restored village houses, 

excellent living conditions. Means of 

transportation: bicycle Food: home made, 

vegetarian 

Terminal/Region: Koprivnica, Zagreb 

Extra info: Energy and creativity required. 

Participation fee 20 euro. The work camp is not 



1. Czech Republic - INEX Czech Republic 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:CZ-INE-11-1 

Tvarozna Lhota I 

Location: Village lies in White Carpathian (Bile 

Karpaty mountains) in South Moravia border 

region – region with strong traditional feelings 

and habits. There are Protected landscape 

area around which protect cultural landscape 

with mosaics of meadows and forests. In village 

itself INEX-SDA has South Moravian Centre(IN 

Klub) which run some projects for landscape 

and local people. 

Work: picking up herbs for infusion production 

(local NGO product – herbal teas), terrain work 

outdoors in children educational and tourist 

centre in a village vicinity, preparation for the 

opening of the local rural centre “salas 

Travicna” for the new season. 

Accomodation/Food: Inklub- INEX – SDA 

branch in the village, sleeping bag and light mat 

needed. Cooking together, small kitchen 

available in the Inklub. Leisure activities: Trips 

in nature, folklore-cultural events. 


2. Czech Republic - DUHA Czech Republic 

Begin:June 1, 2008, End: June 15, 2008 


Campcode:CZ-DUH-10-1 

BKS (Vyhlidky) 

(CONS, MANU, STUD) Partner: The Vyhlidky 

Buddhist Centre (BKS) is one of whole network 

of centers of H.H. 17.th Karmapa Trinlay Thaye 

Dorje and run under guidance of Lama Ole 

Nydahl. The centre was established in 1996. 

There are now regular meditations in Vyhlidky 

and meditation retreats. There are also 

construction works going on. A projet of new 

big gompa was started in summer 2004. The 

biggest challenge now is the completion of 

sanitary facility under the main gompa which 

will accommodate larger courses and events. 

Work: Work with wood (indoor and in the 

forest); excavation work; ground shaping (paths 

and garden); clean-out the plaster. Help with 

the preparation of meals. 

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Study: Volunteers can gain some information 

about Buddhism, they have possibility to join 

the meditations, lectures and visit the 

neighbouring interesting sites (Cesky Krumlov, 

Trebon, Hluboka nad Vltavou Castle, Nove 

Hrady, Sumava protected area). 

Accommodation: Sleeping together in one 

room on the floor of a building (take the 

sleeping bag and kari-mattress with you). Food 

will be provided 3 times per day. Vegetarian 

meals on request. 

Extra info: All volunteers willing to join the 

team, who are able to work fyzically and are 

interested in Buddhism are wellcome! It is 

posible to prolong the stay and join the 

consequential workcamp. Motivation letter 

requested. 




Topic: Others 


Svojsin 

Location: Svojsin is an ancient village located 

in Western Bohemia 40km west from world 

capital of beer Pilsen (Plzen). This village was 

founded in the 12th century during the first 

colonisation of low settled regions in Bohemia. 

This region has a very long and striking history. 

Czech, German and Jewish people were living 

here for centuries. But many things changed 

during and after the Second World War. 

Work: Renovation of castle park and courtyard, 

cutting off invasive plants,cleaning works in 

area of castle court and sounding works in 

basement of castle help in castle park in 

Svojsin. Accomodation/Food: In chateau, bring 

your sleeping bag and light mat. Meals will be 

partly prepared, partly made by participants. 

Extra info: See pictures on www.svojsin.cz 






Hartenberg Archeo 

Location: Ruin of castle Hartenberg, neglected 

castle park, river, forest, fairly tale valley. Area 

rich in interesting animals and plants. The 

amazing history of the castle goes back to the 

13th century, current sad state of the castle is 

the result of eviction of the Sudeten German 

inhabitants and of the communist bad will 

(castle was several times set on fire on 

purpose). The castle is near town of Sokolov in 

Western Bohemia. 

Work: Archaeological work is at the beginning 

by now but it shows interesting situations and 

valuable artefacts. Volunteers will make 

exploring coil and some prepare works. They 

will work under the expert lead of local 

archaeological institution. This will be first 

archaeological workcamp on Hartenberg castle. 

The work is rather hard. Accomodation/Food: In 

the castle area in tents, near by a river. Take 

your sleeping bag and light mat. Participants 

will cook from common resources (bought food) 

in the kitchen. Seminars, meetings: Possibility 

to meet deputies, to meet people from Nature 

Protection Association, from Czech NGO’s. 

Opportunity to meet Czech-German (Sudeten) 

questions. 

Extra info: See more info about the camp on 

http://hartenberg.jinak.cz 




Topic: Others 


Mezno 

Location: The little village called Mezno lies 

about 70 km south from Prague. There are 

about 250 people living in Mezno and attached 

villages. Volunteers will have a chance to 

experience the life in an average Czech village. 

The purpose of this camp is to bring “the world 

to Mezno”. 

Work: Volunteers will help with cultivation of 

public places in Mezno and surrounded villages 

and with organization of two local events: “The 

kid’s day 2008” . Accomodation/Food: In a local 

“firehouse”. Take your sleeping bag and light 

mat. Breakfasts and dinners will be made by 

volunteers themselves, lunches will be provided 

in a local restaurant. Leisure: Since volunteers 

will, above all, work manually, there will be 

some leisure program provided in the 

afternoon. So bring any ideas how to fulfil your 

free time and prepare some presentation about 

your country which you will present among 

locals and other volunteers. Also some trips to 

surrounding towns and sightseeing places will 

be made. 






BKS (Vyhlidky) 

(CONS, MANU, STUD) Partner: The Vyhlidky 

Buddhist Centre (BKS) is one of whole network 

of centers of H.H. 17.th Karmapa Trinlay Thaye 

Dorje and run under guidance of Lama Ole 

Nydahl. The centre was established in 1996. 

There are now regular meditations in Vyhlidky 

and meditation retreats. There are also 

construction works going on. A projet of new 

big gompa was started in summer 2004. The 

biggest challenge now is the completion of 

sanitary facility under the main gompa which 

will accommodate larger courses and events. 

Work: Work with wood (indoor and in the 

forest); excavation work; ground shaping (paths 

and garden); clean-out the plaster. Help with 

the preparation of meals. 

Study: Volunteers can gain some information 

about Buddhism, they have possibility to join 

the meditations, lectures and visit the 

neighbouring interesting sites (Cesky Krumlov, 

Trebon, Hluboka nad Vltavou Castle, Nove 

Hrady, Sumava protected area). 

Accommodation: Sleeping together in one 

room on the floor of a building (take the 

sleeping bag and kari-mattress with you). Food 

will be provided 3 times per day. Vegetarian 

meals on request. 

Extra info: All volunteers willing to join the 

team, who are able to work fyzically and are 

interested in Buddhism are wellcome! It is 

posible to prolong the stay and join the 

consequential workcamp. Motivation letter 

requested. 



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Ctryrlistek 

Location: Centre for ecological education in 

Zlin town, South Moravian part of the country. 

Work: In a Landscape protected area, making 

the birds little wooden houses, springs and little 

rivers cleaning, outdoor environmental work. 

Bring rubber boots along with you. 

Accomodation: In the club house, part of the 

gym space available, kitchen and bathroom 

available. Sleeping bag and a light mat are 

necessary. Leisure: Hiking in a beautiful 

landscape and protected area, visit in a ecofarm, 

famous spa Luhacovice. Meetings the 

students, interactive lectures about ecology, 

games, fire and drums evenings 

Extra info: You can find some info (only in 

Czech) ON http://www.eko4listek.cz 






Duha Centrum (Kocvaruv mlyn) 

ENVI, CONS, MANU Workcamp, organized by 

Duha Centrum local group, with ecological 

theme will take place at the children camp site 

in Koèvarùv Mlýn in the southern part of 

Bohemia. The camp is located in the beautiful 

and well-known fishing protected area. There 

are two UNESCO sites in the reach of the 

workcamp site. 

Work: 10 czech volunteers and 10 foreigners 

will help with cleaning of the creek and the 

forest and making the facilities more functional 

for the children camps, which will take place 

there during the summer. 

Accommodation: In tents with wooden base. 

Shower and toilets are available in a part of 

mill-house. There is one wooden cabine with 

kitchen and living room, where it is possible to 

sleep in case of bad weather. 






Duha Centrum (Kocvaruv mlyn) 


Duha Centrum local group, with ecological 

theme will take place at the children camp site 

in Koèvarùv Mlýn in the southern part of 

Bohemia. The camp is located in the beautiful 

and well-known fishing protected area. There 

are two UNESCO sites in the reach of the 

workcamp site. 

Work: 10 czech volunteers and 10 foreigners 

will help with cleaning of the creek and the 

forest and making the facilities more functional 

for the children camps, which will take place 

there during the summer. 

Accommodation: In tents with wooden base. 

Shower and toilets are available in a part of 

mill-house. There is one wooden cabine with 

kitchen and living room, where it is possible to 

sleep in case of bad weather. 






Skola hrou 

Location: : Small village Skalice nad Svitavou 

about 35 km north from Brno, Capital of 

Moravia. Nearest town is Boskovice with a 

beautiful countryside (Moravian Karst with 

wonderful caves and abyss Machocha) and rich 

history. 

Work: Volunteers will spend the time with a 

group of children or teenagers to help them in 

learning English language by playing some 

games and conversations. Accomodation/Food: 

In a reconstructed mill, cooking together from 

common resources. Take your sleeping bag. 

Leisure activities: Trips in the area (caves, 

castles, nature sightseeing), collective 

discussions, playing games with locals. 

Extra info: Experiences with children highly 

recommended. Motivation letter is required. 






Hartenberg I 









purpose). The castle is near town of Sokolov in 


Work: Archaeological work is at the beginning 

by now but it shows interesting situations and 

valuable artefacts. Volunteers will make 

exploring coil and some prepare works. They 

will work under the expert lead of local 

archaeological institution. This will be first 

archaeological workcamp on Hartenberg castle. 

The work is rather hard. Accomodation/Food: In 

the castle area in tents, near by a river. Take 







questions. 








Lipanka I 

Location: Children summer camp is organized 

in Lipova Lazne (small mountain spa) near 

Jesenik town, Eastern Bohemia. Good 

connection by train and bus from Prague. 

Children program includes hypotherapy, 

massage, breathing therapy in the caves. 

Work: Work has two parts: work with children – 

Help with organisation of children leisure. 

Participants will be included into the children 

program, help with program preparation. 

Second type of work: manual help in the camp 

garden (gardening), work on the camp centre 

building – painting, cleaning, according to the 

current need. Accoodation/Food: In the camp 

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centre within the children’s camp, take your 

sleeping bag. Boarding together with children. 

Extra info: For non-smokers preferably. 

Motivation letter is required! Preferably 

volunteers with interest in work with children 

and gardening. 






Modra 

Location: The traditional viniculture village in 

Southern Moravia, near the Velehrad town, 

6km from the Uherske Hradiste town. 

Work: Work outdoors in archeological skansen 

(digs), construction of a historical museum of 

Slovanian houses from wood, bushes, hay and 

other natural materials. Manual help with 

cultural events Seminars, meetings: Craftsmen 

handy making traditional products, meeting with 

experts in rural and countryside revitalisation, 

local folklore etc. Accomodation/Food: Basic in 

community house, take your sleeping bag and 

light mat! Common cooking from local 

resources. 






Vysoke Veseli 

Location: In rural area in territory a few of 

villages :Vysoké Veselí, Sbìøi, Kozojedy, Èe¹ov 

a Volanice. All villages are situated in area od 

region Hradec Kralove and and south part of 

Jicin region.(about 110 km from Prague to east) 

Work: denotation of the nature trail, installing of 

the information boards, clearing place around 

the church, (all is easy work suitaible for girls 

and boys ) Accomodation: school in Vysoke 

Veseli or Kozojedy. Meal will be prepared by 

participants in pastorate of locale church. 

Leisure activities: trips in nature, visit cultural 

monument Cesovské Valy (giant ancienit walls 

with ramparts 12 metres high ), In Vysoké 

Vesely there are a lot of monuments like 

renaissance house, church of Mikulas 

Toletinsky, natural monument Vesely Háj, 

which is significant habitat of Natura 2000 

system, etc 






Pilgrimage in Krusne Mountains 

Location: naturalistic pilgrimage workcamp to 

a few of basements (Medenec, Hrebeny, 

Jachymov, Bilina) in Krusne mountains. 

Work: volunteers will be help with 

determination and addition of animal and plant 

species , analysis of soil pits,etc 

Accomodation/Food: accommodation in tents or 

simply managed spaces. Sleeping bag and mat 

are necessary. meals will be prepared by 

participants. 

Language: English –very good knowledge 

Extra info: for young people who are oriented 

for help in biotope disabled by emissions. 






Kostelecke Horky I 

Location: Kostelecke Horky in Eastern 

Bohemia is a small village with about 150 

inhabitants situated in the rolling landscape 

between Divoka and Ticha Orlice rivers. It is 

situated in North Eastern Bohemia, not far from 

the town Hradec Kralove, 6 km from the 

important railway junction Chocen. You will help 

local NGO INEX – SDA Kostelecke Horky. 

Work: Outdoors – cleaning the forest, tree 

planting, various spring works in the garden. Be 

prepared to work in all types of weather. 

Accomodation: Basic in a former village school 

(bathroom, hot water available), sleeping bag 

needed. Cooking together from local and 

common resources in a school kitchen. Leisure 

activities: Traditional folklore event – “burning of 

witches” (1.5), possibility to participate at 

theatre performance, bring your music 

instruments. 






Cesky Kras 

Location: Landscape protected area Cesky 

Kras in a Central Bohemia. Limestone base 

forming considerable part of geological 

structure, is broken by karsts canyons and 

gorges and drilled-through by caves. On the 

hillsides, it bears oak groves with uniquely 

varied herb layer. Besides landscape and 

aesthetic qualities, this area is also of big 

natural-science importance. And it was natural 

scientists of all people who started to call it 

Czech Karst. 

Work: In protected areas, mowing grass, 

marking trails for tourists, terrain arrangements, 

black camping place cleaning, rubbish 

collecting, work in a forest. Be prepared to work 

in any type of weather, even in rain! Take 

water-proof clothes and boots. 

Accomodation/food:Basic accommodation in a 

cottage, no running water – necessary to bring 

drinking and washing water. Sleeping bag and 

light mat is necessary. Common cooking. 

Leisure activities: Many trips and hiking in 

surrounding, castle Karlstejn, caves, lakes, 

muzeum of the area. 

Extra info: Please find more info on 

http://ceskras.schkocr.cz/info_eng.html 






Becov 

Location: Historical town Becov and its big 

castle lies on the river Tepla in the natural 

preserved area Sladkovsky forest. The nearest 

big town is Sokolov in West of Bohemia. 

Work: Terrain arrangements of watch-out 

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place, work in forest, cutting invasive plants, 

arranging of the paths and castle environment, 

a bit of archaeology digs. Accomodation/Food: 

In the youth dormitory. The meals will be partly 

served in a canteen, partly prepared by the 

volunteers from the common resources in the 

dorm kitchen. 

Extra info: You can see pictures of the castle 

on: www.becovnadteplou.wz.cz and town info 

on www.becov.cz 






Malse Castles 

Location: In the South of Bohemia in Kaplice 

region historic ruins of castles around the Malse 

river are situated. The location is the “gate” of 

Novohradske mountains and the nearest big 

city is Ceske Budejovice. 

Work: Installation of collection of stones for the 

renovation of the castles, transportation of 

heavy stones from sondes, deep a few of 

metres, archaeological research. Take good 

terrain shoos! The work is physically hard . 

Accomodation/Food: in pavilion, take your 

sleeping bag! Washing is possible just in a 

river. Cooking together from common resources 

in the kitchen of the base. Leisure activities: 

Visiting different castles in the neighbourhood, 

natural reservations, Ceský Krumlov-UNESCO 

town, rafting. 






Hartenberg II 









purpose). The castle is near Sokolov in 


Work: Work within the castle area: removing 

rubble and stones within the castle site, 

arranging of the paths and castle environment. 

Demanding manual work. Accomodation/Food: 

In the castle area in tents, near by a river. Take 



in the kitchen Seminars, meetings: Possibility to 

meet deputies, to meet people from Nature 



questions. 








Lipanka II 

Location: Children summer camp is organized 

in Lipova Lazne (small mountain spa) near 

Jesenik town, Eastern Bohemia. Good 

connection by train and bus from Prague. 

Children program includes hypotherapy, 

massage, breathing therapy in the caves. 

Work: Work has two parts: work with children – 

Help with organisation of children leisure. 

Participants will be included into the children 

program, help with program preparation. 

Second type of work: manual help in the camp 

garden (gardening), work on the camp centre 

building – painting, cleaning, according to the 

current need. Accomodation and board: in the 

camp centre within the children’s camp, take 

your sleeping bag. Boarding together with 

children. 

Extra info: For non-smokers preferably. 

Motivation letter is required! Preferably 

volunteers with interest in work with children 

and gardening. 




Topic: Others 


Prcice 

Location: The little town of Sedlec-Prcice lies 

in the valley called Cesky Meran, between the 

towns Tachov and Benesov. A new infocentrum 

with a gallery, a regional museum and a 

relaxation garden called Atelier Prcice was 

opened here last year. 

Work: Volunteers will help with the 

reconstructions, paintings and cleaning of the 

Atelier. They will also work on the relaxation 

garden (e.g. planting trees). 

Accomodation/Food: In the Atelier which is 

situated just in the centre of the town. Take 

your sleeping bag and light mat. Breakfasts and 

dinners will be made by volunteers themselves. 

Lunches in a restaurant. Leisure activities: Trips 

to castles of Konopiste, Vrchotovy Janovice, 

historical towns of Tabor and Pisek, horse farm, 

outdoor museum Vysoký Chlumec. 






ASRAM 

Location: Association “Yoga in daily life” has 

it’s base in a little village of Strilky in Southern 

Moravia near the town of Kromeriz. 

Work: Volunteers will live and work in the Yoga 

Centrum in a castle. Mainly they will work in the 

park and outside surroundings of the castle, 

e.g. gardening and cleaning. Motivation letter is 

required. Accomodation/Food: In the castle, 

vegetarian food only. Please notice that drugs 

and alcohol are strictly forbidden. Take your 

sleeping bag. Seminars, meetings: For those 

who are interested in Yoga, in the particular 

system "Yoga in Daily Life". Trips, swimming in 

nearby quarries, singing, camp fires. 






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Work: Last year there was first art workcamp 

on Hartenberg, group of volunteers worked on 

drawing- documentation of castle and 

surrounding. This collection of drawings will be 

published at websites one month before this 

year’s workcamp together with the description 

of this year theme and description of tools 

needed. This project is recommended to art 

feeling volunteers. Accomodation/Food: In the 

castle area in tents, near by a river. Take your 

sleeping bag and light mat. Participants will 

cook from common resources (bought food) in 

the kitchen. Seminars, meetings: Possibility to 

meet deputies, to meet people from Nature 


Opportunity to meet Czech-German (Sudetten) 

questions. 








Grabstejn 

Location: Castle Grabstejn is situated near a 

small town called Chotyne, in the north of the 

country. There is a special area for the training 

of military dogs under the castle. Stay in the 

castle is quite romantic. 

Work: Work is manual! Volunteers will work 7 

hours per day in the castle park. Cutting and 

removing of the invasive vegetation within the 

castle park, cleaning, arranging of the park 

paths, building work. Less work in castle itself. 

Accomodation/Food: In the castle, equipment 

and conditions are simple and just basic. It is 

necessary to bring a sleeping bag, light mat 

and own eating set! Volunteers will cook for 

themselves. 

Extra info: You can check out the web sites of 

the castle on: www.grabstejn.info 




Topic: Others 


Tvarozna Lhota II 

Location: White Carpatian village (Bile 

Karpaty) in South Moravia border region – 

region with strong traditional feelings and 

customs. 

Work: manual work outdoors - help in a farm 

construction, help with activities for public on 

the farm, picking of herbs for a local herbal tea. 

Leisure activities: Trips in nature, folklorecultural 

events. Accomodation/Food: Inklub - 

INEX – SDA branch in the village, take your 

sleeping bag and light mat! Cooking together, 

small kitchen available 






Kynzvart 

Location: Famous castle Kynzvart (Zamek 

Kynzvart) in 19th century belonged to the 

councillor Metternich. You will find the castle in 

westernmost corner of the Czech Republic - 

region of Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), district of 

Cheb, in the so-called "spa triangle" Karlovy 

Vary - Marianske Lazne - Frantiskovy Lazne, at 

the town of Lazne Kynzvart, about 11 km from 

Marianske Lazne (Marienbad). Around castle 

there is a charming park. The amazing history 

of the castle goes back to the 13th century. 

Work: Work within the castle park, revitalisation 

of a park brook, cleaning of historical stairs, 

repairs of and old green house, cutting out 

invasive plants, removing wood after the 

calamity. Accomodation/Food: In the castle 

area in a house. Take your sleeping bag and 

light mat. Bathroom and small kitchen available. 

Extra info: You can find more info on 

www.kynzvart.cz 






Holesov 

Location: Small Moravian town Holesov with 

huge pre-war Jewish community destroyed 

during WW II. 

Work: Within former Jewish cemetery, 

removing of invasive plants and bushes, 

cleaning of the spot, help with technical 

preparation of the festival of Jewish culture in 

Holesov. Accomodation/Food: In an old smith 

house in Holesov, sleeping bag and light mat 

necessary. Cooking partly together from 

common sources, partly meals ready. 

Seminars: Debates with Jewish community 

members, prospects of current Jewish culture 

and community. 

Extra info: Project is realised in co-operation 

with Federation of Jewish Communities of CR. 

Volunteers interested in the Jewish culture 

issue are welcomed. You can find more info on 

the English page www.holesov.cz 






DoNitra (Osinalice) 


NGO DoNitra, whose main activity is runing 

self-developing programs and courses, will be 

held in the clean nature of protected area 

Kokorinsko. This location is full of ponds, sandstone 

rocks, castles, frogs and mosquitos :) 

The DoNitra will show to the volunteers sample 

of their splendid workshops during the 

workcamp. 

Work: Volunters will work on improvements in 

the garden and orchard as well as in the house 

of the organisation. 

Accommodation: In a reconstructed barn, in 3 

rooms with total capacity for 12 people. Others: 

only vegetarian food 


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Topic: Others 


Haczko 

Location: Small village Skalice nad Svitavou 

about 35km north from Brno, Capital of 

Moravia. Nearest town is Boskovice with 

beautiful countryside and rich history. 

Work: Volunteers will help to construct and 

decorate Haczko. It is a loft of an ancient mill in 

the village used for teenagers to spend their 

leasure time and to organise some events for 

public. Accomodation/Food: In the mill, cooking 

together from common resources. Take your 

sleeping bag. Leisure activities: trips in the area 

(caves, castles, ruins, nature sightseens), 

collective discussions, parties and lectures with 

local people. 

Extra info: Special competences are not 

recomanded, fancy for wood working and 

reconstructions are welcomed. 






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Prachov 

Location: Museum of Nature in a Landscape 

Protected Area Czech Paradise (Cesky raj) in 

Eastern Bohemia. 

Work: In a museum and its surrounding: 

garden and water tank for frogs arrangements, 

painting, hey making in a orchid meadows, 

terrain arrangements 

Accommodation: Tourist hostel with normal 

equipment, you don’t need to bring your 

sleeping bag. Boarding in a close restaurant. 

Leisure: Trips to the Paradise nature – sand 

rocks, castles, swimming, debates on an 

ecological topics. 

Extra info: Check out more info on: 

www.ceskyraj.cz 






Usti nad Labem 

Location: Usti nad Labem is a big town in 

North - West Bohemia on the river Elbe where 

a big Gypsy minority lives. Living together with 

white majority leads in some cases to social 

troubles. Co-operation: Foundation “Clovek v 

tisni” (“People in Need”) 

Work: Reconstruction of the Community Centre 

and organising leisure time for Gypsy children, 

singing, drawing, trips. Weekend trip with 

children to sand rocks. Accomodation/Food: 

volunteers will stay in a big room in the 

Community centre. They will prepare meals for 

themselves or will be boarded in Gypsy 

families. Seminars: Learning about minority 

problems in the Czech Republic 

Extra info: Motivation letter is strictly required! 






Expedice Natura (Brusov) 

ENVI, MANU Expedice Natura is an 

organisation running the camp site situated in 

the natural protected area in North Bohemian 

region in the area with Volcano Mountains (no 

volcano has been active for last few thousand 

years). Workcamp is taking place at the camp 

site, where summer camps for children are 

usually organised, surrounded by forest. 

Work: Volunteers will maintain the buildings 

and surrounding area. Volunteers will also help 

with cleaning a natural reservation nearby, 

especially a forest. Work can be hard, 

experiences with manual work more than 

welcome! 

Accommodation: In small huts, two people in 

each, showers and bathroom are in a separate 

building. Others: Ticks and mosquitos can 

appear in this area, better to bring repelent. 




Topic: Others 


Dysina 

Locagtion: Little village of Dysina in western 

Bohemia near the city of Pilsen. 

Work: Manual work on village public spaces 

and park, at the end of workcamp will be folk - 

culture festival in the village, volunteers will 

help with technical organization. 

Accomodation/Food: Volunteers will be 

accommodated in the school and meals will be 

served in the school canteen. Take your 

sleeping bag. 





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Palava 

Location: Centre for Ecological Education 

Palava, nearest historic town Mikulov right on a 

border with Austria. Famous Moravian wine 

region. Palava is one of the most beautiful 

natural protected area in Czech Republic. 

Work: Cleaning the meadows from invasive 

plants in protected areas, terrain arrangements 

on a natural educational trail, activity for 

tourists, eco-leisure activity for children in a 

children camp (only few days). 

Accomodation/food: In a building of CHKO ( 

Protected Natural Area ), take your sleeping 

bag and light mat. Common cooking. Leisure 

activities: 1.9 is European night of flitter mouse 

– you will take part in this event. Many trips and 

hiking in surrounding, UNESCO landscape 

monument Lednice-Valtice area. 

Extra info: You can find more info on 

www.palava.cz 






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2008 



cimburk 

Location: The Cimburk castle is situated 4 km 

from the small town Korycany (Southern 

Moravia, Kromeriz district). It is almost lost in 

the forest of Chriby mountains, quite far away 

from civilization. The castle was founded in the 

14th century and abandoned in 1705. Now you 

can find only ruins which form a significant 

dominant feature in the lovely countryside. 

Work: You will help with securing castle static. 

The kind of work is various: clearing walls from 

vegetation, building walls of stones, painting, 

auxiliary building activities, sorting 

archaeological material. Accomodation/Food: 

Right in the castle bastion (take your sleeping 

bag). Cooking together from common 

resources. The shower is procured at nearby 

swimming pool (2 km). Leisure activities: Trips 

to surrounding countryside, visiting of nearby 

historical monuments (Velehrad monastery, 

Buchlov castle), rock climbing. 

Extra info: We are working even if it’s raining. 

Accommodation is rather uncomfortable. Good 

choice for people, who are fond of medieval 

kind of living. 




2008 



Nova zeme 

Location: The camp is organised in cooperation 

with the association NOVA ZEME 

(New Land), which has already implemented 

many summer activities in this abandoned 

(nearest village 11 km far) but exceptionally 

beautiful, hilly area of Cesky les (The Czech 

Forest) near the western border of our country. 

The NOVA ZEME association is Czech partner 

of European organisation Eurosolar 

(www.eurosolar.org). The camp lies near 

Tachov, an old town with the population of 

about 10 000 inhabitants, but the camp place is 

totally isolated from civilisation. 

Work: Pruning trees and bushes, mowing 

grass, fence building, wood preparation, care 

for the camp place. Accomodation/Food: In 

Tee-pees (Indian tents with a fire place in the 

middle) on wooden pads. Good sleeping bag is 

necessary (nights are cold, in the morning there 

could be a temperature around 0°C), blanket or 

carry mat, too (! but for your comfort it’s useful 

to bring two old sheets which you sew together 

and then can be filled with hay). Washing is 

possible just in a small “bath”, which was made 

in a small stream near the camp = very cold 

water. Strictly only vegetarian food and we will 

prepare it ourselves. The eating set is 

necessary. Leisure activities : Games, 

performances, ceramics, woodcarving, trips. An 

original pottery kiln and an Indian sauna 

available. We plan different excursions. 

Extra info: No drugs, no alcohol allowed! 




2008 



Duha Dlazka (Rajnochovice) 

ENVI, MANU Workcamp, organized by Duha´s 

local group Dla¾ka, will be held in the eastern 

part of the Czech Republic (Moravia), at place 

where the camps for children usually take 

place. People, who like sport and playing 

games are more than welcomed, because free 

time will be based on it. 

Work: 10 Czechs and 15 foreign volunteers will 

be cleaning the neighbouring forest and the 

camp site. Accommadation: In small huts for 4 

people, sleeping bags welcomed but not 

necessary. Others: not recommended for 

smokers 




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Kostelecke Horky II 

Location: Kostelecke Horky in Eastern 

Bohemia is a small village with about 150 

inhabitants situated in the rolling landscape 

between Divoka and Ticha Orlice rivers. It is 

situated in North Eastern Bohemia, not far from 

the town Hradec Kralove, 6 km from the 

important railway junction Chocen. You will help 

local NGO INEX – SDA Kostelecke Horky. 

Work: Autumn gardening, collecting of fruits 

and preparing products (apple juice). Work for 

village benefit: cleaning public areas, wood 

making for winter, reconstruction work in a 

Centre. Acoomodation/Food:Basic in a former 

village school (bathroom, hot water available), 

sleeping bag needed. Cooking together form 

local recourses. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Tvarozna Lhota III 

Location: Village lies in White Carpathian (Bile 

Karpaty mountains) in South Moravia border 

region – region with strong traditional feelings 

and habits. There are Protected landscape 

area around which protect cultural landscape 

with mosaics of meadows and forests. In village 

itself INEX-SDA has South Moravian Centre (IN 

Klub) which run some projects for landscape 

and local people. 

Work: herb collection, collection of special local 

berries for making tea and local brandy. Terrain 

work on outdoors children centre (farm with 

sheep). Accomodation/Food:Inklub- INEX – 

SDA branch in the village, take your sleeping 

bag and light mat! Cooking together, small 

kitchen available in the Inklub. Leisure 

activities: Trips, culture 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Duha Iuridica (Karlstejn) 

CONS, ENVI Iuridica, a Duha local group, has 

rented a house in Karl¹tejn and adapted it into a 

Naturefriends house which serves for 

bacpackers as a cheap accomodation centre, 

trainings and summer camps are organised 

here as well. Karl¹tejn is a small village with few 

hundred inhabitants about south-west from 

Prague in the valley of the Berounka river, in a 

marvellous hilly landscape dominated by a 

famous medieval Czech castle. 

Work: Volunteers will do small adaptations in 

the house as painting furniture and cleaning the 

surroundings of the house as well as in the 

Natural protected landscape near the river. 

Accommodation: in the Naturefriends House, 

where several rooms have been arranged as 

dormitories; beds are available, but own 

sleeping bag needed. Bathrooms and toilets 

are in the house as well as cooking facilities. 

Others: During the free time, volunteers will 

have opportuinity to explore surrounding nature 

in the protected landscape area called Czech 

Karst, to visit the castle, canoeing on the river, 

one-day excursion to Prague. It is possible to 

prolong the stay on the site. 




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Novy prales 

Location: Mountain range nearby a famous 

mountain Jested near Liberec city, northern 

part of the country. Border region with Poland, 

mountains Jizerske hory in a vicinity of Liberec 

city. Co-operation: With local NGO Friends for 

Nature Liberec 

Work: Preparation work for tree planting and 

the planting, cleaning the forest, moving the 

wood. The aim is to recover original mixed 

forests destroyed by monoculture planting. Be 

prepare to work in all types of weather. Waterproof 

clothes and boots necessary. The work is 

manual and rather hard. Accomodation/Food: 

Probably tourist hostel – will be specified later 

in an infosheet. Leisure activities: Hiking in 

beautiful landscape, trips to Liberec and other 

towns, ecological discussions. 


1. Estonia - Eest Yes Estonia 



Campcode:EE-EY-6-02 

SPRING in SOOMAA (PARNU) 

Project:The camp will take place in Soomaa 

National Park. Soomaa means huge bogs, 

rivers that flood over its banks now and then, 

flood pains that extend on riversides, wooded in 

flowers, and forests that surround all this. 

Soomaa National Park was established in 1993 

in order to protect large mires, floodplain 

meadows and forests in Estonia, and to 

preserve and present cultural lore characteristic 

to this area. The total national park area is 37 

117 ha. 524 species of vascular plants, 172 

species of birds and 46 species of mammals 

have been found in Soomaa. Lots of them are 

protected and belong to the Estonian Red Data 

Book. On more than two thirds of the national 

park territory any management activity is 

forbidden. There is possible to enjoy the charm 

of wildlife on different nature trails. For more 

information visit www.soomaa.com Taking part 

in this camp you help preservation works in 

Soomaa National Park and make the Park 

more enjoyable for future visitors! 

Work:Spring works in the garden - in Karukose 

Farm, where volunteers will stay, there is a 

large apple garden. Another job is cleaning of 

the nature trails. Karuskose Farm is situated in 

the middle of National Park, crossroads of 

several Nature Study Trails. Work will be mainly 

outdoors. The working days are 6-7 hours long. 

The programme is the following: - 5 of May – 

arrival, pick up, accommodation, introduction - 

6-9 of May - four days of ecological work on 

different activities in the garden, in the woods - 

10 of May - Visitor Center of Soomaa National 

park; walking on the nature trails of Soomaa - 

11 of May - canoeing trip on the rivers of 

Soomaa, traditional Estonian smoke sauna - 

12-15 of May - four days of ecological work. - 

15 of May - evening Farewell Party - 16 of May 

- transfer to public buses and train station. 

Accommodation:In the rooms of Karuskose 

farmhouse, 2 persons in one room. Sleeping 

bags are needed. Washing in sauna - a special 

floating (!) sauna is available. There is a dry 

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ecological toilet. Volunteers have to prepare 

meals themselves from the food given by the 

hosts. Please note the conditions are rather 

simple. So you should enjoy being close to 

nature and have a sprit of adventure to stay in 

the camp. 

Terminal/Region:Airport, harbour, bus station 

in Tallinn, train to Tori or bus to Joesuu; then 

transfer by minivan arranged by hosts. 

Extra info:Special requirements:No special 

skills are needed. Volunteers should love 

nature and be adventurous enough. English is 

the camp language. Volunteers have to bring 

their sleeping bags, working clothes and 

gloves. Leisure time:There are a lot of 

possibilities for leisure time activities – walking 

and hiking in National Park, canoeing, making 

bonfire, having sauna parties, etc. If you love 

the nature – this is a place for you to be! 

Additional excursions to Viljandi and Parnu can 

be done by volunteers in their free time. 

Participation fee:As EstYES does not have 

funds to support your participation in this camp 

neither from the state nor from private 

sponsors, you are asked to contribute 60 Euro 

towards cost of board and lodging, local 

transport and the program. The fee has to be 

paid by volunteers upon arrival to the camp. 






SPRING ADVENTURE (POLVA) 

MANU/ENVI Project:This is a special camp for 

those who love adventures and are ready for 

unexpected situations, want to do something 

useful and learn something new, encounter 

Estonian nature and make new friends. It will 

take place in the Polva County in the village 

Polgaste, the area known for its outstanding 

beauty and well-preserved uncultivated nature. 

The idea of the camp is to encounter Estonian 

nature and learn how to live in harmony with it. 

Activity:There will be one or two approximately 

25-30 km one-day-long hikes to introduce you 

the surrounding as well as few shorter ones. 

Even more hikes can be organised on your 

request! The local host will provide you with 

information about herbs, plants, spring 

mushrooms of the area and ways people can 

use it. Also teach you fishing trout from the 

river, hiking in the forest, surviving in the wild 

nature, etc. But do not expect formal lectures 

and exercises. The idea of the camp is learning 

from each other in easy relaxing and fun way. 

Your own contribution will be appreciated! The 

exact activities plan will very much depend on 

weather conditions. Besides this, visit to Polva 

Local Life Museum, excursions to the nearest 

larger towns of Voru and Varska as well as a 

trip to the South-West of Estonia, Parnumaa 

(www.parnumaa.ee) are foreseen. 

Work:Beside hiking and adventure the 

volunteers are expected to work approximately 

5-6 hours some of the camp days. The work 

can be quite physical – various construction/ 

renovation works in the old watermill, building 

stone fence from boulders, preparing woods for 

heating the house, but also seasonal work in 

the garden as well as collecting and drying 

herbs and plants. 

Accommodation:Volunteers will live in the big 

old watermill, which is quite rustic without 

special comfort: dry toilet, washing in the river. 

Sometimes volunteers can use sauna at 

neighbours. Volunteers will prepare meals 

themselves in the kitchen or on the open fire 

outside. Meals will be simple. Food will be 

bought in the shop and from local farmers. You 

have to bring sleeping bag and mat. 

Location:Polgaste village lies in South-Estonia. 

Nearest towns are Polva (15 km), Võru (20 km) 

and Otepaa (27 km). You will find picturesque 

forests and low hills there, varied with rivers, 

creeks and beautiful lakes, several national 

parks and reserves. More information on 

www.southestonia.info, www.polvamaale.ee, 

http://loodus.polvamaa.ee. 

Terminal/Region:Airport, harbour, bus & train 

station in Tallinn, bus to Kanepi. 

Extra info:Special requirements:Volunteers 

have to be flexible, adventurous and be ready 

to give up some comfort. You have to be in a 

good physical shape and be ready for hard 

work and long hikes. You should be interested 

in nature and environment protection. Camp is 

not suitable for volunteers allergic to hay or 

cats. Generally the age of participants is 18+ 

but hosts particularly welcome volunteers over 

35 years old. Participation fee:Since EstYES 

does not receive funds to support your 

participation in the camp neither from the state 

nor from private sponcors, you are asked to 

contribute 60 Euro towards cost of board and 

lodging, local transport and the program. The 

fee has to be paid by volunteers upon arrival to 

the camp. 






DOWN TOWN KIDS I (TALLINN) 

KIDS/TEACH Project:This project is organized 

for local children by the language school “In 

Down-Town” and non-profit association 

“Alternative Language Programs Satellite”. The 

project’s aim is to introduce the diversity of 

world cultures to children through alternative 

language studies. Answering kids need to 

practice their knowledge of English, the project 

helps them to study national customs and 

traditions, develop their multicultural thinking 

and tolerance. Thus the idea of the camp is to 

provide meaningful summer activities for local 

kids helping the school to fulfil the project’s aim. 

Work:Activating participants of the school’s 

summer camp and providing cross-cultural 

learning experience for them. It will be done 

through teaching and playing the games and 

music popular in the English speaking countries 

and the countries the volunteers represent; 

training kids to perform pieces of amateur 

drama; preparing intellectual and sport games 

for them as well as guided discussions on 

excursions round the places of interest; actions 

for peace and nature protection; leading and 

supporting kids in their work on the team 

projects within the discussed topics such as 

“Healthy body, healthy spirit”, “Good habits”, 

“My small home in the big world”, “War and 

peace”, etc.; preparing and leading the kid 

teams’ presentations on English speaking 

countries and the countries the camp 

participants are from. Each day of the camp 

program will have a special theme and a 

related activity. Volunteers along with local 

coordinators are responsible for the program of 

the camp. The work can be pretty hard, 

involving long working hours some days, 

requiring high commitment and responsibility 

for the camp program and the young 

participants. The volunteers will work in pairs in 

the smaller groups along with local camp 

leaders. The age of youngsters is 10-12. The 

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total number of kids is around 30. Most of kids 

are Russian-speaking from Russian minority 

community of Tallinn. 

Accommodation:In the class rooms of the 

school which is situated in the very centre of 

Tallinn. Toilets and showers are available. 

Please bring a sleeping bag. Volunteers will 

have breakfasts and dinners at their 

accommodation, lunches will be organized for 

whole camp in the city. 

Location:Camp will take place in Tallinn, the 

capital of Estonia. More information on 

www.tallinn.ee 

Terminal/Region:Airport, bus or train station, 

harbor in Tallinn. 

Extra info:Special requirements:You have to 

be really motivated to work with kids. 

Experience in work with children is an 

advantage. All interesting ideas of activities for 

kids, games etc. are welcomed. Please bring 

some materials, postcards, symbols of your 

country, posters, maps, music, etc. typical for 

your country. We expect active volunteers with 

the good knowledge of history and culture of 

their country and ability to present it. Please 

add a motivation letter. The good level of 

English is required. The minimum age of vols is 

20. 






VIHASOO (LOKSA) 

Project:The group of young teachers from 

Tallinn’s schools runs children’s camp in 

Vihasoo for 15 years. Its main aim is to give 

school children possibility of active and 

meaningful summer vacations. The camp is 

situated in the Lahemaa National Park. Such 

location brings children closer to unspoiled 

nature and gives them an excellent opportunity 

to get acquainted with Estonian national 

heritage richly presented in the area. Each 

summer period of the camp has its own theme. 

The topic for this year is «Tour around the 

world» and the aim is to introduce the diversity 

of cultures and languages to children of Estonia 

helping their integration into modern world. To 

achieve the aim Vihasoo camp invites 

international volunteers to join it as animators. 

Each day of the camp will have a programm 

completed by local coordinators and the 

volunteers will be helping to realize it. All your 

exciting and creative ideas of activities are 

welcomed. Most of children are Russianspeaking 

from Russian minority community of 

Estonia. 

Work:Activating children making their vacation 

more exciting. It will be done through the 

games, drama, sport, common discussions. We 

expect active volunteers with the good 

knowledge of history and culture of their 

country and ability to present it. Volunteer will 

work in the partnership with professional local 

educators, youth leaders and youth workers. 

The staff of the camp is about 25 people. There 

is going to be around 70-100 children aged 7- 

15. 

Accommodation:In the separate house with 

other staff members in 4-6-bedded rooms. 

Volunteers will eat together with children and 

staff in the canteen. Showers, dry toiltets and 

sauna are available. 

Location:Vihasoo is tiny village laying in the 

picturesque Lahemaa National Park. 

Surrounded by forest, close to the sea, it is the 

ideal place for summer vacations. The nearest 

town (7km) is Vosu, spa town with about 1000 

inhabitants which multiplies in summer. 

Distance from Tallinn is 70 km. 


stations in Tallinn, specially arranged car to 

Vihasoo. 


be really motivated to work with kids. The work 

demands 24-hours commitment and it can be 

pretty hard sometimes. Weekends are not 

necessarily free. Experience in work with 

children is an advantage. We expect active 

volunteers with the good knowledge of history 

and culture of their country and ability to 

present it. All exciting ideas of activities for kids, 

games etc. are welcomed. English, Russian 

and Estonian are the camp languages. Leisure 

time:Plenty of possibilities: hiking, swimming, 

sunbathing, sports, games. Excursions to the 

places of interest in the Lahemaa National Park 

as well as one day excursion to Tallinn are 

foreseen. Volunteers will have unique chance 

to join Mid-Summer festivities on night from 23 

to 24 of June, which is actually the largest 

celebration in Estonia. 






PARIISI FRA (RAKVERE) 

KIDS/ TEACH Project:Do you want to spend 

two weeks working with kids in the village of 

Paris in Estonia? Then this camp is for you! 

The camp is organized for kids and teenagers 

by the Association of Teachers of French in 

Estonia. The main aim of the camp is to provide 

intensive experience of learning and practicing 

French for kids and teenagers outside school 

curriculum using facilities of children camp 

Pariisi. The camp program includes games and 

activities, performances in the open air, hikes, 

excursions and visits, talks and discussions in 

the working groups. Naturally the language of 

this camp is French – what else would you 

speak in Pariisi? 

Work:Activating kids and teenagers, providing 

cross-cultural learning experience for them as 

well as French language environment. It will be 

done through the games, drama, sport 

activities, excursions, discussions, etc. 

Volunteers along with local coordinators will be 

responsible for the whole program of the camp. 

The work can be pretty hard, involving long 

working hours some days, requiring high 

commitment and responsibility for the camp 

program. There will be two shifts during the 

period of camp. The first one will involve kids 

aged 8-12, the second one – teenagers aged 

11-15. There is going to be around 40 

participants in each shift. 

Accommodation:Camp has two buildings with 

2-5 bedded rooms. Volunteers will have one 

room. Beds are provided, but please bring your 

sleeping bag. Toilets, showers and sauna are 

available. There is a hall for performances, 

open air stage, swimming pool, sport facilities 

for ball games, table tennis, bicycles, etc. 

Volunteers and participants will have their 

meals in the local café. 

Location:Camp takes place in Pariisi village, 

about 100 km from Tallinn the capital of 

Estonia. Nearest towns are Rakvere (20km) 

and Tapa (15km). The picturesque area around 

the camp with many hills, streams, rivers and 

lakes is very suitable for hikes and bicycle 

tours. Famous Lahemaa National Park is about 

20 km from the camp. More information on 

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www.visitestonia.com , www.lahemaa.ee, 

www.rakvere.ee 


harbor in Tallinn; bus to Rakvere. 

Extra info:Special requirements:The minimum 

age of volunteers is 19. Good level of French, 

also a Motivation Letter is required!!! You 

should be really motivated to work with kids and 

teenagers. Previous experience is an asset. All 

ideas of activities for youngsters, games etc. 

are welcomed. Please bring some materials, 

postcards, posters, maps, music, etc. from your 

country. Leisure time:There are a lot of 

possibilities for leisure time activities: 

swimming, hiking, sports, etc. Excursions to 

Lahemaa National Park and Rakvere are 

foreseen. 






DOWN TOWN ENG I (TALLINN) 

KIDS/TEACH Project:This camp is organized 

for teenagers by the language school “In Down 

Town” and non-profit association “Alternative 

Language Programs Satellite”. The school’s 

aim is to introduce the diversity of world 

cultures to youth through language studies, 

meetings, visits, direct contacts with young 

people from abroad in the hope to help young 

Estonians’ integration into modern world. The 

main idea of the camp is to provide meaningful 

summer activities for local youth helping the 

school to realize its aim. 

Work:Activating teenage participants of the 

school’s summer camp and providing crosscultural 

learning experience for them. It will be 

done through the games popular in the 

countries volunteers represent, drama, sports, 

excursions, common discussions, actions for 

peace and nature protection, etc. Each day of 

the camp program will have a special theme 

and related activity. Volunteers along with local 

coordinators will be responsible for the whole 

program of the camp. The work can be pretty 

hard, involving long working hours some days, 


for the camp program. The age of youngsters is 

14-17. Besides local kids 12 teenage 

participants from abroad are expected to join 

this camp. In total it is going to be around 40 

children. Most of local teenagers are Russianspeaking 

from Russian minority community. 





have breakfasts and dinners in their 









be really motivated to work with teenagers. 

Some experience in work with children is an 







their country and ability to present it. The good 

level of English is required. The minimum age 

of volunteers is 20. Leisure time:There are a lot 

of possibilities for leisure time activities as 

camp will take place in the capital where one 

can find attractions for all tastes: sightseeing 

and museums, festivals, concerts, live music, 

pubs, etc. The camp provides an excellent 

opportunity to establish contacts with young 

Estonians and to experience the local life. 






KAREPA HERB GARDEN 1 (KUNDA) 

AGRI/STUDY Project: The camp will take place 

in Vihula Community in Karepa village at tourist 

farm, which is specialised on growing medicinal 

herbs, seasonings and unusual (for Estonia) 

vegetables. Besides growing herbs and 

vegetables Karepa Farm offers various 

lectures/ courses such as: • The the history and 

legends of medicinal herbs; • Medicinal herbs 

and seasonings that should be in everyday use; 

• How to pick and dry herbs and make tinctures 

and ointments; • The use of plants in cosmetics 

and body care, in sauna, etc; • Healthy diets; • 

Naturopathy. Trips to the nature to see and 

explore medicinal herbs are also offered 

throughout the year. The farm is run by the 

couple Katrin and Verner Luke, who would like 

to introduce their activities to the international 

participants and ask them to give a hand in the 

seasonal agricultural work. 

Work: All work will be mainly outdoors: picking 

up the herbs in the garden and in nature. Also 

drying and packing the herbs. Occasionally 

some odd jobs in the farm can be offered. 

There will be also strong study part - everything 

about medicinal herbs and the use of it. Work 

will be ca 7 hours every day. One full day of the 

camp is reserved for excursions and hiking. 

Accommodation:Volunteers will stay in the 

two rooms of the farm. It is possible to stay in 

the tent in the garden as well. Please bring a 

sleeping bag. Very luxurious facilities cannot be 

provided, but shower, Estonian sauna and dry 

toilet is available. Food will be simple - 

homemade Estonian country food from the 

farm. And a lot of herbal tea, of course! 

Volunteers may be asked to help preparing 

meals and cleaning up. 

Location:Karepa is a tiny village situated in a 

beautiful place on the sea side (about 300m 

from the sea) in Vihula community of Lääne- 

Virumaa County in North-Estonia. This area 

borders to the Lahemaa National Park. Nearest 

towns – Kunda 10 km, Jõhvi 56 km, Rakvere 35 

km, Narva 100 km, Tallinn 110 km. More 

information on www.visitestonia.com, 

www.lahemaa.ee, www.ravimtaimeaed.ee 

Terminal/Region: Airport, harbour, bus & train 

stations in Tallinn, bus to Rakvere or Kunda, 

local bus to Karepa. 

Extra info:Special requirements Volunteers 

should be interested in nature, herbs and 

healthy life style. Smoking and drinking alcohol 

is not allowed in this camp! Please bring your 

sleeping bag, working clothes and gloves. 

Camp language is English. Leisure time: There 

plenty of possibilities for leisure time: swimming 

in the sea, sunbathing, hiking in the picturesque 

area of Lahemaa National Park, etc. It is 

possible to make a bonfire and try a traditional 

Estonian sauna.Volunteers can visit different 

historical and cultural objects and places of 

interest in the area. Excursions to the other 

neighboring tourist farms and Mining Museum 

in East Estonia are foreseen. Participation fee: 

Volunteers are asked to contribute a modest 

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fee of 30 Euro towards the costs of leisure 

activities and general administration. It has to 

be paid by every participant upon arrival to the 

camp. 



Begin:June 30, 2008, End: August 3, 2008 



IMASTU (TAPA) 

KIDS/DISA Project:Imastu is an institution for 

mentally handicapped children and youngsters. 

It caters for over 100 kids and young adults 

aged 5 to 26 with severe mental and genetic 

deceases. Most of them are orphans. 

Youngsters are divided in to 5 family groups 

where they live under supervision of staff. 

Children attend a special school arranged for 

them in Imastu. Since 1994 Imastu has been 

hosting international workcamps in summer and 

since 1999 - long-term volunteers to assist staff 

with daily work, bringing new ideas and 

approaches to the daily routine. In summer the 

volunteers are particularly needed to support 

staff and assist work with kids, especially in 

July-August when it is possible to offer more 

diverse outdoor activities for kids. 

Work:Looking after the children, helping staff in 

teaching them basic skills, feeding children, 

playing with them, arranging their outings, 

assisting in all other required activities. Each 

volunteer will work in the own family groups. 

Volunteers will work under supervision and with 

assistance of local staff 30-35 hours a week, 2 

days a week are free. 

Accommodation:In the Institution in 2-bedded 

rooms. Beds and linens are provided. You do 

not have to bring sleeping bag, unless you want 

to travel in your free time. Shower and toilet is 

in the corridor, shared with the staff. You will 

eat together with the staff in local canteen or in 

your family groups. Possibility to make own 

food is limited. 

Location:Imastu is a very tiny village. It lies 

90km east from Tallinn and 25 km west from 

Rakvere, administrative center of the area. The 

nearest city is Tapa (3km), large railway 

junction with about 10 000 inhabitants. Useful 

links: www.tapa.ee and www.visitestonia.com 

for general information about the country. 


stations in Tallinn; train or bus to Tapa. 


be really motivated and committed to the work 

with physically and mentally disable children. 

Some previous experience or special 

knowledge is an advantage. Motivation letter is 

required. Although English is a camp language, 

some knowledge of Estonian or Russian will 

make communication with locals easier. Leisure 

time:Imastu is laying in a picturesque 

landscape: fields, forests, lakes and unspoiled 

nature. It is the ideal region for hiking and 

cycling tours. There are good possibilities for 

horse riding and fishing right in Imastu. 

Excursions to places of interest in Tallinn, 

Rakvere (est.1226), Lahemaa National Park as 

well as trips to the seaside (30km from Imastu) 

are foreseen. 






MARJAMAA 

MANU. Project:It became a good tradition for 

EstYES to organize international workcamps in 

co-operation with Marjamaa Community, which 

is the largest community of Estonia. It lies on 

the half way between Tallinn and Parnu, and it 

is known for its rich historical and cultural 

heritage: ancient settlement in Varbola, XIII 

century church in Marjamaa, chapel in Haimre, 

numerous German manor houses of XVIII-XIX 

centuries, etc. Local authorities see in the 

international camps an important tool for local 

development - not only in terms of work done 

by volunteers but mainly for introduction 

multicultural dimension to the population of 

local communities in the country. The camp will 

take place in the village of Marjamaa, the 

centre of the community. The task of the camp 

is to assist local authorities’ maintenance plan. 

Work:The work will be mainly concentrated 

around historical church in Marjamaa – at the 

graveyard and the park around it. The work is 

simple: clearing and tiding up, mowing grass, 

cutting bushes, planting flowers, repairing dry 

stone wall, etc. Another proposed work is 

managing green public areas in the village 

under the supervision of Community Gardener. 

The work will be mainly outdoors. In case of 

rainy weather some odd jobs in Community 

House and local Gymnasium may be proposed. 

Accomodation: Volunteers will stay in the 

premises of the Community House of Marjamaa 

right in the centre of village, sleeping on the 

mattresses. Please bring a sleeping bag. 

Toilets and showers are available and it will be 

possible to try Estonian sauna. Volunteers will 

be eating in the school canteena and local 

pubs. The possibility of making own food is 

limited. 

Location:Marjamaa is a village with about 4 

000 inhabitants on the half way between Tallinn 

and Parnu. Distance from Marjamaa to Tallinn 

is 70 km. Being an administrative centre of 

community, Marjamaa has several shops, 

department store, culture house, cinema, 

several pubs, night disco club, etc. Larger city 

nearby is Rapla (25km), an administrative 

centre of the county, with a population of about 

10 000 people. Marjamaa has good connection 

to Tallinn, Parnu, Haapsalu. More information 

on www.marjamaa.ee and www.raplamaa.ee 

Terminal/Region:Airport, harbor, bus & train 

stations in Tallinn; bus to Marjamaa. 

Extra info:Special requirements:Please bring 

sleeping bag and pillow, working clothes and 

gloves. English is the camp language. Leisure 

time:Sport activities at the school stadium, 

swimming in the local swimming pool, hiking, 

excursions to the ancient settlement in Varbola, 

Sillaotsa Farm Museum and other places of 

interest of the area. Attending activities of the 

local youth centre. It is possible to use free 

days to go to Haapsalu or Parnu - Estonian 

popular spa towns, very lively in summer. 

Extra info:18-99 






KOPU (VILJANDI) 

MANU. Project:Kopu village is a centre of 

Community of Kopu, one of the smallest in 

Estonia with total population of around one 

thousand people. International workcamps 

have been taken place there since 2001. 

During past summers volunteers helped to build 

sport facilities for local school, cleaned up the 

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school park, and did some renovation jobs in 

the old graveyard – maintaining fences, 

painting and cutting bushes. Besides practical 

help, the volunteers made a significant impact 

on community life providing new dynamics, 

intercultural exchange and international 

contacts to local youth. Inspired by years of 

experience Kopu Community authorities 

decided to continue hosting international camps 

and invite international volunteers this summer 

again. This year international camp will be 

combined with the national teenage workcamp 

taking place in Kopu at the same time. 

Work:Kopu School occupies old German 

manor house and it is surrounded by the large 

park. There will be various jobs in the school 

park and inside the school building. The work is 

mainly cleaning and tidying up of the park as 

well as other objects of local importance of the 

community. Also preparing woods for the 

school for heating in winter period and, if 

weather will be dry, some hay making. Work 

will be mostly outdoors. Volunteers will be 

working along side with local youngsters of the 

national workcamp. The work will last only 4-5 

hours a day from 9 to till lunch. After lunch 

there will be various activities together with 

local youngsters and free time for the group 

own activities. The age of local young people is 

15-20. 

Accommodation::In the Kopu school sport 

facilities. There is WiFi connection in the house. 

Vounteers will sleep on the mattresses. 

Mattresses are provided, but please bring your 

sleeping bags. Toilets and showers are 

available. Meals will be prepared by kitchen 

staff and served in the school cantine. 

Location:Kopu village lies about 20 km to the 

west from Viljandi, an administrative centre of 

the county with population of 22 000 people. 

Distance from Tallinn is 180 km. The area is 

very beautiful - hilly with many small lakes and 

rivers and a lot of forest with wild nature. Here 

begins Soomaa National Park – a very popular 

place for hikes and canoe trips. More 


www.viljandi.ee, www.soomaa.ee . 


stations in Tallinn; bus to Viljandi; local bus to 

Kopu. 


skills are needed. Tools for the work will be 

provided. Please bring sleeping bag, working 

clothes and gloves. English and Estonian are 

the camp languages. It is important that the 

volunteers will follow the rules and schedules of 

the national camp. Volunteers age is 18 - 22. 

Leisure time:Sport activities at accommodation 

site, competitions, swimming, barbeque, hiking 

in Soomaa National Park, biking in the area. 

Local community festival on the last day of the 

camp. Trip to Viljandi, the capital of County, 

visit to Tartu - second largest city in Estonia 

and the University centre, or to Parnu. 

Participation fee:Due to the lack of own 

resourses we are forced to ask extra fee of 30 

Euro to cover costs linked to free time activities 

and local travel costs. This amount has to be 

paid by every participant upon arrival to the 

camp. 






KOESTI WATERMILL I (VILJANDI) 

MANU/RENO Project:The aim of this camp is to 

help renovation of the historical watermill 

Koesti. This watermill dating from the end of 

18th century is an important object of heritage 

protection for local community. The oldest part 

of the building existing at present was built in 

the second half of 19th century. In 1930 the 

watermill was made two-storied and on the river 

side the engineering for producing electric 

power was built. After the Second World War 

several changes have been made there. Today 

association managing the watermill put a lot of 

effort into developing it into a hydroelectric 

plant. It is planned to start the alternative 

electricity generating in 2008. This is a very 

important step for the local community which 

goes along with the general plan to raise 

production use of energy from alternative 

sources in Estonia. At present such generating 

alternative energy projects have not been 

developed in Estonia yet to the noticeable 

extend, therefore Koesti Watermill is an 

important initiative which has to be supported. 

Work:The work will include cleaning up the 

banks of Koesti creek and clearing up the 

green areas. You will also help with different 

renovation works at the watermill. Volunteers 

will be working 6-7 hours per day and 5 days 

for week under supervision of local technical 

leaders. Accommodation The accommodation 

facilities will be quite simple: you will stay in the 

mill house in camp beds. Please bring your own 

sleeping bag! Toilets are available. Please note 

that the shower will be a self-made “summer 

shower”, which means that there will not be any 

hot water. But you will have a good chance to 

try Estonian sauna at the weekend! Volunteers 

will prepare meals themselves from the food 

provided by hosts using cooking facilities of the 

house. 

Location: The project is located at the border 

of Viljandi, a town situated in South Estonia on 

Sakala Upland. Town of Viljandi with its 20,000 

inhabitants is an independent unit of local 

authority and the centre of the county. As a 

culture town it is well known for its valued 

Culture Academy, Ugala Drama Theatre and 

the famous international Folk Music Festival 

(http://www.folk.ee/ ) held yearly at the end of 

July. Viljandi lies 160 km from Tallinn, 98 km 

from Parnu and 80 km from Tartu. More 

information about Viljandi on 

www.viljandi.ee/?id=506 and 

www.viljandimaa.ee/turismiinfo/?lg=eng 


station in Tallinn; bus and train to Viljandi. 

Extra info:Special requirements: This camp is 

not suitable for volunteers allergic to different 

plants or hay. Be prepared for physical work. 

Please note rather simple washing facilities in 

this camp. Please bring your sleeping bag and 

working clothes with you. Leisure time:There 

are a lot of possibilities for leisure time activities 

as camp will take place in the town where one 



pubs, etc. You can spend time at Viljandi Lake 

and go swimming, of course. In the weekend 

trips to Tartu or Parnu are possible. 






DOWN TOWN ESP (TALLINN) 








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summer activities for local youth helping school 

to realize its aim. The language of the camp is 

Spanish. 





countries you represent, drama, sports, 










14-17. Besides local kids 6 teenage participants 

from abroad are expected to join this camp. It is 

going to be around 15 children in total. Most of 

local teenagers are Russian-speaking from 

Russian minority community of Tallinn. NB! 

Since there will be German and French 

speaking camps taking place In Down Town 

School at the same time with this Spanish one 

some joined activities for both camps (e.g. sport 

competitions, parties, etc.) are foreseen. 


school which is situated in the every centre of 






Location:Camp takes place in Tallinn, the 












your country and be ready to present it. Good 

level of Spanish is required for this camp. The 

minimum age of volunteers is 20. Leisure 

time:There are a lot of possibilities for leisure 

time activities as camp will take place in the 

capital where one can find attractions for any 

taste: sightseeing & museums, festivals and 

concerts, live music, pubs, etc. The camp 

provides an excellent opportunity to establish 

contacts with young Estonians and to 

experience the local life. 






DOWN TOWN FRA (TALLINN) 

KIDS/TEACH This camp is organized for 

teenagers by the language school “In Down 









summer activities for local youth helping school 

to realize its aim. French is the language of this 

camp. 




















Since there will be German and Spanish 


School at the same time with this French one 




school which is situated in the every centre of 






Location:Camp takes place in Tallinn, the 













level of French is required for this camp. The 

minimum age of volunteers is 20. Leisure 


time activities as camp will take place in the 

capital where one can find attractions for any 


concerts, live music, pubs, etc. The camp 

provides an excellent opportunity to establish 

contacts with young Estonians and to 

experience the local life. 






DOWN TOWN DEU (TALLINN) 

Project: This camp is organized for teenagers 

by the language school “In Down Town” and 

non-profit association “Alternative Language 

Programs Satellite”. The school’s aim is to 

introduce the diversity of world cultures to youth 

through language studies, meetings, visits, 

direct contacts with young people from abroad 

in the hope to help young Estonians’ integration 

into modern world. The main idea of the camp 

is to provide meaningful summer activities for 

local youth helping school to realize its aim. 

The camp language is German. 






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Since there will be the French and Spanish 


School at the same time with this German one 










Location: Camp takes place in Tallinn, the 



Terminal/Region: Airport, bus or train station, 


Extra info:Special requirements: You have to 








level of German is requested for this camp. The 

minimum age of volunteers is 20. Leisure time: 

There are a lot of possibilities for leisure time 

activities as camp will take place in the capital 

where one can find attractions for all tastes: 

sightseeing and museums, festivals, concerts, 

live music, pubs, etc. The camp provides an 

excellent opportunity to establish contacts with 

young Estonians and to experience the local 

life. 






ADVENTURE CAMP I (POLVA) 
















information about herbs, plants, berries and 

mushrooms of this area and ways people can 








weather conditions. 



4-5 hours some of the days. Work can be quite 

physical – various construction/ renovation 

works in the old watermill and odd jobs in the 

forest, weir and at the riverside. 







outside. Meals will be really simple. Food will 

be bought in the shop and from local farmers. 

You have to bring sleeping bag and mat. 






parks and reserves. From the architectural side 

churches, manor houses and ancient castles 

are certainly worth mentioning. 




station in Tallinn, bus to Kanepi. 

Extra info:Special requirements:Volunteers 

have to be flexible, adventurous and be ready 

to give up some comfort. You have to be in a 

good physical shape and be ready for hard 

work and long hikes. You should be interested 

in nature and environment protection. 

Extra info: it is hard to provide vegetarian and 

lactose free food. Camp is not suitable for 

volunteers allergic to hay or cats. Leisure 

time:Sport activities, wu-shu swimming, fishing, 

etc. Visit to Polva Local Life Museum. 

Excursions to the nearest bigger towns Voru 

and Varska as well as tour to North of Estonia 

are foreseen. Participation fee:Since EstYES 

does not receive funds to support your 

participation in the camp neither from the state 

nor from private sponcors, you are asked to 




the camp. 






ZOO I (TALLINN) 

MANU/ENVI Project:The World Zoo and 

Aquarium Conservation Strategy adopted in 

2005 puts the emphasis on wildlife 

conservation as one of the highest priorities for 

the zoos around the world. Once offering only 

public entertainment, the zoos today must take 

the role of wildlife conservation centres, 

breeding endangered species and supporting 

their recovery in the wild. Tallinn Zoo 

(http://www.loomaaed.ee) participates in a 

numerous conservation projects, playing a 

leading role in the reintroduction project of the 

European mink (Mustela lutreola). It has also 

provided specimens for the reintroduction of the 

Black vulture. Tallinn Zoo introduces the public 

to a variety of animals and conveys information 

about wildlife through interpretative signs and 

boards, interactive devices, printed handouts 

and media representations. So far Tallinn Zoo 

has been a partner of EstYES for the local 

voluntary actions. In the development of our 

cooperation the first international workcamp 

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was be held in Tallinn Zoo in summer 2007. 

Following its success this year we introduce 

two camps there. 

Work:The work mainly consists of doing 

various gardening jobs in the green areas of 

the large zoo territory: clearing and tiding up, 

mowing grass, cutting bushes, planting flowers. 

There might be as well small renovation works 

and various odd jobs outdoors. In case of rainy 

weather alternative work indoors will be found. 

The work is planned as 7-8 hours a day. NB! 

Work does not include direct contact with the 

animals Accomodation: Volunteers will stay in 

the residential area of Tallinn in the EstYES 

apartment, where long-term EVS volunteers are 

usually accommodated. It takes about 20 min 

by bus to get from there to the city centre and 

about 40-50 min to get to the Zoo from there. 

Volunteers will have two rooms, equipped 

kitchen, shower rooms and toilet at their 

disposal. They will sleep on mattresses on the 

floor and in beds. Please bring your sleeping 

bags! Volunteers have to prepare their own 

meals for breakfasts and dinners. Lunches will 

be taken together with the Zoo gardening staff 

at the working place. Volunteers will use public 

transport to go to work; the tickets will be 

provided by EstYE 

Study: 

Location:Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, 

www.tallinn.ee or www.visitestonia.com. 


skills required but you have to be ready for 

physical work. This camp is not suitable for 

volunteers allergic to hay. Tools will be 

provided, just take your working clothes and 

gloves and a sleeping bag! The camp language 

is English. Leisure time:Besides that volunteers 

will get well acquainted with the zoo and its 

inhabitants, there are a lot of possibilities for 

leisure time activities since camp will take place 

in the capital, where one can find attractions for 

any taste: sightseeing & museums, festivals 

and concerts, live music, pubs, etc. This camp 

provides an excellent opportunity to experience 

vivid local life of Tallinn. Participation fee:As 

EstYES does not have funds to support your 

participation in this camp neither from the state 

nor from the private sponsors, you are asked to 




the camp. 






VETSITALL (HIIUMAA) 

MANU Project:Hiiumaa – 'Dagaithi' according to 

the Nordic sagas emerged from the Baltic Sea 

as a small islet more than 10,000 years ago. 

The island of Hiiumaa was first mentioned in 

historical documents as a deserted island 

called Dageida in 1228. The first inhabitants 

settled down at the end of the 13th century. 

Hiiumaa now is the second biggest island of 

Estonia: its area is 965 sq. km, population 

around 11 000. It has many historical and 

nature sights, and there are kind people known 

for their hospitality and good sense of humor. 

Vetsitall is a tourist farm established on the site 

of old stables built in 1843. It is situated on the 

small island Kassari (19 sq. km) which is linked 

to Hiiumaa. Vetsitall provides accommodation, 

camping, catering, excursions, etc. promoting 

eco-tourism, keeping national heritage and 

cultural traditions and introducing it to the 

World. The area provides a lot of possibilities 

for eco-tourism - with its beautiful sand dunes, 

pine woods and the high coastal junipers 

Kassari Island is ideal for hiking, picnics, 

camping, sunbathing and swimming. Kaina Bay 

between Kassari and Kaina and the numerous 

islets form a bird sanctuary with 70 different 

species - ideal place for bird watchers and 

nature lovers. More information on 

http://www.vetsitall.ee/eng/tutvustus.php For 

the number of years EstYES has been 

supporting the movement of tourist eco-farms in 

the rural areas of Estonia by means of 

workcamps. And this camp works for the same 

idea. It gives a great chance to experience 

everyday Estonian country life on the beautiful 

island of Hiiumaa! 

Work:The work will mainly include cleaning and 

tidying up of the area of the farm, mowing 

grass, assisting tourist farm with various 

seasonal works at the camping, kitchen end 

even in the pub. For some days volunteers may 

be asked to work in the local museum. The 

working day is 6-7 hours. One day a week is 

free but not necessarily on weekend. 

Accommodation:In the camping houses of 

Vetsitall, where volunteers will have 2 rooms. 

Toilet, hot water, sauna is available. Meals will 

be served in the local pub. 

Location:Hiiumaa Island lies in the Baltic Sea 

west of Tallinn, 22 km from the mainland. 

Vetsitall is located near to seashore on Kassari 

Island. The nearest town Kaina is about 10km 

away. See map on 

www.vetsitall.ee/eng/kaart.php# More 

information on www.hiiumaa.ee 


station in Tallinn; bus to Rohukula and ferry to 

Hiiumaa. 

Extra info:Special requirements:This camp is 


plants or hay. 

Extra info: it is not easy to provide diverse 

vegetarian and lactose free food on the island. 

Leisure time:Sport activities sunbathing, 

swimming, hiking, birds watching, etc. Very 

good camp for nature lovers! It is possible to 

get acquainted with the different farm work. 

Excursion around the island is planned. Life 

music, dancing and parties in the local pub on 

weekends. Participants can join Estonian folk 

dances parties which are run every weekend in 

Vetsitall. 






DOWN TOWN ENG II (TALLINN) 











summer activities for local youth helping the 

school to realize its aim. 





countries volunteers represent, drama, sports, 



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14-17. Besides local kids 12 teenage 

participants from abroad are expected to join 

this camp. In total it is going to be around 40 

children. Most of local teenagers are Russianspeaking 

from Russian minority community. 










www.tallinn.ee Terminal/Region:Airport, bus or 

train station, harbor in Tallinn. 










their country and ability to present it. The good 

level of English is required. The minimum age 

of volunteers is 20. Leisure time:There are a lot 

of possibilities for leisure time activities as 

camp will take place in the capital where one 



pubs, etc. The camp provides an excellent 

opportunity to establish contacts with young 

Estonians and to experience the local life. 







PARIISI ENG (RAKVERE) 

KIDS/TEACH Project:Do you want to spend two 

weeks working with kids in the village of Paris 

in Estonia? Then this camp is for you! The 

camp is organized for kids and teenagers by 

the Association of Teachers of English in 

Estonia. The main aim of the camp is to provide 

intensive experience of learning and practicing 

of English language for kids and teenagers 

outside school curriculum using facilities of 

children camp Pariisi. The camp program 

includes games and activities, performances in 

the open air, hikes, excursions and visits, talks 

and discussions in the working groups. The 

language of the camp is English – although the 

name Pariisi might provoke another 

expectation! 

Work:Activating kids and teenagers, providing 

cross-cultural learning experience for them as 

well as English language environment. It will be 

done through the games, drama, sport 

activities, excursions, discussions, etc. 

Volunteers along with local coordinators will be 



working hours some days, requiring high 

commitment and responsibility for the camp 

program. There will be two shifts during the 

period of camp. The first one will involve kids 

aged 7-12, the second one – teenagers aged 

10-15. There is going to be around 50 

participants in each shift. 

Accommodation:Camp has two buildings with 

2-5 bedded rooms. Volunteers will stay in the 

own room. Beds are provided, but please bring 

your sleeping bag. Toilets, showers and sauna 

are available. There is a hall for performances, 

open air stage, swimming pool, sport facilities 

for ball games, table tennis, bicycles, etc. 

Volunteers and participants will have their 

meals in the local café. Location Camp takes 

place in Pariisi village, about 100 km from 

Tallinn the capital of Estonia. Nearest towns are 

Rakvere (20km) and Tapa (15km). The 

picturesque area around the camp with many 

hills, streams, rivers and lakes is very suitable 

for hikes and bicycle tours. Famous Lahemaa 

National Park is about 20 km from the camp. 

More information on www.visitestonia.com, 

www.lahemaa.ee, www.rakvere.ee 


harbor in Tallinn; bus to Rakvere. 

Extra info:Special requirements:The minimum 

age of volunteers is 19. Good level of English, 

also a Motivation Letter is required!!! You 

should be really motivated to work with kids and 

teenagers. Previous experience is an asset. All 

ideas of activities for youngsters, games etc. 

are welcomed. Please bring some materials, 

postcards, posters, maps, music, etc. from your 

country. Leisure time:There are a lot of 

possibilities for leisure time activities: 

swimming, hiking, sports, horse riding, etc. 

Excursions to Lahemaa National Park and 

Rakvere are foreseen. 






KOESTI WATERMILL II (VILJANDI) 

MANU/RENO Project:The aim of this camp is to 

help renovation of the historical watermill 

Koesti. This watermill dating from the end of 

18th century is an important object of heritage 

protection for local community. The oldest part 

of the building existing at present was built in 

the second half of 19th century. In 1930 the 

watermill was made two-storied and on the river 

side the engineering for producing electric 

power was built. After the Second World War 

several changes have been made there. Today 

association managing the watermill put a lot of 

effort into developing it into a hydroelectric 

plant. It is planned to start the alternative 

electricity generating in 2008. This is a very 

important step for the local community which 

goes along with the general plan to raise 

production use of energy from alternative 

sources in Estonia. At present such generating 

alternative energy projects have not been 

developed in Estonia yet to the noticeable 

extend, therefore Koesti Watermill is an 

important initiative which has to be supported. 

Work:The work will include cleaning up the 

banks of Koesti creek and clearing up the 

green areas. You will also help with different 

renovation works at the watermill. Volunteers 

will be working 6-7 hours per day and 5 days 

for week under supervision of local technical 

leaders. Accommodation The accommodation 

facilities will be quite simple: you will stay in the 

mill house in camp beds. Please bring your own 

sleeping bag! Toilets are available. Please note 

that the shower will be a self-made “summer 

shower”, which means that there will not be any 

hot water. But you will have a good chance to 

try Estonian sauna at the weekend! Volunteers 

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will prepare meals themselves from the food 

provided by hosts using cooking facilities of the 

house. 

Location: The project is located at the border 

of Viljandi, a town situated in South Estonia on 

Sakala Upland. Town of Viljandi with its 20,000 

inhabitants is an independent unit of local 

authority and the centre of the county. As a 

culture town it is well known for its valued 

Culture Academy, Ugala Drama Theatre and 

the famous international Folk Music Festival 

(http://www.folk.ee/ ) held yearly at the end of 

July. Viljandi lies 160 km from Tallinn, 98 km 

from Parnu and 80 km from Tartu. More 

information about Viljandi on 

www.viljandi.ee/?id=506 and 

www.viljandimaa.ee/turismiinfo/?lg=eng 


station in Tallinn; bus and train to Viljandi. 

Extra info:Special requirements: This camp is 


plants or hay. Be prepared for physical work. 

Please note rather simple washing facilities in 

this camp. Please bring your sleeping bag and 

working clothes with you. Leisure time:There 


as camp will take place in the town where one 



pubs, etc. You can spend time at Viljandi Lake 

and go swimming, of course. In the weekend 

trips to Tartu or Parnu are possible. Number of 

Volunteers: 10 






MAIDLA (RAPLA) 

MANU/KIDS Project:Maidla is an orphanage, 

which was established over 50 year ago on the 

site of the old German manor house. It caters 

for 40 youngsters aged 3 to 18. Children attend 

school, gymnasium or professional school in 

the county. The aim of the institution is to take 

care of children, create good conditions for their 

living there, ensure necessary medical and 

psychological treatment, organize free time 

activities for them and finally, prepare them for 

the independent life in future. Besides the 

manor houses and the park, which occupies 3 

ha, Maidla has also a garden, which supplies 

institution with vegetables. Naturally there is a 

lot of practical work to do there, especially in 

summer, and assistance of international 

volunteers will be appreciated. Although many 

children will be away for the whole period of 

camp living in the “support families”, those 

staying in Maidla will join volunteers for work 

and leisure. 

Work:Maintenance works in the park and on 

the territory of institution, possibly light 

renovation and painting work in the building, 

preparing and piling up fire woods for heating in 

winter and other odd jobs outdoors and 

indoors. Another task of the camp will be to 

activate youngsters of Maidla involving them to 

the practical work, running a leisure time 

program for them, organizing games and sport 

activities, introducing volunteers’ home 

countries and cultures, providing practice of 

English language, etc. There will be around 15 

young people aged 5 to 17 in Maidla at the time 

of the camp. Accomodation:Volunteers will stay 

in the separate house, which is normally 

occupied by the eldest children. They will have 

2-3 bedded rooms, shower, toilet, washing 

mashine. Sauna is available as well. Meals will 

be prepared by volunteers themselves in the 

instituton’s kitchen from the food provided by 

the institution. 

Location:Maidla is a tiny village, which lies 10 

km east from Rapla, an administrative centre of 

the county with 7 000 inhabitants. Distance 

from Tallinn is about 60 km. Area around has a 

lot of small rivers and lakes as well as forests 

with wild life – nice place for hikes, swimming, 

enjoying nature. More information on 

www.raplamaa.ee 


stations in Tallinn; bus & train to Rapla; bus to 

Maidla. 


requirements. Tools will be provided. Please 

bring working clothes and gloves. It would be 

very helpful if you could bring games, songs 

popular in your countries, ideas for activities 

with children, anything you can use for work 

with kids and teenagers of Maidla. Your 

previous experience in work with kids is an 

advantage. English is the camp language. 

Leisure time: Various joined activities with 

Maidla youngsters. Hikes in the forest. Sport 

activities using institution’s facilities. Excursions 

and visits to the places of interest in the area. 

Trip to the seaside in Parnu can be organised. 

It is possible to visit other workcamps taking 

place the same time in this region. Besides 

during this time of year, there will be various 

cultural events in Rapla and neighbour villages 

(like Marjamaa Folk Festival) which is possible 

to attend. 






EUROPEAN DREAM (TALLINN) 


for kids by Language School AUGIIT in Estonia. 

The aim of the camp is to introduce the 

diversity of world cultures to youth through 

language studies and active practice, visits, 

meetings, contacts with young people from 

abroad in the hope to help young people from 

Estonia to integrate into modern world. At the 

same time the camp aimed at introducing 

Estonian national culture as well as culture of 

minority groups living in Estonia to the foreign 

participants. The camp will offer educational 

programs and activities that focus on promoting 

equality in human dignity in conjunction with 

other programs such as those promoting 

intercultural learning, participation and 

empowerment of minorities. Last not least, 

another idea of the camp is to provide 

meaningful summer activities for local 

youngsters. Local teenagers are Russianspeaking 

and representatives from other 

minority communities of Estonia. 


summer camp and providing intercultural 


through the games popular in the countries 

volunteers represent, theater, sports, 

excursions, discussions, actions, etc. 

Volunteers along with local coordinator will be 



working hours some days, requiring 

commitment, initiative and high responsibility 



from abroad are expected to join this camp. In 

total it is going to be around 15 children. Most 

of local teenagers are Russian-speaking 

representing minority communities in Tallinn. 

Accommodation:In the rented apartments with 

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all facilities in the residential area of Tallinn. 

Volunteers have to prepare breakfasts and 

dinners themselves at their accommodation; 

lunches will be arranged for whole group in the 

city. 





harbor in Tallinn. Special requirements:You 

have to be really motivated to work with kids. 

An experience in work with children is an 

advantage. We specially welcome sporty and 

musical volunteers. All interesting ideas of 

activities for kids, games etc. are welcomed. 

Please bring some materials, photos, symbols 

of your country, posters, maps, music, etc 

typical for your country. We expect active 

volunteers with the knowledge of history and 

culture of their country and ability to present it. 

Good level of English is absolutely required. 

The minimum age of volunteers is 20. Leisure 


activities as camp will take place in the capital 

where one can find attractions for all tastes: 

historical sights and museums, festivals, 

concerts, live music, pubs, etc. Besides, as a 

part of the camp program some trips out of 

Tallinn will be arranged. Camp provides an 


young people of Estonia, learn about the 

country and the culture of its minorities. 






DOWN TOWN KIDS II (TALLINN) 

KIDS/TEACH Project:This project is organized 

for local children by the language school “In 

Down-Town” and non-profit association 

“Alternative Language Programs Satellite”. The 

project’s aim is to introduce the diversity of 

world cultures to children through alternative 

language studies. Answering kids need to 

practice their knowledge of English, the project 

helps them to study national customs and 

traditions, develop their multicultural thinking 

and tolerance. Thus the idea of the camp is to 

provide meaningful summer activities for local 

kids helping the school to fulfil the project’s aim. 

Work:Activating participants of the school’s 

summer camp and providing cross-cultural 


through teaching and playing the games and 

music popular in the English speaking countries 

and the countries the volunteers represent; 

training kids to perform pieces of amateur 

drama; preparing intellectual and sport games 

for them as well as guided discussions on 

excursions round the places of interest; actions 

for peace and nature protection; leading and 

supporting kids in their work on the team 

projects within the discussed topics such as 

“Healthy body, healthy spirit”, “Good habits”, 

“My small home in the big world”, “War and 

peace”, etc.; preparing and leading the kid 

teams’ presentations on English speaking 

countries and the countries the camp 

participants are from. Each day of the camp 

program will have a special theme and a 

related activity. Volunteers along with local 

coordinators are responsible for the program of 

the camp. The work can be pretty hard, 

involving long working hours some days, 


for the camp program and the young 

participants. The volunteers will work in pairs in 

the smaller groups along with local camp 

leaders. The age of youngsters is 10-12. The 

total number of kids is around 30. Most of kids 

are Russian-speaking from Russian minority 

community of Tallinn. 





have breakfasts and dinners at their 





www.tallinn.ee Terminal/Region:Airport, bus or 

train station, harbor in Tallinn. 


be really motivated to work with kids. 

Experience in work with children is an 







their country and ability to present it. Please 

add a motivation letter. The good level of 

English is required. The minimum age of vols is 

20. Number of Volunteers: 8 




Topic: 


ADVENTURE CAMP II (POLVA) 
















information about herbs, plants, berries and 

mushrooms of this area and ways people can 








weather conditions. 



4-5 hours some of the days. Work can be quite 

physical – various construction/ renovation 

works in the old watermill and odd jobs in the 

forest, weir and at the riverside. 







outside. Meals will be really simple. Food will 

be bought in the shop and from local farmers. 

You have to bring sleeping bag and mat. 




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parks and reserves. From the architectural side 

churches, manor houses and ancient castles 

are certainly worth mentioning. 




station in Tallinn, bus to Kanepi. Extra 

info:Special requirements:Volunteers have to 

be flexible, adventurous and be ready to give 

up some comfort. You have to be in a good 

physical shape and be ready for hard work and 

long hikes. You should be interested in nature 

and environment protection. Extra info: it is 

hard to provide vegetarian and lactose free 

food. Camp is not suitable for volunteers 

allergic to hay or cats. Leisure time:Sport 

activities, wu-shu swimming, fishing, etc. Visit 

to Polva Local Life Museum. Excursions to the 

nearest bigger towns Voru and Varska as well 

as tour to North of Estonia are foreseen. 

Participation fee:Since EstYES does not 

receive funds to support your participation in 

the camp neither from the state nor from private 

sponcors, you are asked to contribute 90 Euro 

towards cost of board and lodging, local 

transport and the program. The fee has to be 

paid by volunteers upon arrival to the camp. 











































































camp. 






CULTURE FACTORY (TALLINN) 

RENO/ FEST Project:In the buildings of a 

former Soviet rubber plant Polymer NGO 

Culture Factory is developing an environment 

for workshops for artists and musicians, cultural 

events, youth activities etc. The former 

industrial spaces are being renovated for new 

uses as exhibition and concert halls, dancing, 

theatre and visual arts studios, cultural, youth 

and leisure activities. This year Culture Factory 

in cooperation with EstYES invites international 

volunteers to help renovation works in the 

former factory continuing its transformation into 

alternative cultural centre as well as to meeting 

artists, get experience with various workshops 

and help preparing and running annual 

alternative art festival. The Culture Factory is a 

partner of the international Trans Europe Halles 

Network, an organisation uniting similar centres 

all over Europe. More information on 

www.teh.net and www.kultuuritehas.ee 

Work:As the factory buildings have stood 

derelict for years, lots of cleaning-up has to be 

done. Be ready for the hard and dirty work! It 

will be some renovation works, painting, fixing 

windows, cleaning, etc. but also jobs linked to 

the festival - like preparation/ decoration of the 

rooms, putting exhibitions, transporting stuff, 

etc. The work will normally last 6-7 hours a day. 

Accommodation:Volunteers will live in the 

factory building in a studio, where they will have 

a big room for living and equipped kitchen for 

preparing own meals. Toilets and showers are 

available in the factory. Beds, mattresses and 

linens will be provided, so there is no need to 

bring sleeping bags. 

Location:Tallinn is the capital of Estonia. You 

can get a lot of information on Tallinn on 

www.tallinn.ee and www.visitestonia.com . The 

Culture Factory is situated quite in the centre of 

Tallinn within walking distance (20 min) to 

mediaeval old town, museums, pubs with 

intensive nightlife, etc. 



Extra info:Special requirements:There are no 

special requirements. Tools will be provided. 

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Please bring working clothes and gloves. Camp 

language is English. Leisure time;On site 

volunteers are welcome to take part in the 

festival and get acquainted with the work of 

artists and artisans. During the camp Culture 

Factory will run the traditional festival, so a lot 

of cultural activities and parties are foreseen: 

art, performances, music, etc. Besides, there 


since camp takes place in the capital where 

one can find attractions for all tastes: 

sightseeing and museums, festivals, concerts, 

live music, pubs, etc. The camp provides an 


young Estonian artists. Participation fee:Since 

EstYES (neither its camp partner NGO Culture 

Factory) does not receive sufficient financial 

support for this camp from municipality nor from 

private sources we have to charge participants 

an extra fee of 70 Euro. It has to be paid by 

volunteers upon arrival to the camp, and it is to 

cover costs of materials as well as some 

cultural activities. 






ZOO II (TALLINN) 

MANU/ENVI Project:The World Zoo and 

Aquarium Conservation Strategy adopted in 

2005 puts the emphasis on wildlife 

conservation as one of the highest priorities for 

the zoos around the world. Once offering only 

public entertainment, the zoos today must take 

the role of wildlife conservation centres, 

breeding endangered species and supporting 

their recovery in the wild. Tallinn Zoo 

(http://www.loomaaed.ee) participates in a 

numerous conservation projects, playing a 

leading role in the reintroduction project of the 

European mink (Mustela lutreola). It has also 

provided specimens for the reintroduction of the 

Black vulture. Tallinn Zoo introduces the public 

to a variety of animals and conveys information 

about wildlife through interpretative signs and 

boards, interactive devices, printed handouts 

and media representations. So far Tallinn Zoo 

has been a partner of EstYES for the local 

voluntary actions. In the development of our 

cooperation the first international workcamp 

was be held in Tallinn Zoo in summer 2007. 

Following its success this year we introduce 

two camps there. 

Work:The work mainly consists of doing 

various gardening jobs in the green areas of 

the large zoo territory: clearing and tiding up, 

mowing grass, cutting bushes, planting flowers. 

There might be as well small renovation works 

and various odd jobs outdoors. In case of rainy 

weather alternative work indoors will be found. 

The work is planned as 7-8 hours a day. NB! 

Work does not include direct contact with the 

animals Accomodation: Volunteers will stay in 

the residential area of Tallinn in the EstYES 

apartment, where long-term EVS volunteers are 

usually accommodated. It takes about 20 min 

by bus to get from there to the city centre and 

about 40-50 min to get to the Zoo from there. 

Volunteers will have two rooms, equipped 

kitchen, shower rooms and toilet at their 

disposal. They will sleep on mattresses on the 

floor and in beds. Please bring your sleeping 

bags! Volunteers have to prepare their own 

meals for breakfasts and dinners. Lunches will 

be taken together with the Zoo gardening staff 

at the working place. Volunteers will use public 

transport to go to work; the tickets will be 

provided by EstYE 

Study: 

Location:Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, 

www.tallinn.ee or www.visitestonia.com. Extra 

info:Special requirements:No special skills 

required but you have to be ready for physical 

work. This camp is not suitable for volunteers 

allergic to hay. Tools will be provided, just take 

your working clothes and gloves and a sleeping 

bag! The camp language is English. Leisure 

time:Besides that volunteers will get well 

acquainted with the zoo and its inhabitants, 

there are a lot of possibilities for leisure time 

activities since camp will take place in the 

capital, where one can find attractions for any 


concerts, live music, pubs, etc. This camp 

provides an excellent opportunity to experience 

vivid local life of Tallinn. Participation fee:As 

EstYES does not have funds to support your 

participation in this camp neither from the state 

nor from the private sponsors, you are asked to 




the camp. 




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RISTITEE FARM (HIIUMAA) 

ENVI Project:Hiiumaa according to the Nordic 

sagas emerged from the Baltic Sea as a small 

islet more than 10,000 years ago. The island of 

Hiiumaa was first mentioned in historical 

documents as a deserted island called Dageida 

in 1228. The first inhabitants settled down at 

the end of the 13th century. Hiiumaa now is the 

second biggest island of Estonia: its area is 965 

sq. km, population around 12 000. It has many 

historical and nature sights, and there are kind 

people known for their hospitality and good 

sense of humor. Ristitee farm is situated on the 

small island Kassari (19 sq. km) which is linked 

to Hiiumaa. The farm has about 40 horses and 

it specializes in eco-tourism in Kassari and 

horse riding for tourists. Indeed the area 

provides a lot of possibilities for this - with its 

beautiful sand dunes, pine woods and the high 

coastal junipers Kassari Island is ideal for 

hiking, picnics, camping, sunbathing and 

swimming. Kaina Bay between Kassari and 

Kaina and the numerous islets form a bird 

sanctuary with 70 different species - ideal place 

for bird watchers and nature lovers. The idea of 

the camp is to assist the protection of one of 

the environmental objects - coastal meadows, 

which are unique in Europe. Give hand to 

Kassari people and have the great chance to 

experience everyday Estonian country life on 

the beautiful island of Hiiumaa! 

Work:Volunteers will be mainly working on 

preserving coastal meadows. This work will 

include cleaning and tidying up, cutting 

unwanted grass and bushes, deleting plants 

not typical for the meadows. This is an outdoors 

work in the very wet area. In addition there can 

be some odd jobs in the farm, especially in the 

apple garden. The working day is 6-7 hours. 

One day a week is free but not necessarily on 

weekend. 

Accommodation:In the separate house on the 

sleeping mats. Volunteers have to bring 

sleeping bags. Toilet, hot water, sauna is 

available. Volunteers will have to prepare meals 

themselves however with the help of locals. 

Location:Hiiumaa Island lies in the Baltic Sea 

west of Tallinn, 22 km from the mainland. 

Ristitee farm is situated on the seashore very 

close to the forest. The nearest village is 10km 

away. 


station in Tallinn; bus to Rohukula and ferry to 

Hiiumaa. 

Extra info:Special requirements:This camp is 


plants or hay. 

Extra info: it is hard to provide diverse 

vegetarian and lactose free food on the island. 

Volunteers have to bring rubber boots, 

waterproof clothes and pocket torch. Volunteers 

aged over 35 are especially welcome! Leisure 

time:Sunbathing and swimming, hiking, birds 

watching, etc. Very good camp for nature 

lovers! Excursion around the island is planned. 

Since Ristitee is also a horse farm you will get 

the possibility to exercise horse riding. 


1. Finland - KVT Finland 



Campcode:FI-KVT-2-1 

Estelle, Turku 

ENVI, MANU Uusi Tuuli is a NGO in Turku 

working for fair trade, solidarity and sustainable 

development. Its ship Estelle has sailed to 

Angola with aid supplies and brought fair trade 

goods to Finland. 

Work: First week of the camp will be spent 

repairing bicycles in Uusi Tuuli's bicycle "fleamarket". 

In the second week vols will help 

Estelle's crew to make repairs on the ship and 

prepare it for sailing. The work is physical and 

participants should be able to take their own 

initiative. At the end of the camp the Estelle will 

sail from Turku to Helsinki. In Helsinki, the 

volunteers will participate in the World Village 

Festival on 24-25 May. 

Study: Fair Trade and other themes of 

globalisation. Bicycles will be used as vehicles 

during the camp. 

Accommodation: First two weeks will spent in 

a house but vols will stay on the Estelle during 

the sailing trip. It is not possible to accept 

disabled or participants with children. More info: 

www.estelle.fi and www.worldvillage.fi 







World Village Festival, Helsinki 

EDU, FEST, PEACE The World Village Festival 

(24-25 May) showcases a large range of NGOs 

and is organised by KEPA (Service Centre for 

Development Cooperation in Finland). The 

festival supports multiculturalism, international 

solidarity and development co-operation 

through music and exhibitions 

(www.worldvillage.fi). 

Work: Firstly, vols will help to set up the festival 

area including building and taking down tents, 

setting up stalls, decorating the festival area, 

etc. After the World Village festival the 

volunteers will work for three days in a 

reception centre for refugees and asylum 

seekers. Vols will take part in cleaning and 

maintenance work at the centre and its 

surroundings in co-operation with the 

inhabitants. Vols will also organise activities for 

the children living in the centre (art workshops, 

outdoor activities, etc.). 

Accommodation: Vols will stay on a small 

island in an old house which is maintained by a 

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small ecological association. The 

accommodation is simple, there's no running 

water or showers. Vols can use a sauna 

building for washing. It is not possible to accept 

disabled or participants with children. 






Äijälä, Jyväskylä 

DISA, MANU Äijälä Farm is situated near 

Jyväskylä in Central Finland. The charming old 

farmhouse has been repaired to be a home for 

disabled people. The community wants to 

encourage the integration of disabled and socalled 

healthy people. Äijälä has been hosting 

KVT workcamps since 1980. 

Work: Gardening, hay-making, renovating an 

old building and household work. Work will be 

done together with the people living in Äijälä 

and also other disabled people from outside 

Äijälä. 

Extra info: Disabled vols, 30+ vols and families 

are especially welcome. 






Rihu, Heinola 

AGRI, ENVI Rihu is a biodynamic farm 

surrounded by forests and lakes, 30km from 

Heinola in Southern Finland. Rihu Association 

organises courses on biodynamic farming, 

environment and herbal medicine as well as 

camps for school children. There are also 

domestic animals on the farm. 

Work: Gardening, landscaping and painting. 

Extra info: Expect hard outdoor work! 

Study: Biodynamic farming. More info: 

www.rihu.net 






Food Not Bombs, Helsinki 

EDU, PEACE Food Not Bombs (FNB) is an 

international grassroots anti-military movement 

with the aim of promoting disarmament and 

social justice. One of their main activities is to 

cook and serve meals on the streets and 

market places of Helsinki. Food is donated by 

local shopkeepers. Vols will also eat donated 

food during the camp. The food will be vegan 

and/or vegetarian. Vols will mostly travel by 

bicycle 5-30 kilometres per day. 

Work: Vols will take part in cooking and serving 

the meals. 

Study: FNB campaign. 

Extra info: Extra motivation letter needed. 

More info: www.foodnotbombs.net 







Faces Etnofestival, Karjaa 

FEST, PEACE, MANU Faces Etnofestival (1st - 

3rd of August) is a multicultural festival with live 

music, theatre, exhibitions, workshops and 

dance. The aim of the festival is to promote 

understanding between different ethnic groups 

and work against racism. The festival is held in 

Billnäs, a little village just outside Karjaa, 80 km 

west of Helsinki. 

Work: The work will be physically demanding 

and monotonous: building the stages, carrying 

materials, decoration and tidying the area after 

the festival. More info: www.faces.fi 






Unicornia, Kaavi 

ENVI Unicornia is an NGO that works to 

provide an opportunity for people to live close 

to nature in an electricity-free environment. For 

this purpose Unicornia has rented a farm next 

to a lake in a rural area of central Finland. 

Work: Gardening, clearing forest paths and a 

beach, painting walls, chopping firewood. 

Accommodation: Very basic, washing in a 

sauna. 

Study: Local nature and natural living. 

Extra info: No electricty nearby. No alcohol 

allowed. 






Forest School, Saarijärvi 

EDU, ENVI POKE is a learning centre offering 

different kinds of educational programmes for 

young people and adults. One of the central 

aims of the centre is to promote sustainable 

development and multiculturalism. The school 

is situated in central Finland. 

Work: Vols will help with gardening, taking care 

of animals, forest work, making an educational 

nature path near the school and picking berries. 

Study: The relationship between humans and 

nature, sustainable lifestyle and forestry. 






Kuusaa, Haapajärvi 

HERI, FEST The camp is hosted by Jokuset 

Village Association, an organisation for 

inhabitants of Kuusaa and Jokela villages in 

Northwestern Finland. 

Work: Helping to organise the Kuusaa 

Marathon, renovating the village house, 

landscaping, and hosting a restaurant event 

(with traditional dishes from the vols’ countries) 

in the village house. More info (in Finnish): 

www.kuusaa.com 






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Hyvä Arki, Espoo 

SOCI, KIDS Hyvä Arki organises voluntary 

work in Espoo (Greater Helsinki) and is a 

meeting place for long-term unemployed 

immigrants and other socially disadvantaged 

groups. It also delivers food aid to 

disadvantaged people in Espoo. 

Work: Volunteers will participate in a 

multicultural children’s camp taking place in 

Espoo centre (5-9 August). The vols will help to 

take care of the children and organise games 

and activities together with Finnish camp 

leaders. The other part of the work will be 

gardening and painting the old cottage of the 

Hyvä Arki Association. More info: www.hyvaarki.fi 

(Finnish). 




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Keuruu Ecovillage, Keuruu 

ENVI, AGRI The purpose of Keuruu Ecovillage 

is to pursue a sustainable lifestyle, to cherish 

the diversity of nature and to preserve original 

plant and animal species in the woody 

countryside of Central Finland. 

Work: Construction, renovation, harvesting, 

gardening. 

Study: Ecovillages in Finland and Europe. 

Extra info: Families and 30+ vols are 

especially welcome. More info: www.ekokyla.tk 


1. France - SCI France 



Campcode:FR-SCI-6-1 

VITRY/PLANETE LILAS I 

The project of Planete Lilas is situated in the 

departmental park of “Les lilas” in the southern 

part of Paris. It's aim is to create an activity of 

biological farming and fair trade, an open space 

for inhabitants of the area, a place for debates 

and discussion, and a collective garden.. It is 

the second workcamps year on the place. 

Volounteers will work in the garden : gardening, 

weeding, workshop animation with children and 

participation to local events. Going to Paris will 

not be possible every day. 

Accommodation: tents 






BERGES DE LA DEULE 

The project is about environnemental 

protection. It consists in sailing on little boats 

through differents sites along the river “Deûle”, 

closed to Lille, in the north of France. The 

volunteer will actively participate in the river’s 

environnement protection by working directly on 

pollution effects : cleaning the riversides, the 

water and fauna and flora protection. 

Work: The volunteers will actively participate in 

the river’s environnement protection by working 

directly on pollution effects : cleaning the 

riversides, the water and fauna and flora 

protection 


Extra info: non accessible for wheelchairs 






MAISON BLANCHE 

In a small village, in the East of France, the 

Maison Blanche residence welcomes elderly 

people. Some of the residents are affected with 

alzheimer . 

Work: the volunteers will be asked two types of 

work : animation, mainly, and small hand labor. 

It would be really appreciated if the volunteers 

came with their guitars, traditional songs and 

dances, national recipes... and lots of ideas. 

Accommodation: accomodation in an 

independant house of the center 

Language: it is necessary to speak french.. 

Extra info: We ask volunteers to be at least 20 

years old, very motivated for this camp and to 

speak French. They have to send a motivation 

letter in french with the standard application 

form. No volunteer will be accepted until we get 

this motivation letter. Driving licence would be 

an asset (a vehicle is lended to the volunteers). 







SIRIUS 

Tri-national French German and a third country 

to be chosen Sirius works for the improvement 

of the relation between differents area of Paris 

through cultural projects. In 2008, the NGO is 

preparing a film and an exhibition called 

“Dream in the city – City of dream”. The film 

aims to link areas of Paris through artistic 

workshops. (videos and plastic art). Volunteers 

will help to prepare the film decoration and the 

settlement of the video exhibition (24-26 of july) 

in the north of Paris.. They will prepare it by 

animating workshop with children and 

adults(painting; ,joinery, sound installation ...). 

Parts of the film are prepared by the inhabitants 

and local NGO's. 

Accommodation: in the centre of an NGO 

partner, in the suburbs. 

Language: French, German, and .. 




Topic: Others 


AUI I 

This workcamp will be organised in cooperation 

with Action d'Urgence Internationale 

(International Emergency Action). It organises 

trainings and works on disasters prevention. 

The camps will take place in the Alps. 

Work: Volunteers will renovate former silver 

mines, archaeological remnants from 9th 

century: renovating the ancient galleries, as 

well as the outskirts. Volunteers will work 35 

hours per week 

Accommodation: Big tents, with beds inside. 

Sleeping bags needed 

Language: French, English and Spanish. 

Extra info: Camp non accessible for wheel 

chairs 



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TONNEINS I 

In an APF center (Association of handicapped 

persons, France) in the south of France, the 

workcamp will focus on animation activities. 

Work: Volunteers will take part to animation 

activities and to the residents daily life. 


centre. 

Language: It is necessary to have a good 

understanding of french. 






this motivation letter. 






RENNES I 

The workcamp takes place in Rennes, in a 

center for spastic (not mental handicapped). 

Work: The volunteers will be in charge of the 

animation activities : games, discussions, going 

out with residents, introducing their country. 

Volunteers knowing arts or theatre are very 

welcome. 

Accommodation: in the centre. 

Language: It is necessary to speak french. 






this motivation letter.. 






CHATEAU DE BLAMONT I 

The association « Clé de Voûte du Blâmontois 

», created in 1991, is renovating a medieval 

castel in the village of Blâmont, between Nancy 

and Strasbourg. 

Work: The volunteers will help with building 

work (masonry), reparing the walls, stonecutting, 

clearing the site and general 

maintenance of the site. 

Accommodation: The volunteers need to bring 

their own tent and sleeping bags. 

Qualifications: It is good but not obligatory to 

speak a little bit of French because 10 other 

french volunteers will be present ! 







FORT DE JOUY 

In the East of France, the Fort de Jouy is an old 

military fort of the 19th century. The vols wil 

help renovate it with building work (masonry, 

carpentry). 

Accommodation: very rudimentary in the fort. 

The vols need to bring their own sleeping bags 

and sleeping mats. The showers are outside of 

the workcamp site. Vols must be aware of this 

rudimentary lifestyle. 








Topic: Others 


DOJO PAJOT 

L'association DOJO PAJOT, in the south-east 

of Paris, organizes various activities, cultural or 

physical, for disadvantaged younggster. The 

volunteers will help renovate the building. 

Accommodation: tent. 


chairs 






CHATEAUNEUF 

This APF center, in Chateauneuf sur Cher, in 

the heart of France, Le foyer APF de 

Chateauneuf sur Cher, dans le centre de la 

France, welcomes handicapped persons. 




centre. 














NOEUX-LES-MINES 


persons, France) in the North of France, the 



activities and to the residents daily life. They 

will do some artistic work: paintings, 

decoration... according to their abilities. 


centre. 


Qualifications: We ask volunteers to have 

artistic competencies such as drawing, painting, 

sculpture… 











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CHATEAU DE BLAMONT II 

The association « Clé de Voûte du Blâmontois 

», created in 1991, is renovating a medieval 

castel in the village of Blâmont, between Nancy 

and Strasbourg. 

Work: The volunteers will help with building 

work (masonry), reparing the walls, stonecutting, 

clearing the site and general 

maintenance of the site. 

Accommodation: The volunteers need to bring 

their own tent and sleeping bags. 










HOSPITALET 

The workcamp will be held in a residence for 

physically heavily handicapped persons, near 

Blois, the Loire valley castles, 45 minutes from 

Paris with the TGV. A specialised work is done 

in order to give the residents a self-aptitude to 

their daily tasks. 

Work: The volunteers will bring their personal 

competences (music, theatre,...) and national 

culture (songs, pictures, diaporama, ...) and 

help the animation team, taking part in the 

residents daily activities : games, debates, 

visits outside, picnics… They'll take their meals 

with the residents. 

Accommodation: in the centre. A car will be at 

their disposal. 

Language: it is necessary to speak french 











Topic: Others 


AUI II 

This workcamp will be organised in cooperation 

with Action d'Urgence Internationale 

(International Emergency Action). It organises 

trainings and works on disasters prevention. 

The camps will take place in the Alps. 

Work: Volunteers will renovate former silver 

mines, archaeological remnants from 9th 

century: renovating the ancient galleries, as 

well as the outskirts. Volunteers will work 35 

hours per week 

Accommodation: Big tents, with beds inside. 

Sleeping bags needed 

Language: French, English and Spanish. 


chairs 






MARSEILLE 

The Centre of Bellevue in Marseille 

accommodates disabled persons (physically 

handicapped). 

Work: The volunteers will organize animation 

activities. They’ll be careful to maintain 

exchanges with the residents and then, to try to 

create a friendly and dynamic atmosphere. 

They will help during the meals some persons 

who can’t eat alone. The volunteers are 

encouraged to be dynamic and take initiatives. 








this motivation letter. Driving licence would be 

an asset. 






TONNEINS II 


persons, France) in the south of France, the 





centre. 














RENNES II 

The workcamp takes place in Rennes, in a 

center for spastic (not mental handicapped). 

Work: The volunteers will be in charge of the 

animation activities : games, discussions, going 

out with residents, introducing their country. 

Volunteers knowing arts or theatre are very 

welcome. 

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MAISON DE LA NATURE 

The “Maison de la nature of Sundgau” is an 

educational centre promoting ecology. Created 

in 1999, it is situated in Altenach, a little village 

in Alsace, near Switzerland. 

Work: This summer, volunteers will help 

restoring the “discovery path” (the wooden 

stairs and the “bird observatory”, and creating a 

meeting area with natural material ( wood and 

stones), arrange a secure place around the 

campfire, and build a furnace. 

Accommodation: tents. 







FERME DU DRAGON 

The goal of the project is to built ecological little 

houses, around the “Draggon Farm, located in 

Merville, in the north of France, which host 

visitors with a goal of environment and 

ecological building. Each house will be 30m3 

tall and built in natural material ( wood and soil). 

Work: building ecological little houses 







ETAPLES 

In the north of France the volunteers will help 

an association working on saving martim 

heritage. 

Work: repair old boats for an exhibition in a 

maritim museum 

Study: maritim history 

Accommodation: camping 

Qualifications: ability or enthusiasm for 

woodwork, curiosity for boats and maritim 

history,... 




2008 



VITRY/PLANETE LILAS IV 
















2008 

Topic: Others 


LILLE 

The volunteers will have to help SCI Lille in 

north of France to renovate the office, to make 

it adapted for hosting volunteers. The work will 

be demolition of walls and little building works. 

Work: building work 

Accommodation: house 


1. Germany - SCI Germany 



Campcode:DE-SCI-9-90 

HAMBURG-ALTONA 

The 10th "altonale" takes place between 30 

May and 15 June. This culture and street 

festival in Hamburg has become one of the 

most popular events in Northern Germany, 

attracting more than 500,000 visitors each time. 

Every year, the "altonale" comes up with new 

ideas and attractions in the fields of art, 

literature and theatre. Before you apply, please 

read basic info on this site www.sci-d.de/infofor-you 

first. Here we explain, what we expect 

from volunteers in our camps. A special festival 

highlight is the three-day street feast (from13 to 

15 June) with numerous musical performances 

on 9 stages, a "fun parade", an information mile 

and an antiques and flea market. To celebrate 

its 10th anniversary, the "altonale" is setting up 

a wide range of special areas such as the "city 

forest", which includes more than 100 birch 

trees, or the festival area, where the European 

Football Championship 2008 will be 

broadcasted on a big screen, surrounded by 16 

tents that represent each of the participating 

nations. A big circus tent will complete the 

"anniversary mile", where events, readings and 

concerts will be held. You will get a close 

insight in diverse cultural projects as well as in 

the planning and organization of the festival. 

Moreover, you will get to know Hamburg and 

the district of Altona in particular. Participants 

will be invited, together with other international 

groups, to an official greeting of the town 

mayor. 

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Work: Setup an dismantling of the equipment, 

decoration, festival organization, providing 

information to visitors, posting bills, distribution 

of flyers and clean up. 

Study: Learn how to organize a big cultural 

event 

Accommodation: In a building 

Extra info: More information at 

www.altonale.de 






MOERS (about 30 km north of Düsseldorf) 

The City of Moers, located on the border of the 

Ruhrgebiet, between Duisburg and Düsseldorf, 

is known for the tradition of mining. For more 

than 25 years SCI-Moers has been active in 

many areas to support the youth of the area. 

Three years ago, SCI-Moers began working in 

the "Ganztagsbetreuung" (full-time supervision) 

of children in preschools. "Ganztagsbetreuung" 

creates a learning environment for preschoolers 

to occupy the time between the end of the 

school day and 4pm. This summer SCI-Moers 

will be involved in the "Tummelferien"program 

for the City of Moers for the second time. 

Tummelferien is a program designed for 

children between the ages of 6-14 who are not 

going on vacation during their summer break. 

Children of different areas are put into a group 

of up to 15 to engage in various games, sports 

and leisure activities. Outings, sightseeing 

tours, art projects, a large KIDS-Parade through 

the City, visits to the swimming pool and many 

more activities will be part of the program, 

Mondays through Fridays, from 9 am to 4 pm. 

Before you apply, please read basic info on this 

site www.sci-d.de/info-for-you first. Here we 

explain, what we expect from volunteers in our 

camps. 

Work: Preparing leisure activities for children 

and supporting the staff, which is responsible 

for the groups 

Study: Getting to know the youth work in the 

City of Moers and looking at the school system 

in North Rhine-Westphalia 

Accommodation: In a school 

Food: Lunch with the groups, breakfast and 

dinner the camp prepares for themselves 

Qualifications: Camp languages: German and 

English; motivation to work with kids for long 

hours, bringing own ideas for games and 

leisure activities with the children 






BERGE (about 30 km west of Berlin) 

The Brandenburg Youth Centre is a 

development facility for socially disadvantaged 

and mentally disabled young people. Located in 

the province of the former Prussian domain of 

Berge, northwest of Berlin, the youth centre 

offers these young people the opportunity to 

reintegrate on social and vocational levels 

through development programmes on issues 

including ecology, agriculture, building and 

kitchen work and wood workshop. The young 

people live in family-like structures with 

educators as parents. Before you apply, please 

read basic info on this site www.sci-d.de/info- 

for-you first. Here we explain, what we expect 

from volunteers in our camps. 

Work: In small groups in the stables, kitchen, 

wood workshop and garden, together with the 

young people 

Study: The socio-ecological concept of the 

Youth centre, use of renewable energies, 

ecological building, environmental technology, 

horse-based therapy 


Qualifications: Knowledge of German is useful 

because the young people do not speak 

English. Interest to get in contact with the 

youth! 

Extra info: Alcohol and drugs are forbidden in 

the project; many free time facilities: swimming, 

canoeing, riding, tours by bike, excursions to 

Berlin and Potsdam are possible. 






LEIPZIG-LINDENAU, Polish-German 

Workcamp 

The Lindenau Neighbourhood Association 

engages in volunteer work in the areas of family 

housing, local history and grass root urban 

planning (www.lindenauerstadtteilverein.de). 

Lindenau is a diverse inner suburb of the green 

university town of Leipzig. The great many of 

projects include indoor playgrounds, community 

gardens and a writer in residence. In 2007 the 

association took over an empty house as future 

centre and space for activities of non-profit 

associations. Public funds helped securing the 

roof, however windows and doors are missing 

and will be replaced with spare parts from 

elsewhere. The Workcamp will help renovating 

the place as an attractive location for 

community projects. Co-sponsor is Tegula, the 

Leipzig Museum of Bricks. Before you apply, 

please read basic info on this site www.scid.de/info-for-you 

first. Here we explain, what we 

expect from volunteers in our camps. 

Work: Renovation work of the facade (brick 

laying, plaster) and designing the backyard 

Study: Dealing with empty and derelict houses, 

neighbourhood associations 

Accommodation: On mattresses in the house, 

no running water, showers in the 

neighbourhood 

Qualifications: Fun and endurance with 

manual work 







BERLIN, Russian Summer School 

This program aims to train young active 

volunteers of the Siberian Creative Group. The 

theme of this year's Summer School is "the 

dangers of right-wing extremism in Germany 

and Russia". In the first week, the participants 

will learn methods of intercultural learning and 

meet anti-racist initiatives & young people in 

Berlin. Afterwards, the volunteers will break into 

small groups and join different international 

work camps of their choice. Before you apply, 




Study: Learning about racism in Germany and 

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in Russia, and ways to fight it 

Extra info: Only for medium to good Russian 

speakers! 






BERNKASTEL-KUES (about 40 km east of 

Trier) 

Friedmunt Sonnemann owns 4 hectares of 

land, situated in a forest near the small wine 

and tourist town of Bernkastel-Kues, 40km 

away from Trier. He cultivates plants, which are 

threatened or endangered, and sells the seeds 

are to various horticulturists. The hut where he 

resides has neither a water pipe nor electricity, 

and the road to it is not paved. Life in this 

remote area, up one hour up the hill, is not 

suitable for everyone, therefore the volunteers 

must be economical, willing to avoid waste, 

able to adapt to hard living conditions and live 

an organic lifestyle. Living room, spring water 

and telephone are available. Before you apply, 




Work: Depending on the weather conditions, 

working in the fields or construction of house 

with simple materials (loam and straw) 

Study: Botany, discussion about the extinction 

of rare crops 

Accommodation: In the barn, kitchen 

available, washing [normally] with cold water, 

compost toilet 

Qualifications: Adapting to very basic 

conditions and endure this life style for three 

weeks 

Extra info: Only vegetarian food; Do not bring 

a mobile telephone because of its unhealthy 

effect. Because of the high economical 

demands of the property, it’s required that the 

volunteers work Saturday mornings. 






ÜBERLINGEN (at Lake Constanze) 

Direct on Lake Constance, in Überlingen, you 

will find Wiestor School, a primary and 

secondary school with about 300 pupils. Many 

of the pupils are from immigrant families. The 

children have school throughout the day, which 

is not common in Germany. The goal is for all 

pupils to move on to become successful 

citizens by finding a place to train or move on to 

further education after schooling is complete. 

The historical city of Überlingen and the 

surrounding landscape of Lake Constance 

presents a great opportunity for the participants 

to get to know one of the most beautiful areas 

of Germany and is very close to the borders of 

Austria and Switzerland. Before you apply, 




Work: Rearrangement of outdoor areas, 

construction of a new five-a-side football field, a 

covered sitting area for the pupils of the primary 

school, green areas and a play/climb area. 

Study: Participation in creating an enjoyable 

schoolyard appropriate for children; insight into 

the aims of a working primary/secondary 

school; visits to historical monuments, such as 

the Goldbacher Stollen and KZ Aufkirch from 

the Nazi regime 

Accommodation: Simple living conditions in a 

multipurpose room; showers are next door; two 

minute walk from Überlingen Train Station 

Qualifications: Interest in the project and 

creative design, interest and motivation 

Extra info: Trips around Lake Constance and 

various points of historical significance 






JÄNKENDORF (Saxony, about 70 km east of 

Dresden) 

The association Holderbusch runs a farm with 

about 22 hectares of land for agriculture and 

pasture. The farm has recently changed over to 

ecological agriculture. The aims of the 

association consist of perm cultural selfsustainability, 

landscape conservation, 

revitalization of traditional handicraft and 

agriculture with horses. There are four adults 

and a child living on the farm. Before you apply, 




Work: Renovation works at the house; work in 

the garden and in the fields; fruit gathering 

Study: Perma culture, life in harmony with 

nature, keeping of animals in their natural 

environment, community life 

Accommodation: Simple in tents, during rainy 

weather in the barn 

Food: Self-catering, partly with products from 

the farm 

Extra info: Not accessible by wheel chair; if 

possible bring your bike! Cycling ability! Please 

bring along sleeping bag, mat, working clothes 

and solid work shoes. 






JÄNKENDORF (Saxony, about 70 km east of 

Dresden) 

The association Holderbusch runs a farm with 

about 22 hectares of land for agriculture and 

pasture. The farm has recently changed over to 

ecological agriculture. The aims of the 

association consist of perm cultural selfsustainability, 

landscape conservation, 

revitalization of traditional handicraft and 

agriculture with horses. There are four adults 

and a child living on the farm. Before you apply, 




Work: Renovation works at the house; work in 

the garden and in the fields; fruit gathering 

Study: Perma culture, life in harmony with 

nature, keeping of animals in their natural 

environment, community life 

Accommodation: Simple in tents, during rainy 

weather in the barn 

Food: Self-catering, partly with products from 

the farm 

Extra info: Not accessible by wheel chair; if 

possible bring your bike! Cycling ability! Please 

bring along sleeping bag, mat, working clothes 

and solid work shoes. 


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WECHMAR (Thuringia, near Erfurt) 

Wechmar is known in the international world of 

music as the "home of the forefathers of the 

Bach family". In the 16th century, Veit Bach, a 

baker, left his home in Hungary and moved to 

Wechmar, a village near Erfurt. More than half 

of his descendants became musicians, among 

them the genius composer Johann Sebastian 

Bach, his great great grandson. The original 

Bach house in historical centre of Wechmar is 

the oldest living and working place of Bach 

family in the world. Historic sights can be visited 

during free time, like the regional capital Erfurt, 

the city of Gotha and the “Wartburg” in 

Eisenach. Before you apply, please read basic 

info on this site www.sci-d.de/info-for-you first. 

Here we explain, what we expect from 

volunteers in our camps. 

Work: Renovation of the old manor, building a 

geological trail on an area surrounded by a 

moat, participants will help preparing and take 

part in the local feast 

Study: Monument conservation, local history, 

rural traditions 

Accommodation: A building on the sports field 

of the community 

Food: In the mornings and evenings the group 

will prepare their own food, lunch will be 

provided. 







RAVENSBRÜCK (near Berlin) 

The former women concentration camp of 

Ravensbrück was established in 1939 near the 

small city of Fürstenberg/Havel. Until the 

liberation in April 1945, more than 130.000 

women and children, 20.000 men and 1.000 

female youth of the so-called “Uckermark Youth 

Protective Custody Camp” were incarcerated. 

The prisoners came from more than 40 

countries. They were required to do forced 

labour in different sectors, e.g. for SS-factories 

or the company of Siemens. Their daily life was 

characterised by hunger, mistreatments and 

bad hygienic conditions. Tens of thousands of 

prisoners perished. Today, Ravensbrück 

Memorial Museum keeps traces and records, 

enhances remembrance and research, and 

creates a place of active learning and 

encounter. Every year, in cooperation with the 

Memorial, international work camps are 

organised on the former concentration camp 

area. Further information can be found on 

www.ravensbrueck.de. Before you apply, 




Work: Indexing and translation of documents in 

the archives of the Memorial 

Study: Prisoners and female SS-guards, 

commemoration and remembrance at 

Ravensbrück Memorial 

Accommodation: In the international youth 

hostel of Ravensbrück on the Memorial site 

Extra info: Excursions to the lakes in the 

surrounding area 






HAMBURG-ST.PAULI 

Alimaus is a Christian project for homeless 

people. It offers the opportunity for the walk-ins 

to congregate and have a warm and welcoming 

place to stay. In the house there are also 

bathrooms and showers. Basic medical help is 

offered as well. Parts of the free regular 

services are hot meals and the distribution of 

clothes. Currently, the facilities, which are 

funded only by donations, are used daily by 

approximately 200 guests. After an introductory 

period, volunteers will be integrated in the daily 

routine of the project and will help with all 

necessary tasks. The project is located in St. 

Pauli, one of Hamburg’s poorest quarters. At 

the same time, it is one of the most popular 

living quarters, especially amongst artists and 

young people, popular for its colourful and 

international atmosphere. Before you apply, 




Work: Help with the distribution of food and 

clothes; own initiatives of the participants are 

very welcome. 

Study: Poverty and homelessness in Hamburg; 

chances to visit other projects for homeless 

people 

Accommodation: In a parish close to the 

project 

Qualifications: High level of motivation, 

willingness to associate with a difficult clientele 







BUCHENWALD (near Weimar) 

Since 1990 this workcamp has taken place in 

cooperation with the local youth meeting centre 

on the territory of the former concentration 

camp (KZ) of Buchenwald. Built in 1937, the KZ 

Buchenwald was one of the biggest 

concentration camps during the Nazi era. More 

than 250.000 people were displaced to KZ 

Buchenwald and employed in its more than 100 

smaller satellite camps for forced labour. More 

than 56.000 people lost their lives. Many of 

them were killed or were dying from hunger or 

brutal medical experiments. This year the 

volunteers will work and do gardening on the 

territory of the former KZ Buchenwald. Majority 

of participants will be from Russia and Belarus. 




camps. 

Work: Gardening, preservation on the former 

concentration camp, partly archaeological work 

at the former dispensary, railroad line and two 

former waste dumps under supervision of an 

archaeologist 

Study: The history of the concentration camp 

and its satellite camps; violence and racism 

Accommodation: In the youth hostel 

Qualifications: Interest in the topic, good 

knowledge of English or German required 




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BERLIN, Travelling Camp 

Theme “Pacifist Voluntary Projects” As a first 

step, participants will learn from trainers how to 

prepare & organize workshops on peace 

education & conflict transformation using 

innovative methods. The second step is the 

travelling phase through Germany. Divided in 

small teams, the participants will visit 3-4 

international workcamps and conduct one-day 

workshops for the volunteers. Last not least the 

group will come together to evaluate their 

experiences & plan future projects. Before you 

apply, please read basic info on this site 

www.sci-d.de/info-for-you first. Here we explain, 

what we expect from volunteers in our camps. 

W/ 

Study: Preparing and organizing workshops on 

peace education & conflict transformation 

Accommodation: Education centre, later 

accommodation in workcamps 

Qualifications: Strong interest in peace 

education, good English 

Extra info: For this project we have a special 

application form. Please ask in the office: 

incoming@sci.de; if funding is approved, 70% 

travel reimbursement; extra registration fee 






MINDEN (between Hannover and 

Osnabrück) 

Minden is a small town of about 82 000 

inhabitants and is situated at the Weser and the 

Mittellandkanal at the edge of the 

Wesergebirge, the Wiehengebirge and the 

North German lowlands. Where other people 

spend their holidays, the Lebenshilfe Minden 

e.V. offers help to 180 families with disabled 

members. The voluntary helpers and qualified 

staff will organize regular sporting events, free 

time activities and educational groups as well 

as holiday games for children and young 

people with disabilities. Between 9:00 and 

17:00, about 25 to 30 people with various 

disabilities are taken care of in small groups of 

different interests. The volunteers will support 

this care as well as the organisation of the free 

time of the children and young people. After the 

assessment of the abilities of the children, the 

volunteers will be welcomed to present some 

ideas, such as games, playing instruments or 

handicrafts. They will also organize a party for 

all children, adults and their families at the end 

of the session. Before you apply, please read 

basic info on this site www.sci-d.de/info-for-you 

first. Here we explain, what we expect from 


Work: Organisation and arrangement of 

holiday games and a party for children and 

young people with disabilities 

Study: Get to know the institution and the 

people taken care of as well as the family 

situation of the parents with disabled children 

Accommodation: In the house on mattresses 

(sleeping-bag necessary) 

Food: Breakfast and lunch are provided by the 

institution, dinner and the meals on weekends 

are to be provided by yourself. 

Qualifications: Interest in the work with 

disabled people (mandatory) and experiences 

in dealing with disabled people (advantageous), 

creativity. SPECIAL MOTIVATION LETTER 

REQUIERED! 






BERLIN-NEUKÖLLN - 

Polish/Croatian/German workcamp 

Approximately 160 elderly people live in the 

CASA REHA residential home for the elderly 

"Am Weigandufer" in the Berlin district of 

Neukoelln, where they are taken care of. The 

goal of the residential home for the elderly is to 

maintain their physical and intellectual abilities. 

This includes the activation and mobilization of 

residents with an attractive leisure activities and 

to foster their creativity. Under the motto “We 

discover Berlin and sharpen our senses” we will 

build two groups, consisting of a max. of 10 

elderly people, and get to know Berlin with 

them as tourist. Additionally we will sharpen our 

senses within smaller projects by designing the 

outdoor area of the residential home. We plan 

to create a "sensory or herb garden." Before 

you apply, please read basic info on this site 



Work: Organising recreational activities with 

elderly people, involvement in project work 

Study: Contact with people with mental and 

physical disabilities and project work 

Accommodation: In the residentila home for 

the elderley (1-3 bedroom); Meals will be 

provided by the nursing home 

Qualifications: Interest and motivation in 

working with older people, who need 

assistence. At request, a certificate for an 

internship will be provided by the nursing home 






MARTH (Thuringia, near Göttingen) 

The Kastanienhof is a historical timber-framed 

farm house under preservation order. It is 

situated in a little village, surrounded by 

beautiful landscape with hills. The owner is an 

association with the aim to sustain nature. The 

farm buildings are also reconstructed in an 

ecological way. There is a little organic 

agriculture focused on the conservation of old 

useful plants and domestic animals. Trips to 

cities like Göttingen or Hannoversch-Münden 

are possible. Before you apply, please read 




Work: Reconstruction work on the outside of 

the house, plastering and painting, (work on a 

scaffold!), a little bit of farm work 

Study: Eco House Construction and 

Renewable Energy (Solar, plant oil, biomass), 

Eco Agriculture 

Accommodation: Sleeping in own tents or in 

the barn 

Food: Own health food 

Qualifications: Readiness to do physical work 

6 hours daily and adoption to very basic 

conditions (bucket toilet, outside showers) 





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SCHELINGEN (Kaiserstuhl, near Freiburg) 

"Kaiserstuhl", a small volcanic mountain in the 

middle of the "Oberrheingraben", is a famous 

wine-growing area near the old university town 

of Freiburg. Dry land in this area is important, 

especially for the numerous rare species. 

Therefore, a large part of the "Kaiserstuhl"; is 

protected as a nature reserve. The protected 

territory requires regular cultivation - cutting 

down trees and bushes, which are threatening 

to override the endangered vegetation. Before 




Work: Mowing fields in cooperation with the 

staff of the local organisation, responsible for 

the nature protection and landscape 

management. Raking the hay on steep area. 

Study: Information about flora, fauna, habitat 

and protection of the wine-growing horticulture. 

Learning about vineyards and wine growing. 

Tasting wine. Geographical information about 

Oberrheingraben and volcanism. Study tour 

with the eco-mobile to explore flora, fauna and 

habitat 

Accommodation: In the hall on mattresses 

Qualifications: Interest in ecological themes; 

Being prepared for the physical work 

Extra info: Trip to the Feldberg, the highest hill 

in Schwarzwald (Black forest); Not accessible 

for wheel chairs! 






PRENZLAU (about 50 km to Polish border, 

about 110 km north of Berlin) 

“Naturerlebnis Uckermark” is an environmental 

education centre close to the little town 

Prenzlau, which is between Berlin and the 

Baltic Sea. The centre owns 12,5 hectares of 

land where you can find e.g. several model 

gardens for educational projects, nature 

orientated playing grounds and a zoo for rare 

and endangered domestic animals. Very close 

is the biggest lake of Brandenburg where you 

can go swimming and boating. This year the 

workcamp will construct huts as examples to 

show how to build facilities for children and 

young people in an ecological way. You will 

work mostly with rubble, which we will 

creatively recycle. Besides we will build a 

village with “living and growing huts” by using 

material from trees (willows). These huts will be 

used for the educational work of our centre. 

Work: Building huts by recycling rubble or 

using branches from willows 

Study: Biotope protection work in an orchard, a 

lot of other ecological topics are possible. 

Accommodation: Big round tents with straw 

on the ground, toilets and showers available 

Qualifications: Interest in environmental 

issues, willingness to physical work, creativity 

for planning the huts 






MANSFELD (near Halle/Saale) 

The work camp is organised by the YMCA (the 

Young Men and Women Christian Association 

–German: CVJM) Saxony-Anhalt and the 

Christian Youth Meeting Place Mansfeld Castle. 

Both organisations have been engaged in the 

field of Christian youth work for many years. 

Mansfeld Castle is situated in the heart of 

Saxony-Anhalt, 40 km to the west of 

Halle/Saale. The so called “Mansfelder Land” is 

closely connected with Martin Luther, who was 

born in Eisleben and also died there. During his 

childhood, he lived in Mansfeld. Luther’s 

birthplace and last residence in Eisleben are 

part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. You 

will work on the ground of Mansfeld Castle. On 

the weekends, there will be excursions to 

Wittenberg and Berlin. For more information 

have a look here: www.schloss-mansfeld.de 

and www.cvjm-sachsen-anhalt.de. Before you 




Work: Repairing works around the Castle and 

its ground, repairing fences, garden works, 

planting of flowers etc. 

Study: History of Mansfeld Castle, Christian 

youth work during the GDR and today, 

excursions to the places of Martin Luther and 

the Reformation to Wittenberg, Eisleben and 

Mansfeld, excursion to Berlin, outdoor 

adventure games, talks about the bible, church 

services, possible excursion to a NS-Memorial 

Accommodation: In guestrooms at Mansfeld 

Castle 

Food: All meals are prepared in the Castle 

Qualifications: Openness for the Christian 

faith 

Extra info: Maximum age 26 years, if available 

please bring your instrument with you. 






GOTTSDORF (near Berlin) 

Gottsdorf is a small but old village, where a 

network of projects dealing with arts, culture, 

alternative economics and social projects are 

growing up. People with a wide variety 

backgrounds have been living there for the past 

15 years. The art und cultural projects help to 

create sensibility for village traditions and the 

countryside, but at the same time serve to open 

up the village inhabitants to the wider world & 

thus enrich themselves through acquaintance 

with foreign cultures. „Globally connected, 

locally rooted“ has become the popular motto of 

the village. Exhibitions, sound statues, an art 

meadow, a labyrinth as well as a “house of 

cultures” can all be found in the village. 

Following this international tradition, we want to 

build „Auroville-capsules“ this summer. These 

are a kind of traditionally-built hut vacated 

originally by one of the biggest & important 

living communities in Auroville, India. Before 




Work: Documenting the current state of the 

intended locations, removing illegal waste, renaturalisation, 

geomantic measuring, 

constructing „Auroville capsules“ 

Study: Regional history, nature protection, 

integration in national and international cultural 

perspectives, e.g. contacts to Auroville, we will 

talk about cooperation, integration and 

understanding from an artistic point of view 


Qualifications: Manual skills and artistic 

interest; Curiosity for the exceptional in 

everyday life and relations within a group 


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DACHAU (near Munich) 

The KZ Dachau was the first concentration 

camp built by fascist Germany in March 1933. It 

was also used as an SS training centre. More 

than 200 000 people from all over Europe were 

imprisoned here. Many prisoners died as a 

result of terror, inhuman work, diseases, 

exhaustion and hunger. The study camp will 

take place in the frame of the ”International 

Youth Meeting” (IYM), which hosts every year 

around 120 teenagers and young adults from 

about 20 nations. In contrast to other work 

camps, the main emphasis will be put on the 

studies in the camp. The volunteers will learn 

about the history of fascism through 

communication with survivors and through 

active participation in workshops. The current 

political situations will also be discussed. More 

information about the IYM: www.youthmeetingdachau.de. 

Before you apply, please read basic 




Work: Maintenance work at the memorial site 

(1-2 mornings/afternoons) 

Study: Fascism and concentration camp in 

Dachau; workshops, tours on the memorial site, 

excursions, lectures 

Accommodation: Youth Guest House Dachau, 

suitable for wheelchairs 

Qualifications: Interested in taking part in 

workshops, working knowledge of English 

and/or German 

Extra info: Volunteers will have to pay a extra 

fee of € 120,- upon arrival. Age limit! Volunteers 

should not be older than 26! 






DÜSSELDORF 

Farm ”Hexhof”, first mentioned in town archives 

in 1318, extends over 33 hectares. In the early 

1970s, the city of Düsseldorf, north of Cologne, 

bought the old farmhouse, which resulted in its 

protection by conservation law. Today, the 

Hexhof functions as the ecological centre 

where the landscape preservation work around 

Düsseldorf is planned and co-ordinated. The 

aim is to preserve rare and endangered 

species. This year, Hexhof is hosting its 

thirteenth work camp. Before you apply, please 




Work: Creating a humid biotop in Düsseldorf 

Study: Function and importance of humid 

biotopes; nature protection in big cities. Study 

tours and excursions 

Accommodation: In the attic of the Hexhoffarm 

in common rooms 

Qualifications: Interest in the ecological issues 

Extra info: Only for vols. who are ready to start 

working at 7.00 am, four days per week, 

Monday – Thursday 







GEORGSMARIENHÜTTE (near Osnabrück) 

During World War II, more than 2000 people 

from 18 countries were kept as prisoners in this 

concentration camp set up by the Gestapo. The 

main group of prisoners were forced laborers 

who came from the Netherlands and the former 

Soviet Union. Their punishment was also used 

as a deterrent to more than 25 000 other 

women, men and children who were forced to 

compulsory labor in the Osnabrück region. 

Almost half of them came from the Ukraine, 

Belarus and Russia. The young memorial site, 

Augustaschacht, has been gradually built up for 

the last five years mostly due to the 

involvement of motivated volunteers. The 

memorial and research site displays the history 

of forced labor and national socialism in the 

region of Osnabrück. The volunteers of this 

camp will support the construction of the 

memorial site and learn more about the history 

of WWII and its consequences for Russian and 

German people. Majority of participants will be 

from Russia and Belarus. Before you apply, 




Work: Help with the renovation of the former 

camp building and camp territory 

Study: Change of perspective: Russians and 

Germans during WWII, forced labor, 

commemoration culture in the two countries, 

the Gestapo camp Ohrbeck, current problems 

with fascism, anti-semitism and racism in 

Germany and Russia, meeting of two cultures 

Accommodation: In a house of the German 

Red Cross (Local group Holzhausen) 

Qualifications: Volunteers must be broadminded, 

open for new perspectives, interested 

in the topic and intercultural encounters. 






Lützensömmern (about 30 km west of Erfurt, 

Thuringia) 

The project ”Seminar House Rittergut" is an 

alternative meeting and educational centre. It is 

located app. 40 minutes by train from the city of 

Erfurt in the East of Germany. Lützensömmern, 

an idyllic village, has app. 300 inhabitants and 

the manor takes about 4 ha of the village. In 

this area residential summer camps for 

children, teens and disabled people are 

arranged. Surely we always need helpers to 

make every day a special day, which is 

important for our guests. Besides we will realise 

a few manual working-projects. Before you 




Work: Assisting different residential summer 

camps for children and disabled people. Also 

manual work around the manor and in the area: 

forest and park management or woodwork etc. 

Study: Ecological reconstruction of the manor; 

the ecological situation of the region; situation 

of East-German youths during the GDR and 

after unification; social and economic changes; 

unemployment in the region 

Accommodation: In big tents in the inner 

courtyard of the manor, broad cooking facilities 

Qualifications: We expect the volunteers to be 

autonomous and proactive - minor knowledge 

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of the German language is advantageous but 

not obligatory; in the application form the 

volunteers should remark whether they prefer 

supporting the residential summer camps or the 

manual work in the area. 

Extra info: The boarding house is located in a 

small Thuringian village 30 km off Erfurt, 

restorative environment 






BERLIN, AIDS/HIV Prevention 

The volunteers will support different projects for 

HIV/AIDS prevention in the capital of Germany. 

The main target groups are men having sex 

with men, male and female prostitutes and HIVdrug 

users. Thereby, outreach work in these 

communities is the first priority in order to 

distribute information on HIV/AIDS and 

empower people to live healthy. Volunteers will 

work on Pub-Crawls, conduct actions and 

performances on parties and wherever people 

meet. Before you apply, please read basic info 

on this site www.sci-d.de/info-for-you first. Here 

we explain, what we expect from volunteers in 

our camps. 

Work: Planning, Organisation and Conducting 

an outreach activity: create games, materials, 

outfits, etc.; participating in various activities, 

support team in every-day-business: managing 

info-material (prepare, distribute, ...) 

Study: HIV/AIDS in Germany and worldwide, 

prevention strategies 

Accommodation: Youth centre in Berlin 

Qualifications: Volunteers should be open to 

work in the gay scene and with the other target 

groups and have a strong interest in this topic. 

Motivation to do all kinds of work and outreach 

actions, good knowledge of English – German 

is a plus. 

Extra info: For this project we have a special 

application form. Please ask for it from: 

incoming@sci-d.de. 



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WEIßANDT-GÖLZAU (between Magdeburg 

and Leipzig) 

The association Fun has purchased an old 

house, which will be reconstructed and used as 

a multicultural youth centre with training, 

musical and meeting facilities. The aims of the 

association are international exchange and 

getting to know the regional sights. There will 

be possibility creating and participating in 

ongoing sport or dance courses and 

performances in the house. You will visit a 

restored western town, close to a lake with 

beach, and will be able to go on a boating tour. 

There are also indoor climbing facilities and a 

high wire garden. Before you apply, please 




Work: Renovation and creational works in and 

around the house 

Study: Dance courses, excursion in the region 

and community life 

Accommodation: Within the house 

Food: Self-catering 

Extra info: Please bring along a sleeping bag 

or bedding; if possible bring your bike! 







ZEITHAIN (Saxony, near Riesa/Elbe) 

In preparation of attack by the Soviet Union, the 

POW (prisoner of war) camp Zeithain was 

established in April 1941 near the banks of the 

Elbe River by the Nazi regime. Its objective 

from 1941-42 was to register and 

accommodate - up to 30 000 - incoming Soviet 

POW’s within Saxony and parts of the occupied 

Czech territories. Due to continuous 

malnutrition, disease, insufficient medical 

treatment and terrible hygienic conditions, 

roughly 30 000 Soviet POW’s died at Zeithain 

in the period between 1941-1945. Their living 

conditions did not comply with the rules of the 

Geneva Convention. From February 1943 until 

the end of the war, the camp was used as 

central POW hospital for Saxony. During this 

period, prisoners from other countries, 

especially from Italy, Poland and the United 

Kingdom, were contained. Like the Soviets, the 

Italian POW’s were not treated according to the 

Geneva Convention. Their captivity was 

characterized by extreme hardship, resulting in 

the death of roughly 900 of the so-named 

Italian Military Internees (IMI) between 1943-45. 

Their fate is not only a long time neglected topic 

in Germany, but also in Italy. During five SCI- 

Workcamps since 2003 the former camp area 

was searched under the supervision of an 

archaeologist. Although the area was used up 

to 1990 by the Soviet Red Army as a tank 

driving range, it has been proved, that the 

foundations of numerous buildings still exist 

along one of the two former main camp roads. 




camps. 

Work: Conservation of the remains and their 

presentation to the public Additionally 

participants are encouraged to contribute ideas 

for the future development of the former 

campsite, which will be considered in the future 

work on a comprehensive development concept 

and its integration into the memorial complex of 

Zeithain. 

Study: The fate of the prisoners of war 

Accommodation: In a former school; kitchen 

and showers are available 

Extra info: Good leisure time facilities, 

excursions to cities (Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin) 

are possible 






ITZEHOE (about 60 km north of Hamburg) 

In an area of allotments, Paul Kreß leases 

some 3000m² of land from the town. Since 

1989 he grows trees, plants, herbs and hedges, 

cultivates flower- and vegetable-beds and 

builds stone walls. There also is a pond offering 

a home for various kinds of frogs. With all his 

work, he created a beautiful biotope that now 

offers a place for numerous birds and other 

seldom animals like grass snakes. Before you 

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Work: Restoration of the overgrown rock 

garden, various work in the herb-garden, 

flower- and vegetable-beds 

Study: Preparation of fresh harvested plants, 

botany, drying of herbs and plants, exchange of 

seeds 

Accommodation: Simple: in a garden house 

on mattresses, improvised kitchen, washing 

with cold water, shower outside, compost toilet 

Food: Mostly from the garden 

Qualifications: Interest in botany and 

motivation for gardening work 






GLÜCKSBURG (Schleswig-Holstein, near 

Flensburg) 

Artefact, located in Gluecksburg/Baltic Sea, 

close to the German-Danish border, is a centre 

for sustainable development. This non-profit 

organisation runs a guesthouse built in an 

organic manner of architecture with a 

renewable energy supply. The “Powerpark”, an 

energy infotainment site for tourists, conducts 

project activities for youth as well as specialist 

seminars for adults on renewable energy, 

building and water management. In order to 

keep up its attraction as a target of training and 

tourism, installations on the site need to be 

improved. Before you apply, please read basic 




Work: Building a wooden work plant and a 

compost restroom facility, care and reparation 

of the equipment of the Artefact power and 

nature parks, wood and metal work 

Study: Getting to know the reasons and effects 

of climate change and the different options of 

renewable and peaceful energy sources for 

different climates 

Accommodation: In tents, compost toilets and 

solar shower facilities nearby 

Food: Self-catering 

Qualifications: Handicraft skills preferable 

Extra info: Trips to Gluecksburg´s famous 

castle, the city and port of Flensburg, Baltic and 

North sea coast, Denmark possible; please 

bring along sleeping bag, isolation mat and 

waterproof work clothes. 







HAMBURG-NEUENGAMME 

During World War II the concentration camp 

"Neuengamme" was extended by more than 80 

external camps to become the major 

concentration camp of Northern Germany. Due 

to the system of "Extermination by Work" 

followed by the SS roughly one half of the 

100.000 prisoners, coming from all over 

Europe, died from the sufferings in 

Neuengamme and its satellite camps. Today 

there is a memorial (2000 m x 350 m and 17 

historical buildings) with four historical 

exhibitions (cf. http://www.kz-gedenkstaetteneuengamme.de). 

Before you apply, please 




Work: Re-creating a path, archaeological 

excavation to trace former factory buildings, 

making a museum store accessible for the 

public, viewing video-interviews with survivors 

in other languages than German and working 

out summaries in English or German 

Study: The history of the concentration camp, 

the fate of the Soviet prisoners 

Accommodation: In a building, kitchen in a big 

tent 

Extra info: Excursions to Hamburg, Bremen, 

Lübeck and the Baltic Sea; the majority of 

participants will be from Russia and Belarus. 






GOSSELDING (near Munich) 

Gosselding is a solitary farm outside a village. 

The farmstead is very old and was first 

mentioned in 1482. Since then, it has been in 

use as a farmhouse throughout the centuries 

until the 1960s. There are several comparable 

farms in this area. In the 1970s the farmhouse 

was converted into a youth centre for boy 

scouts. After that it was used for recreational 

activities and then, the development 

association of “Gosselding e.V.” took over 

charge of the house. Since then a lot has been 

done. A dilapidated part of the main building 

was pulled down and rebuilt, the old building 

was completely refurbished. The sanitary 

facilities were adapted to comply with modern 

standards. Many international work-camps 

have helped to put up the new buildings. Since 

2004 the house has been operating again and 

is available for all kinds of youth groups who 

can rent it for free time activities, class outings, 

seminars or other such things. Before you 




Work: Insulation measures in the old building, 

paving work, possibly installation and 

connection of a solar panel 

Study: Conservation of historical monuments, 

local history, German history 

Accommodation: Communal accommodation 

Food: Self-catering. There is a large kitchen. 

Extra info: Trips to Munich, Dachau and 

Neuschwanstein 






FÖCKINGHAUSEN (80 km east of Dortmund) 

The family hostel Föckinghausen lies in the 

middle of Sauerland, near of the cities of 

Warstein and Meschede. "The Sauerland is a 

rural, hilly area, spreading across most of the 

east of North Rhine-Westphalia." (Wikipedia) 

Youth groups, families, choirs and many more 

stay here to arrange seminars or to spend their 

spare time. The responsible organisation is the 

charity federation of Gelsenkirchen, which has 

run a recreational house in the area since 1967 

for socially deprived families from the Ruhr 

area. Before you apply, please read basic info 



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our camps. 

Work: Renovation work and paintings, outside 

arrangements maintain 

Study: Getting to know of the charity federation 

and the specific features of a family holidays 

site 

Accommodation: In the group house of our 

holidays site, shared rooms, full catering by the 

house 

Qualifications: Interest in the subject, 

readiness to physical work 

Extra info: Excursion to the closer 

surroundings, e.g., leisure park “Fort Fun”, 

information about the house www.ferienstaettefoeckinghausen.de 






HITZACKER (Elbe valley, about 70 km south 

of Hamburg) 

In the natural reserve in the Elbe valley, close 

to the historic town of Hitzacker, the Youth 

Farm Godewin bought 10 hectares of land and 

an old farm. The old farmstead was restored 

with the help of several work camps in the past. 

Various elements are integrated in the farm, 

such as: ecological farming with low use of the 

technology, work with horses and cows, school 

farming, social work and support of youth by 

organizing activities for children and 

adolescents with inadequate social behaviours. 




camps. 

Work: Agricultural work with horses (especially 

to bring in the hay and corn), landscape 

architecture, renovation of the old farm house: 

building with loam, maintenance of old 

agricultural machines 

Study: Ecological and biodynamic farming, 

animal-supported education and therapy, 

architecture corresponding to the human and 

animal needs, nature and religion, individual 

work with children 

Accommodation: Tents or sleeping in the hay 

barn on either hay or a mattress 

Qualifications: Willing to participate in 

laborious work (suitable attire should be 

brought by the participant); English and 

German will be spoken. 

Extra info: Volunteers with children are 

welcome. Only restricted areas for smokers; 

Possibility of visiting Hamburg and Lüneburg 







WÖBBELIN (near Schwerin), German-Italian 

Workcamp 

Shortly before the end of World War II, a 

satellite camp of the concentration camp (KZ) in 

Hamburg- Neuengamme was built between 

Ludwigslust and Wöbbelin. The first prisoners 

came from the main camp in Hamburg- 

Neuengamme on February 15th in 1945. They 

had to build a camp of stone barracks for 

prisoners of war. Later the KZ Wöbbelin 

functioned as the end station of the death 

march from different satellite camps. During ten 

weeks of its existence more than 1000 

prisoners died there from hunger, disease or 

maltreatment. On May 2nd 1945 several 

thousand people from at least 16 different 

countries were liberated by the US army. After 

the liberation the deceased were given a 

dignified burial in Ludwigslust and Wöbbelin. A 

memorial with an exhibition about the camp 

was set up in 1965 in Wöbbelin under one roof 

with the Theodor-Körner-Museum. The poet 

Theodor Körner died in 1813 in the "Wars of 

Liberation" against Napoleon and was buried in 

Wöbbelin. In 1938 a monument was created for 

the poet. In 1945 some deceased of the KZ 

have been buried next to it. Before you apply, 




Work: Literally-artistic workshop concerning the 

whole issue, maintenance of the area, possibly 

a theatre workshop 

Study: NS local history at the end of the World 

War II, violence and right-wing radicalism 

today, interviewing contemporary witnesses, 

contemporary forms of remembrance work 

Accommodation: In a youth hostel, shared 

rooms, bicycles are available. 






WERNSDORF (about 30 km east of Berlin) 

German-Polish-Spanish Workcamp 

15 people, aged between 1 and 70 years, 

moved out of town in order to live and work 

together in the countryside. They moved to 

Wernsdorf, a small village in Brandenburg, ca. 

30 km away from Berlin. In this village they run 

the "vacation- and-seminar house Wernsdorf", 

which was founded by members of the social 

club SSB from Berlin. During the German 

Democratic Republic (GDR), the complex had 

been used as a summer residence for the 

children of police officers. It was renovated by 

the members of SSB on their own. Thus a very 

nice place has been created which since 1994 

can be used for recreational and educational 

purposes during the whole year. It has ateliers, 

studios and meadows to pursue their various 

creative activities. Their aim is to create and 

preserve self-managed places to live and work. 

The seminar house is situated in a beautiful 

landscape and surrounded by a large forest 

and a lake to swim. Before you apply, please 




Work: Work in the forest, collecting woods, 

sawing; renovating buildings; creative design of 

the front of the building 

Study: Sustainable development and 

environment protection, creative workshops 

(acrobatics, artistic woodworking, etc.) 

Accommodation: In the seminar house 

Qualifications: Willingness to physical work, 

interest for environmental issues 






WULFSHAGENERHÜTTEN (near Kiel) 

The ”Basisgemeinde” is a Christian community 

of about 65 people - among them families, 

singles, children - situated in a small village in 

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northern Germany near Kiel. Following the 

example of the early Christians, all members of 

the community share everything: money and 

goods, time, work, political activities. The 

members work together within the community - 

in the production of wooden toys, in the kitchen 

in the kinder garden and as caretakers. Before 




Work: Construction work at the house, 

production of wooden toys, household and 

kitchen work 

Study: Co-operative economy, living in a 

community, religion, political activity and faith 

as sustainable answers to a world of increasing 

economical injustice, exploitation and poverty, 

environmental destruction, violence and war 


Qualifications: Readiness to take part in the 

life of the community. After the end of the 

workcamp, it is possible to stay one week 

longer and to live with the community. 




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REINHARDSBRUNN (Thuringia, near Erfurt) 

The Youth hostel is situated in a cloister park, 

which was build by monks in 11th century. They 

created several lakes which still exist and today 

are just for fish growing and swimming. As in 

old times they have a traditional bakery and 

pottery workshop. Different groups of children 

and young people visit the hostel during their 

holidays or take part in work shops. The house 

is located within the beautiful forest of 

Thuringia, near the famous historical trade path 

Rennsteig. It is a great place for holidays and 

leisure time. You will visit historical sights like 

the regional capital Erfurt, the city of Gotha and 

the Wartburg in Eisenach. 

Work: Construction of a playground and 

sporting field, setting up a beach ball field, 

painting jobs 

Study: Local history, international exchange 

Accommodation: In a lodging house 

Food: Breakfast and/or lunch can be provided, 

dinner you will prepare together. 




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ALT REHSE (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 

about 100 km north of Berlin) 

The lake district of Mecklenburg, halfway 

between Berlin and the Baltic Sea, is one of 

Germany’s most beautiful areas. In the 19th 

century, Earl Ludwig Freiherr von Hauff, 

descendant of the famous fairytale author 

Wilhelm Hauff, built the Alt Rhese castle and 

landscape park on the banks of the Tollense 

Lake. In 1934, the Nazi regime acquired the 

park and established the National School of 

Physicians by constructing a number of guest 

and seminar houses, a gymnasium and a 

sports field. From1936 to 1942, about 10,000 

young doctors, midwives and pharmacists were 

ideologically trained in what the Nazis called 

“national health and racial hygiene”, which in 

fact was a program for euthanasia and 

selective breeding. After World War II, the 

German Democratic Republic used the park 

consecutively as an orphanage, a training 

college for sport teachers, as police barracks, 

and an army recreation home. After the 

German reunification in 1990, the park was 

briefly used by the German army, but soon 

abandoned for many years. In 2006, the park 

was sold and reopened for the public. Today, 

some 30 adults and 10 children live there in an 

independent, open minded community free of 

any political or religious dogma. Their main 

concerns are alternative health care, sports, 

culture, spirituality, and community life. They 

practice organic gardening and agriculture, 

organise cultural events and run a guesthouse, 

used for seminars and by individual tourists. 




camps. 

Work: Re-establish the original park near the 

lake, taking care the needs of ecology and 

green tourism; There will also be indoor works, 

such as restoring a bowling alley, the 

gymnasium and an exhibition room. 

Study: Ecology, history, community life, 

philosophy; Nazi ideology, modern German 

society and culture 

Accommodation: Community house, 4-6 beds 

per room; please bring your own sleeping bag 

Qualifications: Team work and to do physical 

labour required; Philosophical discussions are 

also welcome. Be prepared to represent your 

own country and culture. 

Food: Three meals a day together with 

community members. You will be expected to 

help in the kitchen. 

Extra info: Excursion to the former Nazi 

Concentration Camp “Ravensbrück” (48 

kilometres); optional: excursion to Berlin, 

Germany’s capital (136 kilometres). 






GROSS FREDENWALDE (north of Berlin) 

The nature education centre "Feld-, Wald- und 

Wiesenschule" in Groß Fredenwalde (one hour 

away from Berlin by train), is part of the nature 

protection area called "Schorfheide Chorin", 

one of the most beautiful landscapes northeast 

of Berlin. The idea of this place is to make 

people appreciate nature and environment. The 

focus of interest will be practical experience in 

ecological education. Young people work and 

study in the project garden and take part in 

different workshops like health food, nature 

protection, environmental activities, hand- 

made paper processing and creativity. Before 




Work: Cleaning the building (a former school) 

and the hay barn, garden work, painting 

Study: The work of the education centre, 

excursion in the nature, herbals 

Accommodation: In the barn, sleeping bags 

necessary 

Extra info: Bicycles are available. 




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SANZKOW (near Baltic Sea, south of 

Stralsund, Baltic Sea) 

In the village Sanzkow the Berlin Bürgerhaus 

e.V. is building a youth centre in a former 

farmer’s house. The centre will provide many 

opportunities for foreign and German young 

people to meet each other. The region is very 

beautiful with many lakes. You will find good 

facilities for trips by bike, swimming, canoeing, 

having camp-fires. On the weekends there are 

several trips planned, for example to the Baltic 

Sea, and you will stay a long weekend in Berlin. 




camps. 

Work: Various renovations in the house and 

the garden, building a tree house 

Study: Different techniques of construction; the 

problems involved in working with German and 

foreign young people, present situation in East 

Germany 

Accommodation: In rooms in the house 

Qualifications: Camp language will be English, 

but some knowledge of German is desirable 

because many young people in the project only 

know German. 




2008 



SIPPLINGEN (at Lake Constance) 

This work camp, in the village Sipplingen (near 

Überlingen) on the shores of lake Constance, is 

organised in co-operation with the regional 

office for nature and landscape protection. 

Typical landscape around Sipplingen consists 

mainly of steep banks, and the territory around 

lake Constance is a natural protected zone. 

This area is a habitat of rare and endangered 

species, therefore must be regularly cultivated 

in order to avoid overgrow by bushes and trees. 




camps. 

Work: Working under supervision of the 

experts. Cutting trees, removing dried wood 

and branches, mowing grass in the protected 

area. 

Study: Ecological problems, biotope and 

nature protection, lake Constance, “flowerisland” 

Mainau. One day study tour with the 

eco-mobile for the purpose of exploring flora, 

fauna and habitat. 

Accommodation: In tents directly at Lake 

Constance. Possibility to swim 

Qualifications: Interest in ecological themes, 

being prepared for physical work 

Extra info: Several trips are possible, e.g. to 

Constance, Lake Constance by ship, islands 

Mainau and Reichenau. You will work in a 

slope position, therefore you have to be 

properly equipped for it. Strong working shoes 

with jags in the soles will be necessary. 




2008 



OSTERODE (in the Harz Mountains) 

The Harz-Weser-Werkstätten gGmbH is an 

institution, which helps mentally disabled 

people to rehabilitate. There will be 36 

participants, who will live and work together in 

the home called "Lange Wiese", which is 

located in the midst of the Harz mountains, 10 

km away from the city of Osterode. Due to their 

mental disorders, the people in care will need a 

lot of individual help and support. The camp is a 

part of a two-year project to construct a golf 

course, which would offer work opportunities for 

people dealing with handicaps. At the 

beginning of this summer, the land for this golfcourse 

wiIl be prepared for construction. The 

participants will be welcomed to bring in their 

ideas to the design of the golf course. Along 

with construction of the golf course, participants 

will be living daily life in a homestead and will 

be offered various free-time activities, which will 

give the participants an opportunity to learn 

about their environment and get to know some 

people. The house is in the middle of the 

woods and offers great possibilities for hiking. A 

swimming pool is about 5 minutes away. More 

information about the institution via www.h-ww.de. 

Before you apply, please read basic info 



our camps. 

Work: Preparation work for the construction of 

a leisure golf-course, such as the erection of 

fences, installation of drainage pipes, yard 

work; bring your own ideas to help with the 

experience! 

Study: Welfare system in Germany, introducing 

"Lange Wiese"; and the Harz-Weser- 

Werkstätten gGmbH 

Accommodation: Particular level with shared 

rooms 

Food: Supply by the facility 

Qualifications: Camp language: English and 

German, motivation to work with mentally 

disabled people 




2008 



Herrsching am Ammersee 

DE-SCI 6.43 Herrsching am Ammersee (50 km 

southeast of Munich) 30/08-13/09 2008 15 vols 

EDU, ENVI, MANU, STUDY “Wartaweil”, the 

centre for nature protection and youths, is an 

educational institution of the local branch of the 

German NGO “Bund Naturschutz”. It is located 

directly on the eastern shores of the lake 

“Ammersee”. On the huge grounds of the 

centre, there is a guest house, the mansion 

“Habersack” and a former research institute of 

the famous “Fraunhofer Society”. During the 

workcamp, we will refurbish a fence at the 

lakeside and construct a water site and a stone 

terrace with different playground items in front 

of the research station. Since we will live and 

work directly next to the water, we will have a 

study part on this topic with different creative 

workshops and common concepts for the 

implementation. Before you apply, please read 




Work: Creative workshops, designing and 

construction work, removal of a tarmac surface, 

construction and planting of a dry stone wall 

Study: Ecology near waters, implementing an 

eco-pedagogical concept 

Accommodation: In big tents, in case of bad 

whether in the big and heated former 

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oathouse 

Food: Eco-regional food, self-catering 

Qualifications: Creativity, interest in designing 

of eco-pedagogical concepts, handicraft skills 

Extra info: Please bring working clothes with 

you 




2008 



LEIPZIG, Theatre Camp 

Good mutual understanding is a precondition 

for a successful international exchange. With 

theatre we use numerous, above all non-verbal 

(mimic, body language, sounds) expressions in 

order to facilitate differentiated communication 

going beyond existing language barriers. Under 

professional tuition the volunteers will learn and 

practice some fundamental techniques of acting 

and in so doing learn about their different 

cultural backgrounds. At the end of the camp, 

these volunteers will perform small theatreplays 

in different parts of the city under the 

motto “strange is beautiful”. The majority of the 

workcamp will be Belarussians. Before you 




Work: Acting and performing theatre 

Study: “Strange is beautiful” – study 

programme on the topic of racism 

Accommodation: Probably in a youth cultural 

centre in the city 

Qualifications: Good knowledge of German or 

English language, experience of acting is not 

an absolute necessity, more important is the 

motivation and courage to learn acting 

Extra info: There are 2-3 places for 

international volunteers. 




2008 



TÜBINGEN (about 20 km south of Stuttgart) 

This ecology work camp is organised in cooperation 

with a regional office for nature and 

landscape protection in Tübingen and a 

regional organisation for the preservation of the 

cultural heritage. Two hills of a former wine 

growing area near the famous old university 

town in Tübingen, are well known as a habitat 

for rare and endangered species and have 

been declared nature reserves. These areas 

have to be maintained regularly, so that bushes 

and trees do not override vegetation that must 

be sheltered. As an active university town, 

Tübingen has a lively student population, which 

is displayed by its numerous pubs and active 

nightlife. It is also a town of historical 

significance, with many famous framework 

buildings and the opportunity to punt on the 

River Neckar (a special for Tübingen). In 

addition, Tübingen is situated in a beautiful 

area of Baden-Württemberg and continues to 

maintain a great cultural history. Before you 




Work: Working with experts, woods and fields 

have to be cut and dead wood and branches 

have to be removed from the protected area. 

Study: Ecological problems, biotope and 

nature protection, Study tour with the ecomobile 

to explore flora, fauna and habitat 

Accommodation: In a municipal building on 

camp-beds 

Qualifications: Interest in ecological themes, 

being prepared for physical work. 

Extra info: You will work in a slope position, 

therefore you have to be properly equipped for 

it. Hardy working shoes with jags in the soles 

will be necessary. 




2008 



STOLZENHAGEN (about 80 km north of 

Berlin) 

”Gut Stolzenhagen” farm was built in 17th 

century in Brandenburg, situated approx. 80 km 

northeast of Berlin, close to the German-Polish 

border and national park ”Unteres Odertal”. In 

1998, a group of Berlin citizens left the city and 

to settle down in Stolzenhagen. They founded a 

community with a special social and ecological 

lifestyle. Currently, 30 adults live there. The 

farm is focused on organic gardening, 

renewable energies, conflict resolution, art, etc. 

The buildings, however, are in need of 

renovation and the lawns need to be brought 

into control. For more information: www.gutstolzenhagen.de. 

Before you apply, please 




Work: Work outside on buildings and lawns, 

possibly clay building 

Study: Exchange about projects, group work, 

national park control, practical work 

Accommodation: Mattresses with separate 

devices, kitchen, solar-powered shower, 

compost toilet 

Food: Self-provided 

Qualifications: If possible, experience with 

handwork 

Extra info: Excursions to the nearby 

attractions, possibly Berlin, bikes available, 

opportunity for paddle boating 




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HAMBURG, International Festival of Cultures 

- German-Italian Workcamp 

The Hamburg Festival of Cultures is the meeting 

festival of cultures. It brings together people with 

non - German and German backgrounds. 

Prejudice will fade through meeting other 

people. It is the goal to create a solid foundation 

in which many different cultures live together 

based on respect and tolerance for everybody. 

Participants from about 80 immigrated nations 

present themselves on the ‘Bazaar of Cultures’. 

Apart from that, there will be stages were 

musicians and artists from all over the world will 

present different stiles of world music. Movies 

will be shown and there is the opportunity to 

explore literature and art of different cultures. 

There will also be a program for children and a 

big youth project. Before you apply, please read 



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volunteers in our camps. W/ 

Study: Helping the teams on the bazaar, 

cleaning up around the stages, helping with the 

projects: Distribution of advertisement material, 

distribution of long tables and benches, 

assistance to the organization team of the 

Festival, shifts at the information booth, possibly 

taking part in a workshop 

Accommodation: In a house with kitchen and 

bathroom 

Food: During the festival on the festival area, 

otherwise self-catering 

Qualifications: English and /or German 

Extra info: Prepared to do physical work and 

assistance to the team. 



Begin:November 17, 2008, End: August 15, 2008 



BERLIN, Central Asian Summer School 

The summer school aims to train young active multipliers of 

our contact organisations in Tajikistan and Kyrghyzstan. 

The participants will exchange ideas & experiences on 

subjects like project management, sustainable 

organisational development, teamwork and conflict-solving. 

Afterwards the volunteers will break into small groups and 

join different international workcamps. Before you apply, 

please read basic info on this site www.sci-d.de/info-for-you 

first. Here we explain, what we expect from volunteers in 

our camps. 

Study: Volunteer work in Germany and Central Asia 

Accommodation: In a guest house 

Qualifications: Interest in the subject 

Extra info: There are a few free places for international 

volunteers. 


1. Great Britain - IVS GB 

Begin:April 5, 2008, End: April 19, 2008 


Campcode:UK-GB-6-2 

Culdees Ecovillage I, Aberfeldy, Perthshire 

The project. The aim is to create a community 

based eco-village modelled on villages as they 

were 100-150 years ago, which were almost 

self-sufficient. People work where they live and 

create their jobs in a cottage industry-type 

environment, showing creativity and re-using 

materials that otherwise would go to a land-fill, 

eg. making drinking glasses from wine bottles. 

The commitment to, and care for each other is 

‘from Cradle-to-Grave’ with as much emphasis 

on the healthy development of the children, as 

respect and inclusion-to-the last of the elderly. 

An emphasis is also on restoring the Human 

Values and to re-connect with our own inner 

guidance. During the build as much material as 

possible is recycled/re-used/reclaimed and the 

aim is for the village to generate its own energy 

through solar/wind/water/biomass. The 

ecovillage aims to organise training courses and 

Seminars to help educate people –young and 

old alike- from outside on how one can ‘walk 

one’s talk’. 

Work:The ongoing work includes:- Erect an 

internal wall in the large barn made with 

shredded tetra packs and food wrappings which 

otherwise would end up in the landfill: a 

Tetrapackpapercretewall Design an Educational 

Trail which will also function as a Training Circuit 

with exercise plots and suitable for wheelchairusers. 

Make a wattle screen (a mixture of sticks, 

earth and clay) around the recycle street. Build a 

number of dry-composting toilets alongside the 

trail. Plant the 15,000 trees already given. Build 

wildlife observation posts; Erect more 

Polytunnels to start the Market Garden and plant 

the first trees for the plant nursery. Market 

Garden and plant the first trees for the plant 

nursery. Start the procedure of designing and 

planning for the farm shop with coffee shop 

Prepare one field for an experimental trial in 

growing crops of Oats, Barley and Hemp; using 

the ‘One Straw Revolution’ method. 

Accommodation: Is in caravans. 

Study: Discuss the idea of a communal Wind 

Turbine with the local people and start a workgroup 

to study the feasibility and an 

experimental trial in growing crops of Oats, 

Barley and Hemp; using the ‘One Straw 

Revolution’ method. Consider the ‘University of 

Life’. 

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Leckmelm Farm, Ullapool 

The project is based on Leckmelm Farm, south 

of Ullapool, in a particularly beautiful part of NW 

Scotland. Leckmelm Farm aims to develop an 

organic market garden using permaculture 

design. The aim of the project is ecosystem 

enhancement. 

Work: The work will be revolve around multiple 

tasks to conserve and restore the surrounding 

eco-system: traditional building restoration, 

beach clean, planting organic seeds, weeding, 

working in the organic market garden and drystone 

wall building and instruction . S; 

Permaculture design and ecosystem 

enhancement. 

Accommodation: In a holiday cottage, with 

bath, shower, kitchen. Bedding is provided but 

a sleeping bag would be useful for a trip to the 

bothy. 

Extra info: Ullapool is in NW Scotland and 

requires travel to Glasgow, Edinburgh or 

Inverness and then travel by bus to Ullapool. 

For information about Ullapool see 

http://www.ullapool.co.uk/ 






Gowanbank Environmental Art I, Bathgate 

Gowanbank Living Heritage was formed by a 

group of friends who are interested in historic, 

innovative and environmentally conscientious 

new buildings. Eleven years ago a social 

element was incorporated into community 

activity by welcoming and training homeless 

young adults. 

Work: Work will involve mostly tree-planting 

and some laying out paths, building stone walls 

and planting shrubs and flowers. There will be 

some renovation work of a stone building, 

involving some labouring. 

Accommodation: Will be in a bunk house or 

log-cabins. Food will be vegetarian. 

Study: There will be a chance to observe and 

learn about the construction of an Eco-friendly 

log cabin. 

Extra info: There will be a trip to Edinburgh 

and to the Highlands. An interest in music or 

playing musical instruments is welcome. 



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Topic: Others 


One World Camp, Dumfries:Phantassie 

Farm, Dunbar 

ENVIRO, AGRI, EDU, FEST, MANU, One 

World Camp is a week-long summer festival on 

workshops and lectures on a range of holistic 

health, arts, crafts and sports, and natural 

cookery. Around 150 people are expected to 

take part in the festival. 

Work: Part of a team of 20 volunteers helping 

set up, run and dismantle the festival. Assisting 

with workshops, supervising children, 

stewarding, security. Work may be in shifts. 

Volunteers will work for around 6 hours a day. 

Study:During free time volunteers will be able 

to take part in workshops or activities of their 

choice. 

Accommodation: In tents on site, with toilet 

and shower facilities provided. Volunteers must 

bring WARM sleeping bags and roll mats. 

Three healthy meals a day will be provided 

which will be mostly vegetarian, or macrobiotic. 

Extra info: A certificate is necessary for those 

wishing to work with children. Please note there 

will be no meat in the food available. Please 

visit www.macrobios.com for further 

information. The second week will be at 

Phantassie Farm, near Dunbar. This is an 

organic market farm. 

Work: Will be helping in the organic garden 

and preparing veg boxes for distribution. S; 

There will be an element of peace study and 

reflection on the holistic workshops from One 

World Camp. 

Accommodation: In caravans. 

Extra info: Volunteers will have to travel from 

the West coast of Scotland to the East coast. 

So budget for these costs. 






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Topic: Others 


Scottish Churches House, Dunblane 

Scottish Churches House is a conference 

centre belonging to all the Scottish churches 

together. It was created at the end of 1950s out 

of the conversion of some 18th century 

cottages on the Cathedral Square in Dunblane, 

with a large, secluded garden and mediaeval 

chapel behind the house. 

Work: To continue the international workcamp 

tradition including gardening, wall-building, 

interior decorating, internal and external wood 

and metalwork painting and maintenance work. 

Study: Theology, arts and counter-culture 

Accommodation: In comfortable twin rooms 

with shared facilities in the main house. 




Topic: Others 


Scottish Churches House, Dunblane 

Scottish Churches House is a conference 

centre belonging to all the Scottish churches 

together. It was created at the end of 1950s out 

of the conversion of some 18th century 

cottages on the Cathedral Square in Dunblane, 

with a large, secluded garden and mediaeval 

chapel behind the house. 

Work: To continue the international workcamp 

tradition including gardening, wall-building, 

interior decorating, internal and external wood 

and metalwork painting and maintenance work. 

Study: Theology, arts and counter-culture 

Accommodation: In comfortable twin rooms 

with shared facilities in the main house. 






INCLUSION PROJECT 1, (Bradford, West 

Yorkshire) 

Run as part of the volunteering unit in support 

of Bradford City Council’s inclusion program, 

this project gives volunteers an opportunity to 

take part in the service provision for young 

people with physical and learning disabilities 

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over the summer vacation. W. Vols will support 

young people with mild to severe physical 

and/or learning disabilities on a day time 

recreational scheme Children’s disabilities will 

vary but may include both communication and 

behavioural difficulties. Some children will be 

wheelchair users. Vols will work in different 

locations across the city and children's Respite 

Units. There are usually 20 children on a 

scheme per day and a much smaller number in 

the Units. Vols will be matched to individual 

children and support that young person through 

the day, by encouraging and assisting them to 

take part in the range of activities on offer, and 

helping children at lunch. Vols will work 

alongside project staff and local volunteers and 

will not be involved in personal care of the 

children. 

Study: An insight into Disability Awareness. 






GOWANBANK ENVIRONMENTAL ART II, 

(Bathgate) 

Gowanbank Living Heritage was formed by a 

group of friends who are interested in historic, 

innovative and environmentally conscientious 

new buildings. Eleven years ago a social 

element was incorporated into community 

activity by welcoming and training homeless 

young adults. 

Work: Work will involve mostly tree-planting 

and some laying out paths, building stone walls 

and planting shrubs and flowers. There will be 

some renovation work of a stone building, 

involving some labouring. 

Accommodation: Will be in a bunk house or 

log-cabins. Food will be vegetarian. 

Study: There will be a chance to observe and 

learn about the construction of an Eco-friendly 

log cabin. 

Extra info: There will be a trip to Edinburgh 

and to the Highlands. An interest in music or 

playing musical instruments is welcome. 




Topic: Others 


ONE WORLD EVENT, (Sevenoaks, Kent) 

One World is a week-long summer event which 

runs this year from the 04.08 – 10.08.08 The 

event offers a range of workshops and lectures 

exploring different approaches to life on holistic 

themes e.g. natural movement and dance, 

exercise for physical and spiritual development, 

therapies for health and well being, arts, crafts 

and sports. There is a strong emphasis on 

macrobiotic cooking. Around 850 people are 

expected to take part in the event. 

Work: The 15 SCI volunteers will be a small 

group within a total number of 100 volunteers 

working at the event. You will help staff the 

different workshop areas around the event site 

e.g. children's area, I. 

Terminal/Region: suite, stewarding, security. 

Volunteers will work for around 6 hours a day. 

SCI volunteers may also spend some time 

working on a presentation for the end of the 

project which will have a cultural theme. During 

free time volunteers will be able to take part in 

workshops or activities of their choice or simply 

enjoy the beautiful countryside as well as a 

group excursion. 

Study: Holistic lifestyles. 

Accommodation: In tents on site (tents, toilet 

and shower facilities provided). Volunteers must 

bring warm sleeping bags, a roll mat and a mug 

for drinks!). Three meals a day will be provided 

which will be mostly organic, vegetarian, vegan 

or macrobiotic. Please note there will very little 

fish and dairy and no meat in the food available. 

Qualifications: Volunteers must be motivated 

to work hard to make the event a success, be 

enthusiastic and have some understanding of 

macrobiotics. 

Terminal/Region: London. The event is held in 

the grounds of Sevenoaks School in Kent. 

Extra info: Please note this is not a music 

festival. 






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INCLUSION PROJECT 2, (Bradford, West 

Yorkshire) 

Run as part of the volunteering unit in support 

of Bradford City Council’s inclusion program, 

this project gives volunteers an opportunity to 

take part in the service provision for young 

people with physical and learning disabilities 

over the summer vacation. W. Vols will support 

young people with mild to severe physical 

and/or learning disabilities on a day time 

recreational scheme Children’s disabilities will 

vary but may include both communication and 

behavioural difficulties. Some children will be 

wheelchair users. Vols will work in different 

locations across the city and children's Respite 

Units. There are usually 20 children on a 

scheme per day and a much smaller number in 

the Units. Vols will be matched to individual 

children and support that young person through 

the day, by encouraging and assisting them to 

take part in the range of activities on offer, and 

helping children at lunch. Vols will work 

alongside project staff and local volunteers and 

will not be involved in personal care of the 

children. 

Study: An insight into Disability Awareness. 






INTERFAITH PROJECT, (Leicester) (PVP) 

Sponsored by the Elchanan Elkes Association 

for Inter Community Understanding, supported 

by Christians Aware & the Leicester Council of 

Faiths, this year the project will be held in 

memory of Trevor Huddlestone (British 

Anglican priest & renowned campaigner against 

Apartheid) & Helen Navad, who worked for 

peace in Israel. 

Work: Volunteers will do practical gardening 

work in the grounds of buildings of worship of 

different faiths in Leicester: Mosques, 

Churches, Synagogues, Gurdwaras, Buddhist 

and Hindu temples. There will also be some 

painting/decorating tasks and work on 

supporting community understanding. 

Study: There is a strong study element to this 

project around aspects of peace, faith and the 

community. 

Accommodation: Good, in Housing 

Association Flats. 

Qualifications: Enjoy practical work and 

learning about different faiths and communities. 

Terminal/Region: Leicester City 

Extra info: Vols in their 20's preferred. 


1. Greece - SCI Hellas 



Campcode:GR-SCI-9-1 

lemnos, myrine 

Lemnos is the eighth largest island in the 

Aegean Sea and lies in the North Aegean, 

between Lesvos and Samothraki. It actually 

forms one Prefecture together with Lesvos and 

a smaller island, Aghios Efstratios. The island’s 

main town and port is named Myrina, situated 

on the west coast. There are another 30 

villages on the island, the largest of which is 

Moudros, which is also the island’s second 

largest port and located in the south. Most 

inhabitants make a living on fishing and farming 

. Poliohni is the most important archaeological 

site in Lemnos island and one of the best 

preserved prehistoric fortified settlements of 

Greece. The drug prevention center Poliohni, 

named after this major historical cultural 

meeting point, is an organisation collaborating 

with the local administration and other 

associations.This year it organises a 4 day 

cultural festival on the occasion of the 

International Day Against Drugs. The festival 

will include diverse cultural events , open 

discussions, creative workshops, a music 

concert, sports events, in the main town of 

Myrina and an one day visit to the small 

neighbouring island of Agios Efstratios, where 

part of the events will take place. The task of 

the SCI volunteers will be to assist with the 

organisation of the festival. 

Work: helping in the preparation and in the 

conduct of the event.: setting up the workshops 

of the festival, coordinating the activities, setting 

up stages, tables and benches, cleaning, 

decoration. Ideas on diverse workshops, games 

from their home towns and participatory 

activities are welcome from the volunteers. 

Study: discussions on drug prevention issues, 

voluntarism and cultural issues. 

Accommodation : volunteers will sleep in group 

in a classroom of a school. Sleeping bags are 

necessary. Food will be prepared by the 

volunteers – supplies will be provided. (local 

specialties and traditional products will be 

included). Vegetarian meals possible. Free 

time: excursion to the small neighbouring island 

of Agios Efstratios, swimming in the beautiful 

beaches, sports. 

Language: english 

Qualifications: willingness to work with the 

local people, to share ideas, to take initiatives 

concerning the organisation of the event. 







lavrio 

The Reception Centre for Asylum Applicants of 

Lavrio, is one of the nine centers in Greece, 

where some 300 asylum seekers are hosted 

(including family members and children) while 

waiting for their application to be processed. 

The Centre is run by the Greek Red Cross and 

funded by the Greek State. Lavrio is a town 

situated some 40 km south east of Athens. 

Work: Activities with the families and especially 

the children of the refugee centre. 

Sensibilisations activities for the community. 

Volunteers will work 5 days per week. 

Study: History of Refugees, Conflict Resolution 

Accommodation: In a hostel in rooms of six 

outside the centre Extra info: Food will be 

provided in the refugee centre 






pateras mountain, near elefsina 

The workcamp is organized with the Happy 

Children – Happy Youth Camps a non-profit 

volunteers organization with 70 years of action. 

The volunteers will help the Camp staff in 

hosting 140 very poor children from families 

with financial and social problems. The camp is 

situated in the Pateras mountain near the city of 

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Elefsina. 

Work: Cooking and cleaning, painting and 

garden work. Optional and additional activities: 

organizing and assisting in the activities with 

children. 

Study: The volunteers will learn how our 

organization provides social and educational 

support to the children. They will also learn 

things about Traditional Greek Shadow theatre, 

handicrafts and other creative activities. 

Accommodation: In tents provided by our 

organization (own tents not necessary), access 

to the shower, bring a sleeping bag. The 

volunteers will spend the entire period at the 

camp. 

Language: English, Greek speakers are 

welcome Terminal or region: Closest terminal is 

Eleftherios Venizelos Airport of Athens in 

Greece, but transport will be arranged from the 

centre of Elefsina. Extra info: Medical tests (xray, 

blood test, Faeces microbiological 

examination) are required for work in kitchen 

under European Union and Greek Sanitary 

clauses. No drugs, alcohol allowed. 

Transportation to Elefsina or Athens will be 

possible at free days. 18-35 years old 

volunteers are welcome. 







kallithea. lamia 

The Reception Centre for Asylum Applicants of 

Ano Kallithea, near Lamia is one of the nine 

centers in Greece, where families of asylum 

seekers are hosted while waiting for their 

application to be processed. The Centre is run 

by the Greek Red Cross and funded by the 

Greek State. The centre is in a former camping 

place for children and it is already outside of the 

city in the mountains. The place is quite 

isolated and there is no easy accessibility to the 

town (there is only a bus twice a week). The 

nearest village is Sperchiada which is half an 

hour walking far from the Centre. 

Work: Activities with the families and especially 

the children of the refugees centre. To organize 

short excursions, sport events and other 

creative activities. Volunteers will work 5 work 5 

days per week, 5-6 hours per day. 

Study: History of refugees, Conflict Resolution 

Accommodation: In tents. Bring a sleeping 

bag with you. Extra info: Food will be provided 

in the refugee centre 






kafka rhodes 

KAFKA is situated at Kolympia, Rhodes. 

Rhodes is one of the most popular Greek 

islands with a beautiful medieval town and a 

very rich cultural heritage. KAFKA is a 

residential centre for islanders who because of 

disability or old age cannot take care of 

themselves. As disability is still a stigma in rural 

Greek communities, most KAFKA residents 

have little, if any, contact with their families or 

the outside world. Volunteers bring a breath of 

fresh air in the institution, offer entertainment 

and company to the residents and show to the 

local community that people with disabilities are 

not to be feared or avoided. This is the second 

year that the camp is run. Last summer it was a 

big success for residents, staff and volunteers 

alike! 

Work: Activities with the residents (swimming, 

excursions, handicraft, beauty, helping with 

feeding etc). But most importantly, just being 

with them and showing that you care. 

Language: English, Greek. 

Accommodation: Rooms inside the institution. 

Bed linen provided. Food: Provided by KAFKA, 

we just have to do the dishes! Vegetarians are 

welcome. 

Study: Presentation of the Greek health care 

system, personal and societal attitudes to 

disability and old age. Training: Approaching 

people with disabilities (lifting, guiding, personal 

care, relating). 

Qualifications: Previous experience is not at 

all necessary but friendliness, motivation and 

respect for people are! Also, keep in mind that 

things won’t always run on schedule so some 

flexibility is needed. Please attach a short 

motivation letter to your application. The camp 

is open to all but volunteers over 25 are extra 

welcome! MORE INFO: Please check 

“Workcamps in Greece” on our webpage at 

www.sci.gr to see the camp report of last year. 


1. Hungary - SCI Hungary 



Campcode:HU-SCI-5-1 

Tiszadob 

Tiszadob is a small village next to river Tisza, in 

East Hungary, which is one of the most 

deprived areas of the country. In the last 

century an orphanage and a school were 

founded nearby a 19th century castle. Its 

inhabitants (14-24 years old) come from 

socially disadvantaged background, mostly 

from gypsy communities. They are very 

enthusiastic to meet foreign vols since they 

have never had the opportunity to travel far 

from these dwellings. 

Work: gardening, and common leisureintercultural 

activities with a group of young 

inhabitants. 

Qualifications: Needs creativity, enthusiasm 

and openness towards young inhabitants 

Accommodation: in house 






Agasegyhaza 

The Foundation in Memory of Kinga Kovács is 

an organization to foster intercultural dialogue, 

and language learning for talented but 

disadvantaged young people. They intend to 

boost up the life of the village in cooperation 

with the Social Center of Ágasegyháza. The 

Social Center mainly takes care of elderly 

people of the village and of the nearby farms 

the international voluntary camp participants 

will help them in their work. 3 Hungarian 

volunteers will join the camp as well. 

Work: Both social and physical: village site 

reconstruction, helping around the houses of 

elderly, organizing programs for youth 

Accommodation: in houses 



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Palmonostora 

This camp aims at restoring an old wind mill in 

Pálmonostora, a small village in the vicinity of 

Szeged, with organic materials like adobe and 

pine tree wood in respectance the environment. 

The mill belongs to a French organisation 

called Vent d’Est who intends to preserve the 

mill in its original shapes and transform it to a 

living museum that is the witness of traditional, 

local culture. In the workcamp there will be 4 

additional French volunteers coming from Vent 

d’Est. 

Work: Traditional ways of construction, 

physical work. Volunteers will help to restore 

the planking of the mill on the first and second 

floor and/or (depending on materials available) 

do the external masonry of the mill. 

Accommodation: Vols should be willing to live 

among basic circumstances like sleeping in 

tents, only cold water, outdoor toilet. The mill is 

a bit far from the village and volunteers should 

like staying in the nature. Tents are provided 

but if you want to sleep alone you have to bring 

your tent! 

Study: Windmill building technology, visits to 

nearby cities and events, carriage travel, bath, 

meeting local people who also participate in the 

works around the mill. 

Language: English and French is an asset 






Galosfa 

Gálosfa is a small village in Southwestern 

Hungary in a beautiful rural, hilly environment. 

This area is typically an underpriviledged region 

of Hungary with high rate of unemployment and 

high risk of social problems. For the last 3 years 

successful camps have helped develop the 

local community’s life including reconstructional 

works in the village and organizing youth and 

children activities for the locals, who rarely have 

holiday opportunities during the summer. 

Throughout the years the villagers became very 

enthusiastic about meeting foreigners. 

Work: Both physical and social: reconstruction 

work in the village’s community places and 

sites and organizing activities for the 

youngsters. 

Qualifications: Needs creativity, enthusiasm 

and openness towards young inhabitants 

Accommodation: in tents, bathrooms, kitchen, 

toilet, dining room provided 

Language: English, some German knowledge 

is useful but not necessary 






Szekesfehervar 

The historical city of Székesfehérvár is situated 

half way between Lake Balaton and Budapest. 

Gaja Environmental Foundation organizes a 

summer camp for local children where they can 

learn more about nature protection and helping 

stray animals. 

Work: Cleaning paths and painting information 

boards in a protected part of the area. Taking 

care of wild (stray) animals together with 

children and handicapped people. 

Study: Animal protection and peace education 

Extra info: not suitable for people allergic to 

animals 

Accommodation: in dorm or wooden house 






Lakitelek 

The Kiskunság National Park is in charge of 

approximately 284,165 acres of protected area 

situated in the the Danube-Tisza Interfluve 

region. Every year the National Park organises 

environmental camps for kids between the ages 

of 10-14, where the kids learn about nature in a 

playful way both in Hungarian and English.The 

volunteers will help around this camp, 

animating games with the children in the 1st 

week, then in the 2nd week work will be with 

local young volunteers doing rehabilitation in 

the woods and fields with both plants and 

animals. 

Work: both social and physical, the camp 

expects communicative and extroverted 

volunteers who are willing to chat with children 

Accommodation: in wooden house in the 

nature on the territory of the National Park 

Study: environmental issues, nature 

reservation 

Language: Good knowledge of English is 

needed 

Extra info: not recommended for volunteers 

with wild plants allergies 


1. Iceland - SEEDS Iceland 



Campcode:IS-SEE-6-1 

Bíldudalur & Langibotn - Western Fjords 

Bíldudalur is a small fishing town, at 

Arnarfjörður and one of the communities of 

Vesturbyggð, where the main trades are/were 

fishing and fish processing. However, during 

the last years and due to the introduction of the 

quota system in the Icelandic fishing sector, the 

town lost its share in the fishing amounts to be 

caught, which has strongly hit the economy and 

living situation in the area. Bíldudalur is in the 

southern part of the Western fjords, famed for 

its beautiful landscape and good weather. The 

summers are often very warm and sunny with 

gentle breezes, conditions which are hospitable 

for fishing, swimming, hiking and a variety of 

other activities. Langibotn in Geirþjófsfjörður is 

one of the places where the story of Gísli 

Súrsson took place, which is one of the most 

famous Icelandic sagas. Although the saga is 

only preserved whole in later manuscripts, it 

was most likely written down in the early 13th 

century with action occurring between 940-980 

a.d. Gisli Sursson's Saga is a classic outlaw 

saga that is centered on the internal struggles 

of Gisli, the saga's protagonist, a 10th century 

settler who ends up outlawed - that is, being 

declared a person who could be legally killed by 

anyone finding him - after he avenges the 

death of his blood brother. Differing from the 

typical Icelandic Saga, it uses the common 

theme of vengeance to divide loyalties within 

with family instead of strengthening familial 

bonds. The vicinity offers a variety of interesting 

places to explore and hiking and mountain 

climbing are popular. The sheer beauty of the 

region attracts people and tourism has started 

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to play an increasing role recently. The distance 

from Reykjavik is 475 km (7 hours drive) by the 

Whale Bay tunnel and it is perhaps one of 

Iceland's most remote areas. The Western 

Fjords are too often missed by visitors due to its 

distance (real and perceived) from Route 1, the 

circle road, and from other population centers. 

They are a mass of fjords, mountains and 

isolated villages on spits of lands surrounded 

by water and mountains. 

Work: We will be working on few projects, 

building and maintaining hiking trails and 

pathways in the area of Langibotn. Additional 

tasks may include putting up signs and 

descriptive information charts for the trails, 

clearing old oil tanks from the abandoned farm 

lands in Geirþjófsfjörður & depending on the 

advance of the jobs, we may start removing a 

stranded boat and take down its engine to be 

sent to a museum. 

Accommodation: In a local house; sleeping on 

mattresses on the floor; bringing a warm 

sleeping bag is recommended. Food 

ingredients will be provided, volunteers will 

share the duties of preparing and cooking 

meals. 

Language: English will be the official language 

in the camp, high proficiency is not required. 

Study: Environmental messenger in the 

project. S/he will be in charge of delivering 

ecological and global education messages to 

both, International volunteers and local hosts. 

S/he will arrange and organise few activities 

that intend to raise awareness on environment 

related topics. 

Terminal/Region: Closest International Airport: 

Keflavík (Reykjavík), KEF. 

Extra info: Participation fee EUR 120,- . 

Excursions in the area as boat trips and hikes 

will be arranged for volunteers. 


2. Iceland - WF Iceland 



Campcode:IS-WF-9-42 

Hafstraumar “The wave of the ocean” Music 

and art festival in the Westfjords 

This workcamp will give you the change to see 

some of the most beautiful places in Iceland. It 

will take place in two different areas of the 

country. First we will work in the West of 

Iceland for one week and than we will go to the 

south for another week. In the West of Iceland 

we will stay in Patreksfjörður, a small fishing 

town, which bears the name of the fjord. The 

town stands on slender sandpits and stretches 

two km along the narrow northern shore of the 

fjord. Nearness of rich fishing banks, and a 

sheltered harbor, makes Patreksfjörður town 

one of the main fishing ports in the region. It is 

well situated for exploring the southern part of 

the West fjords and the contrasting and 

interesting sights the area has to offer. It is 

close to the huge cliff Látrabjarg, which is more 

than 14 km long (the largest in the North 

Atlantic) which goes up to 448 m high and is 

located in the western-most post of Iceland 

(and Europe!!). One million birds; puffins, 

guillemots, seagulls and alcas live in it. The 

West Fjords are an ideal place for hikers and 

nature lovers, in summer and winter alike. In 

the South of Iceland we will stay in a village 

called Hvolsvöllur which is situated 100 km 

south-east of Reykjavík in the district 

Rangárvallasýsla. It enjoys some of the finest 

sceneries; surrounded by glaciers and on clear 

days with a view to the southern seashore. Mt. 

Hekla is undoubtedly the best-known landmark 

on the grassy west of the lowlands. This very 

active volcano still erupts frequently and had its 

last eruption in spring 2000. The most famous 

of the Icelandic Sagas; Njáls-Saga, has its 

background in Hvolsvöllur and the fate of the 

people in this thousand year old Saga still 

causes heated discussions among the few 

hundred local inhabitants. 

Work: In Patreksfjörður we will help with the 

preparation of the festival “Hafstraumar” which 

is one of the most creative music and art 

festivals in Iceland more info at 

www.myspace.com/hafstraumar. The 

organizers are young local people full of life 

and energy. There are many young bands 

playing and also others which are getting more 

known here in Iceland and abroad. There will 

also be a painting and sculpture group which 

will work on the theme of recycled materials to 

produce artwork to present at the festivals. We 

will be actively involved in all tasks before and 

during the festival. In Patreksfjörður we will also 

participate in the Seaman Day which is one of 

the traditional festivals in Iceland. In Hvolsvöllur 

we will plant trees, help the locals to clean and 

beautify the area after the winter time and do 

other tasks related to the environment. 

Accommodation: In community centers. 

Participants are asked to bring their sleeping 

bags. 

Extra info: Participation fee: € 90. Free access 

to swimming pools and hot pots, Excursions will 

be organized by the locals. If the volunteers 

want to arrive earlier than we can arrange one 

week work/stay in a farm in the Westfjords. In 

the middle of May all the little lambs are getting 

born and the farmers need more people to 

welcome them and to prevent that they will be 

attacked by bigger animals and birds. If you 

want to participate in this, than the farmer will 

arrange the travel for you from Reykjavik to the 

Westfjords. 






Viking festival Hafnarfjörður 

Hafnarfjörður is a town with the populations of 

23.500 people. It is located 10 km away from 

the capital, Reykjavík. Hafnarfjördur is famous 

for having one of Iceland’s largest settlements 

of elves, dwarves and other mystical beings, 

which are usually called ‘Hidden Folk.’ 

Centuries-old folklore has it that whole clans of 

such beings reside in the rocks that make up 

part of the town’s centre. We do not doubt this 

at all. Though elves are visible only to those 

with second sight, a great many Icelanders 

believe in their existence. Indeed, there is much 

evidence to support this belief, as stories 

abound of instances where new roads or 

housing developments were under construction 

and strange happenings took place. Hidden 

Folk enjoy a certain regard, and nowhere more 

so than in Hafnarfjördur. There is even a 

Hidden Worlds tour that takes you to their home 

sites, stopping at places like Hellisgerdi Park 

and the base of the cliff Hamarinn, which is said 

to be home to the Royal Family of the Hidden 

Folk. More info 

http://www.hafnarfjordur.is/english/ In 

Hafnarfjörður there is a small Viking village 

were the workcamp will take place. During the 

annual Viking Festival modern-day Icelanders 

and Vikings from abroad celebrate their 

heritage with appropriate style. The Vikings' 

wild and adventurous spirit lives on today, in 

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the people of this unique country. The event is 

a lot of fun; there are displays of ancient arts 

and crafts, and large gruff men in full Viking 

attire demonstrate their ancient battle skills to 

anyone brave enough to challenge them. More 

info http://www.fjorukrain.is/fjorukrain/en/ 

Work: The volunteers will help with the 

preparation of the festival, the festival itself and 

after it has finished. During the festival all 

volunteers will receive Viking costumes to wear 

and perform different tasks. Different types of 

tasks will be performed as control at the 

venues, assistance to visitors, and help the 

other Viking volunteers in the kitchen or serving 

the meals. The festival will start on June 13th 

and last until June 17th. Apart from our WF 

Vikings there will be around 120 more Viking 

volunteers coming from all around the world! A 

big collection of artists will be at the Festival: 

warriors, bowmen, wrestlers, woodcarvers, 

stonemasons, blacksmiths, storytellers and 

enchantresses, musicians and magicians. The 

working hours are not completely fixed and they 

will be flexible according to the busy and 

relaxed hours of the festival. 


local community center with the other Vikings, 

sleeping on mattresses on the floor. After the 

festival the volunteers will be hosted in a house 

near to the area. Don’t forget to bring a warm 

sleeping bag 

Food: The volunteers will have all the meals 

provided and cooked by our hosts in the Viking 

community. 

Language: English is the language in the 

camp, but high level is not required. 

Location: Hafnarfjörður in the south of Iceland 

Study: The Saga of the Vikings 

Terminal/Region: Intl. Airport: Keflavík 

(Reykjavík), KEF. – distance from the airport 35 

km. 

Extra info: Xtra participation fee EUR 120,- 

Leisure time: Excursions and free time activities 

will be arranged for volunteers. The volunteers 

will have a free access to the local swimming 

pool. 






Þórshöfn & Langanes Peninsula 

Þórshöfn* is a busy little town at the base of the 

Langanes Peninsula in the North-East of 

Iceland, located at the Þistilfjörður. The entire 

district has 479 Inhabitants (31.12.07) and they 

base their livelihood on fishing, fish processing 

and commerce serving the surrounding rural 

farming area. It is the best place in Iceland to 

experience what it is like to live in an isolated 

village almost 100 km from the next village. 

Around 400 people live in the village itself and 

the distance from the capital is 629 km by the 

Whale Bay tunnel. The Langanes peninsula is 

the last word in Icelandic remoteness and it 

narrows like a spear point toward northeast and 

its fowling cliffs have been and still are a means 

of sustenance for those, who live there. 

Nowadays, the area is very sparsely populated. 

Most farms have been abandoned. Some of the 

remaining farmers tend the breeding colonies of 

the eiders and collect their down, clean it and 

sell at high prices. Nature lovers often spend 

days on end at the densely populated bird cliffs 

watching gannets, puffins, guillemots, 

brunnich's guillemots, black guillemots, 

razorbills, kittiwakes, fulmars etc. One of the 

best places for the observation of the gannets 

is Cliff Storikarl off the bird cliff Skoruvikurbjarg. 

Other bird species colonise different parts of 

the peninsula, such as the arctic terns near the 

farm Ytra-Lon. 

Work: The county administration of the 

Langanes district will be our host and we will be 

working on environmental related matters. We 

will be mainly working on reforestation tasks; 

planting trees will be the main job while others 

may include follow up on survival and growth of 

trees planted in the past. Additional task, 

depending on advance of the reforestation 

project, will be cleaning up the coastline in the 

area, as one of the biggest pollution issues in 

the area is the litter brought to the shore due to 

sea currents that even bring timber as far as 

from Siberia. 

Accommodation: We will be lodged in the 

local sports centre, sleeping on mattresses on 

the floor. Therefore a warm sleeping bag is 

highly suggested. Within the facilities of the 

centre we will have a kitchen to cater ourselves. 

Food will be provided and meals will be then 

prepared by volunteers. We have access to the 

nearby local swimming pool and sport centre 

with top-quality facilities. 


in the camp, but high proficiency is not a 

requirement. 





S/he arranges and organises few activities that 

intend to raise awareness on environment 


Terminal/Region: Closest International 

Airports: Keflavík (Reykjavík), KEF and 

Akureyri (AEY). 

Extra info: Participation fee EUR 100,-. Free 

entrance to the local modern swimming pool, 

sports centre facilities. Excursions will be 

arranged by the local contacts. *The name 

Þórshöfn is the harbor of Þór. Þór is the 

thunder god. His wife's name is Sif. Þór is the 

son of Odin the most powerful god. Odin's 

horse Sleipnir put one of its eight feet down in 

Ásbyrgi, hence the horseshoe shape. It is a 

must to visit the ponds in Ásbyrgi on your way 

to Dettifoss. 






Neskaupstaður 

Neskaupstaður is a medium sized town by 

Icelandic standards, has the largest population 

(1.420 inh.) of any of the towns in the East 

Fjords, is almost completely self-sufficient and 

has grown and prospered since the early 

1900's, thanks to the fishing industry. Its 

remoteness has led to a necessary selfsufficiency, 

including the town having its own 

bakery, dairy, supermarkets, banks, post office, 

school, sports hall, swimming pool, church, 

hospital, harbour, airstrip, hotel, jazz club, 

rescue centre, etc. In fact, it seems to have all 

the services you would expect in a larger town 

except an optician! To the east of the town, 

facing the ocean, there is a nature reserve and 

recreational area. The lower section of it, called 

Hagi, is the location of the renowned 

Páskahellir (Easter Cave), which is essentially 

a rock vault over the shore. Holes left by thick, 

10-12-million-year-old tree trunks may be seen 

inside the vault and, as is typical in Iceland, 

there are various folk tales associated with the 

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cave. Neskaupstaður is only reachable after 

driving through a one-way tunnel. “Fjarðabyggð 

is a association of different communities in the 

Eastfjords of Iceland. It includes the towns of 

Eskifjörður, Fáskrúðsfjörður, Mjóifjörður, 

Neskaupstaður, Reyðarfjörður and 

Stöðvarfjörður. The towns have a lot of things in 

common: They are all small fishing villages with 

steep mountains just behind the houses. In this 

area you will find most of the things that makes 

Iceland a unique place on a global scale. The 

fjords are magnificent and the sea is full of life, 

the birdlife is very rich and you can find a great 

variety of hiking paths. You will get to know the 

area during your stay in the east and it depends 

on the tasks and the situation in Fjarðabyggð 

where you will be working during the camp. 

Work: Most of the work will be cleaning and 

beautifying the towns and the surrounding area. 

We will also clean the coastline, plant some 

trees and even make hiking paths. The work 

available will depend on the weather condition 

and that’s why we have to be a bit flexible. 

Please keep in mind that the work might be 

physically hard and you should be prepared for 

unfriendly weather, even though it will be nice 

most of the time, hopefully. 

Accommodation: In a community center. 

Mattresses will be provided and everyone is 

asked to bring his/her own warm sleeping bag. 

We will have showers at the local swimming 

pool and sports centre. 

Food: The food will be provided for the duration 

of the work camp and everyone is expected to 

do their fair share of the cooking/cleaning. It 

would be nice to share new and different 

dishes, so please remember to bring along 

recipes from your own countries 

Language: The language of the camp will be 

English. 

Location: Neskaupstaður in Fjarðabyggð. East 

of Iceland. 


(Reykjavík), KEF. WF Iceland will organize a 

bus from Reykjavik to the workcamp site for a 

fair prize. Egilsstaðir airport is 40 km away from 

the project EXtra: Free access to the local 

swimming pool, great places for hiking. 

Excursion or a boat trip will be organized by the 

hosting partner. 






Garður - Reykjanes Peninsula 

Garður is located in the south-west of Iceland, 

on the Reykjanes peninsula and its population 

amounts 1451. This region of Garðskagatá is 

unsheltered by any mountains and the view 

across the water is panoramic and of great 

beauty. The old lighthouse in Garðskagatá was 

built in 1897 and has served more than 

fishermen and sailors, as it has been a popular 

bird watching hideout for many years. In the 

spring, many thousands of migrating birds 

settle in the south and west of the area to rest 

for a few days before spreading out all over the 

country. The old fishing grounds just outside 

the shore were the reason the settlement here 

came to be. Many people are surprised to find 

the clearest evidence of agriculture in Iceland 

here. This garden is what gave the county its 

local name of Garður. Reykjanes (or 

Reykjanesskagi) is a peninsula and a volcanic 

system situated at the south-western end of 

Iceland, near the capital of Reykjavík. The 

peninsula is marked by active volcanism under 

its surface, and large lava fields, allowing little 

vegetation. There are numerous hot springs 

and sulphur springs in the southern half of the 

peninsula, around the Kleifarvatn lake and the 

Krýsuvík geothermal area. There is also a 

geothermal power station at Svartsengi. Near 

the power station a swimming pool has been 

installed using the hot and mineralized water 

coming down from the power station; it is 

known as the "Blue Lagoon" (Bláa Lónið). 

Work: Volunteers will be living and working at 

the Garður community in the south-west of 

Iceland. The town of Garður celebrates its 

100th anniversary this year, on June 15th and 

SEEDS volunteers will be a crucial part of 

diverse types of jobs prior to the celebrations 

on the weekend and the happenings during the 

festivities. Volunteers will be performing 

different types of tasks during the 2 weeks and 

some of them include laying down grass 

surfaces, cleaning up the public areas and 

coastline, planting trees and flowers, 

maintaining some of the trails along the shore 

and general preparations for the celebrations. 

Depending on the advance of the projects, 

volunteers may have other possible tasks as 

putting up of signs in noteworthy places; as 

works on common and green recreational 

areas, gardening and painting works, etc. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in 

a local house, sleeping on mattresses on the 

floor; a warm sleeping bag is suggested. If 

wished, some volunteers may stay in tents. 

Food ingredients will be provided and 

volunteers will share common duties as cooking 

the meals, among others. The house has a well 

equipped kitchen and basic facilities, except for 

showers, which are located in the sports centre 

nearby. Access to the swimming pool is free of 

charge for SEEDS volunteers. 


in the camp; high proficiency is not a 

requirement. 











Excursions and free time activities in the area 

will be arranged for the volunteers. 






The village of the hot springs - Hveragerði 

Hveragerði is a small town of about 1,700 

inhabitants that lies some 45 km east of 

Reykjavík. This friendly little community sits on 

top of a highly active geothermal field, providing 

heat of hundreds of greenhouses where fruit, 

flowers and vegetables are produced 

throughout the year, you can even find 

bananas growing in thise houses. The name 

Hveragerði means ‘hot springs garden’. 

Geothermal energy is Hveragerði’s lifeblood, 

and it would be difficult to find such a natural 

wonder in the middle of a populated area 

anywhere else in the world. Very interesting is 

Gufudalur, the lovely ‘Steam Valley’ behind the 

town. The whole valley explodes with hot 

springs, geysers, mud pots, fumaroles and 

steaming vents. More info 

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http://www.hveragerdi.is/ 

Work: Fixing walking paths, cleaning and 

beautifying the hot spring area in the middle of 

the village. Planting trees. 

Accommodation: In the local theatre on 

mattresses on the floor, participants are asked 

to bring a sleeping bag. 







Language: The language of the work camp is 

English. 

Location: Hveragerði in the south of Iceland 


(Reykjavík), KEF. Distance from the airport 80 

km. 

Extra info: Leisure time: Free access to the 

local swimming pool. Guided hikes with locals. 






Vík í Mýrdal 

Vík in Mýrdalur is Iceland's most southerly 

village, bordered by the glacial river Jökulsá to 

the west and the river Blautakvísl to the east. 

It’s northern border is the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, 

which caps the volcanic Mt. Katla, while its 

southern limits are black sands and the rolling 

Atlantic waves. The district lives mainly by 

agriculture. Although this community of 600 

inhabitants faces the open Atlantic, Vík is the 

only seaside settlement in Iceland left without a 

harbour due to natural circumstances. The 

natural beauty of the area is spectacular. Just 

east of the village's outskirts lies one of 

Europe's biggest arctic tern breeding grounds. 

South of Vík is a beautiful beach, which an 

international Magazine named one of the 

world's ten best island beaches in 1991. A short 

hike within the close vicinity of Vík is sure to 

satisfy all serious nature lovers and bird 

watchers. Vík and its surroundings is one of the 

main bird life areas in Iceland. More info 

http://www.southiceland.com/ 

Work: construct walking and hiking paths, 

clean the coastline, take down old fences in the 

surroundings of the town. The study theme of 

the camp is “The hidden people, alfs and trolls” 

Accommodation: in a house owned by the 

local community on mattresses on the floor, 

participants are asked to bring a sleeping bag. 







Language: the language of the work camp is 

English. 

Location: Vík í Mýrdal. South of Iceland. 



km. 


Leisure time: Free access to the local 

swimming pool, good places for hiking. 

Excursions will be organized by the hosting 

partner. 






Viking festival Hafnarfjörður 























Folk. More info 

http://www.hafnarfjordur.is/english/ In 


were the workcamp will take place. During the 

annual Viking Festival modern-day Icelanders 


heritage with appropriate style. The Vikings\' 


the people of this unique country. The event is 

a lot of fun; there are displays of ancient arts 

and crafts, and large gruff men in full Viking 

attire demonstrate their ancient battle skills to 

anyone brave enough to challenge them. More 

info http://www.fjorukrain.is/fjorukrain/en/ 


preparation of the festival, the festival itself and 

after it has finished. During the festival all 


and perform different tasks. Different types of 

tasks will be performed as control at the 

venues, assistance to visitors, and help the 

other Viking volunteers in the kitchen or serving 

the meals. The festival will start on June 13th 

and last until June 17th. Apart from our WF 

Vikings there will be around 120 more Viking 

volunteers coming from all around the world! A 

big collection of artists will be at the Festival: 

warriors, bowmen, wrestlers, woodcarvers, 

stonemasons, blacksmiths, storytellers and 

enchantresses, musicians and magicians. The 

working hours are not completely fixed and they 

will be flexible according to the busy and 

relaxed hours of the festival. 


local community center with the other Vikings, 

sleeping on mattresses on the floor. After the 

festival the volunteers will be hosted in a house 

near to the area. Don’t forget to bring a warm 

sleeping bag 



community. 






(Reykjavík), KEF. – distance from the airport 35 

km. 





pool. 


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Eskifjörður 

Eskifjörður is a major fishing town (population: 

972) and an export harbour with direct sailing to 

Europe, which is located at the northern shore 

of the fjord Eskifjörður. Itis built on a small sand 

spit and up the slopes of the mountain which 

rises above the town.Its main industries are 

fishing and small-scale farming. Eskifjörður 

became an authorized trade port in 1786 and 

has been a commercial center since 1798. One 

of the several shops in Eskifjörður, Gamlabúð, 

built in 1816, houses the Maritime Museum Of 

East Iceland. Eskifjörður town faces the 

mountain Hólmatindur, from the top of which 

you can view some of the tallest mountains in 

the Icelandic interior. One of the favored sights 

in the area is the Helgustaðanáman mine, 

which is one of the world’s best-known sources 

of Icelandic spar. The area, which is just a tenminute 

drive from the town, is a nature reserve 

and open to all, free of charge. A swimming 

pool with hot pots (geothermal pools) and a 

sauna is located in Eskifjörður, as well as a 

gallery and crafts shop. “Fjarðabyggð is a 

association of different communities in the 

























Accommodation: We will be staying in a nice 

community center. Mattresses will be provided 

and everyone is asked to bring his/her own 

warm sleeping bag. We will have showers at 

the local swimming pool and sports centre. 








English. 

Location: Eskifjörður in Fjarðabyggð. East of 

Iceland. 





the project 

Extra info: Free access to the local swimming 

pool, guided hikes with locals. Excursions will 

be organized by the hosting partner. 






Island of Viðey: History, Nature & Art 

Viðey is the largest island of the Kollafjord Bay 

(1,7 km²). It is divided by a short isthmus and 

the western part is called The West Island 

(Vesturey). The large part, with the church and 

Viðeyjarstofa (Viðey House), is called The 

Home Island (Heimaey) and the southeastern 

part is called The East Island (Austurey). The 

island of volcanic origins was formed about 2 

million years ago; several spots on the island 

depict beautiful basaltic columns, while it is well 

vegetated and boggy in places. At least 30 

species of breeding birds have been counted & 

archaeological excavations have disclosed the 

fact, that the island was inhabited already in the 

10th century. In the 12th century a church was 

built and in 1225 a monastery was established, 

a centre for pilgrimage in the Middle Ages until 

it was abolished in 1539 after the reformation 

had started in Iceland. Viðeyjarstofa was built in 

1755 as the first construction made of stone 

and cement in the country. The island became 

the seat of the first Icelandic treasurer and later 

the first sub-governor, Mr Skuli Magnusson. In 

the beginning of the 20th century the country's 

first harbour for ocean going vessels was built 

on its eastern part and a hamlet developed 

there. The last inhabitant left it in 1943, when 

the harbour of Reykjavik had taken over. There 

are hiking and cycling paths around the island 

and there is no motor traffic allowed. It also 

inhabits art work, amongst them all nine pairs of 

basalt pillars that comprise Richard Serra's 

work Áfangar and Yoko Ono's peace column. 

Viðeyjarnaust, at the southwest of the island, is 

a memorial to the twenty men who lost their 

lives when the cutter Ingvar sank off Viðey in 

1906. Dramatic formations of columnar basalt 

may be seen on the shore. 

Work: Most of the project will be dedicated to 

coastline cleaning up actions. We may have 

other possible tasks as maintenance and 

marking of hiking paths or bicycle trails, help in 

summer events, putting up of signs in 

noteworthy places; as works on common and 

green recreational areas, gardening and 

painting works, etc. 

Accommodation: Lodged in a local house, 

sleeping on mattresses on the floor; a warm 

sleeping bag is suggested. If wished, some 

volunteers may stay in tents. Food ingredients 

will be provided and volunteers will share 

common duties as cooking the meals, among 

others. 



requirement. 




both, International volunteers and local hosts; 

organising few activities on topics related to 

environment, nature protection and 

sustainability. 


Keflavík (Reykjavík), KEF. Closest bus terminal 

in Reykjavík. 


Excursions (as whale watching tours) and free 

time activities in the area will be arranged for 

the volunteers. Volunteers will have free rides 

in the boat/ferry to the city of Reykjavík during 

their free time. * Viðey, the name of the island 

is translated into English as Wood Island. For 

information on Reykjavík please see the 

description of our project IS - SEEDS 9.4. RIFF. 

Reykjavík International Film Festival. 

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Skessuhellir – the cave of the trolls 

This workcamp will take place in Reykjanesbær 

which is a major center of fishing and fish 

processing, although in recent years tourism 

has played an increasingly important role in the 

local economy. Reykjanes has something for 

everyone. Steeped in a rich vein of history, 

folklore and tradition, the region is also home to 

some of the world's greatest geological 

wonders, including the Reykjanes Ridge, 

meeting place of the Eurasian and American 

continental plates. Teeming with a wealth of 

bird and marine life whose habitats lie amid 

some of Icelands most spectacular coastal 

scenery, Reykjanes is the natural choice for all 

lovers of the outdoors. In this town the 

authorities are very open for new ideas, for 

example here you can find the former NATO 

base which is now becoming a University 

village and a centre of art and film making. 

More info http://www.reykjanes.is/english/ The 

authorities are now planning to build “a home 

for Trolls” near to the port of the town, close to 

the center. Like elves, trolls are also part of the 

ancient heritage of the Scandinavian 

mythology. Although they are human-like in 

form, they are still inhumanly strong, huge and 

ugly. They are very often thought to be 

fearsome and cruel creatures. But, like elves, 

trolls often treat people as they are treated and 

they return favors for favors, exerting 

vengeance if harmed. Trolls live in mountains, 

caves and cliffs, especially bird cliffs. Like 

humans, they live together socially. They fish, 

cultivate land and keep animals. They are also 

very good at handicrafts and hold feasts. 

Work: There is an very well known art group 

here in Iceland called Nordan Bál that have 

been doing all kind of art and performances in 

Iceland. This group will do the construction of 

the Cave (home) of the Trolls and also make 

the furniture and other things that they need for 

their daily life. Everything will be oversized so it 

will fit the big creatures. We will help the art 

group to build the home and we will also do 

some environmental work in the area around 

the place. Please notice that we will work with 

heavy things so the work can be physically hard 


swimming pool. Excursions will be organized by 

the locals. 


local community, participants are asked to bring 

a sleeping bag. 








English. 

Location: Reykjanesbær – south of Iceland. 

Terminal/Region: Reykjavík – Keflavík Int. 

Airport is only 10 minutes away from the town. 







Viking life in Hafnarfjörður 























Folk. Along the way, the guide relates ancient 

folk tales of the magical hidden worlds and 

describes how the town grew and developed in 

harmony with the Hidden Folk. More info 

http://www.hafnarfjordur.is/english/ The Vikings 

settled Iceland around 874 AD and the 

Icelanders are very proud of those brave 

people who had the courage to start a life here 

in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. In 


were the workcamp will take place. Icelanders 




the people of this unique country. In the village 

there is a lot of fun; there are displays of 

ancient arts and crafts, and large gruff men in 

full Viking attire demonstrate their ancient battle 

skills to anyone brave enough to challenge 

them. More info 

http://www.fjorukrain.is/fjorukrain/en/ 

Work: The volunteers will work in the Viking 

village most of the time but they will also help 

the local community with some environmental 

tasks. While working in the Viking village the 


and perform different tasks. They will give 

assistance to visitors, and help the other Viking 

volunteers in the kitchen, serving meals or 

cleaning the area. They will also have the 

opportunity to make paintings, sculptures or 

other peaces of art and sell them in the 

shopping street in the village. This camp is 

really perfect for people with art skills. 

Accommodation: In a house near to the 

center of Hafnarfjörður, sleeping on mattresses 

on the floor. Don’t forget to bring a warm 

sleeping bag 



community. 







km. 





pool. 


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recreational area. The lower section of it, called 

Hagi, is the location of the renowned 

Páskahellir (Easter Cave), which is essentially 

a rock vault over the shore. Holes left by thick, 

10-12-million-year-old tree trunks may be seen 

inside the vault and, as is typical in Iceland, 

there are various folk tales associated with the 

cave. Neskaupstaður is only reachable after 

driving through a one-way tunnel. “Fjarðabyggð 






































English. 


of Iceland. 





the project Leisure time: Free access to the 

local swimming pool, great places for hiking. 



Extra info: 






Akureyri the capital of the North 

Akureyri is situated in north-east Iceland, in one 

of the longest fjords in the country and is 

surrounded by mountains reaching 1000-1500 

m. The Arctic Circle in only 60 km north of 

Akureyri but still the climate is mild, with 

summer temperatures up to 25°C and winter 

temperatures in average around 0˚C. Akureyri 

is the second largest urban area after the 

capital area of Reykjavík, with a population of 

about 17200. Akureyri is the centre of trade and 

services in northern Iceland. It is also a town of 

culture and education, building on a firm 

foundation. Akureyri is a popular tourist 

destination for short or long visits. The town 

offers a wide range of activities and interesting 

places e.g. notable museums, the world's most 

northerly botanic garden, one of Iceland’s most 

popular swimming facilities, the best skiing area 

in the country, good hiking trails and free city 

bus. The town is also a good base for many of 

Iceland’s most beautiful natural wonders as 

waterfalls, volcanic areas and canyons as well 

as exciting activities as river rafting, hiking, 

fishing, whale watching and horse riding. 

Work: Build and maintain hiking paths, 

cleaning the coastline. 

Accommodation: In the local school on 










English. 

Location: Akureyri. 

Terminal/Region: Reykjavík - Keflavík. WF 

Iceland will organize a bus from Reykjavik to 

the camp site for a fair prize. 




the hosting partner. 






Fáskrúðsfjörður / Stöðvarfjörður 

Fáskrúðsfjörður was the main port for French 

fishermen in the 1900s in East Iceland both 

prior to and well after the turn of the century. At 

Fáskrúðsfjörður there was a French consul, a 

French hospital and a French chapel. The 

street names are still in Icelandic and in French. 

Sandfell mountain very near to Fáskrúdsfjörður 

is a cone-shaped, rhyolite mountain on the 

south side of the fjord, rising to a height of 743 

meters. When molten rhyolite lifts older layers 

of lava, so-called laccolith is formed. Sandfell, 

about 600 m thick, is a famous example of this 

and is in fact one of the best visible examples 

of the Tertiary period in the northern 

hemisphere. A hike to the top of Sandfell is 

extremely enjoyable and takes 2-3 hours. 

Skrúður is a grassy but rockbound island east 

of Fáskrúðsfjörður. It has an abundance of bird 

life, including puffins, kittiwakes, various black 

birds from the Alcidae family, gannets, storm 

petrels and Leach’s petrels. Skrúðshellir cave 

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at Skrúður is the largest "puffin cave" in the 

world. “Fjarðabyggð is a association of different 

communities in the Eastfjords of Iceland. It 

includes the towns of Eskifjörður, 

Fáskrúðsfjörður, Mjóifjörður, Neskaupstaður, 

Reyðarfjörður and Stöðvarfjörður. The towns 

have a lot of things in common: They are all 

small fishing villages with steep mountains just 

behind the houses. In this area you will find 

most of the things that makes Iceland a unique 

place on a global scale. The fjords are 

magnificent and the sea is full of life, the birdlife 

is very rich and you can find a great variety of 

hiking paths. You will get to know the area 

during your stay in the east and it depends on 

the tasks and the situation in Fjarðabyggð 












Accommodation: We will be staying in the 

local school. Mattresses will be provided and 

everyone is asked to bring his/her own warm 

sleeping bag. We will have showers at the local 

swimming pool and sports centre. 








English. 

Location: Fáskrúðsfjörður / Stöðvarfjörður in 

Fjarðabyggð. East of Iceland. 





the project 

Extra info: Leisure time: Free access to the 

local swimming pool, guided hikes with locals. 


partner. 






International folksong festival in 

Siglufjörður 

Siglufjördur is the northernmost town in Iceland, 

located at the foot of towering mountains on the 

shore of a small fjord bearing the same name. 

Fishing and the processing of marine products 

provide the principal source of employment for 

the town's 1,600 residents, as the settlement 

has developed around one of the country's best 

natural harbours. The historic architecture, the 

colourful rooftops of the upper town, the 

harbour and inspiring backdrop are all postcard 

material on a fine day. There is plenty of variety 

in the life of the town, which includes many 

sorts of social and cultural activities. Both the 

church and music school are centres for 

musical activities, and sports are very popular. 

Furthermore, the splendour of the mountains 

and natural beauty are practically an invitation 

to everyone. More info www.siglo.is 

Work: Planting trees, cleaning the coastline, 

making hiking paths. Give a helping hand with 

the preparation and the running of the 

International folksong Festival, held between 

July 4th and 8th. 

Accommodation: In a house owned by the 










English. 

Location: Siglufjörður in Fjallabyggð. North of 

Iceland. 




fair prize. 



swimming pool, guided hikes with locals. 






Hveragerði 

Hveragerði is a small town of about 1,700 

inhabitants that lies some 45 km east of 





throughout the year. The name Hveragerði 

means ‘hot springs garden’. Geothermal energy 

is Hveragerði’s lifeblood, and it would be 

difficult to find such a natural wonder in the 

middle of a populated area anywhere else in 

the world. Very interesting is Gufudalur, the 

lovely ‘Steam Valley’ behind the town. The 

whole valley explodes with hot springs, 

geysers, mud pots, fumaroles and steaming 

vents. More info www.hveragerdi.is 

Work: Fixing walking paths, working in the 

forestry. 

Accommodation: In the local theatre. Sleeping 

on mattresses on the floor, participants are 

asked to bring a sleeping bag. 








English 

Location: Hveragerði in the south of Iceland. 



km. 





partner. 






Mosfellsbær 

Mosfellsbær (population: 7.200) lies just 17km 

north of Reykjavík. Often called "the green 

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town", this town enjoys thermal activity and 

quite a few greenhouses have been built here. 

Since 1933 it has supplied the capital area with 

natural hot water for house heating, swimming 

pools, etc. The mountainous area around the 

town is ideal for walks and hikes, skiing and 

fishing for trout and char in the small lakes. The 

Nobel Prize laureate for literature in 1955, 

Halldór Laxness (1902-1998), was the honorary 

citizen of the town. He lived there all his life and 

based some of his novels on his experiences 

and impressions of his surroundings. 

Mosfellsbær is also known as the hometown of 

avant-garde-rockband “Sigur Rós”. They still 

have their studio in Mosfellsbær. The natural 

landscape of Mosfellsbær is rugged, and 80% 

of the district lies more than 100 metres above 

sea level. Hills such as Mosfell, Grímannsfell, 

Helgafell and Úlfarsfell, all 200-300 metres 

high, dominate the landscape. Under much of 

Mosfellsbær lies a layer of basaltic lava, which 

can be seen here and there in hills and rocky 

outcrops. More info 

http://www.mosfellsbaer.is/default.asp?Sid_Id= 

1118&tId=1 

Work: Plant trees, rake, seed and fertilize the 

earth (to enhance grass growth), clean the 

riverside and create walking paths, some work 

might be done in the horse stables. 

Accommodation: In a community building in 

Mosfellsbær on mattresses on the floor, 


Free access to the local swimming pool. 

Excursions will be organized by the local 

partner. 








English. 

Location: Mosfellsbær in the south of Iceland. 



km. 




the hosting partner. Reykjavík is only ten 

minutes away so a City trip is a good option. 






Þórshöfn in Langanes 

To truly sense the remote beauty of the northeast, 

then the charming little fishing village of 

Þórshöfn on the north-east coast is the place to 

go. The town of Þórshöfn lies on the head of 

the Langanes peninsula and has 388 

inhabitants. There's a variety of outdoor activity 

on offer from hiking to salmon and trout fishing 

and horse trekking in some of Iceland's most 

spectacular scenery. The Langanes Peninsula 

is also one of the best areas in which to enjoy 

Iceland's rich and varied birdlife. Þórshöfn is 

within driving distance of some Iceland's most 

prized natural pearls, such as Myvatn, with its 

geothermal activity, and the waterfall Dettifoss, 

one of Europe's most powerful and spectacular 

waterfalls. This village has a good, natural 

harbour and the inhabitants base their 

livelihood on fishing, fish processing and 

commerce. More info 

http://www.langanesbyggd.is/category.php?catI 

D=17 

Work: We will be working on cleaning up the 

shores and beaches in the area. Additional 

work will be undertaken as reforestation tasks, 

planting trees and taking care of those already 

planted. 


local school, sleeping on mattresses on the 

floor, participants are asked to bring a sleeping 

bag. 








English. 

Location: Þórshöfn in Langanes in the 

Northeast of Iceland. 




fair prize. Egilsstaðir airport and Akureyri airport 

are more near to the project. 


Leisure time: Free access to the gym and the 

local swimming pool with sauna, guided hikes 

with locals. Excursions will be organized by the 







Eskifjörður 













































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English. 

Location: Eskifjörður in Fjarðabyggð. In the 

east of Iceland. 





the project 





partner. 
































































English. 







the locals. 

























































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sleeping bag 



community. 







km. 





pool. 






Reykjavík* & Bláfjöll mountain range 

The Bláfjöll volcanic mountain range is located 

about 30 minutes drive from Reykjavík and the 

river Elliðaá have its source there, streaming 

down to the lake Elliðavatn in the eastern 

suburban border of the city, on the way it 

passes through the nature reserve area of 

Heiðmörk. The highest mountain reaches 600m 

and therefore since 1968 the region became a 

very popular skiing area among Icelanders. For 


description of our project IS-SEEDS 9.4; 


Work: During 2007, SEEDS started working 

with few other NGOs in the South-west of 

Iceland in charge of the revegetation in this 

area. The aim of the project is to halt the 

erosion of vegetation and soils and to 

strengthen the ecosystem of the area by 

enhancing its natural vegetation. Through the 

process of using organic waste materials as 

fertilizing means, we achieve a double dividend. 

Close to 70% of the total population of Iceland 

lives in this area of the country and the area 

has suffered of overgrazing and volcanic 

activity; some areas are stripped of top soil. 

Formerly harsh eroded and rocky, Heiðmörk is 

now an attractive outdoor haven for the people 

of the Capital area, all that because of 

ambitious reclamation efforts in the 20th 

century. Different kinds of organic waste 

materials are being generated in great 

quantities annually in the area. Over 130,000 

tonnes of organics are being generated every 

year, including over 70,000 tonnes of different 

kinds of manure. Quantities of organic 

household and commercial waste are also 

substantial. Causing pollution problems, these 

materials have so far lacked a channel where 

they can be utilized for reclamation purposes. 

However, better fertilizing agents can hardly be 

found! The project strives to combine 

professionalism with idealism. The reclamation 

results and efforts can already be seen at a 

number of sites in the area, despite the 

project's youth. We will perform three different 

types of work: a) Fertilising the slopes in Bláfjöll 

by yard-waste cover. b) Monitoring the survival 

and growth rate of tree plantations of former 

years. c) Cleaning up litter in the vicinity of 

caves in the Bláfjöll area. d) Other jobs may 

come into account, but are uncertain at the 

moment of this description. We will be working 

hand-on-hand with Icelandic youngsters from 

the working school, Vinnuskóli. 

Accommodation: We will be lodged part of the 

time directly in the area of Bláfjöll in a house 

and the rest of the time in a local school in 

Reykjavík. 



requirement. 













will be arranged for the volunteers. * Reykjavík 

means "smoky bay": Given by the first settlers 

due to the high geothermal activity and the 

constant rise of steam out of the hot springs 

around. 






Sólheimar \"Home of the sun\" Eco village 

Sólheimar Eco-village, founded in 1930, is the 

first community of its kind in the world where 

so-called able and disabled people live and 

work together. Inspired by the theories of 

Rudolf Steiner, Sólheimar has focused on 

cultivating the individual and the environmental 

and is the first community in Scandinavia to 

practice organic cultivation. Today, Sólheimar 

(The home of the sun) is a charming village of 

about 100 inhabitants, renowned for its 

international, artistic and ecological 

atmosphere, which prides itself on its varied 

cultural, social and sporting activities, the 

village is only one hour drive from Reykjavik. 

The volunteers have free access to the 

swimming pool and gym. Volunteers are also 

encouraged to take part in social happenings in 

Sólheimar like in sports, music, the theatre 

group, etc. Sólheimar Arts Summer festival will 

last until the beginning of August. The program 

is varied with all sorts of arts exhibitions, an 

outdoor market, and theatre and cabaret 

performances at 4 o’clock every Saturday and 

every Sunday in the theatre and café Græna 

Kannan. Volunteers are welcome to participate 

in the singing groups and cabarets. More info 

www.solheimar.is 

Work: In Ölur forestry centre, the only organic 

reforestation centre in Iceland: plant trees, 

construct paths + in Sunna organic cultivation 

centre: plant vegetables, dig the weeds and 

other kind of gardening work. Other tasks will 

be decided according to the need of the 

community. 

Accommodation: In the sport centre on 



Food: Our host in Solheimar is offering a 

prepared lunch every working day but all other 

food will be provided for the duration of the 

work camp and everyone is expected to do 

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their fair share of the cooking/cleaning for other 

meals. It would be nice to share new and 

different dishes, so please remember to bring 

along recipes from your own countries 


English. 

Location: Sólheimar í Grímsnesi. In the south 

of Iceland. 


(Reykjavík), KEF Distance from the airport 140 

km. 



swimming pool and to the fitness centre. 


partner. 






Reyðarfjörður 

Reyðarfjörður fjord is long, wide and curving, 

and is the largest of the eastern fjords. At the 

end of it rests the village known variously as 

Reyðarfjörður or Búðareyri. On one side there 

are magnificent rocky peaks, on the other 

gentle green hills, something which should 

bring hours of enjoyment to both the 

experienced hiker and novice walker. In the 

past, Reyðarfjörður was the commercial centre 

for farmers in nearby Fljótsdalshérað district. 

There is a large duck pond in the village called 

Andapollurinn, into which Salmon is released 

on a regular basis. The Icelandic World War II 

museum in Reyðarfjörður offers an opportunity 

to travel back to the days of the occupation, 

while a somewhat different attraction is the 

burial site of the ancient seer, Völva, who on 

her deathbed vowed to protect Reyðarfjörður as 

long as her bones remained in their restingplace 

on Hólmaháls. Also worth seeing are the 

summer market and the geological collection. 

“Fjarðabyggð is a association of different 





























sleeping bag. 








English. 

Location: Reyðarfjörður in Fjarðabyggð. In the 






the project 



swimming pool, good places for hikes. 

Excursions or boattrips will be organized by the 







Fjallabyggð 

Fjallabyggð is the northernmost community in 

Iceland, located at the foot of towering 

mountains on the shore of a small fjords. 















to all outdoorsmen. More info www.siglo.is 

Work: Planting trees, cleaning the coastline, 

making and marking hiking paths. 











English. 

Location: Fjallabyggð in the North of Iceland. 

Intl. Airport: Keflavík (Reykjavík), KEF 






swimming pool. Guided hikes with locals. 






French days in Fáskrúðsfjörður 

Fáskrúðsfjörður was the main port for French 

fishermen in the 1900s in East Iceland both 

prior to and well after the turn of the century. At 

Fáskrúðsfjörður there was a French consul, a 

French hospital and a French chapel. The 

street names are still in Icelandic and in French. 

The mountain slopes in Fáskrúðsfjörður are 

partially grown with bushes, including wild 

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aspens on the north coast. Sandfell mountain 

very near to Fáskrúdsfjörður is a cone-shaped, 

rhyolite mountain on the south side of the fjord, 

rising to a height of 743 meters. . A hike to the 

top of Sandfell is extremely enjoyable and takes 

2-3 hours. Skrúður is a grassy but rockbound 

island east of Fáskrúðsfjörður. It has an 

abundance of bird life, including puffins, 

kittiwakes, various black birds from the Alcidae 

family, gannets, storm petrels and Leach’s 

petrels. Skrúðshellir cave at Skrúður is the 

largest "puffin cave" in the world. “Fjarðabyggð 
















Work: We will help the locals to prepare the 

french days which will be from the 24th to the 

27th of July and than we will of course 

participate in the activites during the weekend. 

Other tasks will be cleaning and beautifying the 

town and the surrounding area. We will also 

clean the coastline and even make hiking 

paths. The work available will depend on the 

weather condition and that’s why we have to be 

a bit flexible. Please keep in mind that the work 

might be physically hard and you should be 

prepared for unfriendly weather, even though it 

will be nice most of the time, hopefully. 




sleeping bag. We will have showers at the local 

swimming pool and sports centre. 








French. 

Location: Fáskrúðsfjörður in Fjarðabyggð. East 

of Iceland. 





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Excursions or boattrip will be organized by the 



































































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community. 







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pool. 






The festival in Vestmannaeyjar 

This is the fifth time that we host this project 

and it has been one of the highlights each year. 

The Westman Islands consist in a group of 

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fifteen islands which are situated at a short 

distance off the south coast of Iceland. They 

are so named because the Nordic settlers in 

the country called the Irish after which the 

islands are named after "westmen" (=the men 

from the west). All the islands have been 

created in submarine volcanic eruptions during 

comparatively recent geological time. The 

colourful town, the beautiful bird-cliffs, the new 

lava and volcano and the landscape in general 

give the islands a scenic interest as varied in 

character as any in the country. Heimaey is the 

largest and only inhabited island in the group 

and is Iceland´s longest off shore island with an 

area of 13,4 sq. km. Fishing and fish 

processing and subsidiary trades are the main 

source of income. Heimaey is sheltered to the 

north by low mountains and the imposing birdlife 

Heimaklettur, which protects the narrow 

cove at the end of which the harbour lies. The 

festival: On the first weekend of August, 

Icelanders celebrate the 1874 grant of Icelandic 

sovereignty with a huge festival in the town on 

Heimaey. The population moves into a tent city 

in the Herjolfsdalur, a short distance west of 

town, for an extended weekend of bonfires, 

dance, and song. This festival is the most 

popular one in Iceland. 


preparation of the festival, helping to run it and 

of course taking part in it and afterwards help to 

clean the area. We will also do some 

environmental work and help with the project 

“Pompei of the North” to excavate 7-10 houses 

that were covered by ash after the eruption in 

Eldfell 1973. More info 

http://www.vestmannaeyjar.is/ 

Accommodation: In the community and Sport 

center of Heimaey. Participants are asked to 

bring their sleeping bags. 

Language: The language of the workcamp will 

be English. 

Location: Vestmannaeyjar in the south of 

Iceland. 


Iceland will organize a bus and boattrip from 

Reykjavik to the workcamp site for a fair prize. 

Extra info: Participation fee: € 140 Leisure 

time: Free access to the local swimming pool. 
























recreational area. Neskaupstaður is only 

reachable after driving through a one-way 

tunnel. “Fjarðabyggð is a association of 

different communities in the Eastfjords of 

Iceland. It includes the towns of Eskifjörður, 























most of the time, hopefully. There is a festival in 

the village during the weekend 29/7 – 01/08 

called Neistaflug, we will at least enjoy the 

festival and it is also possible that we will help 

with the preparation. 













English. 


of Iceland. 





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Herring festival in Siglufjörður 

Siglufjördur is the northernmost town in Iceland, 

located at the foot of towering mountains on the 

shore of a small fjord bearing the same name. 















to all outdoorsmen. More info www.siglo.is 

Work: Giving a helping hand with the 

preparation of the Herring festval which will 

take place in the first weekend of August, we 

will also help around during the festival. The 

environmental tasks can be planting trees, 

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cleaning the coastline, making hiking paths. We 

will also help the locals with the preparation and 

running of a football tournament for young girls 

which will take place in the second weekend of 

August. Please notice that we will have days of 

in the middle of the week but not during the 

weekends. 











English. 

Location: Siglufjörður in the North of Iceland. 












Selárdalur - Arnarfjörður. Listasafn Samúels 

Jónssonar - Artwork of Samúel Jónsson 

Selárdalur is located in the west side of 

Arnarfjörður in the icelandic Western Fjords, 

which are too often missed by visitors due to its 

distance ( real and perceived ) from Route 1 

and from other population centers. The West 

Fjords are a mass of fjords, mountains and 

isolated villages on spits of lands surrounded 

by water and mountains. The area includes its 

own glacier and Europe's westernmost point at 

Látrabjarg, where millions of birds nest, a must 

for bird watchers. Samúel Jónsson was a 

farmer who lived in Selárdalur. He was born in 

1885 and died in 1969. Samúel always 

dreamed of being an artist and started carving 

and drawing as a young boy. But he had to 

work very hard to earn his living and until he 

was 65 he didn't have much opportunity to 

practice his artistic skills. He began building 

palaces and sculptures for the money he got as 

old age pension. Then he built a museum for all 

these sculptures as well as paintings with 

carved frames. Samúel built a grotesque but 

charming resemblance to the lion's fountain in 

the Alhambra-palace in Granada, Spain, and 

many sculptures showing seals and other 

animals as well as figures from Icelandic history 

like Leif the lucky who found America. When 

the church in the valley was one hundred years 

Samúel wanted to give it an altarpiece he had 

painted; the church-committee decided to reject 

Samúel's altarpiece because they thought the 

old altarpiece was good enough. Then Samúel 

started building a church on his own around his 

altarpiece, a church that still stands as a 

monument commemorating this old man´s 

ingeniousity and marvellous willpower to make 

his own dreams come true by means of simple 

concrete. Selárdalur is the home of another 

remarkable person, Gisli Gislason. He lived 

alone on a farm named Uppsalir almost without 

any communication with other people. He was 

famous for living in total harmony with nature, 

not having to use any money or modern 

facilities such as electricity, machines or 

vehicles. Now there are plans to make a 

museum out of his former home. The distance 

from Reykjavik is 500 km (7-8 hours drive) by 

the Whale Bay tunnel. It is perhaps one of 

Iceland's most remote areas. 

Work: Volunteers will be working on a 

particular project at the artworks of Samúel 

Jónsson, an Icelandic artist, who lived at 

Selárdalur. During the summer of 2008 

volunteers will work taking down Samúel´s 

living house in order to build there a new one 

with a similar front that can serve as a home for 

artists. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted at 

a local house; sleeping on mattresses on the 

floor; therefore bringing a warm sleeping bag is 

highly recommended. Food ingredients will be 

provided and a kitchen will be available, 

volunteers will share the duties of preparing 

and cooking meals. 



requirement. 




both, International volunteers and local hosts, 


environment,nature protection and 




Extra info: Participation fee EUR 120,-. 

Excursions in the area will be arranged for 

volunteers. 






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English. 

Location: Eskifjörður in Fjarðabyggð. In the 






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partner. 






The festival \"Week of love\" in Bolungarvík 

Bolungarvík is a village in the North-West of 

Iceland, located at the Vestfirðir peninsula, 

approximately 13 kilometers from the village of 

Ísafjörður and 473 km from the capital city 

Reykjavík. It has 957 inhabitants. Bolungarvík 

has a long and interesting history, being one of 

the oldest fishing towns in Iceland, and one of 

the few mentioned in the Sagas. For centuries it 

was the greatest fishery town in the West 

Fjords and at the turn of the last century, the 

greatest in Iceland. The quiet countryside 

attracts some tourists, mainly in summer. There 

is a indoor swimming pool, a museum for 

natural history and an open air fishing museum. 

The surroundings of Bolungarvík are quite 

popular destinations for hiking, horse riding and 

birdwatching. Bolungarvik was the shooting 

location for Nói Albínói, a movie by Dagur Kári 

about a teenager living in a remote Icelandic 

village. The yearly Week of Love in Bolungarvík 

will take place on August 10-16th. The program 

during the Week of Love is one of variety and 

entertainment. The goal of the Week of Love is 

to support the increase of newborns in 

Bolungarvík and by doing so increasing the 

number of residents and to encourage people 

to love one another. Among the highlights of 

the Week of Love are a hugging course and an 

art show by children with the headline “It is 

good to love”. Poets from the Westfjords will 

read from their work of love poetry. The 

program also contains concerts, adventure 

yacht trips and last but not least the “Laughing 

Healthy Gala Evening”. The residents of the 

town of Bolungarvík are encouraged to place 

red lights in their homes’ windows, buy a 

bouquet of roses for their loved ones, love 

themselves, love their spouse, love their 

friends, love their children, and love the entire 

world and life itself. 

Work: Helping with the preparion and during 

the festival. Working in the forestry, making 

hiking paths. Beautifying the area around the 

village, cleaning the coastline Leisure time: 

Free access to the local swimming pool, 

excursions will be organized by the hosting 

partner. 


local community center. Mattresses will be 

provided and everyone is asked to bring his/her 

own warm sleeping bag. 







Language: The language of the workcamp will 

be English. 

Location: Bolungarvík in the west of Iceland. 



the camp site for a fair prize. Ísafjörður airport is 

close to the project. 





Topic: 


Sólheimar \"Home of the sun\" Eco village 

Sólheimar Eco-village, founded in 1930, is the 

first community of its kind in the world where 

so-called able and disabled people live and 

work together. Inspired by the theories of 

Rudolf Steiner, Sólheimar has focused on 

cultivating the individual and the environmental 

and is the first community in Scandinavia to 

practice organic cultivation. Today, Sólheimar 

(The home of the sun) is a charming village of 

about 100 inhabitants, renowned for its 

international, artistic and ecological 

atmosphere, which prides itself on its varied 

cultural, social and sporting activities, the 

village is only one hour drive from Reykjavik. 

The volunteers have free access to the 

swimming pool and gym. Volunteers are also 

encouraged to take part in social happenings in 

Sólheimar like in sports, music, the theatre 

group, etc. Sólheimar Arts Summer festival will 

last until the beginning of August. The program 

is varied with all sorts of arts exhibitions, an 

outdoor market, and theatre and cabaret 

performances at 4 o’clock every Saturday and 

every Sunday in the theatre and café Græna 

Kannan. Volunteers are welcome to participate 

in the singing groups and cabarets. More info 

www.solheimar.is 

Work: In Ölur forestry centre, the only organic 

reforestation centre in Iceland: plant trees, 

construct paths + in Sunna organic cultivation 

centre: plant vegetables, dig the weeds and 

other kind of gardening work. Other tasks will 

be decided according to the need of the 

community. 

Accommodation: In the sport centre on 



Food: Our host in Solheimar is offering a 

prepared lunch every working day but all other 

food will be provided for the duration of the 

work camp and everyone is expected to do 

their fair share of the cooking/cleaning for other 

meals. It would be nice to share new and 

different dishes, so please remember to bring 

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along recipes from your own countries 


English. 

Location: Sólheimar í Grímsnesi. In the south 

of Iceland. 


(Reykjavík), KEF Distance from the airport 140 

km. 



swimming pool and to the fitness centre. 


partner. 






Flower festival in Hveragerði 

The Flower festival in Hveragerði is a mixture of 

art and culture with a taste of the flower power 

in the area. Hveragerði is a small town of about 

1,700 inhabitants that lies some 45 km east of 





throughout the year, you can even find 

bananas growing in thise houses. The name 

Hveragerði means ‘hot springs garden’. 

Geothermal energy is Hveragerði’s lifeblood, 

and it would be difficult to find such a natural 

wonder in the middle of a populated area 

anywhere else in the world. Very interesting is 

Gufudalur, the lovely ‘Steam Valley’ behind the 

town. The whole valley explodes with hot 

springs, geysers, mud pots, fumaroles and 

steaming vents. More info www.hveragerdi.is 

Work: Helping with the preparion and during 

the festival. Working in the forestry, making 

hiking paths. Beautifying the area around the 

village Fixing walking paths, cleaning and 

beautifying the hot spring area in the middle of 

the village. Planting trees. 

Accommodation: In the local theatre on 










English. 

Location: Hveragerði in the south of Iceland. 


(Reykjavík), KEF. Distance from the project 80 

km. 



swimming pool. 






Reyðarfjörður 

Reyðarfjörður fjord is long, wide and curving, 

and is the largest of the eastern fjords. At the 

end of it rests the village known variously as 

Reyðarfjörður or Búðareyri. On one side there 

are magnificent rocky peaks, on the other 

gentle green hills, something which should 

bring hours of enjoyment to both the 

experienced hiker and novice walker. In the 

past, Reyðarfjörður was the commercial centre 

for farmers in nearby Fljótsdalshérað district. 

There is a large duck pond in the village called 

Andapollurinn, into which Salmon is released 

on a regular basis. The Icelandic World War II 

museum in Reyðarfjörður offers an opportunity 

to travel back to the days of the occupation, 

while a somewhat different attraction is the 

burial site of the ancient seer, Völva, who on 

her deathbed vowed to protect Reyðarfjörður as 

long as her bones remained in their restingplace 

on Hólmaháls. Also worth seeing are the 

summer market and the geological collection. 






























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English. 

Location: Reyðarfjörður in Fjarðabyggð. In the 






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swimming pool, good places for hikes. 

Excursions or boattrips will be organized by the 
















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English. 







the locals. 






Reykjavík*: Menningarnótt & Maraþon - 

Culture Night and Marathon in Reykjavík. 

Reykjavík* has been called Europe's hottest 

capital. Slick advertising campaigns have 

championed the city's famed nightlife. But there 

is more to Reykjavik than clubs.It held the 

prestigious title European City of Culture in the 

year 2000; a welcome recognition of its 

colourful cultural life. The world's northernmost 

capital bridges the Atlantic, between Europe 

and North America, is framed by the Mt. Esja 

and the blue waters of Faxaflói Bay. The 

population of the city is about 115,000 (40% of 

Iceland's population) in the metropolitan area 

and 180,000 including its suburbs. It is growing 

steadily and 45% is younger than 30 years old; 

83,1% of people aged 16-74 are active on the 

labour market. Reykjavík is a modern city in 

harmony with beautiful nature. Visitors to 

Reykjavik experience the pure energy at the 

heart of Iceland's Capital - whether from the 

boiling thermal energy underground, the natural 

green energy within the city and around it, or 

the lively culture and fun-filled nightlife. 

Reykjavik is spread across a peninsula with a 

panoramic view of the mountains and the 

Atlantic Ocean. In the summer, you can sit by 

the harbour at midnight and watch the sun dip 

slightly below the horizon. 

Work:Reykjavík* will be our host again for the 

third year in-a-row during these cultural and 

sports events, which are the largest ones in the 

country. We will be working in two main fields: 

Festivals and green areas. During the 

workcamp, there will be 2 festivals in the city. 

We will be collaborating around the different 

tasks before, during and after the festivals. This 

means that we will work during the weekend 

they take place and will have two days off 

during the regular working days. The 2 festivals 

will be held on August 23, Menningarnótt (The 

Culture Night) and Maraþon (The Reykjavik 

Marathon). Apart of the tasks related to the 

festivals we will be working with the Public 

areas department of the city, in charge of green 

areas. We will work before, during and after the 

festivals, helping in the many different activities 

related to their preparation and execution as rearranging 

all again, once they are over. 

Accommodation: We will be lodged in a 

building in the centre of Reykjavík, sharing a 

large room and sleeping on mattresses on the 

floor. We are expected to cook our own meals, 

ingredients will be provided and the common 

tasks will be shared fairly. 



requirement. 













will be arranged for the volunteers. Free access 

to the 8 local swimming pools & tourist cards 

will be provided. * The name Reykjavík means 

"smoky bay": Given by the first settlers that 

arrived to the area due to the high geothermal 

activity and the constant rise of steam out of the 

hot springs around. 






Viðey: Saga, Náttúra & List - Island of Viðey 

Viðey is the largest island of the Kollafjord Bay 

(1,7 km²). It is divided by a short isthmus and 

the western part is called The West Island 

(Vesturey). The large part, with the church and 

Viðeyjarstofa (Viðey House), is called The 

Home Island (Heimaey) and the southeastern 

part is called The East Island (Austurey). The 

island of volcanic origins was formed about 2 

million years ago; several spots on the island 

depict beautiful basaltic columns, while it is well 

vegetated and boggy in places. At least 30 

species of breeding birds have been counted & 

archaeological excavations have disclosed the 

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fact, that the island was inhabited already in the 

10th century. In the 12th century a church was 

built and in 1225 a monastery was established, 

a centre for pilgrimage in the Middle Ages until 

it was abolished in 1539 after the reformation 

had started in Iceland. Viðeyjarstofa was built in 

1755 as the first construction made of stone 

and cement in the country. The island became 

the seat of the first Icelandic treasurer and later 

the first sub-governor, Mr Skuli Magnusson. In 

the beginning of the 20th century the country\'s 

first harbour for ocean going vessels was built 

on its eastern part and a hamlet developed 

there. The last inhabitant left it in 1943, when 

the harbour of Reykjavik had taken over. There 

are hiking and cycling paths around the island 

and there is no motor traffic allowed. It also 

inhabits art work, amongst them all nine pairs of 

basalt pillars that comprise Richard Serra\'s 

work Áfangar and Yoko Ono\'s peace column. 

Viðeyjarnaust, at the southwest of the island, is 

a memorial to the twenty men who lost their 

lives when the cutter Ingvar sank off Viðey in 

1906. Dramatic formations of columnar basalt 

may be seen on the shore. 

Work: Most of the project will be dedicated to 

coastline cleaning up actions. We may have 

other possible tasks as maintenance and 

marking of hiking paths or bicycle trails, help in 

summer events, putting up of signs in 

noteworthy places; as works on common and 

green recreational areas, gardening and 

painting works, etc. 

Accommodation: Lodged in a local house, 

sleeping on mattresses on the floor; a warm 

sleeping bag is suggested. If wished, some 

volunteers may stay in tents. Food ingredients 

will be provided and volunteers will share 

common duties as cooking the meals, among 

others. 



requirement. 












Excursions (as whale watching tours) and free 

time activities in the area will be arranged for 

the volunteers. Volunteers will have free rides 

in the boat/ferry to the city of Reykjavík during 

their free time. * Viðey, the name of the island 

is translated into English as Wood Island. For 


description of our project IS - SEEDS 9.4. RIFF. 







Fjarðabyggð 







































English. 

Location: Fjarðabyggð in the east of Iceland. 





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Hvolsvöllur 

Hvolsvöllur is a small town in the south of 

Iceland about 106 km to the east of Reykjavik. 

It is a young community whose development 

began in 1930 when a large cooperative store 

was opened there. The town is located in a 

fertile region amid pleasant surroundings with 

the snow-capped Mt. Hekla rearing above the 

horizon. The inhabitants base their livelihood 

mainly on services rendered to the agricultural 

surroundings, the manufacture of meat 

products, for the domestic market and tourism. 

The town is situated in one of the most 

important Saga regions of the country, with 

some of the main stages of the renowned 

Njal's-Saga. Those who are interested in the 

Icelandic Sagas should not miss visiting the 

Njala Centre in town. Salmon and trout fishing 

in the nearby rivers is very rewarding. 

Work: We will clean and help the locals to 

rebuild old beautiful caves in the area. We will 

also plant trees, maintain old trails, mark 

footways and help the locals to beautify the 

surrounding of Hvolsvöllur. We will also do a 

little bit of work around the great waterfalls 

“Seljalandsfoss” and “Skógafoss”. More info 

www.south.is The study theme of the camp is 

“The Icelandic Saga ” 

Accommodation: We will stay in a community 

center called “Goðaland“, which is about 10 

minutes drive from the town. 


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English. 

Location: Hvolsvöllur in the south of Iceland. 


(Reykjavík), KEF. Distance from the project 150 

km 


Leisure time: Free access to the swimming pool 

in Hvolsvöllur, guided hikes with locals. 


partner. 




2008 



Suðureyri í Tálknafirði - Like in the old 

days!! 

Suðureyri is located in the district of 

Tálknafjarðarhreppur in the Icelandic Western 

Fjords. Tálknafjörður is the main town in the 

district with around 300 inhabitants. Suðureyri, 

on the opposite western side of the fjord was 

the location of an old whaling station built at the 

end of the 19th century. The whaling station is 

now deserted since the year 1939. Today the 

great buildings are monuments of times past. 

The main sources of income of the town of 

Tálknafjörður are fishing and farming. There is 

geothermal activity in this area and the water is 

used for heating and in the swimming pool. 

Tálknafjörður is located around 400 Km from 

Reykjavík and around 160 Km from Ísafjörður, 

the biggest town in the Western Fjords. 

Work: Volunteers will join a project in the 

community of Tálknafjörður and its surrounding 

area. We will specifically be working at the old 

whaling station in Suðureyri. Volunteers' work 

will mainly be focused on renovation and 

reconstruction works in the old buildings of the 

whaling station, and continue the work started 

last year by SEEDS' volunteers. After being 

abandoned for more than half a century, some 

of the buildings have collapsed and the ruins 

are spread all around in the area. The main aim 

in the longer-term of the project is to rebuild the 

facilities and have an art gallery and historic 

exhibit about the whaling station, whaling in 

Iceland and the different developments 

throughout the last 2 centuries on the topic as 

its impact in the local socio-economical 

circumstances. The group will be divided in 

different teams and tasks will be rotated. One of 

the sub-groups will be in charge of catching the 

fish, collecting berries and gathering the 

ingredients as Icelanders used to cater 

themselves some decades ago when the 

country and this region in particular were very 

isolated and transport of "foreign" goods and 

products was almost non-existent. Fishing gear, 

boat, as needed equipment and training will be 

provided by our local hosts. In case of 

unsuccessful journeys to "catch our food", we 

will have at our disposal a boat to sail to the 

nearest convenience store in the town of 

Tálknafjörður. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in 

a local house at Suðureyri, will sleep on bunk 

beds in shared rooms and are asked to bring 

their own sleeping bags. Electricity will be 

available for short periods of time a day but a 

fully equipped kitchen running on gas is at 

disposal. Geothermal hot pots are easy to be 

reached by boat on the opposite side of the 

fjord, as the swimming pool, convenience store 

and additional facilities in the town of 

Tálknafjörður. 



requirement. 









Keflavík-Reykjavík (KEF). 

Extra info: Participation fee EUR 120,- (Euros). 

Excursions in the area will be arranged for 

volunteers by our local host. Please expect 

plenty of Icelandic cod and haddock in the 

menu and loads of fun sailing and catching 

your own food!! 




2008 



Night of the lights in Reykjanesbær 













some of Iceland most spectacular coastal 






village and a centre of art and film making. The 

festival will take place from the 4th to the 7th of 

September. This is a cultural festival with a lot 

of happenings. Take a look at the programme 

from last year. 

http://www.ljosanott.is/english/Program/Progra 

m_2007/ Here you can also see photos from 

the last camp that we had there: 

http://www.wf.is/artediem/ The authorities are 

now planning to build “a home for Trolls” near 

to the port of the town, close to the center. Like 

elves, trolls are also part of the ancient heritage 

of the Scandinavian mythology. Although they 

are human-like in form, they are still inhumanly 

strong, huge and ugly. They are very often 

thought to be fearsome and cruel creatures. 

But, like elves, trolls often treat people as they 

are treated and they return favors for favors, 

exerting vengeance if harmed. Trolls live in 

mountains, caves and cliffs, especially bird 

cliffs. Like humans, they live together socially. 

They fish, cultivate land and keep animals. 

They are also very good at handicrafts and hold 

feasts. 

Work: There are two kinds of tasks that we will 

have during those two weeks. 1. There is an 

very well known art group here in Iceland called 

Nordan Bál that have been doing all kind of art 

and performances in Iceland. This group will do 

the construction of the Cave (home) of the 

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Fjarðabyggð 







































English. 

Location: Fjarðabyggð in the east of Iceland. 





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Trolls and also make the furniture and other 

things that they need for their daily life. 

Everything will be oversized so it will fit the big 

creatures. We will help the art group to build the 

home and we will also do some environmental 

work in the area around the place. Please 

notice that we will work with heavy things so the 

work can be physically hard. 2. We will help 

with the preparation of the festival and also with 

some practical things during the festival. 











English. 

Location: Reykjanesbær in the south of 

Iceland. 






the locals. 




2008 



RIFF - Reykjavík* International Film Festival 

Reykjavík* has been called Europe's hottest 

capital. Slick advertising campaigns have 

championed the city's famed nightlife. But there 

is more to Reykjavik than clubs. It held the 

prestigious title European City of Culture in the 

year 2000; a welcome recognition of its 

colourful cultural life. The world's northernmost 

capital bridges the Atlantic, between Europe 

and North America, is framed by the Mt. Esja 

and the blue waters of Faxaflói Bay. Its 

population is about 115,000 (40% of Iceland's 

population) in the metropolitan area and 

180,000 including its suburbs. It is growing 

steadily and 45% is younger than 30 years old; 

83,1% of people aged 16-74 are active on the 

labour market. Reykjavík is a modern city in 

harmony with beautiful nature. Its International 

Film Festival, launched in 2004, holds a unique 

position among film festivals organized around 

the world. How often are festival-attendees 

given the chance to catch the cream of recent 

festival films, see dozens of flicks from the 

world's youngest and most talented directors, 

meet foreign film pioneers, see the shimmering 

Northern lights and attend informative 

seminars? The programme includes movies 

from more than 30 countries; a special category 

dedicated to human rights in cooperation with 

UNIFEM and UNICEF. 

Work: We will be part of the team organising 

the Reykjavík International Film Festival 

(RIFF).We will team up with the Icelandic 

volunteers from the Film studies of the 

University of Iceland. They will share all types 

of tasks related to the festival and the group will 

be split accordingly to give everyone the 

chance to try out different assignments. Our 

input will make a big difference in making the 

festival an impressive cultural event. Before 

starting the festival handing out leaflets, posters 

and brochures, receiving guests at the airport 

and driving them to the city, as back, selling 

entrance tickets and festival passes, controlling 

at the entrances in the venues, helping during 

the screenings, guiding and assisting 

participants and spectators, setting up the 

venues before and after the movies and a wide 

variety of many different duties. The tasks are 

very exciting for volunteers interested in films, 

since we try to give them insight into the 

working process for a film festival in a creative 

atmosphere. 

Accommodation: We will be lodged in a youth 

accommodation building. There will be bunk 

beds, mattresses and all facilities needed. Food 

will be provided, so cooking and common tasks 

will be shared fairly. A warm sleeping bag is 

recommended. 

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Language: English will be the language in the 

camp, but high proficiency is not a requirement. 










Extra info: Participation fee EUR 150,-.We will 

have free passes and access to all the 

screenings of the festival including receptions, 

while we are having our free time. * The name 

Reykjavík means "smoky bay": Given by the 

first settlers that arrived to the area due to the 

high geothermal activity and the constant rise of 

steam out of the hot springs around. 


1. Ireland - VSI Ireland 



Campcode:IE-VSI-4-2 

CUISLE (Co. Roscommon) 

The Irish Wheelchair Association is a voluntary 

organisation dedicated to the achievement of 

full social, economic and educational 

integration of people with physical disabilities, 

Cuisle is their holiday centre (www.cuisle.com). 

Work: Socialising and interacting with the 

holiday guests and accompanying them on 

trips. The age and background of the guests 

varies, all the guests are physically disabled 

and some of the guests may have speech 

impairments and / or learning disabilities. 

Activities will include lots of entertainment and 

music, if you play a musical instrument please 

bring it with you. Vols are also asked to help in 

the kitchen for approximately one hour each 

day. 

Study: Disability issues. 

Accommodation: Dorm. Meals are provided 

by the centre. 

Language: Fluent English is essential in order 

to communicate with the guests. 

Qualifications: Volunteering at Cuisle is a lot 

of fun and is a very rewarding experience. Vols 

need flexibility, initiative and independence. 

Terminal/Region: Cuisle is in an isolated area 

in the countryside, in the grounds of Donamon 

Castle, 15km from Roscommon Town. 

Extra info: Important: Child and Vulnerable 

Adult Protection procedures will be applied and 

a motivation letter will be requested. 






SONAIRTE (Co. Meath) 

*Mixed age* Sonairte (www.sonairte.org) was 

established in the late 1980s, it is a visitor 

centre promoting ecological awareness and 

sustainable development. As well as an Energy 

Courtyard, there is a walled organic garden and 

nature trail. The reception area provides free 

info on sustainable living to the public and there 

is an Eco-shop and cafe. 

Work: Gardening, involving planting, harvesting 

and weeding; maintenance on the old farm 

buildings. Assisting at the reception desk, eco 

shop and café on days Sonairte is open to the 

public. Assisting with event days and Farmers 

Market. Opportunity to assist leading tours of 

school groups around Sonairte (Energy, 

Nature, Organic Gardening) for this particular 

work training is provided, references required, 

details from VSI. 

Accommodation: Basic, mixed, in 2 rooms in 

the Centre on foam mattresses, bring a 

sleeping bag. In line with the ecological ethos 

of the Centre, food is vegetarian only. 

Volunteers cook and clean for themselves on a 

rota basis. 


to communicate with the public. 

Qualifications: Volunteers must enjoy working 

with the public and have an interest in 

sustainable living. 

Study: Renewable Energy, Organic Gardening 

Terminal/Region: Sonairte is in an isolated 

area, situated in a farm complex of noted 

historical interest on the banks of the River 

Nanny, within walking distance to the small 

coastal town of Laytown. Local sites of interest 

include Newgrange Megalithic Passage Tomb, 

Knowth and Dowth. Laytown is one hour north 

of Dublin city by train or bus. 

Extra info: Unsuitable for wheelchairs. 

Volunteers are encouraged to use alternative 

forms of transport to air travel. 






SUNRISE (Co. Clare) 

Hosted by the Sunrise Education Trust, these 

projects take place on a small organic farm, 

focusing on attaining inner and outer peace 

through work and cooperative development. 

www.sunrisefarmireland.org 

Work: Construction of a polytunnel, 

reconstruction of small buildings, organic 

planting. Skills in gardening, construction and 

forestry would be useful. 

Study: Volunteers will learn about sustainable 

ecology, vegetarianism and nutrition and 

homeopathic first aid. If volunteers are 

interested they can also learn and practice 

yoga. 

Accommodation: Dorm-style or camping if 

preferred. Important: Food is strictly vegetarian 

only. Compost toilets. No internet available at 

Sunrise. 

Terminal/Region: Sunrise is very isolated in a 

rural area with no local public transport; it’s 

situated in the Slieve Aughty, excellent for hillwalking. 

Local attractions include Lough Derg 

and the area is well known for traditional music. 

Extra info: The accommodation is wheelchair 

accessible, worksite has partial wheelchair 

access, please check with VSI. 






IASBAH (Co. Galway) 

The Irish Association for Spina Bifida and 

Hydrocephalus (IASBAH, www.iasbah.ie) runs 

a 'Summer Independence Training Project' for 

its members with Spina Bifida and 

Hydrocephalus. Each week there are 16 

participants of different age groups, age 12 to 

35 years and there will be 17 volunteers in total. 

Work: Encouraging and supporting participants 

to take part in fun activities, working with 

occupational therapists and nursing staff in 

promoting independence skills and carrying out 

personal care duties, making the week a fun 

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one for all! Activities include dance, massage, 

yoga, music, various sports, occupational 

therapy, arts and crafts, shopping day trips and 

a disco. Volunteers work for one week at a 

time, you are encouraged to apply to take part 

in two of the weeks but you must take a week 

off for rest in between (volunteers must provide 

for themselves during this time). 

Study: Health, Education, Social Care, 

Disability Awareness, Occupational Therapy. 

Accommodation: Dorms or twin rooms. Meals 

provided by the centre 

Language: Very Important: Advanced to fluent 

English is essential in order to be able to 

communicate with the participants. 

Qualifications: Volunteers must be motivated, 

enthusiastic and have a sense of fun for this 

extremely worthwhile and enriching experience. 

Volunteers working and/or studying in the 

Health, Education or Social Care disciplines are 

particularly welcome. However, experience is 

not essential as training is provided. 

Terminal/Region: Important: The meeting 

point for all the projects is in Dublin. All 

volunteers will meet in the morning of the arrival 

day at the IASBAH National Resource Centre 

(approximately 45 minute bus journey from 

Dublin city centre), regardless of where the 

week takes place. All volunteers must therefore 

spend the previous night in Dublin. 

Extra info: Training will be provided by 

IASBAH at the beginning of each week of the 

project. In addition to the SCI application form, 

volunteers will need to send us a motivation 

letter and each vol will be interviewed by 

phone. We also need to verbally check two 

referees, and receive a signed Declaration 

Form from by the vol, VSI will send details of 

these extra requirements on receiving 

application forms. 






GLENSTAL ABBEY (Co. Limerick) 

Glenstal Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in 

County Limerick in the south-west of Ireland 

(www.glenstal.org). The abbey, situated 

between the plains of the Golden Vale and the 

mountains of Slieve Felim, is surrounded by 

lakes, streams, exotic trees planted in the 

nineteenth century and some of the last 

remnants of Ireland's primeval oak forest. The 

Abbey is home to a community of monks. 

Glenstal Abbey works to preserve and promote 

ecological balance. 

Work: Conservation of primeval oak woodland. 

The work is physically demanding. 

Study: Vols will learn about woodland 

conservation. 

Accommodation: Half the vols will camp, the 

others will sleep in a dorm in a small house on 

the grounds, bring a sleeping bag and if 

sleeping in the dormitory bring a single bed 

sheet too; in your application form please state 

whether or not you are able to camp. All meals 

will be prepared by the volunteers in the kitchen 

of the house. The showers are a 20 minute 

walk from the accommodation. 

Terminal/Region: Glenstal is in an isolated 

area, the cottage is about 2km from the village 

of Murroe. Most evening entertainment will be 

camp-based; if you play a musical instrument 

please bring it with you. 

Extra info: Not suitable for wheelchairs. 








ARTS FOR PEACE (Co. Offaly) 

The Arts for Peace Foundation 

(www.artsforpeace.ie) is a global organisation 

based in Ireland. The central mission of the 

project is to provide residential, recreational 

respite programmes for children and young 

people affected by conflict. The aims of the 

organisation are to create peaceful coexistence, 

while empowering the young people 

through its programmes of recreational sports 

and arts activities. So far the Foundation has 

worked with teenagers from Palestine and the 

community of Moyross in Limerick, Ireland and 

in 2008 will host programmes with young 

people from Palestine, Israel, Lebanon and 

Ireland. 

Work: Includes planting shrubs/trees, weeding, 

replacing fences, general household chores, 

painting and decorating and maybe light 

carpentry. Carpenters, gardeners and those 

with building skills extremely welcome. Bring 

work gloves and work boots. 6 of 12 volunteers 

in total. 

Accommodation: On floors in Durrow Abbey 

House, bring sleeping bag and mat. 

Study: Vols will learn about the work of the Arts 

for Peace Foundation, as well as have the 

opportunity to explore the themes of social 

inclusion. 

Terminal/Region: Durrow Abbey House is 

situated in an isolated area in beautiful 

countryside, by the Esker Riada hills, 6.5 km 

from Tullamore. St Colmcille founded a 

monastery at Durrow Abbey in the sixth 

century. Today, the site's structures include a 

fine High Cross, a holy well and a derelict 

nineteenth-century Protestant Church. The 

surrounding land is edged by some of the last 

remaining virgin Oak forest of Ireland, and is 

home to a family of Sika deer. 






















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Language: Very Important:Advanced to fluent 










Terminal/Region:Important: The meeting point 

for all the projects is in Dublin. All volunteers 

will meet in the morning of the arrival day at the 

IASBAH National Resource Centre 




















GLENSTAL ABBEY (Co. Limerick) 

Glenstal Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in 

County Limerick in the south-west of Ireland 

(www.glenstal.org). The abbey, situated 

between the plains of the Golden Vale and the 

mountains of Slieve Felim, is surrounded by 

lakes, streams, exotic trees planted in the 

nineteenth century and some of the last 

remnants of Ireland's primeval oak forest. The 

Abbey is home to a community of monks. 

Glenstal Abbey works to preserve and promote 

ecological balance. 

Work: Conservation of primeval oak woodland. 

The work is physically demanding. 

Study: Vols will learn about woodland 

conservation. 

Accommodation: Half the vols will camp, the 

others will sleep in a dorm in a small house on 

the grounds, bring a sleeping bag and if 

sleeping in the dormitory bring a single bed 

sheet too; in your application form please state 

whether or not you are able to camp. All meals 

will be prepared by the volunteers in the kitchen 

of the house. The showers are a 20 minute 

walk from the accommodation. 

Terminal/Region: Glenstal is in an isolated 

area, the cottage is about 2km from the village 

of Murroe. Most evening entertainment will be 

camp-based; if you play a musical instrument 

please bring it with you. 

Extra info: Not suitable for wheelchairs. 





















































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BALLYBAY (Co. Monaghan) 

Camphill Ballybay (www.camphill.ie) is one of 

60 Camphill communities around the world and 

one of 14 in Ireland which offers people with 

intellectual disabilities a sheltered environment 

in which their educational, therapeutic and 

social needs can be met. At the community 

there is a small farm building, a weavery, 

candle-making workshop, a wood workshop 

and garden buildings, complete with 

glasshouse and plastic tunnels. The farm and 

vegetable garden are run along organic/ biodynamic 

lines. 

Work: Picking fruit and general gardening 

work. 

Study: Vols will learn about the Camphill 

philosophy and life in the community. 

Accommodation: Bunkbeds in a small house. 

Vols will cook for themselves in their own 

kitchen. 

Terminal/Region: Ballybay is in an isolated 

area, located in the countryside, just south of 

the border with Northern Ireland. 


Adult Protection procedures will be applied. 















Work: Mainly dealing with visitors by helping in 

the Eco shop, Reception and Mustard Seed 

Café. Gardening, involving planting, weeding 

and harvesting vegetables and soft fruit. 

Assisting with event days and Farmers 

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Markets. 

Study: Organic Gardening 






rota basis. 

Language: Important: Fluent English is 

essential in order to communicate with the 

public. 





















MOSNEY (Co. Meath) 

Mixed Age Mosney is a former holiday resort, 

which now provides housing for almost 700 

residents from 50 different countries seeking 

asylum in Ireland. There are approximately 100 

children aged 4 to 12yrs resident in Mosney, 

volunteers are needed to help run a Summer 

Activity Camp for some of these children. 

Work: Organising activities: sports, arts, drama 

etc. for the children, day trips are also planned. 

Study: Asylum-seeking process in different 

countries (please bring info from your country), 

interculturalism. 

Accommodation: Shared, in former holiday 

chalets on the site. Volunteers will prepare their 

own breakfast in the chalets, other meals 

provided by the centre. 

Qualifications: Volunteers should have 

experience of working with children, preferably 

on summer camps, in arts/ crafts, drama and/or 

sports. 

Terminal/Region: Approximately 48 km north 

of Dublin in Co. Meath. The centre is quite 

isolated, there is a regular bus service to 

Drogheda, the nearest large town, which takes 

about 15 minutes. The centre is located next to 

a beach; there is a small supermarket on the 

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SUNRISE (Co. Clare) 

Hosted by the Sunrise Education Trust, these 

projects take place on a small organic farm, 

focusing on attaining inner and outer peace 

through work and cooperative development. 

www.sunrisefarmireland.org 

Work: Creating paths in a forest, organic 

planting and possibly creating native 

woodlands. Skills in gardening, construction 

and forestry would be useful. 

Study: Volunteers will learn about sustainable 

ecology, vegetarianism and nutrition, 

homeopathic first aid. If vols are interested they 

can also learn and practice yoga. 

Accommodation: Dorm-style or camping if 

preferred. Important: Food is strictly vegetarian 

only. Compost toilets. No internet available at 

Sunrise. 

Terminal/Region: Sunrise is very isolated in a 

rural area with no local public transport; it’s 

situated in the Slieve Aughty, excellent for hillwalking. 

Local attractions include Lough Derg 

and the area is well known for traditional music. 

Extra info: The accommodation is wheelchair 

accessible, worksite has partial wheelchair 

access, please check with VSI. 




2008 












Work: Sonairte becomes an apple lover’s 

paradise at this time. Harvesters and peelers 

please apply. Gardening, including planting, 

harvesting and weeding. Assisting at the 

reception desk, eco shop and café on days 

Sonairte is open to the public. Assisting with 

event days and Farmers Market. 







rota basis. 


to communicate with the public. 

















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BALLYTOBIN (Co. Kilkenny) 

Ballytobin is one of 60 Camphill communities 

around the world and one of 14 in Ireland which 

offers those in need of special care a sheltered 

environment in which their educational, 

therapeutic and social needs can be 

met(http://www.camphill.ie/content/ballytobin/ho 

me.htm). The Ballytobin Community cares for 

approximately 50 children and adults, most of 

whom will be on holiday during the camp. 

Ballytobin is involved in the Bio Energy and 

Organic Fertiliser Services Project which 

provides fuel and energy needs of the 

Community through the production of biogas 

(methane) by the anaerobic digestion of farm 

wastes. 

Work: Manual/ gardening work on the grounds 

of Ballytobin, details to follow. 

Study: Volunteers will learn about the Camphill 

philosophy and life in the community. 

Accommodation: In the houses of the 

community. 

Terminal/Region: Ballytobin is in an isolated, 

rural area in the south east of Ireland near 

Callan town, approximately 15 km from 

Kilkenny City. 









*Mixed age* Sonairte (www.sonairte.org) was established 

in the late 1980s, it is a visitor centre promoting ecological 

awareness and sustainable development. As well as an 

Energy Courtyard, there is a walled organic garden and 

nature trail. The reception area provides free info on 

sustainable living to the public and there is an Eco-shop 

and cafe. W Sonairte becomes an apple lover’s paradise 

at this time. Harvesters and peelers please apply. 

Gardening includes planting, harvesting and weeding. 

Assisting at the reception desk, eco shop and café on 

days Sonairte is open to the public. Assisting with event 

days and Farmers Market. 


Accommodation: Basic, mixed, in 2 rooms in the Centre 

on foam mattresses, bring a sleeping bag. In line with the 

ecological ethos of the Centre, food is vegetarian only. 

Volunteers cook and clean for themselves on a rota basis. 

Language: Fluent English is essential in order to 

communicate with the public. 

Qualifications: Volunteers must enjoy working with the 

public and have an interest in sustainable living. 

Terminal/Region: Sonairte is in an isolated area, situated 

in a farm complex of noted historical interest on the banks 

of the River Nanny, within walking distance to the small 

coastal town of Laytown. Local sites of interest include 

Newgrange Megalithic Passage Tomb, Knowth and 

Dowth. Laytown is one hour north of Dublin city by train or 

bus. 

Extra info: Unsuitable for wheelchairs. Volunteers are 

encouraged to use alternative forms of transport to air 

travel. 


1. Italy - SCI Italy 


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Campcode:IT-SCI-6-1 

ETA BETA, EDUCATIONAL FARM - 

Castelfiorentino (Firenze) 

ENVI EDU The workcamp period will be spent 

in Eta Beta's educational farm. The farm is 

open until 2005 and until now thousands of 

children came in with their teachers to have an 

experience of natural life with animals, plants 

and field natural sciences; but now some 

redesign and building work are necessary to 

enhance a better access of children. This little 

special farm (about 2500 m2) is the only one in 

the range of about 40 km. The work consists in 

finishing to build the farm building, draw and 

build garden paths and stairs, organize the 

areas in which the farm is organized, clean 

from weeds, take care of plants and trees. 

There will be also occasion to learn about the 

bees world, because this insects are breeded 

here with biological methods. The scenario of 

the camp is a blossoming Tuscany, one of the 

best times to stay; not too hot, but warm 

enough to enjoy to stay outside. Accomodation 

is quite spartan in tents, but with the work 

progress of the build activities volunteers can 

stay under their own new builded roof! If you 

have your own bike, take it with you. It is nice to 

drive in the hills, and easier to reach the village 

which is about 3,5 Km from the farm. If you 

can't to bring your bike, you can hire one in the 

village for 20 euros/week. 






FOCUS SOMALIA – Torino (Piemonte) 

STUDY The workcamp is organized by the SCI 

Piemonte in cooperation with IID 

Accommodation: IDAA, which is an 

association of Somali women, deals with issues 

related to Somalia, both in Somalia and in 

Merca area, but also from Italy and Kenya. The 

7th and 8th of May in Turin will be held a 

conference of Somali women form "the 

diaspora", whom are refugee in different 

European countries, due to state of permanent 

civil war that span through the last decades. 

This conference follows a similar event held in 

Nairobi, which was attended by women coming 

from different areas of Somalia. During the 

work camp volunteers will cooperate at the 

success of the conference mostly with piratical 

and hands-on activity. A big part of the work will 

also help advertise and make more visible the 

conference with info-desks and fliers. To better 

prepare the volunteers to the different tasks 

there be an initial study part on the political 

situation in Somalia and the Somali refugees 




Topic: Others 


ETA BETA I - Castelfiorentino (Toscana) 

RENO ENVI Spring and fountains recovering. 

From old times to recent past springs were 

important halting and meeting places. Tuscany 

was crossed until antiquity from important 

roads. Although is not arid, in summer is not 

easy to find fresh and clean water, because of 

the particular geological structure. Fountains 

where built before modern aqueducts age to 

make easier access to water for people and 

animals on trip. Nowadays our springs and 

fountains are almost forgotten or in bad state of 

conservation. Even though fountains are spride 

in the countryside it should be a great act of 

civic virtue to preserve them. Cause it is an 

exacting camp we'll love to have crafted and 

resolute volunteers as well. Work on fountains 

have to do with cleaning up, excavations, 

building up, hydraulics, restoration, painting .If 

you have a bike, it's a good idea to bring it. 

Nice trips possible in the hilly outskirts. If you 

haven't a bike or you can't manage to bring 

yours, its possible to rent a Mountan Bike 

locally (costs of renting are about 20 euro a 

week). 






ZEROGRAVITA’ I- Sordevolo (Biella) 

HERI MANU The association "Zero gravità. 

Villa Cernigliaro per arti e culture" (Zero gravity. 

Villa Cernigliaro for arts and cultures) is a no 

profit organization aiming to promote initiatives 

in the following fields: social solidarity for 

people with mental handicap, creating 

opportunities for young artists to express 

themselves in different arts, spread the 

knowledge about historical issues happened in 

the Biellese country that have seen the 

participation of important personages like 

Benedetto Croce, Giulio Einaudi, Franco 

Antonicelli, Gustavo Colonnetti and so on. All 

these personages have lived in Villa Cernigliaro 

during the II° World War and have been active 

in restoring democracy in Italy. Zero gravity 

operates in the famous green hills nearby Biella 

and it has operators well qualified, with several 

years of experiences in national and European 

projects. The aim of the camp is to help the 

operators in running a successful cultural 

season, to preserve and valorise a beautiful 

place that is recognized for architectonic 

qualities by the italian cultural and 

environmental ministry department. Zero gravity 

operates inside a well restored greenhouse and 

has the facilities to use for its activities the park 

of Villa Cernigliaro. The volunteers will help the 

operators in the cultural activities like ticket 

office bureau, audio and light equipment, 

attending disabled guests, maintenance work, 

paintings, cutting grass and clean a strech of 

woodland. Everything for five day a week and 

no more than seven hours for day: kitchen 

duties will be fulfilled in rotation. The official 

languages of the camp will be english and 

italian; volunteers will live and sleep inside Villa 

Cernigliaro. 




Topic: Others 


UTOPIA CITY I- Rome 

RENO The Municipality of Rome has lended to 

SCI Italy an old house which has become the 

centre of the SCI-Italy activities at local, 

national, international level. The project called 

"La Città dell'Utopia" (The City of Utopia) is an 

International Permanent Active Citizenship 

project. The project consists in putting together 

international and local associations (and 

experiences..) on participative democracy and 

active citizenship, voluntary work, intercultural 

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and sustainable experiences. Meetings, 

workshops, initiatives are organised in this 

place and it will be a centre opened to the 

different realities of the district. The project 

includes a hostel, an intercultural bar and many 

international and grass-root activities. 

Work: The workcamp will take place in an old 

house that the municipality of Rome has lended 

to the SCI Italy in order to organize local and 

international activities. The volunteers of the 

work camp will be involved inside the project 

“La Città dell'Utopia” in maintenance works on 

the building, like renovation of rooms and 

gardening, and also depending on the 

programmation, in supporting some cultural 

events. Please notice that the living conditions 

are quite primitive, a bathroom with hot water 

and beds are available. 







FORUM SOLIDARIETA’ – Collecchio (Parma) 

FEST For the tenth year many local 

associations, coordinated by “Forum 

Solidarietà”, has organized a Multiethnic 

Festival. It takes places in the “Parco Nevicati” 

in Collecchio, a town near Parma whose local 

administration has always been very open to 

social issues. The aim of the festival is to help 

the immigrants and local population know each 

other better, focusing on culture, tradition and 

habits. Concerts, dances, ethnic food prepared 

by the different communities, exhibitions of arts 

and crafts from the countries of origin etc. are 

planned. A special afternoon section is focused 

on children. Public discussion and round tables 

of the various issues of immigration and 

integration are as well included. Volunteers are 

expected to help preparing the park for the 

festival, setting up equipment, taking care of 

various aspects of the organization (Kitchen, 

back-stage, exhibitions): They will help in the 

surveillance during the nights, cleaning during 

the festival and in the dismounting of 

equipment at the end. The study part will be on 

immigration issue in Europe and northern Italy 

in particular; meetings with the immigrants 

communities, volunteers associations, local 

testimonial are as well planned. The camp 

language will be English. Some knowledge of 

Italian is welcome, to better interact with the 

locals. Also Knowledge of Spanish and French 

might be useful, being spoken by many 

immigrants. If you also know some Swanili or 

Arabic you are most welcome!!!! 






SOLEMINIS – Cagliari (Sardinia) 

This camp aims to be the first step towards the 

creation of the" naturalistic park of perfumes, 

tastes and rural values in locality Mitza' e 

S'ullioni on the hills around Soleminis an 

agricultural village at about 20km from Cagliari, 

on some fields put by the Town Council of 

Soleminis in the care of the Comunità di 

Soleminis, a community of disabled and not 

disabled people who live together and that for 

the past 24 years have been growing and 

working aromatic plants. 

Work: manual work, clearing up the fields from 

stones and weeds, tidying up the soil, trimming 

of the plants. Playscheme activities in the 

evening with the children of the village on the 

theme of nature and cataloguing of the different 

plants. The study part will refer to the activities 

of the Comunità, the region around Soleminis , 

the archeological sites, plants and the cultural 

traditions of the village. Accomodation: very 

simple in a pubblic building of Soleminis. 

Langages of the camp: Italian and 

English.Special requirements: volunteers who 

are higly motivated to manual work and ready 

to meet and work with disabled people. 






ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE I – Palermo (Sicily) 

ENVI "Women Island" is a very small island on 

the north coast of Sicily, close to Palermo. 

Since few years the island is a natural reserve 

managed by the environmental organization 

"LIPU" (italian birds protection league) that 

organize scientific researches, clean up the 

island and organize small tours for groups of 

students. The volunteers will be asked in the 

morning (from 9.00 am to 12.30 am) to clean up 

the island from rubbish convoyed by the sea 

and in creating small stone-paths; while they 

will work on the cost in the afternoon (from 4pm 

to 7pm). The work can be hard because 

volunteers are expected to work during the 

daytime under the sicilian sun: temperatures 

can be very warm! Due to safety reasons the 

participation in the camp is open only to 

volunteers able to swim (every day they go to 

the island by boat). All the vols will be hosted in 

a nice house that is just on the shore, in front of 

the island! (males and females will share the 

same rooms). 






ECOVILLAGGIO DI GRANARA – Parma 

ENVI The Granara Ecological Village is an 

experiment of sustainable development for an 

open community in which different activities 

such as solar panel engineering, bioarchitecture, 

holistic health care, environmental 

education, social activities, theatre and art 

workshops combine to try and create the 

grounds for a new awareness in the lives of 

those who reside or simply visit the village. This 

year’s project focuses on the preparation of the 

facilities for the theatre festival that we hold in 

Granara again this coming August, as well as 

the completion of the straw-and-clay cottage 

that will serve as a library and document center 

for the village. This year’s work will be 

structured in two separate teams (though each 

volunteer can change and try both ): team 1 will 

be building a wall in one of the work-rooms of 

the village, and plastering it with clay, they will 

learn the making of clay-bricks for a natural 

heat-accumulator wall, called “trombe wall”, and 

help in the completion of the library by putting 

up the glasses of the “window-wall”. Team 2 will 

be working on the outside facilities, renovating 

the tables, solar showers, compost-toilets, 

circus and outer stage , and also around the 

village and in the woods thereby, preparing 

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sites and paths for the upcoming theatre 

festival. 






CASTAGNETO PO – Torino (Piemonte) 

DISA AGRI Since 1991, the workcamp has 

been organized with “In/contro” social 

cooperative, in a residential centre located in 

the countryside of Castagneto Po, among the 

green Turin’s hills (north-western Italy), where 

people with mental disabilities live and work 

together. Volunteers will help in agricultural 

works and in the maintenance of the buildings 

together with the guests. Willingness to fully 

participate in the life of the community and to 

share daily problems and achievements trying 

to socialize and interact with all its members, 

flexibility, enthusiasm and motivation are 

essential characteristics. A basic knowledge of 

Italian language is preferred in order to 

communicate with guests. Accommodation in 

tents, using kitchen and all facilities of the 

community. For more information: www.scipiemonte.it 

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ZEROGRAVITA’ II- Sordevolo (Biella) 

HERI MANU The association "Zero gravità. 

Villa Cernigliaro per arti e culture" (Zero gravity. 

Villa Cernigliaro for arts and cultures) is a no 

profit organization aiming to promote initiatives 

in the following fields: social solidarity for 

people with mental handicap, creating 

opportunities for young artists to express 

themselves in different arts, spread the 

knowledge about historical issues happened in 

the Biellese county that have seen the 

participation of important personages like 

Benedetto Croce, Giulio Einaudi, Franco 

Antonicelli, Gustavo Colonnetti and so on. All 

these personages have lived in Villa Cernigliaro 

during the II° World War and have been active 

in restoring democracy in Italy. Zero gravity 

operates in the famous green hills nearby Biella 

and it has operators well qualified, with several 

years of experiences in national and european 

projects. The aim of the camp is to help the 

operators in running a successful cultural 

season, to preserve and valorize a beatiful 

place that is recognized for architectonic 

qualities by the italian cultural and ambiental 

ministry department. Zero gravity operates 

inside a well restored greenhouse and has the 

facilities to use for its activities the park of Villa 

Cernigliaro. The volunteers will help the 

operators in the cultural activities like ticket 

office bureau, audio and light equipment, 

attending disabled guests, maintenance work, 

paintings, cutting grass and clean a strech of 

woodland. Everything for five day a week and 

no more than seven hours for day: kitchen 

duties will be fulfilled in rotation. The official 

languages of the camp will be english and 

italian; volunteers will live and sleep inside Villa 

Cernigliaro. 






ASPROMONTE LIBERAMENTE - Villa San 

Giovanni (Reggio Calabria) 

ENVI RENO The project 

AspromonteLiberaMente is organized by 6 

schools of Reggio Calabria area, in cooperation 

with the National Park of Aspromonte and local 

associations. The main aim of the project is the 

environmental education and the recovery of 

the environmental resources. The “Aspromonte 

Liberamente” wants to convert ex military base 

USAF on Nardello Mountain in a scientific 

laboratory for the eco-sustainable development, 

for monitoring of the pollution, for 

experimentation of alternative energy and also 

a place as an astronomic observatory. 

Work: Making new path from “Grotta dei 

Tamburinari” to Gambarie, and remaking of 

“Water path” with techniques of environmental 

engineering, their system of signs and 

information about the places. Jobs of 

maintenance in the hostel. Study part: the 

history of the project with photos and videos. 

Living conditions: Accommodation in a hostel 

which is situated in the montains ( Nardello 

Mountain- altitude 1800m). From this place 

there is a fabulous panorama (a view to Sicily 

and Eolie’s Islands). The volunteers are 

accommodated in the hostel but it is possible to 

pitch own tent and sleep outside. The structure 

is without running water and light. Water is 

provided by tanks and electricity by a generator 

in the evening. The bathrooms are inside the 

hostel but showers and washbasins are 

outside. Food will be prepared by the 

organizers of the camp (a traditional italian and 

regional kitchen- very good). The shifts of the 

volunteers will be responsible for daily tidying of 

the hostel and service in the kitchen. The living 

conditions are not very comfortable but the 

atmosphere of the workcamp compensate at all 

the inconveniences. 

Language: English/ Italian, calabrian language 

, gesture. WHAT TO BRING: Mountain’s wear 

(sweater, winter jacket ecc. ), trekking shoes, 

long trousers, torch, sleeping bag and a 

materace, summer clothes( bathing costume ). 






SESTU – Cagliari (Sardegna) 

ENVI SOC This camp is organized in 

collaboration with the town council of Sestu, 

and it is the follow up of the camp of 2007. It 

consists in the cleaning of an abandoned area 

inside the town. At the end of the camp the 

volunteers will plant trees in the ground 

together with the young people of the town. 

Accommodation: is in the primary school of 

town. 

Study: part about environment and non 

violence values. 

Language: Italian and English. 






GELA I – Gela (Sicily) 

ENVI MANU The "Biviere di Gela" is a small 

natural reserve close to the town of Gela, on 

the southern coast of Sicily. After many years of 

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industrial development and implantation of very 

high impact industries and agriculture, at the 

beginning of the '80s a new approach to 

environment protection has started in the area. 

The reserve is one of the consequence of this 

new approach. The protected area include a 

small lake, a wet zone and some fields. The 

natural reserve is managed by the 

environmental organization "LIPU" (birds 

protection league) that organize scientific 

researches, clean up the island and organize 

small tours for groups of students. The 

volunteers will be asked to clean up the area, to 

build fences, help in build wooden observation 

station for bird-watching, other manual works. 

The work is not hard but volunteers are 

expected to work during the daytime under the 

Sicilian sun: temperatures can be very warm! 






KAMBIO – Torre Pellice (Torino) 

ENVI RENO The association KANBIO it is carry 

on a project of practice experience of life 

endurableness, al social and environmental 

level. At volunteers it will be request to help in 

the work of restructure builds, cleaning the 

bush and paths, to rebuild dry walls and 

wooden enclosures for domestic animals. The 

aim it is to have experience, in day to day livesharing, 

of a self-subsistence research based 

on self-production and self-consume. The 

project it is in a rural area, at 800 m. of altitude; 

volunteers will be hosted in a geodetic dome in 

the bush, with basic services (solar-shower, 

compost toilettes, camp cooker, etc.) 






BIRICICLABILE – Anzio (Roma) 

DISA ENVI Biriciclabile is the main project of A 

Ruota Libera Onlus that is working on the area 

of Anzio since 2005's winter. Through the 

recycle of olds bikes repaired by people with 

disabilities, Biriciclabile has start a path that 

going from the education to the diversity, as a 

better potential, helping to evalute the ability of 

people with fewer opportunity; to the 

environment protection education, by recycling 

second-hand bikes; and the education of using 

common goods, sharing bikes, that are 

avalable for free from our borrowing bikes 

service, managed by people with disability that 

are working in it. The Volunteers will help to 

better organize the bike's garage, restructuring 

the new rooms that we have in use, cleaning, 

painting and redecorating them. They'll support 

people with disability in reparing bikes, 

managing togheter the borrowing service. 

Language: english. Everyone will use a bike to 

move. We will sleep in a school. you need your 

sleepingbag. Two of the disabled people will 

take part to the activity of the group, sleeping 

also with it. 






ACQUI TERME – Alessandria (Piemonte) 

DISA AGRI Since 1991, the workcamp has 

been organized in a residential centre run by 

“In/contro” social co-operative, situated in the 

historical town of Acqui Terme (north-western 

Italy, 90 km from Turin and 60 from Genoa) 

where people with mental disabilities live and 

work together. Volunteers will help in 

agricultural works and in the maintenance of 

the buildings together with the guests. 

Willingness to fully participate in the life of the 

community and to share daily problems and 

achievements trying to socialize and interact 

with all its members, flexibility, enthusiasm and 

motivation are essential characteristics. A basic 

knowledge of Italian language is preferred in 

order to communicate with guests. For more 

information: www.sci-piemonte.it 

Accommodation: in tents, using kitchen and 

all facilities of the community. 






GELA III – Gela (Sicily) 

ENVI MANU The "Biviere di Gela" is a small 

natural reserve close to the town of Gela, on 

the southern coast of Sicily. After many years of 

industrial development and implantation of very 

high impact industries and agriculture, at the 

beginning of the '80s a new approach to 

environment protection has started in the area. 

The reserve is one of the consequence of this 

new approach. The protected area include a 

small lake, a wet zone and some fields. The 

natural reserve is managed by the 

environmental organization "LIPU" (birds 

protection league) that organize scientific 

researches, clean up the island and organize 

small tours for groups of students. The 

volunteers will be asked to clean up the area, to 

build fences, help in build wooden observation 

station for bird-watching, other manual works. 

The work is not hard but volunteers are 

expected to work during the daytime under the 

Sicilian sun: temperatures can be very warm! 

Currently open only for vols from Germany, 

Greece and Hungary 




Topic: Others 


ETA BETA II - Castelfiorentino (Toscana) 

RENO ENVI Spring and fountains recovering. 

From old times to recent past springs were 

important halting and meeting places. Tuscany 

was crossed until antiquity from important 

roads. Although is not arid, in summer is not 

easy to find fresh and clean water, because of 

the particular geological structure. Fountains 

where built before modern acqueducts age to 

make easier access to water for people and 

animals on trip. Nowadays our springs and 

fountains are almost forgotten or in bad state of 

conservation. Even though fountains are spride 

in the countryside it should be a great act of 

civic virtue to preserve them. Cause it is an 

exacting camp we'll love to have crafted and 

resolute volunteers as well. Work on fountains 

have to do with cleaning up, excavations, 

building up, hydraulics, restoration, painting.If 

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you have a bike, it's a good idea to bring it. 

Nice trips possible in the hilly outskirts. If you 

haven'ta bike or you can't manage to bring 

yours, its possible to rent a Mountan Bike 

locally (costs of renting are about 20 euro a 

week). 




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SOLIDARIETA’ CON L’AFRICA – Imola 

(Bologna) 

SOCI SCI Italy in collaboration with the Friar 

Monastery of Imola organizes a missionary 

workcamp in solidarity with Africa. The 

volunteers will work collecting pieces of 

furniture, bicycles, clothes, books and 

miscellaneous to be sold in a “second-hand” 

market. The goal of the camp is to get funds to 

drill three wells in DawroKonta (Ethiopia) and 

raise awareness on North/South countries 

issues. The volunteers will stay in the Friar 

Monastery in Imola (near Bologna). Some 

knowledge of Italian is welcome, as the activity 

is supported by 80 local volunteers. The work is 

tiring and it is not suitable for people allergic to 

dust. 6 Reserved places for SCI-D 




2008 



MENSA POPOLARE – Torino (Piemonte) 

DISA MANU Volunteers will carry the following 

activities: 1) help in the preparation of the lunch 

and of the supper in the restaurant managed by 

the cooperative In/contro. Volunteers shall 

interact with the staff working in the restaurant. 

The staff is composed of: people with mental 

disabilities, and refugees; 2) clean a center 

managed by the cooperative In/contro where 

people with mental disabilities follow some 

activities 3) VERY IMPORTAN 

Terminal/Region: volunteers shall socialize 

with the people with mental disabilities, a basic 

knowledge of Italian language is preferred. 

Accommodation (not luxurious) in a centre 

managed by the cooperative In/contro, using 

kitchen and facilities of the community. This 

workcamp will take place in the city of Torino. 

For more information: www.sci-piemonte.it 




2008 

Topic: Others 


UTOPIA CITY II- Rome 

To be confirmed! RENO FEST The Municipality 

of Rome has lended to SCI Italy an old house 

which has become the centre of the SCI-Italy 

activities at local, national, international level. 

The project called "La Città dell'Utopia" (The 

City of Utopia) is an International Permanent 

Active Citizenship project. The project consists 

in putting together international and local 

associations (and experiences..) on 

participative democracy and active citizenship, 

voluntary work, intercultural and sustainable 

experiences. Meetings, workshops, initiatives 

are organised in this place and it will be a 

centre opened to the different realities of the 

district. The project includes a hostel, an 

intercultural bar and many international and 

grass-root activities. 

Work: The workcamp will take place in an old 

house that the municipality of Rome has lended 

to the SCI Italy in order to organize local and 

international activities. The volunteers of the 

work camp will be involved inside the project 

“La Città dell'Utopia” in maintenance works on 

the building, like renovation of rooms and 

gardening, and also helping the preparation of 

the Festa del Casale, event organized in order 

to start the activities of the Casale for the year 

2008/2009. Please notice that the living 

conditions are quite primitive, a bathroom with 

hot water and beds are available. 6 Reserved 

places for SCI-D 




2008 

Topic: Others 


PICCOLO PIANETA DELLE MARGHERITE– 

Casale Monferrato (Alessandria) 

MANU Volunteers will work together with the 

members of “Senape” Cooperative (some of 

them are underprivileged with mental or physic 

diseases) that manage the dog kennel of city of 

Casale Monferrato) fencing the area for the 

dogs, posing tiles in dog’s boxes and making 

some photographic reportage of the dogs for 

realize a calendar for 2008.Volunteers will be 

involved in two projects of the cooperative for 

the re-use of second hands clothes and 

bikes.Study part about personal and collective 

growth. Food will be vegetarian. 


1. Macedonia - CID Macedonia 



Campcode:MK-CID-9-1 

KUMANOVO YOUTH OPEN FESTIVAL 

Located in the middle of a long valley 35 km (21 m) to the 

northeast of Skopje, Kumanovo is one of Macedonia’s 

larger cities. The city and its outlying villages exemplify 

Macedonia’s unique multi-ethnic blend, containing as they 

do Albanian, Roma, Serbian and Turkish minorities. 

Organizing youth open festival will be the best way and 

place to foster the multiethnic cooperation, because 

people of all ethnicities present meet in the centre 

everyday. The three day summer festival should promote 

multiethnic cooperation and should aim to strengthen the 

peace in the region 

Work: First 4 days of the work camp will be divided into 

two sessions. The morning session will focus on providing 

skills about conflict management, conflict resolution, 

peace and Human Rights. Peace Messengers are invited 

to act in these days. The afternoon sessions will be more 

creative and will focus on making a 3 day festival in the 

centre (square) of Kumanovo. 

Study: A team of EVS already present in Kumanovo will 

be working with the volunteers on different issues such as 

organizing the musical performances (if any) organizing 

street actions, paining and photography, sports etc. Peace 

Messengers will organize workshops on conflict resolution. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in a 

big apartment in Kumanovo. There are 4 beds in the 

apartment and 4 matrices will be places for the other 

volunteers. The apartment has a functional kitchen so the 

volunteers will cook themselves. Some meals will be 

provided by the host organization 

Terminal/Region: Kumanovo 

Extra info: People with experience in animation, street 

performances, musicians, artists etc. are highly welcome 

to apply 

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1. Macedonia - CID Macedonia 



Campcode:MK-CID-9-1 

KUMANOVO YOUTH OPEN FESTIVAL 

Located in the middle of a long valley 35 km (21 

m) to the northeast of Skopje, Kumanovo is one 

of Macedonia’s larger cities. The city and its 

outlying villages exemplify Macedonia’s unique 

multi-ethnic blend, containing as they do 

Albanian, Roma, Serbian and Turkish 

minorities. Organizing youth open festival will 

be the best way and place to foster the 

multiethnic cooperation, because people of all 

ethnicities present meet in the centre everyday. 

The three day summer festival should promote 

multiethnic cooperation and should aim to 

strengthen the peace in the region 

Work: First 4 days of the work camp will be 

divided into two sessions. The morning session 

will focus on providing skills about conflict 

management, conflict resolution, peace and 

Human Rights. Peace Messengers are invited 

to act in these days. The afternoon sessions 

will be more creative and will focus on making a 

3 day festival in the centre (square) of 

Kumanovo. 

Study: A team of EVS already present in 

Kumanovo will be working with the volunteers 

on different issues such as organizing the 

musical performances (if any) organizing street 

actions, paining and photography, sports etc. 

Peace Messengers will organize workshops on 

conflict resolution. 


accommodated in a big apartment in 

Kumanovo. There are 4 beds in the apartment 

and 4 matrices will be places for the other 

volunteers. The apartment has a functional 

kitchen so the volunteers will cook themselves. 

Some meals will be provided by the host 

organization 

Terminal/Region: Kumanovo 

Extra info: People with experience in 

animation, street performances, musicians, 

artists etc. are highly welcome to apply 


1. Moldova - AVI Moldova 




Campcode:MD-AVI-1-1 

Tarna Rom 

"Tarna Rom" is an association that promote the 

rights and culture of Romany minority in 

Republic of Moldova. For many years this 

organization is running travel camps for people 

that whish to discover gipsy culture and their 

way of life. During two weeks the participants 

(international and from romany comunity) get 

deep into the understanding the history and the 

past of Gipsys from Moldova, their past and 

actual problems in a transition society. The 

camp is a mobile one and the conditions are 

simulated as in an old Gipsy camp , with 

evening fire, song and dances. 

Work: Volunteers have to clean and restablish 

some of historical and cultural monuments 

close to their camping area, near to Nistru river, 

the eastern border of the country, and to install, 

remove the mobile camp. 

Accommodation: The volunteers will sleep in 

their tents (to bring) and will build improvised 

baths and toilets. Also the food should be made 

by volunteers themselves, provided by hosting 

org. 

Language: English, as well as Romanian and 

Russian 


2. Moldova - AVI Moldova 



Campcode:MD-AVI-4-4 

TOGETHER WITH US (Edinet) 

For the third time since 2006, AVI Moldova is 

planning to implement a work-camp in Edinet to 

assist the local center for disabled children. The 

center is run by the NGO “Oameni pentru 

Oameni” (People for people) which aims at 

supporting the community’s children by offering 

them a place to meet and play games, do their 

homework, or relax. Special emphasis is put on 

the integration of disabled kids. The center was 

founded in 2004 and originally offered 

specialized services (speech therapists, 

psychologists), but had to close in 2005 when 

financial support was cut. After a period of 

struggling, the center has been running again 

on a very basic level since the summer of 2006. 

Work: Volunteers are supposed to participate 

in implementing the holiday program, 

organizing workshops on different subject, 

games, concerts, assist motor disabled children 

in excursions to different places and nature, 

intercultural activities like interactive 

presentation of their countries, discussions with 

local youth. 

Accommodation: We will live in a host family, 

but we’ll cook and eat at the center 

Study: Situation of (disabled) children in 

Moldova and integration of disadvantaged 

people in the society. 

Language: English (the children will mostly 

speak Romanian and Russian, so these 

languages are an asset). 


1. Netherlands - VIA Netherlands 



Campcode:NL-VIA-10-1 

Okido Yoga, Laren 

Description: The camp partner is a yoga centre, 

specialised in teaching Okido Yoga. During 

courses in the yoga centre, an attempt is made 

to communicate the eastern way of living. 

Furthermore, the centre promotes a healthy 

lifestyle and non-violent communication. 

Work: Volunteers will work in the garden of the 

yoga centre, as well as renovating the 

bathrooms inside. Besides that, the vols will get 

to know the way of living that belongs to 

OkidoYoga (e.g. meditation, massages and a 

balanced vegetarian diet). Study theme: Okido 

Yoga lifestyle (balancing body and mind, 

integrating in the eastern way of living and learn 

to communicate non-violently). The link 

between the aims of Okido Yoga and SCI will 

be explored. Accomodation: Within the Okido 

Yoga Centre. Please bring a sleeping bag. 


Qualifications: None. Region: Laren, 

Gelderland. Other useful information: As part of 

the lifestyle integration, the served food will be 

vegan. Alcohol and drugs (caffeine and sugar 

included) are not allowed. Be prepared for this! 







AZC, Markelo 

Description: AZC Markelo is an asylum seeking 

centre, where about 400 refugees stay, 

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awaiting the decision on their asylum 

procedure. 

Work: organising activities – sport, games, 

theatre, handicrafts - for the children (4-18 

years). Study theme: conflicts in countries 

where the refugees come from. Accomodation: 

Vols will be housed somewhat 5 km from the 

asylum seeking centre, maybe in tents, and will 

travel by bicycle. Vols will cook themselves. 


Qualifications: Affinity with children is 

important. Region: Markelo, Gelderland Other 

useful information: Additional motivation letter is 

required. 






EMMA, Utrecht 

Description: RENO, CONS, MANU, STUDY, 

PEACE EMMA is a study-center for world, 

peace and environment. EMMA wants to 

inspire and facilitate people for global actions 

and activities for improving society. There is a 

UNESCO-library and some rooms that are used 

by a lot of different local NGO's and other 

volunteer organizations, which range from the 

local amnesty international to dance groups . 

EMMA is localized is a former boyscout building 

which is always in need of renovation. 

Work: Renovating the building, mainly by 

painting. There will be some construction work 

outside and some gardening. 

Study: Cultural stereotypes and prejudice 

Accommodation: Indoor, bring your own 

sleeping beds, it is possible to bring your own 

tent and put it in the garden. 

Language: English, Dutch 

Qualifications: Technical skills are not 

required but would be very helpfull. 

Terminal/Region: Utrecht 




2008 



Zomerweken \"Zon in huis\", Utrecht 

Albert van Koningsbruggen is a nursing home 

in Utrecht. The residents are mostly elderly 

people who suffer from a defective memory 

and/or physical disabilities and have a potential 

to get a feeling of loneliness. Although they 

need intensive care, they are willing and vital 

enough to join excursions, activities in the 

nursing home or just to enjoy a nice chat. But 

because of a lack of personnel and funds, the 

motivated personnel is not always capable of 

providing the attention the residents are asking 

for. Due to, among other things, government 

savings the personal is forced to put their focus 

on providing medical care and less on personal 

care. During the summer several activities and 

some excursions will be organised for the 

residents to bring some sunshine inside the 

home. Some special attention will be given to 

them and an atmosphere will be created in 

which the residents will be encouraged to cut 

their routine and to meet other people. In order 

to realize this there is a huge need for 

volunteers. 

Work: The volunteers will assist the personnel 

in guiding the residents during the activities and 

excursions. They will help the elderly people to 

enjoy the summer by having time for a chat and 

a little walk. There will also be space for the 

volunteers to organize an event in the home 

(think of theatre, exhibitions, music be 

creative!). 

Qualifications: Good verbal communication 

skills in English are required in order to guard 

the resident’s safety. 

Accommodation: In an apartment building 

near the nursing home. 


1. Northern Ireland - IVS Northern Ireland 



Campcode:UK-NI-6-1 

GLEBE HOUSE (Co. Down) 

Glebe House is a cross community residential 

centre on the east coast. It caters for young 

people, children and adults from catholic and 

protestant communities. It aims to provide a 

positive experience for people from all sections, 

enabling them to live, play and work together, 

and in doing so, come to understand their 

different points of view and experience 

alternatives to violence and conflict and ways of 

living in peace. 

Work: Assisting with the Glebe House Open 

Day on Sunday 1st June. The group will help 

with the preparations for this major fundraising 

event and will help out on the day. There will be 

some gardening and other environmental work 

at the Centre. 

Study: There will be time set aside for 

discussions on topics relating to Northern 

Ireland Politics and history, the Northern Ireland 

Peace process and its future direction. 






BARCROFT COMMUNITY CENTRE (Co. 

Down) 

Barcroft is a housing estate of 4,000 people, on 

the edge of Newry City; it suffers from a lack of 

facilities and activities for children during the 

summer. The local community centre is 

planning its 20th annual summer scheme for 

children age 6 - 18 years and needs volunteers 

to help with the activities. 

Work: Volunteers will be involved in organising 

games, arts and crafts, helping out with 

excursions and sporting events. Vols would 

need to bring along an old set of clothes, boots 

etc. as a lot of our activities are water based 

outward bound. This year we would ask 

volunteers to bring some items from their own 

countries/cultures, as we may ask for them to 

speak to the children about their cultural 

backgrounds. Vols need motivation to work with 

children, good English an advantage. Child and 

Vulnerable Adult Protection procedures will be 

applied. 




2008 



TOOLS FOR SOLIDARITY (Belfast) 

Tools for Solidarity (TFS) collects, refurbishes 

and ships out old and unwanted hand tools and 

sewing machines to skilled trades people, 

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organisations, crafts people and vocational 

schools in Africa. TFS has full time volunteers 

and some EVS volunteers. 

Work: Preparation for shipment of sewing 

machines and equipment to projects in 

Tanzania. This will involve sorting out materials, 

boxing up equipment, filling a container with 

sewing machines and other materials for the 

project. There will also be some work in 

dismantling and sorting out for future 

shipments. The work will involve a lot of lifting 

and moving. 

Study: Development Education on the work of 

TFS and on other relevant issues. 

Accommodation: House in north Belfast with 

close access to the city centre. Vegetarian 

food. 




2008 



GLEBE HOUSE (Co. Down) 

Glebe House is a cross community residential 

centre on the east coast. It caters for young 

people, children and adults from catholic and 

protestant communities. It aims to provide a 

positive experience for people from all sections, 

enabling them to live, play and work together, 

and in doing so, come to understand their 

different points of view and experience 

alternatives to violence and conflict and ways of 

living in peace. 

Work: A major clear and tidy up after the busy 

summer children’s programme, including 

cleaning, redecoration, painting, reorganisation 

of programme areas, gardening, picking apples, 

work on the land, weeding, strimming and 

clearing paths in the wildlife area. There will be 

time set aside for discussions on topics relating 

to Northern Ireland Politics and history, the 

Northern Ireland Peace process and its future 

direction. 


1. Norway - ID Norway 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:NO-ID-11-1 

VALLERSUND GÅRD, Fosen 

Vallersund Gård is a Camphill community, a residential 

and work community for adults in need of special care. 

The residents include mentally disabled adults and 

previous drug addicts. The farm is located about 3 hours 

from Trondheim, on the west coast of Norway – directly at 

the sea. The site is under historical preservation. There’s a 

windmill providing electricity to the farm, a heating system 

using ocean water to warm the houses and an ecological 

sewage treatment system. 

Work: The vols will do landscaping, help in renovating the 

houses, work on a path and eventually help on the farm. 

Accommodation: In a house of their own in the farm. 

Please bring your own sleeping bag and raingear! 

Extra info: Absolutely no use of alcohol or drugs! 

Terminal/Region: Trondheim 


1. Poland - OWA Poland 



Campcode:PL-SCI-8-1 

MONAR GAUDYNKI (near Elk) 

Description: SOCI OWA- SCI Poland has been 

successfully co-operating with Monar for 12 

years already. Monar is the biggest Polish NGO 

dealing with drug and alcohol addicts, 

homeless people and HIV infected. The one in 

Gaudynki is a centre dealing mainly with drug 

addicts. It is situated in the picturesque area of 

the Kingdom of the Great Masurian Lakes in 

the north-east part of Poland, among fields and 

forests, far away from the hectic cities. In the 

Monar Gaudynki there are about 30 patients, 

between 20-30 years old, who work and live 

together undergoing a group therapy. 

Work: The main task of volunteers is to 

socialise with the community, by helping them 

in their everyday work (gardening, cleaning, 

working in the kitchen, renovating etc.) and 

taking part in leisure time activities with them. 

Games, camp-fires, sport activities, workshops 

with/for the residents will bring fresh energy and 

relaxation to the centre. During the second 

week volunteers go together with the patients 

on a camping trip to the beautiful area on the 

lakeside. In between there is a collective 

excursion to witness a reconstruction of the one 

of the greatest Medieval battles. 

Study: The problem of drug addiction, anti-drug 

therapy, multiculturalism. 

Accommodation: In the house of the 

community, in one or two rooms and in big 

tents during “biwak”. 

Extra info: No drugs, no alcohol. Smoking 

allowed. Not accessible for wheelchairs. 






HOLUCZKOW (Sanok district, near 

Przemysl) 

Description: RENO, HERI 10 vols (+ 5 local 

vols) The project will take place in an 

undisturbed part of south-east of Poland, in a 

small village called Holuczkow in district 

Tyrawa Woloska. The place is set in a beautiful 

region of Carpathian mountains (Salt 

Mountains), close to the Ukrainian Border. 

Located in a richly diverse cultural setting, it 

has always been a place where members of 

different national and ethnic minorities lived 

together in harmony (Ruthens, Polish, Jewish, 

German, Gipsy). The place faced big historical 

regional events, movement of borders, conflicts 

and repatriation of civilians after the World War 

II. Through reparation work, historical 

workshops, art and interactions with local 

community we will try to explore the unique 

history of the place. We also expect the project 

to bring some life to the village, which has 

deteriorated, whilst facing the challenges of 

modernity. 

Work: The volunteers will do cutting down of 

bushes and trees, reparation work at graveyard 

(working alongside a professional stone-worker 

and woodcutter) and shrines (if possible). 

Study: Art and history workshops - multicultural 

history of the region, national minorities in 

Poland. Participating in awareness rising for the 

local culture. 

Accommodation: Basic, in the village school. 

Language: English and/or Ukrainian. 

Qualifications: Motivation for physical work. 

Motivation letter required. 

Extra info: Not accessible for wheelchairs. 







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ZABIKOWO (near Poznan) 

Description: RENO Zabikowo, initiated in 1941, 

was one of forced labour camps for Jews 

building a motorway from Frankfurt/Oder aiming 

to include Poznan and afterwards whole Poland 

in the net of German motorways. The camp 

was closed in 1943 and prisoners were sent to 

other forced labour camps or to Chelmno/Ner 

extermination camp. Subsequently the area 

was used as Security Police prison mostly for 

the Polish suspected by Gestapo of anti-Nazi 

collaboration. Finally, after the war till 1948 it 

served as a camp for interned German civilians. 

Work: Restoration and documentation of 

gravestones saved from a former Jewish 

cementary, excavating and exploring channels 

to check the hypothesis that they might have 

been used as escape routes by the prisoners, 

arrangement of a memorial exhibition, other 

maintenance works in the camp area. 

Study: History of the camp, Chelmno/Ner 

extermination camp, Jewish culture, peace & 

human rights, genocide nowadays (esp. Tibet), 

neo-nazism and neo-fascism. 

Accommodation: Inside, sleeping on 

mattresses, shared facilities, sleeping bags 

needed. 


Qualifications: Interest in the topic. 







NEMOLAND (near Jelenia Gora) 

Description: HERI, CONS Situated in the Polish 

mountains (Karkonosze) at the border of 

Germany and Czech Republic, Nemoland is an 

international centre which wants to contribute to 

the appreciation and the development of the 

region by means of projects for conservation, 

protection and promotion of its culture and 

ecological activities. Mining projects are 

threatening the environment and therefore the 

development of economical alternatives such 

as rural tourism is important to oppose such 

industrial plans. 

Work: Volunteers will finish the construction 

and decoration of the legend center of Nemo, 

and in the meantime prepare some theatre or 

artistic performance about local history to be 

played and displayed during a festival 

organized by Nemo. 

Study: Local history of the region, integrating 

ecological and environmental aspects, cultural 

and social issues. 

Accommodation: In Nemo Center. 

Qualifications: Motivation for physical work, 

interest in artistic expression most welcome. 








REFUGEE CENTER II (Linin, near Warsaw) 

Description: KIDS, EDU There are 19 centers 

for asylum seekers in Poland and very often 

new one is opened. Most of the refugees in 

Poland are Chechens. Linin is a small city and 

nice city, not far away from Warsaw and it will 

be the second project in this center. The aim of 

the workcamp is to bring energy of volunteers 

and spirit of international solidarity to the 

center. 

Work: Organizing games, art classes, sport 

events for children and teenagers, English 

teaching. 

Study: Workshops on refugees in Poland and 

worldwide. 

Accommodation: Close to the center. 

Qualifications: Knowledge of Russian 

language will be very welcome and helpful. 


Workcamp closed for Russian volunteers due 

to the rules of the center. 







REFUGEE CENTER I (Smoszewo, near 

Warsaw) 

Description: KIDS, EDU There are 19 centers 

for asylum seekers in Poland and very often 

new one is opened. Most of the refugees in 

Poland are Chechens. The aim of the project is 

to bring energy of volunteers and spirit of 

international solidarity to the center. 

Work: Organizing games, art classes, sport 

events for children and teenagers, English 

teaching. 

Study: Workshops on refugees in Poland and 

worldwide, SCI peace message. 

Accommodation: In the center. 

Qualifications: Knowledge of Russian 

language will be very welcome and helpful. 

Extra info: No possibility of vegetarian food. 

Not accessible for wheelchairs. Workcamp 

closed for Russian volunteers due to the rules 

of the center. 






INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS (Petrykozy 

near Warsaw) 

Description: KIDS 7 vols (+ 7 local vols) 

Petrykozy is a small village located 30 

kilometers from Warsaw. They have a beautiful 

heritage park and country manor. Heritage Park 

is where the international workshops will take 

place. They are addressed to children and 

organized by the Informal Artists and Animators 

Group. We would like to connect the workshops 

with the ideas of international dialog. 

Work: Preparing workshops for children: 

promoting, planning, collecting materials and 

distributing them to each day's activities. Every 

volunteer will have a chance to make and lead 

his own workshop. All volunteers will also 

prepare a short performance to present their 

cultures to the local society. 

Study: How to create interesting workshops for 

children, how to safely work with children and 

ideas for international dialog. 

Accommodation: At school. There’s possibility 

to use Internet. 

Qualifications: Creative, open-minded 

volunteers with communicative English. 

Experience in working with children is welcome. 



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RADWANOWICE (near Cracow) 

Description: DISA Organized in cooperation 

with Brother Albert Foundation in local center 

for disabled people. Situated in Radwanowicebeautiful 

village surrounded by forests, about 

15km from Cracow. Foundation takes care of 

mentally and physically handicapped people 

(age 18-62) through organizing and leading 

social homes (stationary care) as well as 

integration schools, workshops, rehabilitation 

camps. The aim of the camp is an integration of 

inhabitants and the volunteers, who will try to 

change a bit their everyday life routine. 

Work: Help in organizing games and artistic 

workshops: preparing an exhibition of drawings 

or/and photographs together with residents, 

provide integrational activities, help with daily 

task of the inhabitants. 

Study: History of Brother Albert Foundation, 

mental disabilities issue, SCI peace message 

Accommodation: In the Foundation. 

Qualifications: Lots of joy and patience 

Extra info: No drugs and alcohol allowed. 

Religion play very important role in the therapy 

and volunteers are ask to respect that. 






ZIELONA PRZESTRZEN (near Szczecinek) 

Description: ENVI, RENO The number of vols 

can be extended to 10. Green Space is a fairly 

new association based on the enthusiasm of 

two people who've settled in the quite isolated 

village in the beautiful surroundings of lakes, 

forests and rolling hills of Pomorze in the northwest 

of Poland. The association focus is to act 

for the benefit of the traditional character of the 

countryside and the environment in general. 

They mean to do this through the educational 

actions. http://zielona.org/Green_Space 

Work: The volunteers will help with the general 

clean up after the demolition of the walls of the 

barn and the building. In the future these will 

become an office and place for workshops. 

Apart from this there is a stone wall to be fixed 

and a garden path of wood and stones to lay. 

Shortly – it is manual labour and can become 

tough sometimes. 

Accommodation: The volunteers will sleep on 

the sleeping mattresses in the loft of the house. 

The kitchen and the bathroom is also in the 

house but these are to be used only as an 

emergency as the outdoor kitchen, showers 

and compost toilets will be raised for the 

volunteers. For those used to the comforts of 

the city it may seem simple but in fact it is very 

convenient! 

Qualifications: Interest in ecological lifestyle. 

Extra info: Vegetarian food only! Not 







SIEMUSZOWA (Sanok district, near 

Przemysl) 

Description: RENO, HERI 10 vols (+ 5 local 

vols) The project will take place in an 

undisturbed part of south-east of Poland, in a 

small village called Siemuszowa in district 

Tyrawa Woloska. The place is set in a beautiful 

region of Carpathian mountains (Salt 

Mountains), close to the Ukrainian Border. 

Located in a richly diverse cultural setting, it 

has always been a place where members of 

different national and ethnic minorities lived 

together in harmony (Ruthens, Polish, Jewish, 

German, Gipsy). The place faced big historical 

regional events, movement of borders, conflicts 

and repatriation of civilians after the World War 

II. Through reparation work, historical 

workshops, art and interactions with local 

community we will try to explore the unique 

history of the place. We also expect the project 

to bring some life to the village, which has 

deteriorated, whilst facing the challenges of 

modernity. 

Work: The volunteers will do cutting down of 

bushes and trees, reparation work at graveyard 

(working alongside a professional stone-worker 

and woodcutter) and shrines (if possible). 

Study: Art and history workshops - multicultural 

history of the region, national minorities in 

Poland. Participating in awareness rising for the 

local culture. 

Accommodation: Basic, in the village school. 

Language: English and/or Ukrainian. 

Qualifications: Motivation for physical work. 

Motivation letter required. 





Topic: Antiracism, antifascism, refugees and ethnic 

minorities 


MAJDANEK (Lublin) 

Description: RENO, ARCH In the time from 1941 to 1944 

Majdanek served the Nazis as a concentration camp. The 

camp was going to be the source of a free workforce for 

the realization of the plans to build a German empire in the 

east. It has been the second largest of its type in Europe. 

Around 300.000 people of 50 different nations have been 

imprisoned in Majdanek. Nowadays Majdanek operates as 

a State Museum - every year around 90 thousands people 

come to visit it. 

Work: Maintenance works at the memorial site, 

archaeological works, educational work in archives. 

Study: History of the camp, concentration camps and 

death camps, Holocaust, Polish-German relations after 

WWII, peace & human rights. 

Accommodation: Very Good. In a school dormitory 5 

minutes from Majdanek. 


Qualifications: Interest in the topic and strong motivation 

needed. 

Extra info: Not accessible for wheelchairs. Age limit 26, 

only Polish and German volunteers. 


1. Portugal - IPJ Portugal 



Campcode:PT-IPJ-6-1 

Chestnut trail, Amarante Portugal 

Work: Its objectives and tasks will be to clean 

the left side of Tâmegas's river (at Sweet 

Chestnut trail) and conduct some natural 

regeneration of chestnut and some forest water 

species. 

Accommodation: volunteers will be 

accommodated at Casa de Cultura e Juventude 

de Amarante – Amarante's Youth and Culture 

House and main meals will be prepared by an 

fair trade organization (Cor de Tangerina) 

managing a vegetarian and biological 

restaurant. 

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Language: English and Portuguese 

Terminal/Region: The reference will always be 

the Amarante Tourism Station (Amarante Town 

Hall building – Alameda Teixeira de Pascoaes) 

and the contact phone will always be the mobile 

phone no. (+351) 913 051 999 (Miguel Pinto). 

LISBON - PORTO By train: Lisbon / Oriente 

Railway Station (every hour beginning at 05:55 

am until 06:55 pm) – Porto / Campanhã 

Railway Station (hour beginning at 09:05 am 

until 09:05 pm 09:05) – Ticket price: from € 

19,50 to €27,50 (For further information see 

http://www.cp.pt) By bus: Lisbon (every hour 

starting at 07:00 am until 12:00 am and 03:00 

pm) – Porto (10:25 am; 11:30 am; 12:25 am; 

03:30 pm; 06:30 pm) – Ticket price: € 15,50 

(For further information see http://www.redeexpressos.pt) 

PORTO-AMARANTE By train: 

Porto (07:26 am; 11:26 am; 03:26 pm) - 

Changing at Livração - Amarante: (08:54 am; 

12:54 pm; 04:54 pm). Ticket price: € 6,87 (For 

further information see http://www.cp.pt) By 

bus: Porto (07:00 am; 08:00 am; 09:00 am; 

10:00 am; 11:00 am; 01:00 pm; 03:00 pm) – 

Amarante (07:50 am; 08:50 am; 09:50 am; 

10:50 am; 11:50 am; 01:50 pm; 03:50 pm) – 

Ticket price: € 5,20 (For further information see 

http://www.rodonorte.pt) 






d’Orfeu River World Camp, Águeda, 

Portugal 

Work: d’Orfeu River World Camp aims at 

promoting interaction between young people 

and local community and its environmental and 

social cultural patrimony through spaces 

optimization/recovery, creation and 

maintenance of structures supporting 

association’s activities as well as 

communitarian activities such as Rio Povo – 

platform event of multi artistic scope. 


accommodated at d’Ormitorium, the artistic 

permanent residence for foreign volunteers 

hosted by d’Orfeu. Except breakfasts and 

coffee-breaks, the meals will be taken in 

canteens of local entities. 

Language: Portuguese and English 

Terminal/Region: Lisbon - Águeda By train 

from Lisbon (Lisbon - Aveiro + Aveiro - 

Águeda): • 30 of June – Lisbon 02:09 pm – 

Águeda 06:21 pm or Lisbon 04:09 pm – 

Águeda 07:07 pm • 01 of July – Lisbon 07:09 

am – Águeda 11:11 am or 08:09 am – Águeda 

11:06 am Further information in www.cp.pt By 

bus from Lisbon (Lisbon - Coimbra + Coimbra - 

Águeda): • 30 of June – Lisbon 03:45 pm – 

Águeda 07:15 pm Further information in 

www.rede-expressos.pt Porto - Águeda By train 

from Porto (Porto - Aveiro + Aveiro - Águeda): • 

30 of June – Porto 04:52 pm – Águeda 06:21 

pm or Porto 05:45 pm – Águeda 07:07 pm • 01 

of July – Porto 08:14 am – Águeda 10:10 am or 

Porto 09:43 am – Águeda 11:06 am Further 

information in www.cp.pt By bus from Porto 

(Porto - Águeda): • 01 of July – Porto 06:45 am 

– Águeda 08:25 am Further information in 

www.rede-expressos.pt 






Pedrógão Adventure 2008, Coimbrão, 

Portugal 

Work: Camp’s theme is related to tracks 

cleaning and clearing up, biking track 

construction, leisure park preparation and 

suspended bridges circuit. 


accommodated in camping tents at Parque de 

Campismo do Pedrógão – Pedrógão Camping 

Park. Meals will be served in restaurant. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Leiria LISBON 

- LEIRIA (138 km) Departure: (07:00 am; 08:30 

am; 09:00 am; 10:30 am; 12:00; 02:30 pm; 

03:45 pm; 04:30 pm; 06:15 pm; 07:00 pm) 

Arrival: (09:15 am; 10:15 am; 11:30 am; 12:15 

pm; 02:15 pm; 04:45 pm; 05:30 pm; 06:25 pm; 

08:15 pm; 09:15 pm). Ticket price: €10. 

Frequency: Daily Further Information in 

http://rede-expressos.pt 






The Village and it’s People, Santa Comba 

Dão, Portugal 

Work: The working part of this Camp is 

constituted of 5 working hours at most, per day, 

of training, pictures/images collecting and 

organisation of the Festival of short movies 

called “CURTES”. The methodology of 

collecting information and its preservation 

through time consists of making short movies, 

where the participants of the Camp, together 

with other youngsters of the village, will show 

their personal ideas about the “Village and it is 

People”. Young participants on this project will 

benefit, totally free of charge, of special 

training, under the format of Technical 

Workshops of Video and Multimedia. 

Study: The theme of the Camp is about 

preservation and valuing the historical and 

cultural human heritage,; the assumption and 

the consciousness of its vital importance and 

the contribution of the preservation of the 

cultural identity of a region; developing bounds 

of union and sharing among the members of a 

community 

Accommodation: lodgement will be assured in 

a Youth Centre with several dormitories; main 

meals will be made by the volunteers and the 

animators, in the Youth Centre which is 

properly equipped with a kitchen and dinning 

room. 


Terminal/Region: How to get to Santa Comba 

Dão / 

Study: Joaninho? Local Animators and 

Volunteers will pick up the participants at the 

train or bus station of Santa Comba Dão. 

Please see www.cp.pt and www.redeexpressos.pt. 

From Lisbon: 1st option: 

Intercidades Train (After arriving at Lisbon 

please go (by taxi is the easiest way) to the 

Santa Apolónia Train Station. There you have 

the following train departures to Santa Comba 

Dão: 8h01m and 11h55m. Arriving time to 

Santa Comba Dão: 10h53 or 14h47. The cost 

of the ticket is €15,50. ; 2nd Option: Express 

BUS to Santa Comba Dão. After arriving at 

Lisbon please go (by taxi is the easiest way) to 

the BUS Station of Sete Rios. There you can 

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pick an express bus to Santa Comba Dão in the 

following time: 10h30m – arriving at Santa 

Comba Dão about 14h00. Ticket cost: €11.20 

From Oporto: 1st option: Intercidades/ Regional 

Train - From this city the itinerary s the 

following: Oporto/Campanhã Train Station – 

Pampilhosa Train Station (with changing train) 

– Santa Comba Dão. Departure from 

Oporto/Campanhã: 10h15m; arrinving to 

Pampilhosa Station: 11h40m; Departure from 

Pampilhosa Station, after changing train: 

12h03; arriving Santa Comba Dão: 12h35m. 

Ticket cost: From Oporto to Pampilhosa: 

€12.50. From Pampilhosa to Santa Comba 

Dão: €6.40. 






ÉvoraYouth in Action´, Évora, Portugal 

Work: sportive events liveliness and promotion 

for Evora young people living near green areas. 

We will do sportive animation addressed to 

children and young people that are in green 

areas of évora, will be done as well as 

experiences exchanging between participants. 


accommodated at Évora Senior University 

building. Meals will be served in the same 

place, prepared by a catering company. 

Language: Portuguese, English and French 

Terminal/Region: How to reach Évora? 

LISBON – ÉVORA (131 km) By train: Lisbon/ 

Oriente Railway Station – Évora Railway 

Station; Train (Intercidades): Departure (07:51 

am; 01:51 pm; 05:51 pm). Arrival (09:50 am; 

03:50 pm; 07:50 pm). Ticket price: €10,00 Train 

(Intercidades and Regional): Departure (06:51 

pm). Arrival (08:57 pm). Ticket price: €11,50 

Further Information in www.cp.pt By bus: 

Lisbon/ Sete Rios Bus Station – Évora Bus 

Station; Departure: (08:00 am; 08:30 am; 09:30 

am; 10:30 am; 11:45 am; 12:00; 01:45 pm; 

02:15 pm; 04:00 pm; 05:15 pm; 05:45 pm; 

07:30 pm; 08:30 pm; 10:00 pm) Arrival: (09:30 

am; 10:15 am; 11:00 am; 12:15 pm; 01:35 pm; 

01:30 pm; 03:15 pm; 04:50 pm; 05:45 pm; 

07:00 pm; 07:15 pm; 09:00 pm; 10:15 pm; 

11:45 pm). Ticket price: 10.80 €. Frequency: 

Daily Further Information in http://www.redeexpressos.pt/ 






Revitalizing Villages from Pulo do Lobo, 

Mértola, Portugal 

Work: Tasks of up-keeping and recovery the 

natural and constructed heritage of Amendoeira 

da Serra, Mosteira, Corte Gafo de Baixo, Corte 

Gafo de Cima Villages. Some of these activities 

may be physically demanding. 

Accommodation: Hosting Center - Centro de 

Acolhimento da Amendoeira da Serra (CAAS), 

in Amendoeira da Serra – Mértola. 


Extra info: Camp responsible Marta Afonso 

Phone: 00 351 286 610 000 Email: desenvolvcoop@adpm.pt 

Auxiliar contact Patrícia Turra 

Phone: 00 351 286 610 000 Email: desenvolvcoop@adpm.pt 






INTERCULTURALID@DES, Sanguedo, 

Portugal 

Work: We want with this project promoting 

intercultural dialogue and create spaces to 

promote a intercultural learning; to raise to 

awareness and mutual respect for diversity, 

and allow the knowledge of other cultures and 

regions. The organization prepared some 

workshops in order to prepare and improve the 

performance of young people in the fieldwork 

and to interact with the people and with the 

environment. 

Accommodation: The accommodation will be 

in the headquarters of the Association, in rooms 

equipped with 8 / 10 single beds, access to 

bathrooms, locker rooms, kitchen and gym. 

Each volunteer will have available a set of 

sheets and a pillow. The food will be made by 

participants with the help of a cook and / or in 

the restaurant. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach to Sanguedo? 

Option 1: Train | Lisbon - Sanguedo Board 

Station of Oriente destined to Porto - 

Campanhã (regular times between 6:00 and 

21:30). Then, should embark on the train of 

Porto - Campanhã to Porto - 

Study: Bento (Regular Hours, intervals of 

approximately 5 minutes). Then moving up walk 

(about 5 minutes) to Batalha Square where 

they will have to take a bus from the Alsa City 

(preferably) to Sanguedo (Church) and go 

about 500 meters to the place of the field. 

Optionally may travel on buses from Auto 

Viação Feirense, but they have less regular 

schedules for Lourosa / Sanguedo. More 

information www.cp.pt Option 2: Bus | Lisbon - 

Sanguedo Board Station of Oriente, catch the 

coach from Renex destined to Feira/Porto. 

Then moving up walk (about 10 minutes) to the 

Hospital where you should embark on a bus of 

Auto Viação Feirense destined for Lourosa / 

Sanguedo. More information on www.renex.pt 

(only available in Portuguese) 

Extra info: Do not advise travel after the 15:00 

for departures in Lisbon since buses between 

Porto - Sanguedo and Santa Maria Fair - 

Sanguedo cease to operate after the 19:30. 

The trip by taxi is more expensive, and the 

approximately € 0.42 per km. 






Arqueoroma, freixo de Numão, Portugal 

ARCH 

Work: The objective of this program is to give 

continuity to an archeological research project 

and the desire to turn the archeological place 

into a museum that has been developed since 

1980. - Maintenance and restoration aiming at 

turning the archeological place into a museum; 

- Methodological digging, with an archaeologist 

help; - Soil riddling and floating aiming at 

collecting different elements (coals, seeds, 

bones …) for analysis; - Materials washing and 

labeling. 


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accommodated at ACDR Youth Centre, 

composed of 2 dormitories and 8 rooms. Meals 

will be served in the youth centre restaurant. 

Terminal/Region: How to reach Freixo de 

Numão: 1st option – By car - Coming from 

Porto use A25 road until Celorico da Beira 

turning to Vila Nova de Foz Côa. 4 Km before 

Vila Nova de Foz Côa use national road 222 

towards Freixo de Numão. - Coming from 

Lisbon or south use A23 road in Torres Vedras 

towards Guarda and use A25 road until 

Celorico da Beira changing to IP2 road towards 

Vila Nova de Foz Côa. 4 Km before Vila Nova 

de Foz Côa use national road 222 towards 

Freixo de Numão. - Coming from Spain use 

A25 road until Celorico da Beira and turn to IP2 

road towards Vila Nova de Foz Côa. 4 Km 

before Vila Nova de Foz Côa use national road 

222 towards Freixo de Numão. 2nd option – By 

bus Coming from anywhere in Portugal, catch a 

bus to Vila Nova de Foz Côa. Please contact 

ACDR (phone no. 00351 279 789 573) in 

advance so that we can pick you up at the Bus 

Station. Coming from abroad take your way to 

Guarda where you will catch a bus to Vila Nova 

de Foz Côa. Please contact ACDR (phone no. 

00351 279 789 573) in advance so that we can 

pick you up at the Bus Station. 3rd option – By 

train Coming from Porto catch a bus at Douro’s 

line, Campanhã Railway Station or 

Study: Bento Railway Station until Freixo de 

Numão – Mós do Douro Railway Station. 

Please contact ACDR (phone no. 00351 279 

789 573) in advance so that we can pick you up 

at the Railway Station because there are no 

other transfers to Freixo de Numão. Coming 

from abroad take your way to Guarda and catch 

a bus to Vila Nova de Foz Côa. Please contact 



Station. 






The Fantasy World, Santa Comba Dão, 

Portugal 

Work: The Camp subject is about 

communitarian and social intervention and it’s 

objectives are: to develop artistic workshops, 

for a two week period of time, lasting 5 hours a 

day, involving different age groups: children 

from 6 to 10 and youngsters from 12 to 17, but 

also adults over 65. With this we aim to 

promote intergenerational contacts among 

different age groups. The youngsters who will 

participate in the International Work Camp will 

have a double role on it: on one hand they will 

be the promoters and mediators of the non 

formal educational process and simultaneously 

the direct participants both on planning and 

evaluating of the artist workshops, contributing 

with their own personal experiences and social 

and cultural realities, through the promotion of 

effective moments of reflexion and Intercultural 

Dialogue. This work camp also includes four 

artistic workshops: Drama, Environmental 

Education, Dancing and Musical Expression 

“The sounds of the world”. The Workshop on 

Dancing and Musical Expression will take place 

at the same time. 






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Dão: €6.40. 






A Moving Village, Santa Comba Dão, 

Portugal 

SPORT 

Work: The camp subject is about social and 

communitarian intervention, Sports and Health 

– Intergenerational Contacts and Equal 

Opportunities. This Camp intends to benefit 

every one involved, both direct and indirectly, 

with two weeks in Movement, by giving to the 

entire community a Show of different sports, 

happening simultaneously in different grounds 

of the Municipality of Santa Comba Dão. 

Different Sports, from the most radical ones, 

like Slide, Rappel, TT, to the most traditional 

ones like traditional community games, 

promoting this way the intergenerational 

contacts and the richness of tits knowledge and 

life experiences. 



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Dão: €6.40. 






Dream of Jazz, Loulé, Portugal 

FEST 

Work: The project Dream of Jazz is strictly 

connected to the International Loulé Jazz 

Festival, mostly because this one was created 

to help in the promotion of the Festival. Besides 

the tasks of promotion/publicity, in the days of 

the shows part of the logistic of the Festival will 

be also in charge of the volunteers of the camp, 

but always saving time so that the participants 

can assist the shows. 


in a Gym of a school, and the food will be 

prepared by a cooker. 


Terminal/Region: FARO Airport distances 15 

KM from Loulé The organization will provide 

transportation from Faro airport to Loulé, for 

that to happen the participants must contact the 

organization to inform the hour of the arrival. 

LISBON-LOULÈ By train: Lisbon/ Station 

Oriente (08:40; 10:20; 13:20; 17:20; 18:40) = 

Price changes between 19€ or 17,50€ By train: 

Porto/Loulé (05:47; 06:52; 09:47; 13:47; 15:47) 

= Price changes between 46,50€ / 37,00€ or 

45,00€ (More information’s in: http://www.cp.pt) 

By Bus (daily): Lisbon (08:15; 10:30; 12:30; 

15:15; 18:30) = Price 17.50€ By Bus (Monday 

to Friday, except Holidays): Porto (06:00; 

08:00; 10:30; 14:00) = Price 24€ (More 

information’s in: http://www.rede-expressos.pt ) 






Dialogues between cultures, S. Pedro da 

Cova, Porto, Portugal 

Work: The general objective of this project is to 

foster intercultural dialogue as a process that 

enables a more opened and complex cultural 

environment to function. Conference, seminars 

and debates on the contexts of multiculturalism. 

Workshop of inquiry and publications (edition of 

a Bulletin and a page in the Internet) on the 

topic of multiculturalism in Portugal and Europe. 

Workshops and training courses which focus on 

the needs of children and young people. 

Festivals and reviews presenting and 

introducing the faces of multiculturality. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach 

Study: Pedro da Cova - Gondomar? PORTO – 

Study: PEDRO DA COVA (by bus) Bus Line 

801 ( 

Study: Bento Railway Station) - 15/15 minutes 

– 

Study: Pedro da Cova - Ticket price: € 1,35 

PORTO – 

Study: PEDRO DA COVA (by metro) Metro 

Line E (Aeroport Francisco Sá Carneiro) – 

15/15 minuts – Campo 24 Agosto - Ticket price: 

€ 1,45 Bus Line 801 (Campo 24 Agosto) - 

15/15 minutes – 

Study: Pedro da Cova - Ticket price: € 1,35 

Further information in http://www.stcp.pt / 

http://www.metrodoporto.pt 

Extra info: What to bring: Pillow, sleeping bag, 

sportive clothes and comfortable shoes, 

swimsults, articles personal hygiene, health 

card (E111) and identity card. 






Mãos À Obra – Let’s do itt, Vilar Formoso, 

Portugal 

Work: Our aim is to improve our sports facilities 

by creating a new area which will allow us to 

organize other kind of outdoor activities like 

mini-golf and athletics and some extreme 

sports such as sliding, escalade, rappel and 

skating. 

Accommodation: They’re assured by the 

association and the community center 

Language: Portuguese, French and Spanish 

Terminal/Region: How to get here By train: 

from Lisbon, Porto or abroad. Take the train to 

Vilar Formoso. You can hop off in Aldeia de 

Study: Sebastiao or Vilar Formoso. Call us and 

we’ll pick you up at the train station. By bus or 

car: From Lisbon: take the highway A1 to 

Torres Novas and then pick the A23 to Guarda, 

when you get there take the A25 to Vilar 

Formoso From Porto: take the highway A1 to 

Mealhada and then take the A25 to Vilar 

Formoso From abroad: Vilar Formoso is the 

Portuguese town in the border with Spain, ring 

us when you get there and we’ll pick you up. 






YouthEvora: Sport for all!, Évora, Portugal 

SPORT 

Work: Organization main aims for this work 

camp are: sportive events liveliness and 

promotion for young people living in rural areas 

near Évora. The activities will be done in the 

green areas of the rural areas. 


accommodated at Évora Senior University 

building. Meals will be served in the same 

place, prepared by a catering company 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Évora? 

LISBON – ÉVORA (131 km) By train: Lisbon/ 

Oriente Railway Station – Évora Railway 

Station; Train (Intercidades): Departure (07:51 

am; 01:51 pm; 05:51 pm). Arrival (09:50 am; 

03:50 pm; 07:50 pm). Ticket price: €10,00 Train 

(Intercidades and Regional): Departure (06:51 

pm). Arrival (08:57 pm). Ticket price: €11,50 

Further Information in www.cp.pt By bus: 

Lisbon/ Sete Rios Bus Station – Évora Bus 

Station; Departure: (08:00 am; 08:30 am; 09:30 

am; 10:30 am; 11:45 am; 12:00; 01:45 pm; 

02:15 pm; 04:00 pm; 05:15 pm; 05:45 pm; 

07:30 pm; 08:30 pm; 10:00 pm) Arrival: (09:30 

am; 10:15 am; 11:00 am; 12:15 pm; 01:35 pm; 

01:30 pm; 03:15 pm; 04:50 pm; 05:45 pm; 

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07:00 pm; 07:15 pm; 09:00 pm; 10:15 pm; 

11:45 pm). Ticket price: 10.80 €. Frequency: 

Daily Further Information in http://www.redeexpressos.pt/ 






Avanca 2008 International Work camp, 

Avanca, Portugal 

Study: With more than two decades of 

existence, Cine-Club of Avanca produces, 

distributes and exhibits cinema works and 

audiovisuals beyond organizing, since 1997, 

the International Meeting of Cinema, Television, 

Video and Multimedia&;. Volunteers in this work 

camp are involved in various levels of the 

organization, providing a determinant support 

for the success of this International Meeting. 

Being AVANCA an idea sharing favored space, 

creative fusion and cultural interchange 

between, professionals, students and cinema 

and multimedia lovers, IWC volunteers will 

naturally participate and dive in this 

international, culture and creative atmosphere. 

Accommodation: lodgment will be in tents in a 

specific place of Egas Moniz School, in Avanca 

School cook will provide meals. Some of these 

meals will take place in restaurants of Avanca 

Language: Portuguese, English, French and 

Spanish 

Terminal/Region: How to get to Avanca? To 

Foreign Volunteers that travel to Portugal by 

plane: Getting to Avanca since the International 

Airport of Lisbon www.ana.pt 1.Bus transfer to 

the train station of Lisboa-Santa Apolónia;. 

www.carris.pt or by Taxi. 2.Intercity Train 

Lisboa–Santa Apolónia – Aveiro or ALFA 

service train Lisboa-Santa Apolónia – Aveiro 

www.cp.pt 3.Urban Train North railway - Aveiro- 

Avanca www.cp.pt Getting to Avanca since the 

International Airport of Oporto www.ana.pt 

1.Surface subway transfer to the train station of 

Porto- São Bento www.metrodoporto.pt or by 

Taxi. 2.Urban Train North railway - Porto - São 

Bento - Avanca www.cp.pt 






PALOMBAR – Recover of a traditional 

pigeon house, Pena Branca, Portugal 

Work: Activities Dinamization of environmental 

education with young people; maintenance of 

pigeon houses; Training in areas of 

ecoconstrution; Participation in cultural events; 

Organization of the International fields of work. 

Development actions for the conservation of 

birds of prey. 

Accommodation: For some leisure activities 

and camp outgoings, camping in tents will be 

arranged. For most of working days people will 

be accommodated near Vilar Seco with minimal 

necessary conditions (electricity, hot and cold 

water, bathroom, kitchen, tables and chairs). 

We recommend volunteers to bring sleeping 

bags and camping tents; main meals will be 

prepared by volunteers with youth leaders’ 

help. 

Language: Portuguese, English, French and 

Castilian 

Terminal/Region: How to reach Vimioso? 

Option 

Accommodation: bus from LISBOA to 

MIRANDA DO DOURO (531 km) By bus (Rede 

Nacional de Expressos): Information in: 

http://www.rede-expressos.pt/ E-mail: 

rede.expressos@mail.telepac.pt Option 

Extra info: bus from PORTO to MIRANDA DO 

DOURO (359 km) By bus (Rede Nacional de 

Expressos): Information in: http://www.redeexpressos.pt/ 

E-mail: 

rede.expressos@mail.telepac.pt From Porto, 

also you can look in: www.rodonorte.pt 






Chã da Bica, Montalvo, Portugal 

ARCH 

Work: This work aims at continuing the digging 

started in 1999 in Chã da Bica archaeological 

station. Discoveries allow us to say that we are 

in the presence of a tardo roman thermal 

building of middle of III/IV century a.C. Field 

work will essentially consist of digging, 

gathering and registration of cultural materials, 

temporary storage of findings, design, 

topography and topographical survey. 


accommodated in their own camping tents at 

Constância Camping Park. Lunch and dinner 

will be served at Constância E.B.2.3/S Luis de 

Camões School. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Constância? 

Prior to reach Constância, you must reach 

Entroncamento. To reach Entroncamento: By 

train from Lisbon: 1st option Intercidades Train. 

Departure from Oriente Railway Station 

(Lisbon) - 01.04 pm. Arrival to Entroncamento 

Railway Station - 02.04 pm. Ticket price 10€. 

After your arrival to Entroncamento Railway 

Station please contact us (914738379 or 

962873840) and we will pick you up. 2nd option 

Regional Train. Departure from Oriente Railway 

Station (Lisbon) - 01.22 pm. Arrival to 

Entroncamento Railway Station – 02.41 pm. 

Ticket price: € 7,50. After your arrival to 

Entroncamento Railway Station please contact 

us (914738379 or 962873840) and we will pick 

you up. 






Óbidos for everyone, Óbidos, Portugal 

Work: -Offering thematic visits to get familiar 

with the Portuguese region. -Offering the 

contact with nature in many ways, such as the 

speleological way. -Having contact with other 

cultures. 


accomodated in the Óbidos sport complex 

Language: Portuguese, English, French 

Terminal/Region: How to reach Óbidos: -Train 

– DEPARTURE, Gare do oriente station, 

Lisbon (5:38, 6:38, 9:57, 17:17, 19:57) 

ARRIVAL Óbidos(8:16, 9:32, 13:03, 19:57, 

22:48) -Bus (Rápida Verde) – DEPARTURE, 

Campo Grande station, Lisbon (8:15, 9:30, 

12:00, 13:15, 15:45, 17:15, 18:15, 19:15, 20:15, 

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21:00) ARRIVAL Óbidos(9:20, 10:35, 13:10, 

14:20, 16:55, 18:20, 19:25, 20:25, 21:20, 

22:05) Furter information: Trains www.cp.pt 

Bus- www.rodotejo.pt and http://redeexpressos.pt 






Baco – Vale de Mouro, Coriscada, Portugal 

ARCH 

Work: Camp main objectives are: invigorating 

Vale do Mouro archeological project, divulging 

this patrimony, the local culture and the council. 


accommodated in building. They will be in 

charge of its organization and maintenance and 

main meals will be prepared by workers of the 

Association 

Language: Portuguese and French 

Terminal/Region: By train, from Lisbon to 

Celorico da Beira Railway Station or to Vila 

Franca das Naves Railway Station. Then catch 

a taxi (CSC may transport you in case of being 

contacted). In case you are coming from Porto 

you have to change train in Pampilhosa 

Railway Station. By bus (Joaltur), leaving 

Lisbon at 08:00 am near Sete Rios towards Vila 

Nova de Foz Côa. You must leave the bus in 

Rabaçal cross-roads (Meda Council) by 02:00 

pm and proceed on foot during 15 minutes (you 

may contact the association for transport). 

Lisboa – Guarda train schedule 






Dancing in the world, Carvalhais, Portugal 

Work: The camp’s theme is connected to the 

preparation and organization of a international 

world dance festival. Participants will have the 

opportunity to know the region’s natural and 

cultural patrimony. The program will include 

entertainment and inter cultural exchange of 

activities as well as dance workshops. 


accommodated in tents at Parque de 

Campismo do Bioparque – Bioparque 

Camping. Main meals will be prepared by 

participants with youth leaders’ help. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Carvalhais? 

By bus from Lisbon 1st option Express Bus 

(Rede Expressos): Lisbon – 

Study: Pedro do Sul Departure – 02:00 pm; 

Arrival – 06:15 pm By bus from Porto 1st option 

Express Bus (Rede Expressos): Porto - 

Study: Pedro do Sul Departure – 05:15 pm 

(bus changing in Albergaria); Arrival – 07:20 pm 

Go to: www.rede-expressos.pt 






Chalcedony, Braga, Portugal 

Work: The camp’s theme is related to 

environment and consists of infesting cleaning 

tasks in Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês – 

National Park of Peneda-Gerês, Park’s nursery 

up-keeping, works for Associação Pedras 

Brancas – Association White Rocks (involving 

linen cycle), works in the newer Garrano centre, 

fluvial beach cleaning. 

Accommodation: participants will be 

accommodated at Associação Pedras Brancas 

– White Rocks Association; food will be 

prepared by volunteers with the responsible 

cooker help. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Braga? From 

Lisbon: 1st option (Train) Lisbon / Oriente 

Railway Station - Braga: Catch a train 

(Intercidades or Alfa Pendular) to Braga’s 

Railway Station. Information in http://www.cp.pt 

2nd option (Bus) 31 of July: Lisbon / Oriente 

Railway Station (01:00 pm) – Braga (05:30 pm): 

ticket price: € 17.50 01 of August: Lisbon / 

Oriente Railway Station (09:00 am) – Braga 

(01:30 pm); ticket price: € 17.50 Information in 

http://www.renex.pt From Porto: 1st option 

(Train) Porto Campanhã – Braga Catch a train 

(Intercidades or Alfa Pendular or Urbano) to 

Braga’s Railway Station. Information in 

http://www.cp.pt 2nd option (Bus) 31 of July: 

Porto (04:30 pm) – Braga (05:30 pm); ticket 

price: € 4.50 01 of Agosto: Porto (12h00 am) – 

Braga (01h30 pm); ticket price: € 4.50 

Information In http://www.renex.pt 






Nature Conservation in the National Park of 

Peneda Gerês, Ponte da Barca, Portugal 

Work: The main objective of this project is to 

allow young people the opportunity to 

contribute to nature conservation in Portugal´s 

only national park, by carrying out activities that 

follow the principles of nature conservation and 

sustainability in line with local traditions and by 

involving the residents of the local rural 

community. In the morning, participants will be 

involved in volunteer work.The volunteers’ 

tasks will consist of defining, cleaning and 

interpret walking trails and possibly identify 

other opportunities for activities in the natural 

environment. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Lindoso? To 

get to Lindoso, you must first reach Ponte da 

Barca, except if you are traveling on Eurolines 

which has a stop in Lindoso. To get to Ponte da 

Barca: From Lisbon By train (option A): Lisboa 

St.ª Apolónia - Braga (option B): Lisboa St.ª 

Apolónia - Viana do Castelo (via Porto) 

Information at http://www.cp.pt By bus 

(Barquense): Lisboa (Gare do Oriente) at 

13h00-Ponte daBarca Information at 

http://www.barquenseviagens.com or 

geral@barquenseviagens.com or tel. 00 351 

258 452842 From Porto- By train (option A): 

Porto Campanhã - Braga (option B): Porto 

Campanhã - Viana do Castelo Information at 

http://www.cp.pt By bus (Barquense): Porto 

(Campo Mártires da Pátria) at 17h45-Ponte da 

Barca From Braga By bus: Braga (several 

departure times)-Ponte da Barca on Salvador 

Alves Pereira (tel. 00 351 258 521504 or 00 

351 258 521 303) or Barquense at 19h00. 

From Viana do Castelo- By bus (Barquense): 

Viana (12h15)-Ponte da Barca By bus (AV 

Cura): Viana (12h30 and 13h30)-Ponte da 

Barca. More information at 

avcura@mail.telepac.pt or tel. 00 351 258 806 

839 From Ponte da Barca – By bus: Ponte da 

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Barca (12h10 and 18h20) to (Parada) Lindoso 

on Salvador Alves Pereira (tel. 00 351 258 

521504 or 00 351 258 521 303) 

Extra info: Mobile phone no.: +351.96 70 50 

038 E-mail: cfernandes@estg.ipvc.pt Contact 

person: Carlos Fernandes 






Flavours of Native Land, Santa Comba Dão, 

Portugal 

Work: This Camp intends to preserve the 

history and the ancient recipes and put them in 

real practice, exhibiting the products in a 

Gastronomy Fair, basically of desserts. 

Interviews and practical workshops have as 

main objectives to collect testimonies and life 

stories about traditional cooking practices, 

enhancing the “Hows”, the whys” and the “what 

for”, promoting real intercultural dialogues at 

the dinning table, around the most delicious 

desserts of ancient times, from today and 

perhaps from the future…All the recipes will be 

preserved on a DVD e the special flavours can 

be tasted in the Gastronomic Fair. 






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Dão: €6.40 






A village meeting: São Lourenço’s Party, 

Santa Comba Dão, Portugal 

Study: This Camp intends to preserve a 

tradition – St. Lawrence Party. In 2007, for 

several reason the celebrations of St. Lawrence 

day didn’t take place. The Youth Association 

intends, in 2008, to bring back the tradition and 

with it bring together a whole village. 






room. 



Dão / 






























Dão: €6.40 






Apple\'s Route, Bragança, Portugal 

Work: The theme of the field is related to the 

environment and the natural environment in 

general the purpose is to supply to a greater 

approximation of the various communities and 

to drawing up for Community. The specific 

objectives of the healthy field proceed to the 

cleaning up of the edges of the Maças river, 

maintenance of mills, tourist environmental 

walks, a warm welcoming with the local 

community, cleaning of left garbage, leisure 

times on kayaks walks, trips to the frontier 

villages between Portugal and Spain, debates 

on the river maças and his edges, finishing with 

a acquaintance next to this river. 


at the communitarian home and eventually 

some days in tents in the Camping Park. The 

food will be made by volunteers and the 

presenters, as well as in restaurant. 

Language: Portuguese / Spanish / French 

Terminal/Region: How to get to Quintanilha 

Via Portugal Lisbon/Porto By train: Lisbon (Stª 

Apolónia) toward to Porto (Camapnhã) By bus 

(East Station) toward to Porto (Batalha Square 

or Trav. Passos Manuel) Timetable of the 

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“Rede de Expressos e Rodo Norte”, 5 to 6 daily 

buses Porto/Bragança By bus (Praça da 

Batalha ou Trav Passos Manuel) toward to 

Bragança Timetable of the “Rede de Expressos 

e Rodo Norte”, 5 to 6 daily buses 

Bragança/Quintanilha By bus (Station) toward 

to Quintanilha Timetable of the “Rodo Norte”, 

departure at 16,30 Via Spain Madrid/Zamora 

By bus Zamora/International bridge to 

Quintanilha By bus 90 Km International bridge 

to Quintanilha/Quintanilha 




Topic: Others 


Solidarity!, Granja do Ulmeiro, Portugal 

Work: In what concerns specific objectives of 

August 2008 work camp, these combine in the 

promotion of a global, active and understanding 

volunteering. Thus the specific objectives are: 

Promoting co-responsible volunteering and 

youth understanding; Promoting a work camp 

to educate and train youngsters for local 

intervention; Persuading youngsters to be 

multipliers of social and understanding 

economies practices; Placing the camp at the 

disposal of Granja do Ulmeiro community; 

Promoting intercultural learning. 


accommodated at AJP International Centre 

building. Meals will be prepared by volunteers 

with youth leaders’ help. 

Language: Portuguese, English and Spanish 

Terminal/Region: How to reach Granja do 

Ulmeiro/Alfarelos? From LISBON By train 

(Lisbon-Oporto): Lisbon / Oriente Railway 

Station (02:09 pm; 03:39 pm; 04:09 pm) – 

Coimbra B (03:45 pm; 05:31 pm; 05:45 pm). 

Ticket prices: € 20,00 / € 15,00. (Further 

information in http://www.cp.pt ) By Bus: Lisbon 

(02:00 pm; 02:30 pm; 03:15 pm) – Coimbra 

(04:25 pm; 04:50 pm; 05:40 pm). Ticket price: € 

10,80 (Further information in http://www.redeexpressos.pt 

) To Granja do Ulmeiro/Alfarelos: 

By train: Coimbra B (04:43 pm; 05:25 pm; 

06:23 pm) – Alfarelos (05:09 pm; 05:45 pm; 

06:40 pm). Tichet price: € 1,32. From PORTO 

By train (Porto-Lisbon): Porto (02:52 pm; 03:47 

pm; 04:47 pm) – Coimbra B (03:56 pm; 04:44 

pm; 05:44 pm) Ticket price: € 15 / € 10,5; 

(Further information in http://www.cp.pt ) By 

Bus: Porto (02:00 pm; 02:30 pm; 04:30 pm) – 

Coimbra (03:25 pm; 03:55 pm; 05:55 pm). 

Ticket price: € 10 (Further information in 

http://www.rede-expressos.pt ) To Granja do 

Ulmeiro/Alfarelos: By train: Coimbra B (04:43 

pm; 05:25 pm; 06:23 pm) – Alfarelos (05:09 

pm; 05:45 pm; 06:40 pm). Ticket price: € 1,32 







Intercutural Dialogue, Lisboa, Portugal 

KIDS 

Work: The workcamp will be in the Cultural 

Centre of Bairro da Quinta da Fonte, Apelação, 

in which the children and teenagers from the 

nearby social neighbourhood spend their free 

time. More or less 15,6% of the neighbourhood 

residents are foreigners, particularly from the 

Portuguese-speaking African countries During 

two weeks, the volunteers will participate in the 

implementation of certain activities that were 

previously planned and organized, for the 

children and teenagers that live in Bairro da 

Quinta da Fonte, Apelação. Additionally, the 

volunteers are expected to organise, as a team, 

leisure activities with the children and 

teenagers who use to go to the Centre. 

Accommodation: The volunteers will be 

hosted in the school of Apelação (15 minutes 

on foot from the Cultural Centre, where they will 

work). Tends will be provided by the school. 

Please bring your own sleeping bags and 

towels.Breakfast and dinner: will be prepared 

by the volunteers. lunch: Provided by the 

municipality. 


Terminal/Region: BY PLAIN: Once you are at 

the Lisbon Airport, You must take the bus 

number 208 or 750 (the bus costs more or less 

1,35 euros and the travel lasts around 15 min) 

to Estação do Oriente and get off in the last 

stop. If you are planning to arrive to Apelação 

by different means, please inform us in 

advance to give you further details. CAMP 

COORDINATORS PHONE NUMBER 

Study: Patrícia: Tel (00351) 91 791 65 20; 

patricia.gbaptista@gmail.com Ana Castanho: 

Tel (00351) 96 313 96 88; 

anacastanho@hotmail.com 






Arqueovento, Freixo de Numão, Portugal 

ARCH 

Work: The objective of this program is to give 

continuity to an archeological research project 

and the desire to turn the archeological place 

into a museum that has been developed since 

1980 with the permanent support of this 

association and the Portuguese Youth Institute. 

-Maintenance and restoration aiming at turning 

the archeological place into a museum; - 

Methodological digging, with an archaeologist 

help; -Soil riddling and floating aiming at 

collecting different elements (coals, seeds, 

bones …) for analysis; -Materials washing and 

labeling. 


accommodated at ACDR Youth Centre, 

composed of 2 dormitories and 8 rooms. Meals 

will be served in the youth centre restaurant. 


Terminal/Region: 1st option – By car - Coming 

from Porto use A25 road until Celorico da Beira 

turning to Vila Nova de Foz Côa. 4 Km before 

Vila Nova de Foz Côa use national road 222 

towards Freixo de Numão. - Coming from 

Lisbon or south use A23 road in Torres Vedras 

towards Guarda and use A25 road until 

Celorico da Beira changing to IP2 road towards 

Vila Nova de Foz Côa. 4 Km before Vila Nova 

de Foz Côa use national road 222 towards 

Freixo de Numão. - Coming from Spain use 

A25 road until Celorico da Beira and turn to IP2 

road towards Vila Nova de Foz Côa. 4 Km 

before Vila Nova de Foz Côa use national road 

222 towards Freixo de Numão. 2nd option – By 

bus Coming from anywhere in Portugal, catch a 

bus to Vila Nova de Foz Côa. Please contact 



Station. Coming from abroad take your way to 

Guarda where you will catch a bus to Vila Nova 

de Foz Côa. Please contact ACDR (phone no. 

00351 279 789 573) in advance so that we can 

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pick you up at the Bus Station. 3rd option – By 

train Coming from Porto catch a bus at Douro’s 

line, Campanhã Railway Station or 

Study: Bento Railway Station until Freixo de 

Numão – Mós do Douro Railway Station. 

Please contact ACDR (phone no. 00351 279 

789 573) in advance so that we can pick you up 

at the Railway Station because there are no 

other transfers to Freixo de Numão. Coming 

from abroad take your way to Guarda and catch 

a bus to Vila Nova de Foz Côa. Please contact 



Station. 






Penha Garcia – On the route of fossils 2008, 

Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal 

HERI 

Work: The work planification includes the 

turistic guide to icnofossils, paleozoic museum 

maintenance, and paleontologist patrimony 

cleanning. We also have planned some visits to 

Monsanto and Idanha-a-Velha historical 

villages, “Parque Natural do Tejo Internacional” 

and “Gardunha” mountain. 

Accommodation: Accomodation will be 

provided in a particular house placed in a 

Penha Garcia farm. Meals will be prepared by 

participants with monitors help. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Penha Garcia: 

We wait you to arrive the 13th of August, till 

17:00 o´clock, in the Castelo Branco Railway 

Station. The organization will provide the 

transport to Penha Garcia. To reach Castelo 

Branco city you can travel by train from Lisbon / 

Oriente Railway Station at 9:56 or 13:27 

(further information in: www.cp.pt), or by bus 

from Lisbon (near the zoo) at 9:50, 13:00 or 

14:00 and from Porto at 10:00 or 10:45 (further 

information in: www.rede-expressos.pt). It 

would be great if you could, previously, inform 

us about the prevision for your arrival. 






Traditional we also, Pechão, Portugal 

Work: The camp theme is related to Pechão 

Traditional Parties. There are different 

activities: cleaning, painting and signaling of the 

surrounding area as well as “small bridges” 

near the sport zone cleaning and painting. 

These activities will certainly give to young 

people a new contact with a different culture 

inserting them in an intercultural learning mind. 


accommodated in male and female dormitories 

with cabins especially placed in Pechão Sport 

Zone multivalent rooms.Some meals will be 

prepared at Brejo’s Social Centre and in the 

camp and others will take place in restaurants. 

Some meals will be prepared with volunteers 

participation, namely in the Centre and in the 

camp. Menu will be composed of regional food 

but always considering participants’ nourishing 

needs and habits. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Pechão? By 

train or bus from Lisbon: 1st option Lisbon / 

Oriente Railway Station – Faro / Olhão: Catch a 

train (Intercidades or Alfa) for Faro or Olhão 

Railway Station; then catch a bus from Faro or 

Olhão to Pechão (schedules and prices in 

Annex A) 2nd option Lisbon / Oriente Railway 

Station – Faro / Olhão: Catch a bus (Eva or 

Renex) for Faro or Olhão Bus Station; then 

catch another bus from Faro or Olhão to 

Pechão (schedules and prices in Annex A) By 

bus from Faro (airport): Option Faro Airport – 

Faro: Catch a bus (Urban) to Faro’s bus station; 

catch another bus from Faro to Pechão 






Adventure and Patrimony, Pombal, Portugal 

Work: Volunteers’ tasks will consist of cleaning 

the Anços River that springs up near Redinha. 

The participants will camp over at the 

installations of Quinta Sant’Ana. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Pombal? 

LISBON - POMBAL (by train) AP N0. 123 

Lisbon (Santa Apolonia Railway Station) - 

08:00 am – Pombal Railway Station - 09:28 – 

Ticket price: € 26 IC N0. 511 Lisbon (Santa 

Apolonia Railway Station) - 08:30 am – Pombal 

Railway Station 10:12 - Ticket price: € 17 IC 

N0. 523 Lisbon (Santa Apolonia Railway 

Station) - 09:30 am – Pombal Railway Station 

11:08 – Ticket price: € 17 Further information in 

http://www.cp.pt 

Extra info: Phone no.: +351.236 216 609 Fax 

no.: +351.236 216 609 e-mail: 

pombaljovem@clix.pt Contact person: Gil 

Barros 




2008 



3 Points… environment, animation and 

culture 2008, Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal 

Work: Phase I – “The village of Arcos de 

Valdevez” - preparation of the working spaces - 

definition of the animation types - preparation of 

the animation activities to develop with children 

Phase II – “Monte do Castelo Track Cleaning” - 

pedestrian track recognition and cleaning - 

cleaning of leisure spaces Phase III – 

“Community and Environment” - environmental 

and cultural sensitizing workshops - Rio Vez 

leisure spaces cleaning - Development of the 

animation activities near the children and the 

youngsters 

Accommodation: the volunteers will stay in 

“Pousadinha” a kind of Youth Hostel that 

belongs to the organization. This building was 

capacity to receive 30 persons at the same 

time; it was 7 rooms, 8 bathrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 

dinner room and a living room. Food: meals will 

be prepared by the volunteers with the help of 

the young leaders and/or the cook 


Terminal/Region: How to arrive in Arcos de 

Valdevez? LISBON – BRAGA Train: 

Lisbon/Orient Railway Station (08:04; 14:04; 

19:04) – Braga (11:55; 17:45; 22:45) (for further 

information consult www.cp.pt) Bus: 

Lisbon/Orient Railway Station (07:00; 08:30; 

13:00; 15:00; 16:30) – Braga (11:30; 13:40; 

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17:30; 19:30; 22:10) (for further information 

consult www.renex.pt) In order to obtain 

information about the trip that you must do to 

come to Arcos de Valdevez you must contact 

us to the e-mail: 

juv.asrjv.arcos@mail.telepac.pt or to the phone 

number: 00351 258514026, we will give you all 

the information necessary. 




2008 



MIMICK YOURSELF, Santa Comba Dão, 

Portugal 

Work: The Camp subject is about social and 

communitarian intervention and Intercultural 

Dialogue. The camp aims to promote mobility 

and youth exchange of Portuguese and 

European youngsters and intercultural 

dialogue, without words, through non-formal 

educational processes – Mimicks and Clown 

Techniques. Youngsters will participate in 

several workshops of Clown Techniques and 

Circus Arts and they will prepare a final 

exercise on the theme Cultural Diversity that 

will be integrated in the 9th Theatre Festival of 

the Youth Association that will be presented to 

the whole Local Community. 



Dão / 






























Dão: €6.40. 

Extra info: Camp Responsible Sónia Tomás 

Emergency Contacts 00 351 96 4072072 00 

351 96 2545555 




2008 



Euro.Abrantes III, Abrantes, Portugal 

Work: The camps’ theme is related to 

environment protection. It aims at carrying out 

environmental and leisure parks cleaning and 

maintaining tasks; rivulet fauna and flora 

cleaning and acknowledgement; ash trays 

cleaning and distribution at Nazaré beach; 

buildings façades and walls cleaning; waste 

gathering in Castelo de Almourol – Almourol 

Castle and Abrantes village; surveillance 

actions against fire, among others. 


accommodated in an apartment leased by 

Cres.Ser and meals will be prepared by 

volunteers with a cooker’s help. 

Language: English and Portuguese 

Terminal/Region: How to reach Abrantes? By 

train from Lisbon: Train (Intercidades) (Lisboa – 

Oriente Railway Station – 07:18 pm – Abrantes 

– 08:49 pm) or Inter-Regional (Lisboa – Oriente 

Railway Station 12:18 pm – Abrantes 01:58 

pm) Average ticket price: 10€ By bus from 

Lisbon: Sete Rios Bus Station (Rede Expresso 

– Lisbon) – 01:00 pm – Abrantes Bus Station – 

02:15 pm; Average ticket price – 8€ 




2008 



Gândaras open to the World, Lousâ, 

Portugal 

Work: This Camp is developed attending to 

promotion citizenship for young people that was 

related to international dimension as a way to 

do citizenship pratices. Volunteers’ tasks will 

be: cleaning the mill and surrounding area; 

leisure activities; social communication with 

local community; cultural visits in the region. 


accommodated in building. Meals will be 

prepared by volunteers with youth leaders help. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Lousã? Prior 

to reach Lousã, you must reach Coimbra. And 

to reach Coimbra: By train: Lisbon/ Oriente 

Railway Station (11:04 am; 01:04 pm; 02:04 

pm; 03:04 pm; 04:04 pm; 06:04 pm) – Coimbra 

B Railway Station (12:55 pm; 03:10 pm; 03:51 

pm; 05:12 pm; 05:59 pm; 08:09 pm). Ticket 

price: € 18 / €15. Porto/ Campanhã Railway 

Station (10:15 am; 12:10 pm; 02:15 pm; 03:10 

pm; 04:15 pm; 06:15 pm) – Coimbra B Railway 


pm; 05:17 pm; 07:20 pm) Ticket price: € 13/ € 

10; (Further information in http://www.cp.pt ) By 

bus: Lisboa Bus Station (02:00 pm; 02:30 pm; 

03:15 pm) – Coimbra Bus Station (04:25 pm; 

04:50 pm; 05:40 pm). Ticket price: € 10,80 

Porto Bus Station (02:00 pm; 02:30 pm; 04:30 

pm) – Coimbra Bus Station (03:25 pm; 03:55 

pm; 05:55 pm). Ticket price: € 10 (Further 

information in http://www.rede-expressos.pt ) 




2008 



Dialog for an intercultural suburb, Lousâ, 

Portugal 

Work: Regarding the objectives of the 

workcamp: We want to: –o promote intercultural 

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learning -to organize pedagogical activities for 

children and young people –To develop non 

formal education methodologies –To motivate 

for responsible and active participation –To 

valorize the potential, creativity and dynamism 

of a group of young people from disadvantaged 

backgrounds –To give to know other kind of 

realities and forms of doing and working on 

social inclusion –To improve the physical and 

human conditions of the living contexts in this 

suburb 


accommodated in a flat provided by the 

municipality. Meals will be prepared by 

volunteers with youth leaders’ help. 

Language: Portuguese, English , french and 

Spanish 

Terminal/Region: How to reach Coimbra / 

Bairros do Planalto? LISBON By train: Lisbon / 

Oriente Railway Station – Coimbra B / Ticket 

prices: € 20,00 / € 15,00. (Further information in 

http://www.cp.pt ) By Bus: Lisbon – Coimbra - 

Ticket price: € 10,80 (Further information in 

http://www.rede-expressos.pt ) PORTO By 

train: Porto – Coimbra B - Ticket price: € 13 / € 


Bus: Porto – Coimbra - Ticket price: € 10 

(Further information in http://www.redeexpressos.pt 

) 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Intercultural Granja, Granja do Ulmeiro, 

Portugal 

Study: In what concerns specific objectives of 

September 2008 work camp, these combine in 

the promotion of a global, active and 

understanding volunteering. Thus the specific 

objectives are: Promoting co-responsible 

volunteering and youth understanding; 

Promoting a work camp to educate and train 

youth for local intervention; Persuading youth to 

be multipliers of social and understanding 

economies practices; Placing the camp at the 

disposal of Granja do Ulmeiro community; 

Promoting intercultural learning. 


accommodated at AJP International Centre 

building. Meals will be prepared by volunteers 

with youth leaders’ help. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Ganja do 

Ulmeiro/Alfarelos? From LISBON By train 

(Lisbon-Oporto): Lisbon / Oriente Railway 

Station (02:09 pm; 03:39 pm; 04:09 pm) – 

Coimbra B (03:45 pm; 05:31 pm; 05:45 pm). 

Ticket prices: € 20,00 / € 15,00. (Further 

information in http://www.cp.pt ) By Bus: Lisbon 

(02:00 pm; 02:30 pm; 03:15 pm) – Coimbra 

(04:25 pm; 04:50 pm; 05:40 pm). Ticket price: € 

10,80 (Further information in http://www.redeexpressos.pt 

) To Granja do Ulmeiro/Alfarelos: 

By train: Coimbra B (04:43 pm; 05:25 pm; 

06:23 pm) – Alfarelos (05:09 pm; 05:45 pm; 

06:40 pm). Tichet price: € 1,32. From PORTO 

By train (Porto-Lisbon): Porto (02:52 pm; 03:47 

pm; 04:47 pm) – Coimbra B (03:56 pm; 04:44 

pm; 05:44 pm) Ticket price: € 15 / € 10,5; 

(Further information in http://www.cp.pt ) By 

Bus: Porto (02:00 pm; 02:30 pm; 04:30 pm) – 

Coimbra (03:25 pm; 03:55 pm; 05:55 pm). 

Ticket price: € 10 (Further information in 

http://www.rede-expressos.pt ) To Granja do 

Ulmeiro/Alfarelos: By train: Coimbra B (04:43 

pm; 05:25 pm; 06:23 pm) – Alfarelos (05:09 

pm; 05:45 pm; 06:40 pm). Ticket price: € 1,32. 




2008 



Biological agriculture, Carvalhais, Portugal 

AGRI 

Work: The camp’s theme is connected to learn 

techniques and advantages of the biological 

agriculture. 


accommodated in student’s residence and/or 

tents at Parque de Campismo do Bioparque – 

Bioparque Camping. Main meals will be 

prepared by participants with youth leaders’ 

help. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Carvalhais? 

By bus from Lisbon 1st option Express Bus 

(Rede Expressos): Lisbon – 

Study: Pedro do Sul -Departure – 02:00 pm; 

Arrival – 06:15 pm By bus from Porto 1st option 

Express Bus (Rede Expressos): Porto - 

Study: Pedro do Sul -Departure – 05:15 pm 

(bus changing in Albergaria); Arrival – 07:20 pm 

Go to: www.rede-expressos.pt The ply between 

Study: Pedro do Sul and Carvalhais will be 

arranged by the Centre. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Fair Trade and Bio Festivities, Amarante, 

Portugal 

Work: The theme of this International 

Workcamp is related to Fair Trade and 

Biological Production.Its objectives and tasks 

will be to know and spread the concepts 

sustaining Fair Trade and Biological 

Production, to help small biological producers 

of Amarante (vintage, cleaning, fruit and 

vegetables gathering, aromatic herbs picking, 

etc.), to organize during 2\3 days an Fair and 

Biological Trade Market and visit stores and 

places selling Fair and Biological Trade 

products. 


accommodated at Casa de Cultura e Juventude 

de Amarante – Amarante's Youth and Culture 

House and main meals will be prepared by an 

fair trade organization (Cor de Tangerina) 

managing a vegetarian and biological 

restaurant. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Amarante? 

The reference will always be the Amarante 

Tourism Station (Amarante Town Hall building 

– Alameda Teixeira de Pascoaes) and the 

contact phone will always be the mobile phone 

no. (+351) 913 051 999 (Miguel Pinto). LISBON 

- PORTO By train: Lisbon / Oriente Railway 

Station (every hour beginning at 05:55 am until 

06:55 pm) – Porto / Campanhã Railway Station 

(hour beginning at 09:05 am until 09:05 pm 

09:05) – Ticket price: from € 19,50 to €27,50 

(For further information see http://www.cp.pt) 

By bus: Lisbon (every hour starting at 07:00 am 

until 12:00 am and 03:00 pm) – Porto (10:25 

am; 11:30 am; 12:25 am; 03:30 pm; 06:30 pm) 

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– Ticket price: € 15,50 (For further information 

see http://www.rede-expressos.pt) PORTO- 

AMARANTE By train: Porto (07:26 am; 11:26 

am; 03:26 pm) - Changing at Livração - 

Amarante: (08:54 am; 12:54 pm; 04:54 pm). 

Ticket price: € 6,87 (For further information see 

http://www.cp.pt) By bus: Porto (07:00 am; 

08:00 am; 09:00 am; 10:00 am; 11:00 am; 

01:00 pm; 03:00 pm) – Amarante (07:50 am; 

08:50 am; 09:50 am; 10:50 am; 11:50 am; 

01:50 pm; 03:50 pm) – Ticket price: € 5,20 (For 

further information see http://www.rodonorte.pt) 




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Serra da Lousã Mills Track III, Lousâ, 

Portugal 

Work: Volunteers’ tasks will be: cleaning the 

mills and surrounding area; equip mills track 

with signs; leisure activities; social 

communication with local community; cultural 

visits in the region. 


accommodated in building. Meals will be 

prepared by volunteers with youth leaders help. 


Terminal/Region: How to reach Lousã? Prior 

to reach Lousã, you must reach Coimbra. And 

to reach Coimbra: By train: Lisbon/ Oriente 

Railway Station (11:04 am; 01:04 pm; 02:04 

pm; 03:04 pm; 04:04 pm; 06:04 pm) – Coimbra 

B Railway Station (12:55 pm; 03:10 pm; 03:51 

pm; 05:12 pm; 05:59 pm; 08:09 pm). Ticket 

price: € 18 / €15. Porto/ Campanhã Railway 


pm; 04:15 pm; 06:15 pm) – Coimbra B Railway 


pm; 05:17 pm; 07:20 pm) Ticket price: € 13/ € 


bus: Lisboa Bus Station (02:00 pm; 02:30 pm; 

03:15 pm) – Coimbra Bus Station (04:25 pm; 

04:50 pm; 05:40 pm). Ticket price: € 10,80 

Porto Bus Station (02:00 pm; 02:30 pm; 04:30 

pm) – Coimbra Bus Station (03:25 pm; 03:55 

pm; 05:55 pm). Ticket price: € 10 (Further 

information in http://www.rede-expressos.pt ) 

From Coimbra to Lousã: You must catch a sub 

urban train in Coimbra Parque Railway Station 

(near the river, in front of Parque Verde 

Mondego). The trip lasts for 50 minutes and 

you must leave the train in Lousã A Railway 

Station (the next one after Meiral Railway 

Station). Train schedule for Sunday: 7:09 am, 

8:59 am, 10:19 am, 12:59 pm, 03:44 pm, 05:11 

pm, 06:39 pm, 09:15 pm, 12:20 am. Ticket 

price: €2.08 


. Romania - SCI Romania 



Campcode:RO-SCI-9-1 

Matau 

Mãþãu is a village based south part of 

Romania, near Campulung Muscel. It is know 

for the highest hill in Romania (1017 m) and 

also for the largest number of intellectuals in 

the country. 


hosted in a students' shelter. Toilets and 

washing places will be available. 

Work: During the workcamp the volunteers will 

help arranging a park for the people in Matau 

with benches and places where children can 

play. Study part: Meting local people who also 

participate in the works around the camp, 

presentation of the local traditions. The camp 

will also be visited by a Peace Messenger from 

SCI-Romania. 



1. Russia - Passage Zebra Russia 



Campcode:RU-PZ-9-1 

MUSIC DIVING, Kaluga 

The festival Empty Hills(Kaluga region). 

Recently there have appeared more and more 

musicians whose style cannot be described 

within the frames of standard pop-culture. At 

the same time various original ways of 

promoting ideas have developed. These 

conditions were enough to start an annual nonformat 

music festival Empty Hills. The 5-day 

open-air event in June 2007 gathered 15000 

people and more than 100 bands on 4 stages. 

The atmosphere of freedom, culture diversity, 

friendship, esthetical enjoyment and unity gave 

rise to a huge volunteer movement. The festival 

background developed into exceptional 

conditions for creative forms of promoting ideas 

of peace, human rights, environmental 

protection. 

Language: The festival camp is situated in the 

countryside among the cities of Moscow, 

Kaluga and Tula. It is far from civilization 

although the ambulance and the police will be 

present there. W. Volunteers will work about 6 

hours a day and help with installing the stages, 

putting the decorations, registration of the 

participants, collecting garbage, selling T-shirts, 

distributing leaflets, taking lots of pictures and 

making notes. 2 volunteers of the group will 

help daily in the open-air canteen. After the 

event you will move to Kaluga or Moscow (to be 

confirmed) and make reports about the festival 

in English. These reports will be used on the 

English version of the website . Please note, 

that the work during the festival can be 

physically hard (but all open-air!) and the 

working schedule can vary from a day to a day 

(sometimes the help is necessary in the early 

morning when the trash from the night party is 

to be picked up). Please bring your camera! 

Accommodation: The conditions of your stay 

are very basic, even survival. You will stay in 

tents for 7 or 8 days – and in host families in 

Tula/Kaluga/Moscow (to be confirmed). A 

sleeping bag and a sleeping mat are absolutely 

necessary. The eco-toilet will be available, but 

the shower will be naturally heated from the 

sun. Generally everybody at the festival swims 

in the river (please take your swimming suite, a 

cap and sun cream – it’s going to be sunny and 

hot!). Please note, that no Internet access and 

no telephone connection (except for emergent 

calls) will be available during the festival days, 

but you can easily use both during the city part. 

F. Volunteers will have meals in the open-air 

canteen of the festival. Please, inform us in 

advance if you are vegetarian. During the home 

stay the meals will be provided with the host 

family. E. The festival provides a wide range of 

entertainments: apart from high-quality music it 

offers drums and dance workshops, fire shows, 

etc. During your stay in a host family you will 

have a chance to try traditional Russian food 

and to learn more about the Russian culture. 

NB. Please note that the camp is not 

recommended to people with the poor health 

since the physical work is all in the open air 

(take a raincoat and hard shoes and long 

trousers & long-sleeved coat in case of a rain, 

mosquitoes and cross-country strolls), it can be 

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hot during the day and the working schedule 

can be split into several sessions some of 

which are to be done even late at night or early 

in the morning. 


2. Russia - World 4U Russia 



Campcode:RU-W4U-6-1 

Moscow backwoods, Moscow 

Nature-historical park “Bitsevski Les” is situated 

in the south-west of Moscow. It’s a forest 

unique with its landscapes and interesting 

environment. There are ponds and springs, hills 

and meadows, you can easily meet lots of 

squirrels and birds in the forest. The park 

authority is located on the edge of the forest. 

It’s an enclosed territory where you can find 

squirrels, pheasants, ducks in the open-air 

cages, a pharmaceutical garden, exposition of 

rare plants, and benches perfect for sunbathing 

in free time :)The park authority is close to the 

metro station and a food/clothes market. The 

group task is to make a path to the class under 

open sky (about 5 m long); to make a ground 

under the class and to plant some bushes and 

flowers around it; to start verandah construction 

by the ecocentre building. Other time you will 

also take care of flowers and herbs, clean 

forest, plant the grass, cut bushes, and dig the 

ground round the trees. Also possible is one or 

two days visiting and helping some other 

Moscow parks.The camp will start from Russian 

language lessons to make you feel here more 

comfortable. The group will live in a school 20- 

30 minutes walking (or 1 stop by metro) from 

the park authority in two classes on the floor on 

sport mats. Shower is very small with warm (not 

really hot) water. If the weather is fine and if 

you want it will be also possible to stay in tents 

in the territory of the park authority. You will do 

cooking by your own (so don’t forget recipes of 

your traditional food). Shopping will be done by 

the camp coordinators in the open-air market or 

supermarket with help of the kitchen team. We 

have Internet-access in the park authority, so 

it’s not a problem for mailing in the evenings. 

Sightseeing tour to Moscow famous places, 

including Kremlin and Red Square at the first 

weekend of the camp, excursions in the park 

and the city center, Moscow River small cruise, 

visiting Tretiakov Gallery and other museums, 

Moscow Zoo, going to the ballet, playing 

paintball, having traditional dinner in Russian 

families. Also possible are Night clubs, seeing 

small towns and monasteries in Moscow 

surrounding, visiting traditional Russian sauna 

(banya) in countryside and other activities you 

wish. Some excursions are free, for entering 

museums you will have to pay. The camp 

schedule is quite flexible, so it will be possible 

to combine work and free time due to the group 

wishes and museums’ opening times. 1. Only 

MOTIVATED volunteers are welcome. If you 

want to explore Moscow only, please visit it with 

your travel agent.2. Living conditions are very 

simple! Please be ready to this.3. Please bring 

working clothes, sleeping bag, mat (if you plan 

to stay in a tent for some nights), photos and 

cards of your country & city/town, your favourite 

music etс. Don’t forget good mood and creative 

ideas!Motivation letter is required! 


3. Russia - SFERA Russia 



Campcode:RU-SF-5-2 

\"CENTAUR-1\", Karelia, Petrozavodsk 

Republic of Karelia is situated in the north-west 

part of Russia. The most of the territory is Taiga 

area and half of it is covered with forests of 

pines and birch trees. It is often said that 

Karelia consists of stones, lakes and forests. 

The region is famous for its high ecology and 

diversity of flora and fauna. The camp takes 

place in Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia 

republic which has been found by Piter the 

Great simultaneously with St.Petersburg in 

1703. Initially it was a small settlement 

supplying the weapon factory. Nowadays it is a 

very nice, modern and clean city with highly 

developed industry and very active social life. 

The project is organized in cooperation with 

youth organization "Centaur" which is active in 

the field of work with disabled children 

especially using the method of horsing therapy. 

Work: Volunteers are expected to help to 

conduct the work with disabled children in a 

day-to-day life as well as during the horsing 

therapy as horse-breeders. Furthermore 

participants will look after the horses - help with 

cleaning, feeding and taking care of them. Also 

volunteers will be involved in renovation of fans 

of the riding-hall for horses, cleaning the 

territory for the new riding hall and probably in 

construction of the consumer services building. 

Study: Volunteers will be trained with the basic 

principles of conducting activities with children 

with disabilities as well as will get to know how 

to work with horses and use the horsingtherapy. 

Leisure time: Excursions round 

Petrozavodsk city and visits to local museums. 

Boat trips to islands. Sport activities and games 

such as football, volleyball, badminton etc. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will live in the 

wood building of the youth organization (3 

persons per room). The canteen is situated in 

the same building, volunteers will be asked to 

help with cooking. The shower is available in 

the next building of orphanage. In case of 

necessity volunteers could be hosted by 

families of Russian participants of the work 

camp. 

Language: English, any level of Russian is 

welcomed. 

Terminal/Region: Petrozavodsk train station 

and airport. 

Location: Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, 

Russia. 

Extra info: Don't forget to take a sleeping bag, 

warm and waterproof clothes, national music 

CDs, games and good mood. 


4. Russia - Ecocenter Zapovedniks Russia 



Campcode:RU-ECZ-6-1 

Dealing with forest fire (Moscow region) 

The project is organized by Ecological Center 

Zapovedniks (ECZ) in cooperation with 

Greenpeace Russia and Administration of 

protected areas of Taldom. Nature Reserve 

Zhuravlinaya Rodina; and joined territory suffer 

from fire every summer. Often it happens 

because of local people, who burn dry grass. 

Every year hundreds of birds and animals die 

because of people's foolishness. There were 

also cases of people deaths and houses are 

burnt quiet often. The grey crane and many 

rare and Red Book's birds nest on the territory 

of the Reserve. That's why this place attracts 

eco-tourists and birdwatchers. The main aim of 

the work camp is to teach volunteers how to 

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deal with fire on the nature territories, including 

preventive measures against fire. We will work 

out a plan how to protect other green territories 

from fire in those regions, from which 

volunteers come from and where they can 

initiate such work upon return. 

Language: English, Russian could be useful. 

Work: lectures and practical trainings on 

extinguishing of fire; reconstruction of 

ecological trail, rubbish on river banks cleaning, 

help in a forest nursery in the ecologic station, 

ecologic lessons for local people. 

Accommodation: wooden house with beds. 

The house is in a village, the nearest town is in 

10 km, Moscow is in 120 km. Toilet and shower 

are outside and very simple. Water from well. 

Banya (Russia sauna) is possible. Swimming in 

the pond. Cooking by themselves. Separate 

rubbish collecting. 

Study: Lecture or film about ecologic system in 

Russia, study trips, bird watching and plants 

learning, the Crane museum, excursion to the 

fire station. 

Terminal/Region: Moscow train station or 

airport. 

Qualifications: Motivation letter on separate 

list explaining how you plan to use this 

knowledge in future. 11 vols will be Russian. 






\"FAR-FAR EAST\", Republic of Saha 

(Yakutia) 

The republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is part of Far 

East Federal district of the Russian Federation. 

The area of Yakutia territory is more than 3 

million square kilometers; it is the fifth part of 

the country. The territory of Republic occupies 

almost all northeast part of the Asian continent, 

having stretched with the north on the south on 

2000 km and from the west to the east - on 

2500 km. Republic of Sakha is not only the 

biggest region of Russia, but also the most 

severe on climatic conditions. In the sharp - 

continental climate of Yakutia the amplitude of 

fluctuations of temperature of air makes 100°C 

(from +40°C in the summer up to-60°C in the 

winter). The republic has rich natural resources 

such as diamonds, gold, stone and brown coal, 

iron ores, natural gas, tin, tungsten etc. The 

camp is organized in cooperation with Yityk 

Kuel village school on the base of the literary 

and art museum reserve. 

Work: The general aim of the workcamp is the 

creation of the Internet website of virtual 

museum of the culture, traditions and history of 

the ancient Yakut nationality - Olonkho. With 

this purpose volunteers will be asked to make 

digital pictures of the exhibits of the literary and 

art museum, to translate descriptions of the 

exhibits for the virtual museum, to research the 

daily life of the inhabitants of the village in order 

to write articles for publishing in the Internet 

and to make a small movie about the life in 

Yakutia. Another kind of work for volunteers is 

organizing language workshops and 

presentations of the countries they come from 

for local youth. 

Study: Volunteers will get acquainted with 

specific Yakut culture. Also volunteers will 

participate in handicraft workshops. Leisure 

time: Excursions to the unique open-air 

memorial museum of the political reference. 

Volunteers will participate in rafting by the river 

Amga and night show. Also volunteers will have 

opportunity to play Yakutsk national musical 

instrument - khomus. They will have meetings 

with the unique alive carrier of the Yakut heroic 

epos Olonkho. 

Accommodation: building with simple 

conditions: washstand, toilet and summer 

showers are outside. The meal will be prepared 

by local cooker, volunteers will have chance to 

try national meat and vegetarian cuisine. 


welcomed. 

Terminal/Region: Yakutsk airport, train station. 

Location: Yityk Kuel village, Tattinskiy ulus, 

Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia. 

Extra info: Don't forget to bring sleeping bags. 

The bus trip from Yakutsk to the workcamp 

place will be organized and will take 5 hours. 






\"SIBERIAN MIRACLE OF NATURE\", 

Krasnoyarsk, the river Mana 

Krasnoyarsk is the largest industrial and 

cultural center of Eastern Siberia, capital of 

Krasnoyarsk region. The jail was founded in 

1628 in the center of Russia between small 

river Kachi and great Yenisei. The status of the 

city of Krasnoyarsk has received in 1690 when 

Siberia has been finally attached to Russia. In 

1822 it became the center of the Yenisei 

province. There are unique landscapes, 

mountain landscapes, a mighty Siberian wood 

and well-known reserve "Stolby". This creation 

of the nature represents exotic rocky 

eminences among a taiga in spurs of East 

Sayan Mountains. Territory of reserve is 47 000 

hectares. The camp is organized in cooperation 

with Ecological - computer center of 

Krasnoyarsk city which is working in the field of 

ecological education for youth. 

Work: The camp consists of 2 parts- ecological 

events in the Krasnoyarsk city and rafting along 

the river Mana. During work in city the 

volunteers will be asked to help in preparation 

for ecological campaigns and educational work 

for visitors of the reserve "Stolby" park of flora 

and fauna "Roev Ruchey", tourist complex 

"Bobrovyi Log". During rafting by the river Mana 

the volunteers will have educational work 

among tourists, cleaning banks of the river. 

Also, volunteers will be asked to organize 

English and German lessons for Russians 

students participants of the camp. 


specific Russian Siberian culture. Also 

volunteers will participate in ecological 

workshops. Leisure time: excursions round the 

city Krasnoyarsk, to museums, natural reserve 

"Stolby". During rafting by the river the 

volunteers will participate in carnival, play 

volleyball, traditional Russian games, walk in 

the forest. 

Accommodation: in Krasnoyarsk volunteers 

will live in the Russians families of camp's 

participants. During rafting along the river 

volunteers will live in tents, food will be 

prepared on fire. 

Language: English, Russian is welcome. 

Terminal/Region: Krasnoyarsk train station, 

airport 

Location: Krasnoyarsk region, Krasnoyarsk, 

Area Mansky, river Mana. 

Extra info: An encephalitis vacation is strongly 

recommended! Don't forget to take a sleeping 

bag, warm and waterproof clothes, crème 

against mosquitoes, national music CDs, 

games and good mood. Also it would be great if 

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volunteers can bring a plate, a spoon and a cup 

(metal or plastic ones to use while rafting). 






Park Kuz’minki, Moscow 

The project is organized by Ecological Center 

Zapovedniki (ECZ) and Nature Historical Park 

Kuz’minki. Kuz’minki is unique territory with 

beautiful nature and old architecture. The 

archeologists found steps of bee-hunters tribes 

who lived there in XI – XIII. Since that time 

beekeeping is very popular in there. In XVII 

Peter I presented these lands to the barons 

Stroganov’s when farmsteads were 

established. There are many rare birds and 

plants which are registered in the Red Book. In 

2006 2 ecological trails were opened, one of 

them for handicapped children. Now Park is 

very famous and favorite recreation zone for 

many people. This fact has a back side – 

garbage in the Park and destroyed culture and 

nature objects. People can’t keep the Park in 

order enough to prevent all possible destruction 

and that’s why help of volunteers is very 

necessary and important. The aim of the project 

is to help the Park stuff take care of the Park 

territory, to promote volunteers ideas among 

local people and pay more attention to the 

Park’s life. The main work activity will take 

place in the Park administration (EcoCenter). 

The nearest metro station is in 30 minutes’ walk 

or in 15 min by bus. 


Work: volunteers will take care of flower 

garden and work in tree garden, to keep the 

farmstead and Park in order – to cut bushes, to 

improve landscape, to renovate an ecological 

tourist trail, to build duck-house; to organize 

and participate in the ecological action with and 

for the locals. 

Accommodation: kindergarten or school. More 

details about the accommodation TBC. 

Lunches in canteen, breakfasts and dinners 

cooked by yourself. 

Study: ecological and historical excursions – 

“one day from the real forester’s life”, Horses 

Yard, the Museum of ancient cars, Kuzminki 

farmstead; excursions to the Moscow Parks, 

Zoo and Dolphin show; Kremlin, Mausoleum, 

boat trip on the Moscow River. English 

Terminal/Region: Moscow train station or 

airport. 


8. Russia - Siberian Creative Group Russia 




Campcode:RU-SCG-1-1 

“Nukher gathers friends,” Barguzin valley 

Barguzin and Kurumkan regions of the 

Republic of Buryatia are situated to the northeast 

of lake Baikal in a picturesque valley of 

Barguzin river between two snow-covered 

mountain ridges. The valley is rich in natural 

and archeological monuments. Among them 

there are sacred places of Buryats: a bullstone, 

healing mineral springs, and ancient rock 

paintings. Buryats constitute 30% of the 30,000 

population of the valley. “Nukher” in Buryat- 

Mongolian means “friend,” “guard”. In 2006 

“The First Nukher of Chingis khan” was 

produced by Ulan-Ude film studio “Urga” 

dedicated to the beginning of life-long 

friendship between Chingis khan – Temijin and 

Boorchu, his 1st knight. Since it is the 1st film in 

Buryat devoted to the heroic forefathers of 

Buryat nation it has become an important 

phenomenon in contemporary life of the 

Buryats. What is it to be a modern nukher? 

How to adapt new ideas to ancient traditions? 

The main idea of the workcamp “Nukher 

gathers friends” is to promote liberal values, 

human rights education and intercultural 

dialogue. Being a part of the YTNF project the 

workcamp will contribute to the overcoming of 

isolation of Buryat villagers and their inclusion 

into global democratic processes. Volunteers 

should bring with them materials in order to 

present situation with human rights in their 

countries in an innovative and creative way. 

Study: The vols will stay in a typical Buryat 

village and will learn Buryat culture via 

communication with local inhabitants and vols. 

They will also have a short introduction into 

Buryat history and traditions. Horse has always 

had an important place in Buryat-Mongolian life 

and culture being a close friend of a nomad. As 

Buryat epics say, a hero and his destrier are 

born on the same day. Many poetic words and 

songs are devoted to the horse in Buryat oral 

tradition. The vols will learn the Buryat way of 

horse rearing and horsemanship. 

Work: traveling on horseback to Buryat villages 

giving HR presentations. In order to promote 

Buryat culture and language “The First Nukher 

of Chingis khan” will be shown in Buryat 

villages as a part of HR presentations. 

Accommodation: In a village school. Sleeping 

bags are required. 






Groooooshine Grooooove,Samara region 

Samara Region is situated in the midland of 

Russia. It is considered one of the most 

beautiful places in the country because of its 

picturesque landscapes and favorable 

geographical position. Long rows of Zhiguli 

Mountains stretch along the biggest river in 

Europe - Volga. Samara has a rich history and 

cultural life. There are many historical 

monuments, old buildings and museums, 

theatres and exhibitions here. Every summer, 

Samara hosts the Grushin Festival, devoted to 

a musical genre called "Bard singing". These 

are lyrical songs usually accompanied by the 

guitar and comparable with the French 

chanson. Some 150 thousand fans from all 

over the Russia, Ukraine and other countries 

come to listen to performances by the most 

famous artists in the genre. People live in tents 

during the festival and while direct personal 

contact among the fans and performers is a big 

part of the fun. 

Work: The project consists of two parts: first, 

the assistance in organizing the Grushin 

festival, the annual national festival of bard 

music. The second part of the project will deal 

with preparation of the performance of the 

modern Russian children fairytale and later on 

the international and Russian volunteers will 

visit some children summer camps of Samara 

region with the show. 

Accommodation: For the period of the festival 

you will live in tents and cook by yourselves. 

Please, bring the national recipes. When the 

festival is over you will be engaged in the 

territory cleaning together with the rest of the 

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staff. Then you go back to Samara and will live 

in the SSTTU dormitory. For the boarding 

school #117 in Samara accommodation will be 

provided in a classrooms. Girls will live in one 

room and boys in another with shared toilet and 

bathroom. You will cook by your own in a 

kitchen of the school. Free time activities. 

Festival: you can take sunbaths and swim in 

the river Volga as well as take part in concerts 

and sports competitions (football, boating, 

sailing etc). There is a grand final show where 

you can take pictures of the winners of the 

festival. Samara: you will enjoy a cultural 

program in Samara including river trips, visits of 

Stalin Bunker, different museums etc. 

Language: English R: Do not forget to take a 

sleeping bag, a tent, spoons and plates, 

musical instruments and national costumes with 

you. 

Location: Samara region , the Volga river 

island 

Terminal/Region: 31 June (Moscow, World4U 

office) or 1 July (Samara) 






MUSIC APPRENTICE, Krasnoyarsky krai 

“The Sayan Ring Festival”, Krasnoyarsky krai. 

The 5-day-long festival demonstrates 

performing arts of the South-East Siberia 

including traditional overtone singing, playing 

folk instruments, ritual dancing, shamanistic 

ceremonies – and apart from this - outstanding 

world-music players from Russia and from 

abroad (e.g. last year they had guests from 

France, Scotland, etc.). 

Language: The fest takes place in 

Shushenskoe – a small town situated in 80km 

from the capital of Khakassy, Abakan. This part 

of South-East Siberia is covered in taiga 

forests, while the town itself is very near the 

world-known Yenisey river. W. Volunteers will 

work 4-6 hours a day, during which they will be 

involved into the technical support of the 

festival (installing the stage, picking up 

garbage), as well as actively participating in the 

informational area, e.g. preparing seminars and 

performing, talking to the participants and mass 

media representatives, taking pictures, writing 

reports in English. These reports will be used 

for the English version of the website. Please 

note, that the work during the festival can be 


working schedule can vary from a day to a day. 

Please bring your camera! 

Accommodation: You will live in bungalows in 

the holiday center situated near by the festival 

place. The holyday center has much in 

common with a camping: shower and toilet are 

outside. F. The meals will be provided by the 

Festival Commettee, 3 times/day in the 

canteen. ). Please note that vegetarian food is 

not easily available in the canteen since it’s not 

really popular in Siberia. E. The festival 

provides a wide range of entertainments: apart 

from music it offers drums and dance jamsessions, 

fire shows, bonfires, etc. Local people 

are very hospitable and will give you many 

chances to learn something about Siberian 

culture. Please bring your national games and 

recepies, CDs (we will burn a DVD with the 

shared music and pictures), music instruments 

if you play any (there going to be jam sessions) 

and funny light clothes to wear during the 

festival. NB. Please note that the camp is not 

recommended to people with the poor health 

since the physical work is all in the open air 

(take a raincoat, hard shoes and long trousers 

& long-sleeved coat in case of a rain, 

mosquitoes and cross-country strolls), it can be 

hot during the day and the working schedule 

can be split into several sessions some of 

which are to be done even late at night or early 

in the morning. Another important note is that 

the crime rate in South-East Siberia is quite 

high. Although the security of the festival is 

ensured by the great number of police we 

advise you not to bring expensive things and to 

keep your camera and ID with you every time 

you leave the camp. You should be open to a 

totally different culture background. People with 

photography skills and the experience of writing 

reports are required! If you can perform you are 

the most welcome! 






\"TAJMAZI\", Caucasus,North Osetia-Alania 

Northern Osetia-Alania is the republic of 

Russian Federation situated in the Northern 

part of Caucasus mountains. The half of its 

territory consists of middle and high mountains 

and canyons. It is a very wild land with the 

variety of flora and fauna. The camp takes 

place in one of the picturesque canyons on the 

base of youth sport camp called "Tajmazi" 

situated 2000 m above the sea level where 

students of Taganrog State university spent 

summer holidays living and working together. 

The idea of the workcamp is an intercultural 

communication and promotion of voluntary 

work among youth. 

Work: Volunteers together with students will 

help in camp renovation: repair summer 

houses, renovate kitchen, arrange footpaths 

and local road to the village. 

Study: Volunteers will get acquainted not only 

with Russian culture, but will also learn specific 

of Caucasus region and its lifestyle. Leisure 

time: Volunteers can go hiking to mountains 

and waterfalls, explore the surrounding and 

enjoy the beauty of nature, spend evenings 

near the fireplace singing songs with the guitar, 

play football or ping-pang. There is also the 

possibility to visit local mountain village and 

learn the specific life there. The bravest ones 

could have a chance to try paragliding from the 

mountains in a pair with the experienced 

instructor. 


summer wood houses, shower and toilets are 

outside, also possible to use Russian banya 

(sauna) instead of shower. The meals will be 

cooked by cookers in the canteen, but 

volunteers will also have chance to prepare 

their own dishes. 


Terminal/Region: Rostov-on-Don airport or 

train station, Taganrog train station. 

Location: 2000 m above sea level, Tajmazi 

canyon, Northern Osetia-Alania Republic, 

Russia. 

Extra info: Bring warm and waterproof clothes, 

working shoes and clothes, national music 







WONDER MOUNTAINS, Voronezh region 

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Voronezh is situated in the centre of Russia 

and officially called the center of Black Soil 

Region. Besides Voronezh was the most 

important boundary fortress of Russia from the 

8-th century up to the 17-th century. 

"Divnogorie" is The National museum and 

nature preserve in the open air, with sufficient 

historical meaning (http://divnogorie.narod.ru). 

It's 130 km from Voronezh. There are 

archeological, architectural monuments in 

Divnogorie, such as cave temples of the 17 

century, Mayatskoye settlement (dates back to 

the 9 century), Bronze Age mounds. For the 

last 10 years the children theme-camping 

"Ancient Slavs" has been organized in 

Divnogorie in summer. 

Work: The idea of the project appeared 2 years 

ago. The theme-camping "Ancient Slavs" is 

provided to give the children an opportunity to 

find out the Motherland history, their roots by 

playing the role-game. When children know 

their past, they are more confident about their 

future. International volunteers bring invaluable 

role of native speakers in order to acquaint kids 

with other traditions and cultures. On the other 

hand, you will have the possibility to get in 

touch with Russian Ancient culture, to know 

about traditions, customs, crafts of the Slavs of 

the 9th century. The volunteers will be involved 

in working with children (including participating 

in Slavic holidays - song festival, Ivan Kupala's 

Day (midsummer). You are expected to provide 

some national spare time activities for the 

children. Also, volunteers will be engaged into 

ecological work: clearing and renovating the 

territory of the camp. 

Accommodation: Accomodation will be 

provided in tents (3-4 persons per one). You 

will live on the territory of Slavic camp (100 

participants). 

Food: You'll cook by yourselves on the camp- 

fire. 

Language: English R: Please bring sleeping 

bags and working clothes, strong and rubber 

boots, mosquito repellent. Favorite CDs, guitars 

and other musical instruments are always 

welcomed. Besides Slavic costumes are 

welcomed too. Excursions to cave temples, 

national reserve "Divnogorie", training Slavic 

crafts, mountain climbing, swimming (the rivers 

Tikhaya Sosna and Don). 

Location: Voronezh region 

Terminal/Region: 4 July (Moscow, World4U 

office, 10:00 - 17:00) or 5 July (Voronezh, 10:00 

- 12:00) 






\"BREAD AND SALT\", Karelia, Pitkaranta 







diversity of flora and fauna. Pitkaranta city is 

situated 200 km apart of Petrozavodsk at the 

bank of the picturesque Ladojskoe Lake. The 

most beautiful place nearby is Valaam Island - 

the spiritual center of Russian Orthodox 

Church. The project is realized on the base of 

Pitkaranta Creative Centre for Kids. It aims not 

only to help in organizing activities with local 

kids, but also to allow Russians and Poles to 

live and work together. This is Russian-Polish 

bilateral workcamp, Russians are recruited by 

SFERA and Poles - by OWA-Poland. However 

it is also listed in the workcamp summer 

program because it can happen that not 

enough volunteers from the "invited countries" 

will apply and in that case the volunteers of the 

other countries will get an opportunity to join the 

camp. In this case sending organizations will be 

informed on time. The special topic of the camp 

is Russian-Polish relations. 

Work: The task of the volunteers is to elaborate 

out and fulfill different cultural, educational and 

entertainment activities with children such as 

language workshops, country presentations, 

sport activities and games. Participants will be 

also involved in a staging of a theater play in 

English. The performance will be played with 

the participation of volunteers and children from 

the Creative Centre for Kids and could be 

connected with Russian-Polish relations. 

Study: Volunteers will research and learn a lot 

about the history and modern stage of Russian- 

Polish bilateral relations in different aspects of 

life: traditions, perspectives, historical 

background, existing situation and stereotypes 

towards each other's cultures. Leisure time: 

Excursions round the city and its surroundings. 

Different sport events, evening programs, 

fishing, swimming, boating. 


Creative Centre for Kids with all the facilities. 

The food is provided in the dining room, 

volunteers will eat together with local kids. 


welcomed. 


and airport. 

Location: Pitkaranta, Republic of Karelia, 

Russia 

Extra info: don't forget to take a sleeping bag, 

warm and waterproof clothes, crème against 

mosquitoes, national music CDs, games and 

good mood. 






\"CENTAUR-2\", Karelia, Petrozavodsk 

"CENTAUR-2" Republic of Karelia is situated in 

the north-west part of Russia. The most of the 

territory is Taiga area and half of it is covered 

with forests of pines and birch trees. It is often 

said that Karelia consists of stones, lakes and 

forests. The region is famous for its high 

ecology and diversity of flora and fauna. The 

camp takes place in Petrozavodsk, the capital 

of Karelia republic which has been found by 

Piter the Great simultaneously with 

St.Petersburg in 1703. Initially it was a small 

settlement supplying the weapon factory. 

Nowadays it is a very nice, modern and clean 

city with highly developed industry and very 

active social life. The project is organized in 

cooperation with youth organization "Centaur" 

which is active in the field of work with disabled 

children especially using the method of horsing 

therapy. 

Work: Volunteers are expected to help to 

conduct the work with disabled children in a 

day-to-day life as well as during the horsing 

therapy as horse-breeders. Furthermore 

participants will look after the horses - help with 

cleaning, feeding and taking care of them. Also 

volunteers will be involved in renovation of fans 

of the riding-hall for horses, cleaning the 

territory for the new riding hall and probably in 

construction of the consumer services building. 

Study: volunteers will be trained with the basic 

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principles of conducting activities with children 

with disabilities as well as will get to know how 

to work with horses and use the horsingtherapy. 

Leisure time: Excursions round 

Petrozavodsk city and visits to local museums. 

Boat trips to islands. Sport activities and games 

such as football, volleyball, badminton etc. 


wood building of the youth organization (3 

persons per room). The shower is available in 

the next building of orphanage. The canteen is 

situated in the same building, volunteers will be 

asked to help with cooking. In case of necessity 

volunteers could be hosted by families of 

Russian participants of the work camp. 


welcomed. 


and airport. 


Russia 

Extra info: don't forget to take a sleeping bag, 

warm and waterproof clothes, national music 







Chivyrkuy Bay, Lake Baikal 

The Eastern Siberian Baikal Trail (ESBT) is an 

non-profit organization, with a mission to 

promote local sustainable development of Lake 

Baikal and surrounding areas through lowimpact 

ecotourism. This mission is grounded in 

building environmentally friendly trails that are 

safe and enjoyable for hikers of all ages and 

levels of experience. ESBT is carrying out trailbuilding 

projects around Baikal in two-week 

summer camps composed of international 

volunteer crews. ESBT projects concentrate on 

environmental education, restoration, social 

responsibility and leadership, on improving the 

health and well-being of local people, 

preserving indigenous peoples, their cultures 

and traditions, as well as promoting intercultural 

interaction. It all began with a simple yet 

daunting idea - to build a trail circumventing 

one of the oldest and most beautiful lakes on 

Earth, “the pearl of Siberia” - Lake Baikal. A trail 

over 2000 kilometers long, connecting seven 

national parks and reserves and providing easy 

access to Baikal’s breath-taking views and 

panoramas. For more than 30 years this idea 

was nothing but a dream, dismissed as 

Quixotian, impractical, overly ambitious, and 

just crazy. And yet, for the past five years, a 

group of enthusiastic local environmentalists - 

along with hundreds of volunteers - have been 

transforming the impossible dream into reality. 

It’s called the Eastern Siberian Baikal Trail 

(ESBT). Workcamp is organized on the territory 

of Zabaikalski National Park on the shore of 

Chivyrkuy Bay. One of the tasks of ZNP is the 

protection and preservation of nerpa (sweet 

water seal, Baikal endemic) population. To the 

west of Svyatoy Nos peninsula Ushkanyi 

islands are situated, with the largest nerpa 

breeding ground. Chivyrkuy is one of the most 

beautiful places on Lake Baikal. Remote and 

peaceful, it is framed by the majestic bluegreen 

Barguzin mountain range to the east and 

the steep Holy Nose range to the west. 

Although becoming more popular with tourists, 

this is still a remote area, inhabited mostly by 

brown bears, moose, red deer, ermine, sable, 

muskrat, and alpine hare. The workcamp is set 

on a sandy beach of the bay. The main 

objective of the project is to build a comfortable 

and safe trail from Monakhovo to Zmeevaya 

Bay where a healing hot spring is situated. 

Work: Building of a 2-3 km long section of the 

trail, cleaning the trail corridor, forming the trail. 

Accommodation: in a stationary tent camp. 

Note that there are no hot showers at this camp 

- but you can always heat water for bathing or 

take a refreshing swim in Baikal! 

Extra info: Participation Fee: 250 Euro 






\"L&L\" -SHARE YOUR LOVE AND LIGHT, 

Samara 

Samara region is situated in the middle of 

Russia on the cost of biggest European river - 

Volga. This is one of the most beautiful places 

in country because of its landscapes and 

favorable geographical position. Samara has its 

own reach history (It was founded in 1586) and 

for that reason the city is famous for its culture. 

This is one of the biggest city in Russia 

(population more than 1,5 million). 

Work: The main idea of the camp is a Cultural 

exchange. On the one hand to give Russian 

children a glimpse to different cultures, on the 

other - to show foreign volunteers Russian 

culture. Every day (excepting weekend) 

international and Russian volunteers will be 

sent to different children camps in Samara 

region with prepared culture program on the 

topic "Cultures of different countries" (showprogram 

for children with many games and 

competitions). One Program will take about 3-4 

hours. The program supposes your active 

participation and willing to communicate with 

children. Positive mind and good mood are 

necessary. The national symbols of your 

country and your own ideas about variants of 

activities with kids are very-very welcome. 

Accommodation: The rooms for 3-4 persons 

in the students hostel of Samara State 

University of economics. 

Food: 3 times a day in the university canteen. 

Free time activities: The Russian students have 

prepared the great cultural program for you, 

visiting the bunker of Stalin, National park 

"Samarskyaia Luka", etc. The rest of the time is 

full by different excursions, Interesting lection 

about Russian culture. 

Language: English R: It would be nice to bring 

with you some parts of the national clothes, 

pictures, songs, music and national games of 

your country. Motivation letter is required! 

Special medical requirements: All volunteers 

are involved in work with children of any kind 

have to take medical certificates with their 

resent vaccinations and tests indicated. 

According to the Russian Committee of Health 

Control in Education all teachers/consolers are 

obliged to have HIV test annually updated, so 

you have to bring HIV- test certificate with them 

or pass it in Russia. 

Location: Russia, Samara 

Terminal/Region: 7 July (Moscow, World4U 

office) or 8 July (Samara) 




Topic: Others 


RAY OF LIGHT, N.Chelny 

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Naberezhnye Chelny City is located in the 

centre part of Russia. Two great cultures 

(Russian and Tatar) and religions (Orthodox 

and Muslim) get together very well in this city. 

Many Russian artists and poets made their 

masterpieces in this picturesque place. N. 

Chelny is famous for the KamAZ cars (winners 

of rally "Paris-Dakar") plant. 

Work: The project is organized in co-operation 

with Russian student organization. Volunteers 

will work in Baby asylum and National park. 

National park "Nizhnyaya Kama" is a park of 

unique plants, trees and bushes. You will take 

care of them, protect of vermins. Besides 

sometimes we will clean riverbank and do some 

construction work on the territory of park. Baby 

asylum: age of babies 0-4 years. You will walk 

with children, organize different games, 

adopted to their age. Besides do easy 

construction work on the territory of asylum. 

Accommodation: You will live in the territory of 

National park in wooden houses with restroom, 

shower, canteen, bedrooms. Free time 

activities: We prepared wide entertainment 

program to you to learn great Russian culture 

for 2 weeks. Visiting famous museums, KAmaZ 

plant, Ice Palace, Organ Hole, and finally great 

party in your honor:-)! 

Language: English R: Please bring working 

clothes, swimming suit and the games for your 

future friends and ourselves?, cards with sights 

of your Counties & Cities etc. All volunteers are 

involved in work with children of any kind have 

to take medical certificates with their resent 

vaccinations and tests indicated. According to 

the Russian Committee of Health Control in 

Education all teachers/consolers are obliged to 

have HIV test annually updated, so you have to 

bring HIV- test certificate with them. 

Location: Russia, Republic of Tatarstan, 

Naberezhnye Chelny city 

Terminal/Region: 9 July 10:00 - 16:30, 

Moscow, World4U office 






NOMAD\'S SONG, Tuva, Chadan 


19. Russia - Youth Memorial Russia 




Campcode:RU-YM-1-1 

“Learning from history”- Kutschino, near 

Perm, Urals 

The Center for the Support of Democratic 

Youth Initiatives (Youth Memorial) is a civic 

non-profit organization established in 1998 by 

the Perm branch of the International Society 

“Memorial”. The aim of the “Youth Memorial” is 

to engage young people in social and political 

activities, in civil actions and protection of 

young people’s rights. No one knows how many 

people suffered and died in the Soviet Gulag 

camps. Historians estimate that between 12 

and 20 million people were sent to the Gulag 

between 1928-1953, and as many as 95 

percent may have perished. Under Khrushchev 

and Brezhnev the numbers dropped off sharply. 

Nevertheless about 10,000 people were sent to 

the camps for political offenses, and thousands 

more were committed to mental hospitals. Until 

now, not one of the Gulag camps in the former 

Soviet Union has been turned into a memorial 

museum, which could serve both as a reminder 

of the past and a warning for the future. The 

Memorial Museum of the History of Political 

Repression and Totalitarianism in the USSR, 

located in Russia’s Ural region on the site of the 

Perm-36 Gulag camp, seeks to address this 

need. In 1972, Perm-36 was converted into the 

main Soviet camp for political prisoners, and 

many of the USSR’s most prominent dissidents, 

including Vladimir Bukovsky, Sergei Kovalev, 

Anatoly Marchenko, Yury Orlov, Anatoly 

Scharansky, Vasyl Stus, and Gleb Yakunin, 

served time there. 

Work: help with restoration and repair-andrenewal 

operations, land improvement on the 

territory of the formal political prison. An 

average working day is about 5 hours. 

Study: history of political repressions in USSR, 

guided tours at the museum Perm 36, studying 

of its exhibitions, video materials etc., meeting 

with the employees of the Museum and human 

rights activists, with the experts and the former 

political prisoners, discussions on the topic 

totalitarianism and terrorism in the history and 

today, democracy in Russia and Europe 

yesterday and today. 

Extra info: participating in games, sport 

activities, swimming, excursions to the city 

Perm, to the cloister “Uspenskiy”. 

Accommodation: in wooden houses on the 

riverside near the village, the volunteer will 

reside in 2 rooms with 5-6 two-level-beds in 

each. The shower and the toilet are outside of 

the house. There is also Russia “banja” on the 

camp. Cooking, cleaning will be done by the 

volunteers themselves. A computer for films 

and so on is available. Sleeping bags are 

desirable. 




Topic: Others 


SELIGER-LAKE, Tver 

Tver Region is the soul of Russia. It has 

numerous monuments of history, architecture, 

archeology and culture. It is also a spiritual 

center due to the temples and monasteries, 

among which the Nilova Pustyn Monastery, the 

national relic of Russia, has the exceptional 

value. The area has a favorable geographical 

position between Moscow and St. Petersburg. 

The distance up to Moscow is 167 km and up to 

St. Petersburg is 485 km. The area has several 

hundred lakes; the largest and most famous 

among them is the pearl of the Central Russia 

the Seliger Lake - Russian nature heritage. 

Work: You will renovate an ancient monument 

-Nilostolbenskiy monastery. It is situated on the 

small island in the middle of the beautiful and 

one of the most attractive lakes in Russia - 

Seliger. Few years ago the participant from 

Korea have found a grave cast iron plate of 

17th century during her volunteer work. Fair to 

say it was quite impressive discovery! You are 

supposed to participate in all these kind of 

works: masonry, brickwork, carpentry work and 

painting. 

Accommodation: Accommodation will be 

provided in tents (3-4 persons per one). 

Food: You will cook for yourself on fire and eat 

in the self-organized canteen right in the camp. 

Please bring sleeping bags and mats. The 

specific of your work and accommodation is 

quite interesting: the monastery is situated on 

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the island and your camp - on the mainland. 

Therefore, every morning you as a member of a 

small fleet consisted of boats, canoes, rafts and 

so on will travel from the one bank to another - 

to your working place. The travel time is 

approximately 40-50 minutes one way. 

Language: English R: Volunteers should be 

patient to orthodox religion. Please bring 

working clothes, mosquito repellent, your 

favourite games, musical instruments, 

swimming suit, more extra socks and 

underwear, raincoat. 

Location: Tver region, Ostashkov area, Neprie 

village. 








”Kika trail”, Kika settlement, Lake Baikal 
































(ESBT). Vols will be living in the Siberian taiga 

on the shore of a mountain river. This is a 

wonderful location for exploring one of the most 

beautiful areas of Baikal region while having 

access to conveniences of civilization. This 

project takes place on the southeastern shore 

of Lake Baikal, along mountain river Kika that 

flows into Lake Baikal near the Turka 

settlement. The existing trail starts near the 

Kika settlement (40 kilometers from Lake 

Baikal) and follows a scenic route up the river 

for about 22 kilometers, leading to a waterfall 

and a cave in the vicinity of Bull’s lakes and 

Bull’s mountain (1771 meters). The trail is of 

low to medium difficulty. It is part of a new 

‘Special Economic Zone’, created recently to 

encourage recreational tourism in this area. 

The local population use the trail for 

recreational (hiking, picnicking, horse riding, 

rafting) and economic (wild berries, cedar nuts, 

herbs) purposes. However, the trail is not 

reinforced and not very safe. The local 

administration approached the GBT for 

assistance in improving the trail in accordance 

with international standards for hiking trails. 

Work: This season the volunteers will be 

improving the existing trail, constructing 

drainage structures, building log bridges and 

planting trees. 

Accommodation: in a stationary tent camp at 

an equipped camp site. The camp site will be 

near Kika settlement. Note that there are no hot 

showers at this camp - but you can always boil 

the water yourself or take a refreshing swim in 

the mountain river! 

Extra info: Vols will be taken to the hot springs 

at Goryachinsk, swim in Baikal, or work on their 

fishing skills. Participation Fee: 230 Euro 






VOLGA RIVER (Samara region) 

The project is organized by Moscow Ecological 

Center Zapovedniks and Samarskaya Luka 

National Park. The park is situated in the center 

of European part of Russia, where the Zhiguli 

Mountains and the Volga River makes a 

peculiar peninsula with astonishing landscapes 

and splendid scenes. The Samarskaya Luka 

National Park – is the biosphere reservation of 

UNESCO. The territory is rich of archeological 

monuments and associates with the names of 

such legendary persons in Russian History as 

Ermak, Razin, Pugachev, painter Repin. In the 

Soviet Union time at the Usinskiy Tumulus (the 

place of the camp) there was a tourist base, 

that was lost over time during the Perestroika 

economic crisis, and now there are the ruins of 

buildings and heaps of rubbish. The main idea 

of the project is: cleaning of the territory as it 

possible and reequipping the clearing in the 

educational ecological field center for children, 

youth and tourists, and, creating of the 

recreational zone for the park visitors. 


Work: improvement of the territory – installation 

of benches, toilets, info-boards, cutting of 

shrubs and brushwood, cleaning of the 

construction rubbish, creation and renovation of 

the camp, help in construction and renovation 

of eco-trail in Park. 

Study: excursions on the eco-trails in the Park 

and Zhigulevsky Reserve, 2days study tour up 

to the Zhiguli Mountains; seminars about 

recycling and ecological using of the nature 

resources. Excursion to the archaized 

Bogatirskaya Sloboda – traditional Russian 

fight, costume show, boating on the Volga 

River; excursions to the Museum of the famous 

painter Repin, in the Stepan Razin’s cave and 

to the Ethnographical Museum. 

Accommodation: at the meadow on the 

Usinskiy Kurgan at the Volga bank (7 km to the 

nearest village) in the tents, bring your one 

(optional). Cooking by themselves on a open 

fire, use a Volga River as a bath. Toilet is 

outside and very simple. No electricity. As the 

camp place a bit far from civilization, your 

ideas, games and music instruments for 

evening programs more then welcome! 

Terminal/Region: Samara, Zhigulevsk 

Extra info: A vaccination for encephalitis is 

recommended! 

Qualifications: This camp is ONLY for the wild 

nature lovers; for healthy and rich of spirit 

persons, who want to test themselves in 

extreme conditions of wild nature. 10 vols will 

be Russian. 



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OLD MANOR, N.Novgorod 

Podviazie is an old village situated on the steep 

bank of Oka river, just half an hour far from 

Nizhny Novgorod, regional capital, near Dudin 

monastery. The village is placed between steep 

bank and fathomless pit. The manor in 

Podviazie has being changed its owners from 

the 14th century, however always being the 

most ancient, largest and the most notable 

manor in the region. The most important 

innovators for the manor were Priklonskie, 

family of the Moscow State University Head, 

who owned the manor in the 18th century. His 

successor, regional tycoon Rukovishnkov has 

implemented in the manor the most innovative 

technical and architecture decision. The manor 

has gained its new view in the 19th century. 

Unfortunately during the Russian revolution and 

Wars the manor was destroyed, so that just 

ruins remind us about the former glory of 

Podviazie. 

Work: Project implies two main directions. First 

is renovation of the manor, which includes: - 

Cleaning of the territory; - Cutting down the 

verdure in the park; - Masonry work in the 

manor; - Making bricks from the loam for the 

paths. Second is preparation of volunteer 

festival, ethnic open-air, devoted to the manor 

and promoting of volunteer movement. This 

work will be done partly with local volunteers. 

This direction of work will include: - Preparation 

of territory for the stage; - Preparation the place 

for guest-camping; - Organizing places for 

parking and infrastructure for camping; - 

Support to local volunteers in other preparatory 

work; - Cleaning the place after festival. 

Volunteers are also welcome to participate in 

the festival itself. People with creative way of 

thinking are more than welcomed! Your artistic, 

musician and other talents will be supported! 

The work is going to be intensive, sometimes 

hard, but interesting and energetic! We are 

looking for really motivated volunteers who are 

interested in history, archeology, architecture 

and ready to share with people their positive 

energy! You will be deeply diving in the 

medieval Russia! 

Accommodation: Accommodation in one of 

the buildings in the manor, sleeping on the 

floor, so PLEASE bring your sleeping bags and 

mats. 

Food: Food is self-prepared, you will be 

provided with products. As often as you wish 

there is a Russian bath (banya) prepared in 

original Russian style. River is in 2 km far from 

the place. At the end of the camp you will have 

an excursion in Nizhny Novgorod. 


clothes, mosquito repellent, your favourite 

music, games and musical instruments, etc. 

Everything (in reasonable wage) that you need 

for country-side life for 3 weeks. Participation 

fee 50 euro 

Location: Nizhegorodskaya area, Bogorodsk 

district, village Podviazie 

Terminal/Region: 13 July (10:00 - 16:00, 

Moscow, World4U office) / 14 July (N. 

Novgorod) 






\"VERAS\", Nizhny Novgorod 

Nizhniy Novgorod was founded in 1221 at the 

place of fusion of two Great Russian Rivers- 

Volga and Oka. From 1932 till 1990 it was 

named Gorky in Great Russian writer Maxim 

Gorky honor. It is situated 500 km from 

Moscow. The city has a rich history and more 

then 600 historical, architectural and cultural 

sights testify to it. The city is inscribed in the list 

of 100 cities of the world with high cultural and 

historical profile by UNESKO. It is famous by its 

traditional handicrafts such as "Hohloma" and 

"Gorodetskaya". The workcamp is organized in 

cooperation with charitable organization 

"Rainbow" which aims to help and social 

rehabilitation of children and youth with 

disabilities. 

Work: Volunteers will be involved in renewing 

of the rooms of the center for disabled children. 

They will work together with local students from 

the engineering academy. The concrete task 

are moving furniture, leveling the walls, 

reflooring rooms, gluing the wallpapers, placing 

the ceiling, cleaning etc. 

Study: Volunteers will get to know how to live 

and work with disabled children. Leisure time: 

Excursions round Nizhny Novgorod city and 

visits to local museums, swimming in Volga 

river. On weekends volunteers could take part 

in trips to small towns of the region and visit the 

handicraft factories. Also there are a lot of 

cinemas and theatres in the city. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will live in the city 

in the families which have children with 

disabilities. They will eat together with the 

members of the family and also can cook 

traditional dishes. 


welcomed. 

Terminal/Region: Nizhny Novgorod train 

station and airport. 

Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 

Extra info: Take working shoes and clothes, 

national music CDs, games and good mood. 






DEEP IN SIBERIA, Uyar 

Siberia... A huge area on the map of Russia 

and a huge white spot in the mind of a 

foreigner. It is very often associated with a - 

500C frost, "Siberian barber" - the famous film 

by 

Study:Mikhalkov, bears and wild beardy 

Russian people in felt boots and furry hats :) Its 

scope takes your breath away, its nature is not 

similar to anything you have ever seen, its 

people are absolutely unique and very 

hospitable. So... you have a chance to feel it by 

your own :) Krasnoyarsk, founded in early XVII 

century, is an industrial, scientific and cultural 

center of the Krasnoyarsk region in Eastern 

Siberia. The region alone is ten times as big as 

Great Britain and 4.5 times as big as France. Its 

territory stretches for 4.000 kms from north to 

south and encompasses a variety of climatic 

zones - steppe and taiga, tundra and arctic 

desert. Krasnoyarsk is situated on the banks of 

one of the greatest Russian rivers the Yenisei. 

The state nature reserve "Stolby"(translated as 

"pillars") boasts a hundred of quaintly-shaped 

rocks found in taiga, it is one of the main 

attractions of the city favoured by citizens and 

visitors. The city counts with a bit less than a 

million people. In 2003 it was named "The most 

accommodated among Russian cities". 

Nowadays it also deserves the name of The 

city of fountains, as there are 140 of them 

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around the city. It's a major cultural and 

educational center with 5 theatres, 3 concert 

halls, many museums, galleries and around 13 

higher educational institutions. Uyar is a local 

city of just 60 years old. The Trans-Siberian 

Railway "Moscow - Vladivostok" passes 

through it. So you will arrive right to the project 

site by a direct train form Moscow. But!!! The 

distance is a little bit big :) So please, be 

prepared for a 3-4 day train. In fact traveling 

across Russia and "living" in a train is a unique 

experience, a wonderful chance to see the 

country and to make a united volunteer team 

even before the project has started! 

Work: Your task will be to plant 16 000 :) seeds 

of conifers (pine, cedar, fir-tree) on the territory 

of a national reserve. So you will experience 

working in a forester's shoes. Besides you will 

have a chance to take part in a territory 

cleaning, ploughing up virgin land and building 

fences. 

Accommodation: Most probably in tents (2-4 

persons). Please bring sleeping bags and mats. 

Another possible option is living in a local 

school and eating in the canteen. You should 

be prepared for both? 

Food: You'll cook for yourself on fire and eat in 

a self - organized canteen right in the camp. 

Free time activities: Rafting on Mana river, 

taking part in a singing competition and festival 

(three days), ethnic holiday. Excursions to 

Taiga :), orthodox churches, nature reserve 

"Stolby". 

Language: English R: Motivation letter is 

required! Please, bring working clothes, 

mosquito repellent, your favorite games, 

musical instruments, swimming suit, extra 

socks and underwear, raincoat. 

Location: Uyar city - 100 km from Krasnoyarsk 








\"HOBBY-CENTER\", Nizhnevartovsk region 

"HOBBY-CENTER" Nizhnevartovsk is the 

modern, well arranged, dynamically developing 

city. It is large industrial, cultural, and business 

centre. The city is located on the bank of the 

big and beautiful river Ob'. The workcamp is 

organized on the base of sanatorium camp for 

children and teenagers from 7 till 15 years old 

"Samotlor" which is situated 30 km from 

Nizhnevartovsk city. In the camp children have 

some medical procedures and the pedagogical 

program aims to development of creative 

abilities and self-realization of the child. The 

camp is situated in the pine forest on the bank 

of the river Vakh. 

Work: Volunteers will work daily 3-4 hours. 

There will be different kinds of activities with 

children. Volunteers will be asked to organize 

linguistic lessons in an interactive way, to make 

the presentations of different cultures, customs 

and traditions as well as to conduct creative 

measures such as workshops on 

choreography, vocal, painting etc. Thus 

participants will create so called "Hobby-center" 

together with the teaching staff of camp and 

define workshops which will be conducted 

during the camp according the abilities of the 

volunteers. 


Russian culture and get new experience in 

work with children. Leisure time: Volunteers will 

have an opportunity to meet culture and a 

lifestyle of radical people of the Far North - 

Hanty and Mansi, to visit the open-air museum 

in Agan town. Also, the trip to national 

settlement Variegan» will be organized. 

Volunteers will participate in excursion program 

to museums of Russian traditional life-style and 

round Nizhnevartovsk city. There are 

possibilities for sport games and swimming. 


hostel (2-4 persons per room). Bathroom will be 

available in a room or on the floor. The hostel is 

located in the city of Izluchinsk very close to the 

camp place (10 minutes by bus). 


welcomed. 

Terminal/Region: Nizhnevartovsk train station, 

airport. 

Location: 30 km from Nizhnevartovsk, Russia. 

Extra info: Volunteers should have the official 

medical paper which allows working with 

children! Please bring with you national music 

CDs, games, good mood and your ideas for 

having nice time together. 




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MEDIEVAL CITY, Voronezh 

Voronezh is situated in the centre of Russia 

and officially called the center of Black Soil 

Region. Besides Voronezh was the most 

important boundary fortress of Russia from the 

8-th century up to the 17-th century. 

"Divnogorie" is The National museum and 

nature preserve in the open air, with sufficient 

historical meaning (http://divnogorie.narod.ru). 

It's 130 km from Voronezh. There are 

archeological, architectural monuments in 

Divnogorie, such as cave temples of the 17 

century, Mayatskoye settlement (dates back to 

the 9 century), Bronze Age mounds. 

Work: Mayatskoye settlement was first 

mentioned at the end of the 14th century. There 

are medieval fortress' remains, settlement, craft 

manufacture centre referential to the Saltovo- 

Mayatskaya archeological culture, which is 

well-known all over the world and has been 

investigated since 1975 by Soviet and 

Bulgarian and Hungarian expedition under the 

leadership of Pletneva 

Study: 

Accommodation: 2008-year excavations are 

organized in collaboration with Lipetsk 

Teachers Training University, under the 

leadership of professor Bessudnov 

Accommodation:N. and Belgorod State 

Institute. Volunteers will do different kinds of 

archeological works together with the students 

of historical departments. 


provided in tents (3-4 persons per one). You 

will live together with the archeological group 

(60 participants). 


fire. Free time activities: Excursions to cave 

temples, national reserve "Divnogorie", training 

Slavic crafts, mountain climbing, swimming in 

the rivers Tikhaya Sosna and Don. 

Language: English R: Please bring sleeping 

bags and working clothes, strong and rubber 

boots, mosquito repellent, suntan lotion. 

Favorite CDs, guitars and other musical 

instruments are always welcomed. Historical 

costumes are welcomed too. Fee 70 euros 

Location: Voronezh region 

Terminal/Region: 15 July (10:00 - 17:00, 

Moscow, World4U office) or 16 July (Voronezh) 

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TRACING THE SAINTS, Voronezh, 

Divnogorie 

Language: The camp will take place in the 

countryside in the south of the Voronezh 

region. It is a small village which is 

nevertheless is known allover the south of 

Russia for its unusual landscape, miraculous 

chalk formations, Red List species of animals 

and plants, rich history and archeological 

heritage which includes a church carved in the 

chalk rocks. A small part of the territory is a 

preserve which includes an open-air museum. 

All the rest represents outstanding leisure 

opportunities for hiking, swimming (since the 

place is situated around the infall of two rivers), 

camping (there are 2 natural springs with the 

drinking water), photographing. Nowadays the 

place is very popular with tourists but their 

chaotic visits and camping at the nonsanctioned 

places pose a serious threat to the 

nature and the monuments. The aim of the 

program is to develop the leisure opportunities 

which can be offered by the administration of 

the preserve on the legal basis. W. Volunteers 

will work about 6 hours a day and help with 

marking the walking paths, picking up garbage, 

preparing the camping sites. They will be also 

involved in preparation of the Night of Museums 

; an open-air event with a number of performing 

activities, live music and a bonfire. For the last 

3 days of the camp you will move to Voronezh 

city and make reports about the camp and the 

place in English. These reports will be used on 

the English version of the Divnogorie official 

website . Please note, that the work can be 


working schedule can vary from a day to a day 

depending on the weather (Since it can be very 

hot during the day and the work will be split into 

2 sessions which are to be done early in the 

morning and in the evening). Please bring your 

camera! 

Accommodation: The conditions of your stay 

are very basic. You will stay in tents for the 

whole duration of the camp – and in host 

families in Voronezh-city during the last 3 days. 

A sleeping bag and a sleeping mat are 

absolutely necessary. The eco-toilet will be 

available, the water for the shower will be 

naturally heated in the ). Generally it isϑtank by 

the sun (depending on the weather 

recommended to swim in the river (please take 

your swimming suite and a cap – it’s going to 

be sunny and hot!). Please note, that no 

Internet access and no telephone connection 

(except for emergent calls) will be available 

during the camp, but you can easily use both 

during the city stay. F. Volunteers will cook for 

themselves, the kitchen facilities will be 

provided. During the homestay the meals will 

be provided by the host family. Vegetarian food 

is available. E. The place itself provides a wide 

range of entertainments: apart from hiking and 

swimming you will have a chance to visit all the 

open-air sights, the monastery, etc. A particular 

event is the Night of Museums which will 

involve artists, actors, musicians and offer 

traditional food and drinks. During your stay in a 

host family you will have a chance to try 

Russian food and to learn more about the 

Russian culture. NB. Please note that the camp 

is not recommended to people with the poor 

health since the physical work is all in the open 

air (take a raincoat and hard shoes and long 

trousers & long-sleeved coat). 






Ulan-Ude, Baikal 

The Artistic Youth Theatre of Ulan-Ude was 

founded in 1980. The current 60-80 seat 

theatre was dug out of a basement and 

constructed over a five year period by the 

actors themselves. Besides a stage it houses 

an art gallery and a bar now. The theatre is a 

place of social happenings education and 

assistance for non-profit organisations. It was 

one of the first theatres in Russia, which gained 

financial independence. This year the Youth 

Theatre of Ulan-Ude organizes a volunteer post 

at a picturesque shore of lake Baikal with the 

aim to protect unique nature of the lake. Baikal 

often called a sacred sea of Siberia is the 

deepest and most ancient lake in the world. 

More then a half of participants of the 

workcamp will be local volunteers. 

Work: building special places for garbage, 

collecting rubbish, talk to tourists and local 

people about the importance of not leaving 

garbage at the shore of the lake. 

Accommodation: primitive and basic 

accommodation in tents 

Extra info: Vegetarian food is not available. No 

alcohol. 






TIME MACHINE.EPISODE 4., Ryazan 

Ryazan is situated in the very center of the 

European part of Russia, is often referred to as 

the symbol of Russian province. Ryazan is the 

old picturesque town with many churches, 

museums and theatres. It was founded over 

900 years ago. The Kremlin is the most ancient 

place of interest in Ryazan. Ryazan is a 

birthplace of a famous Russian poet Sergey 

Esenin. Some of the Nobel Prize laureates 

were born here too. The population is over half 

a million people. There are several national 

parks and reserves around Ryazan region. The 

National park "Mescherskiy" is famous for the 

beautiful lakes and rivers (some of them are 

with "peat water"), coniferous forests, animals 

from the Red Book. 

Work: The project is organized in co-operation 

with the RCEA (Ryazan creative education 

Association). Our group will travel along the 

river Pra by the canoes and sport catamarans 

with the family camp (children with their parents 

and group of the students). Our group (together 

with the Russian students) task aims at helping 

the National park. The work will consist of 

cleaning river bank, construction and 

renovating recreation places, possibly, plant 

trees on the fire places (there were some big 

fires in 2007). The communication with the 

children from the camp (national plays and 

songs), eco-studies for students are also 

planed. A, 

Food: We will live in tents and cook by 

ourselves (with the members of the camp) on 

the fire. Accommodation will be provided in the 

classrooms in Ryazan. Shopping - there are 

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many supermarkets in Ryazan, but no one 

shop and pharmacy on our way along the river. 

Cleaning in the river, sometimes - moving 

tourist douche. There are Internet-cafes and 

post-offices in Ryazan. Free time activities: 

International cultural events, friendly evenings 

with Ryazan people near the fire with guitars, 

fishing, stars observing on the river-bank:-), etc. 


clothes, sleeping bag and tourist carpet, spoon 

and plate, knife, mosquito repellents, swimming 

suit, extra socks and underwear from wool and 

cotton, raincoat, quick dry pumps, closed ankle 

boots or trainers, wool sweater, scarf or sun 

hat, torch and matches ... ...and the games for 

the children and ourselves:), cards with sights 

of your Counties & Cities, musical instruments 

(not big:) etc. Volunteers with experience in 

water tourism, renovation work, with manual 

skills are really welcomed! Volunteers with 

heavy diseases are not recommended to take 

part in this workcamp, it could be hard to get to 

hospital very fast. 

Location: National park "Mescherskiy". Ryazan 

region (in 40-80 km apart of Ryazan) 








Barguzin, near Lake Baikal 

Baikal Charity Fund (BCF), noncommercial 

organization, officially started its work in 2000. 

The main activity of Baikal Fund is rehabilitation 

of disabled children. The Fund is trying to help 

and support them in their full development. 

They organize different sport, tourist and 

cultural activity for children, provide them and 

their families with material, professional 

psychological and methodic help, realize 

projects on social rehabilitation, support 

scientific researching, work with volunteers and 

cooperate with other organizations. On the 

base of BCF Baikal Fund of Local Community 

was established. Its basic goal is to support 

initiatives coming from local people on 

competition base. Since last year Youth Bank 

of Baikal fund of Local Community started its 

work. They look for interesting youth initiatives 

oriented on youth situation improvement and 

support them financially. This year Youth Bank 

of Baikal Fund of Local Community organize a 

tent camp in Barguzin Forest on Lake Baikal. 

The goal of this project is integration of youth 

from different backgrounds, exchange of ideas 

and experience between local youth, 

representatives from other regions of Russia 

and other countries for collaboration and then 

for carrying out of joint programs for youth. 

After teambuilding and social designing 

training, learning how to write mini-projects for 

their routes, young people will take part in 

campaigns on foot to St. Nose peninsula, on 

catamarans along the lakeshore, in ecologic 

actions and in building of a Big Baikal Path. 

Besides that there will be common campfire, 

games. 

Work: common project planning with local 

youth, ecological actions and building of a Big 

Baikal Path 

Accommodation: in tents 

Extra info: we invite communicative young 

people, who love working with youth. 

Knowledge of basic Russian is desirable. 

Translation is possible. Bring a sleeping bag, 

sleeping mat, musical instruments and 

interesting games. Vegetarian food is not 

available. No alcohol. Participation fee – 150 

Euro. 






Svyatoy Nos, Lake Baikal 
































(ESBT). Svyatoy Nos is the biggest peninsula 

in Baikal. To both sides of it there are two 

largest bays: Chivyrkuy and Barguzin. 

Workcamp is organized on the territory of 

Zabaikalski National Park at the bed of the 

peninsula. One of the tasks of ZNP is the 

protection and preservation of nerpa (sweet 

water seal, Baikal endemic) population. To the 

west of Svyatoy Nos peninsula Ushkanyi 

islands are situated, with the largest nerpa 

breeding ground. Zabaikalski National Park is 

also an important bird conservation area. 

Among its rare species are black stork, golden 

eagle, peregrine falcon, white-tailed sea eagle, 

and hooded crane. A route up to the Svytoy 

Nos plateau is one of the most popular at 

Baikal. Its peak is situated at the height of 1877 

m over the sea level, and on a sunny day there 

is a wonderful view to Baikal and Olkhon island. 

If you are strong enough for the ascent it will 

take from 3 to 5 hours to the peak. This year 

workcamp will be set at the bed of the plateau. 

The work will be carried out mostly at a flat 

section of the ascension route, 4-5 km long. 

Vols will work in 2-4 kms from the camp. 

Work: cleaning of the trail corridor, widening 

and marking of the trail, building bridges. 




take a refreshing swim in Baikal! 

Extra info: Participation Fee: 250 Euro 




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NUN\'S YARD-1, Moscow region 

The building of the Homestead is the realization 

of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna 

Romanova desires, the granddaughter of 

Victory, the Queen of Great Britain. She was 

thinking about the building of this homestead, 

but her tragic death in 1918 prevented the 

realization of this project. In 1992 the social 

service in the Marfo-Mariinsky Homestead was 

recommenced. A brief historical commentary: 

Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna shared 

her martyr death in the mine in Alapaevsk with 

3 sons of Grand Duke Konstantine 

Konstankinovish.- Princes Ioann, Igor and 

Konstantin. The sister of Grand Duke K.K.- 

Grand Duchess Olga was grand-grandmother 

of Prince Charles (Great Britain). 

Work: You will deal with the reconstruction of 

the Cathedral (the end of 18 c.), the building of 

Monastic blocks, priest's house, the opening of 

craft workshop (icon-painting, embroidery), the 

building of household constructions, the 

development of the charter lands, the 

accomplishment of the territory, the provision of 

Convent's life. 

Accommodation: Summerhouses where you 

will live are pretty simply equipped so do not 

expect many luxury:). Kitchen, dining room, 

shower, bio-toilet are in separate buildings. 

Food: 3 meals a day and even more :) will be 

provided, vegetarian food and cooking by 

yourself is also possible. 


patient to orthodox religion. Some skills in 

carpentry and masonry are welcomed but not 

necessarily. Take with you some repellents. 

Free-time activities: Visiting the Kremlin in 

Volokolamsk, the orphanage and having tea 

there; Borodino museum - place where the 

biggest battle between Russian and Napoleon's 

forces at 1812 Patriotic war took place. In 1 km 

apart of the Homestead there is a forest with a 

beautiful lake. It's possible to swim, catch fish, 

and gather berries and mushrooms. 

Location: 143627, Moscow region. The 

Homestead of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of 

Charity. 125 km from Moscow 








SUN ECLIPSE, Altay 

Altai - one of the mountain region of Russia, is 

located on the south part of Siberia near China 

and Mongolia boarders. You can find almost all 

types of the Eurasian landscapes in this region 

on the small distance. You'll live on the 

protected territory on the slope of the highest 

mountain of Altai - Beluha (4506 m). You'll 

meet people with the old Russian religion and 

style of life. The place is very popular among 

the tourist from all over the world. On the 1 

August 2008 this region will be one of the best 

place for the Sun eclipse observing. 

Work: The work will consist of cleaning 

mountain foot, river bank, construction and 

renovating recreation places, taking out 

garbage. 


provided in tents (3-4 persons per one). 


fire. You'll visit Russian Bunya (sauna) in the 

village. Free time activities: International 

cultural events, friendly evenings with local 

people with guitars, fishing, stars observing? 

Language: English R: Please bring warm 

sleeping bags and working clothes, tourist 

carpet, spoon and plate, knife, strong boots, 

wool sweater, scarf or sun hat, torch and 

matches, swimming suit, extra socks and 

underwear from wool and cotton, raincoat, 

mosquito repellent, suntan lotion, sunglasses 

and glasses for eclipse, guitars and other 

musical instruments. Climbing equipment and 

experience are welcome!:). Volunteers with 

experience in tourism, with manual skills are 

really welcomed! Volunteers with heavy 

diseases are not recommended to take part in 

this workcamp, it could be hard to get to 

hospital very fast. Motivation letter is required! 

Please, take into consideration that this place is 

very popular to visit. Therefore we should be 

sure about your 100% participation till the 1st of 

June!!! In order to book a train ticket 

beforehand. Fee 50 euros 

Location: Altai mountains, p. Tunegur, 350 km 

from Biysk town 






Topic: Others 


\"ARSKOE\", Ulianovsk, Arskoe 

Ulianovsk is one of the oldest cities in Russia 

(founded in 1648). It is famous by its culture 

and beautiful Churches and Temples. 

Ulianovsk is also well known by the fact that 

Vladimir Lenin was born and lived first 17 years 

here. The camp is situated in village Arskoe - 

15 km. from the Ulianovsk town. The camp is 

organized in close cooperation and on the 

territory of the Orthodox Temple complex of 

Ksenia Peterburgskaya (XVII century). In 2002 

the priest Alexey Kormishin has organized the 

works on the territory of the complex in order to 

build the new building of the Temple and it has 

been finished in 2003. Nowadays the territory of 

the Temple complex needs to be renewed. 

People working in the Temple are orthodox, but 

they are very open-minded and tolerant, they 

respect all religions and traditions. On the other 

hand they expect volunteers to respect 

Orthodox traditions. 

Extra info: no drugs or alcohol allowed! 

Work: help with renewing the territory of the 

Temple complex such as planting trees and 

gardens, taking care of flower-beds, placing the 

stairs, collecting garbage on the territory of the 

complex, plastering the walls and storing the 

firewood for a winter etc. Also volunteers are 

expected to work with children from the 

parochial school in order to organize small work 

shops, entertainment etc. Volunteers will be 

able to choose which kind of work to do. 


building of school all together (up to 10 people) 

in one or two rooms. The food will be provided 

in the canteen by the cook of the Temple, 

volunteers will be asked to help with the 

cooking and present their national dishes. Cold 

summer shower and bathrooms are available 

only outside. Once per week volunteers can 

take a real Russian banya (sauna). 

Qualifications: not required 

Language: English, Russian 

Study: According to the wishes volunteers can 

participate in the workshops about Orthodox 

traditions as well as painting, embroider basic 

principles of looking after cows and horses. 

Leisure time: various excursions in to historical 

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and cultural places of interest of Ulianovsk, 

sport activities, swimming, swimming in the 

saint springs, exhibitions, plays, and other 

entertaining activities concerning intercultural 

learning... 

Terminal/Region: Ulianovsk train station 






\'FRIENDSHIP 2008\", Nizhny Novgorod 

region 

"FRIENDSHIP 2008" Nizhniy Novgorod was 

founded in 1221 at the place of fusion of two 

Great Russian Rivers -Volga and Oka. From 

1932 till 1990 it was named Gorky in Great 

Russian writer Maxim Gorky honor. It is 

situated 500 km from Moscow. The city has a 

rich history and more then 600 historical, 

architectural and cultural sights testify to it. The 

city is inscribed in the list of 100 cities of the 

world with high cultural and historical profile by 

UNESKO. It is famous by its traditional 

handicrafts such as Hohloma and 

Gorodetskaya Diveevo is a small town in 

Nizhny Novgorod region, it is famous for its 

orthodox ancient Serafimovo-Diveevsky 

monastery and saint spring of Serafim 

Sarovsky. The project is organized on the base 

of children summer camp "Lighthouse" which is 

situated 50 km from Nizhny Novgorod, not far 

from Diveevo. The workcamp is run in 

cooperation with public organization "Linguistic 

abilities developing center" which is working in 

the field of organizing linguistic activities for 

children and youth. 

Work: Volunteers will be involved in organizing 

animating and educational activities for 

children. They are expected to conduct 

linguistic workshops and presentation of their 

countries for children. Another task for the 

volunteers is to elaborate and organize the 

days of their own countries for all children in the 

camp. On the other hand participants will be 

also asked to help with the renovation of the 

camp buildings (art paintings on the walls) and 

cleaning the lake on the territory of the camp. 


Russian culture and get new experience in 

work with children. Leisure time: Excursions to 

Nizhny Novgorod city and Diveevo town, 

swimming in the saint spring. Different sport 

games, parties, plays and other entertaining 

activities concerning intercultural learning. 


buildings on the territory of the camp (2-3 

persons per room). Shower and bathroom are 

available on the same floor with the living 

rooms. The food will be provided in the 

canteen. 


welcomed. 



Location: Diveevo district, Nizhny Novgorod 

region, Russia 

Extra info: Bring with you working shoes and 

clothes, national music CDs, games, materials 

for the presentation of your country and good 

mood. 






“On the enchanted shore”, Baikal Trail 

“Turka-Goryachinsk” 
































(ESBT). The trail is connecting 2 large villages 

on the eastern shore of Baikal: Turka and 

Goryachinsk. The trail under construction is 

mostly intended for tourists who rest at 

Goryachinsk resort. It is planned to make a part 

of it accessible for people in wheel-chairs. 

Workcamp will be set in one of the most 

picturesque sites on Baikal shore, not far from 

the well-known natural monument “Turtle”. vols 

will work in 2-4 kms from the camp. 

Work: cleaning of the trail corridor, 

strengthening the trail, building log-paths. 




take a refreshing swim in Baikal! Participation 

Fee: 230 Euro 






The Ambassador from B-612, Altai 

The project takes place in the republic of Altai 

in the South-East Syberia. It is held in 

cooperation with the Russian Office of Exupery 

Heritage Association and the Ministry of 

Education of the Altai republic. One third of the 

population of the republic are Altaians, the 

official language is Altaian. Although the Altaian 

language is widely used in everyday life (mass 

media, schools) it is pushed out by the Russian 

language which has a higher social status than 

the native one. The annual amount of the 

literature issued in Altaian has seriously 

decreased. The mission of the camp is to 

distribute the recently issued Altaian translation 

of “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint- 

Exupery among the schools in remote villages 

and towns. 

Language: The republic of Altai is situated in 

the South-East Siberia, near the Mongolian and 

Kazakh borders. It is famous for its mountains 

and natural resources, as well as for its unique 

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culture. The camp itself doesn’t really have a 

permanent location since you will move from 

one village from another. You will start from the 

capital of the republic Gorno-Altaisk and move 

along the route established. W. You will 

prepare the presentation of the book and a 

small performance to be shown to the 

schoolchildren. You will also write a camp diary 

and make a report about your impressions. You 

will probably talk to the mass media 

representatives. 

Accommodation: You will stay at the schools 

and host families. Mats and shower will be 

provided, but the sleeping bag is necessary. F. 

Food will be provided by the schools, but there 

is a chance that sometimes you will have to 

prepare the food yourself in the shared kitchen. 

Please note that the vegetarian food is not 

easily available in Altai since vegetarianism 

historically is not popular in that area. E. You 

will have a couple of free days in Gorno-Altaisk 

as well as a number of days camping in the 

Altaian nature which is famous for its 

exceptional natural beauty. During the camp 

you will have a chance to learn about the 

traditional Altaian arts & skills (khoomey, 

dances, shaman ceremonies, etc.) N 

Extra info: Please note, that this is not a typical 

camp. You should be ready to adapt quickly to 

a new environment every evening, although it 

may seem stressful. You should be open to a 

totally different culture background. People with 

photography skills and the experience of writing 

reports as well as performers and animators 

are the most welcome! You should be initiative 

in proposing ideas and able to cooperate with 

the other team members. 






SIBERIAN WORLD, Siberia 

Siberia... A huge area on the map of Russia 

and a huge white spot in the mind of a 

foreigner. It is very often associated with a - 

500C frost, bears and wild beardy Russian 

people in felt boots and furry hats :) Its scope 

takes your breath away, its nature is not similar 

to anything you have ever seen, its people are 

very hospitable. You have got a chance to 

discover it on your own :) Shushenskoe is a 

small village with about 19 thousand citizens in 

the south of Krasnoyarsky region. It is close to 

Khakasia, the land of lakes and spacious fields 

and part of the Sayan mountain system. 

Founded in the middle of the XVIII century it is 

widely known as a place of a 3-year exile of 

Vladimir Lenin, famous Russian revolutionary 

and founder of the Bolshevik party. Today there 

is a big historical and ethnographical museum 

in the open air which is a preserved central part 

of a XIX century village. Be prepared for a 2.5 

day train trip to Krasnoyarsk (a big city 60 

kilometers from Shushenskoe) across half of 

Russia. In fact "living" in a train is a unique 

experience, a wonderful chance to see the 

country and to build a united volunteer team 

even before the project has started! 

Work: You will work outdoors together with 

Russian volunteers in a beautiful nature park 

"Shushensky forest", part of the unique 

Shushensky biospheric nature reserve. The 

work will vary not to make you bored. 

Accommodation: You will not live in a tent in 

the forest but in a house in town:) 

Food: Homemade food provided. 


and sports clothes. Forget the myth that Russia 

is snow-covered twelve months a year and do 

not forget shorts, t-shirts and a swimming suit. 

If there is need for sleeping bags we will let you 

know beforehand. Please bring photo-video 

materials and any kind of information about 

your countries and home towns. There will be a 

constant culture exchange with hospitable local 

people! Free time activities: Trips to the 

mountains and\or lakes around the area, an 

excursion to Krasnoyarsk, cultural parties and 

games. 

Location: Russia, Siberia, Shushenskoe, 

nature park "Shushensky forest". 

Terminal/Region: 16-17 July, Moscow 






\"SAILING THE DREAM\", Kirov region 

Kirov was founded in 1374 and named Vyatka 

by the name of the river. It is a big industrial 

Russian city. Kirov is famous abroad for its 

traditional handicrafts such as "Dymkovskaya" 

toy. The project is organized in collaboration 

with Association of young journalists in Kirov 

region which works in the field of youth 

journalism. The Association exists the third year 

and today it covers about 500 persons. The 

Association is a member of the Russian public 

organization "League of young journalists" and 

"The Union of journalists of Russia". The 

biggest action which the Association does 

every year is the Festival of youth press 

"Sailing the dream". The second year the 

festival is opened for foreign volunteers who 

are expected to take part in it along with 

Russian participants. 

Work: The workcamp consists of 3 parts. The 

1st part is preparatory. Volunteers and young 

journalists will get acquainted with activity of the 

youth organizations, youth editing. After each 

visiting volunteers will be offered to write 

articles about their impressions. The 2nd part is 

participation in festival of children's and youthful 

press "Sailing the dream" which will take place 

out of the city in the children's camp "Eagle". 

During this part volunteers will be the 

participants of round tables, seminars, press 

conferences, meetings with well known 

journalists of the city and country, social actors. 

The 3rd part is final. Volunteers with young 

journalists will work under creation of special 

newspaper about youth which is called "The 

youth word". The newspaper will be printed in 

Russian and English languages. 


Russian culture and way of journalism. Leisure 

time: Visiting historical places of Kirov and 

traditional handicraft factories, evening fires, 

parties sport games and other entertaining 

activities concerning intercultural learning. 

Accommodation: during the first and last parts 

of the workcamp volunteers will be hosted by 

families of local volunteers, during the festival: 

in the wooden houses with all facilities (2-3 

persons per room). 


Terminal/Region: Moscow train station and 

airport (the meeting point in Moscow is 

planned), Kirov train station. 

Location: Kirov, Russia 

Extra info: Please bring with you national 

music instruments and CDs, games, good 

mood and your ideas for having nice time 

together. 


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PHOTOMARATHON, Nerechta, Kostroma 

A group of vols is invited to participate in a 

photomarathon in which many local participants 

will take part with the aim to attract the attention 

to the problems of the city (pollution, transport, 

poverty, unemployment), to its historical 

heritage and with new eyes to fall in love with 

its beauty. Please, take your cameras with you! 

The volunteers will take walks around the city 

being included into groups of Russians. The 

goal of the camp is a photo exhibition in one of 

the most visited places of Nerekhta. The 

example of similar photomarathon tasks you 

could download from here 

http://video.mail.ru/mail/supreme2003/allinone/ 

4.html . The results of the camp will be shown 

on the open air presentation in one of the most 

populated district of Nerekhta city. 

Language: Nerekhta is a town of the Kostroma 

region. Population: ca. 30 000 inhabitants. It is 

easy to reach from Moscow or Nizhni 

Novgorod. It is one of the most interesting 

places not only in the region but likewise in 

Central Russia. Nerekhta is a town-museum 

with centuries-old history. W. Volunteers will 

have to reflect their impressions of the city with 

photos. Their task will be also to prepare the 

photo exhibition. Please, be prepared for long 

walking, flexible time schedule (early morning 

photo sessions, night photographing). 

Accommodation: You will stay in the youth 

center with showers, toilets, bed linen and 

centralized canteen. The youth center provides 

diversity of workshops like ceramic, painting 

and other handcrafts, also traditional Russian. 

Host organization “Peoples Planet” Foundation 

http://www.nerehtaplaneta.ru/index.php?m1=volanters 

F. Meals 3 

times a day, no need to cook. Vegetarian food 

available. N 

Extra info: 40 Euro extra fee, motivation letter! 

PLEASE BRING YOUR CAMERA We don’t 

provide with films volunteers who bring not a 

digital camera. Please bring your smiles, good 

mood, imagination and of course, warm 

clothes, mosquito repellent, your favorite tapes, 

CDs, games, musical instruments and cooking 

recipes from your home country. 




Topic: Others 


\"KUNGUR\", Perm region, Kungur 

Kungur is an ancient town on western Ural 

founded in 1648. It is located in a place of 

merge of the rivers Sylva and Irene, 

approximately in 100 km from Perm. 

Remarkable beauty of this place, the historical 

and architectural monuments, and also world 

famous Ice cave attracts the tourists from all 

over the world. Kungur is a large industrial and 

trading center of the Perm region located on the 

crossing of transport ways, connecting the 

European part of the country with Siberia. The 

camp is organized by the Perm city public 

charitable organization "Centre of support of 

democratic youth initiatives", which is active in 

the field of social help and services to the aged 

and ill people, who injured within political 

reprisals. This camp has been organizing every 

year since 2001. 

Work: The participants will renovate the flats of 

elderly people who have suffered from the 

political repressions. The work includes painting 

the walls, ceilings, floors, window frames. As 

not everyone is familiar with this craft, so the 

leaders form little teams of 3 or 4 with at least 

one who has already gathered some 

experience in it and can teach them. 

Study: The educational part of the workcamp 

program will include discussions among 

volunteers about the basic ideas of the camp 

(for example, "Overcoming of the totalitarian 

past"), meeting with active workers of the 

organizers "Memorial" and other Perm public 

organizations. Leisure time: visiting of the 

Memorial museum of history of political 

reprisals "Perm - 36", excursion round Perm 

city and Kungur town, architectural 

constructions of 18-19 centuries: temples and 

churches, merchant manors etc., meeting with 

local artists and sculptors, trip to Belogorskiy 

monastery. 


house of youth tourism and excursions, 

bathrooms are available on the floor. 

Volunteers will cook by themselves. 


Terminal/Region: Perm airport, train station 

Location: Kungur, Perm region, Russia. 

Extra info: Please bring with you a sleeping 

bag, working shoes and clothes, national music 

CDs, games and good mood! 






BOL’SHAYA KOKSHAGA (Mari El Republic) 

The project is organized by the Moscow 

Ecological Center Zapovedniks (ECZ) in 

cooperation with the Bol’shaya Kokshaga 

Reserve. For many years in order to preserve 

biodiversity and natural forest renewal the entry 

on the territory of the Reserve was forbidden. 

But recently an active ecological work with 

children and students is held, a net of 

ecological educational trails and excursion 

routes are developed. 

Language: English. Russian language skills 

could be useful. 

Work: main group will live and work in 

Starozhil’sk. Main tasks are to develop 

ecological trails - to install benches and infoboards, 

to develop tourist sites, to collect 

garbage on the tourist trails. Also design work 

on the interior of the visit-center and landscape 

design are possible. 2 small groups (at will) will 

live and work deep in the Reserve: ranger work 

with inspectors and improvement work on the 

cordon and territory. 

Accommodation: Starozhil’sk – a small 

settlement about 40 km from the capital of Mari 

El Republic – Yoshkar-Ola. There are food 

shops, post office. No Internet. Main group in 

Starozhil’sk will live in a big house with a 

wooden beds, mattresses and blankets. No 

sleeping sheets. Electricity. Toilet is outside 

and very simple. Shower in the nearest River 

Kokshaga. Banya (Russian sauna) is provided. 

Cooking by themselves in a fully-equipped 

place. Small groups will live at the cordon in the 

wooden houses at about 10 km from 

Starozhil’sk. As the camp place is a bit far from 

civilization, your ideas, games and music 

instruments for evening programs are more 

then welcomed! 

Study: study trips deep to the Reserve, lecture 

and films about fauna and flora of this region; 

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about history, traditions and culture of Mari El 

people. Excursion to Yoshkar-Ola, 

Ethnographical Museum, mini-Zoo and trip to 

the Volga River. 

Language: English. Russian language skills 

could be useful. 

Terminal/Region: Yoshkar-Ola 12 vols will be 

Russian 




Topic: Others 


NUN\'S YARD-2, Moscow region 

The building of the Homestead is the realization 

of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna 

Romanova desires, the granddaughter of 

Victory, the Queen of Great Britain. She was 

thinking about the building of this homestead, 

but her tragic death in 1918 prevented the 

realization of this project. In 1992 the social 

service in the Marfo-Mariinsky Homestead was 

recommenced. A brief historical commentary: 

Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna shared 

her martyr death in the mine in Alapaevsk with 

3 sons of Grand Duke Konstantine 

Konstankinovish.- Princes Ioann, Igor and 

Konstantin. The sister of Grand Duke K.K.- 

Grand Duchess Olga was grand-grandmother 

of Prince Charles (Great Britain). 

Work: You will deal with the reconstruction of 

the Cathedral (the end of 18 c.), the building of 

Monastic blocks, priest's house, the opening of 

craft workshop (icon-painting, embroidery), the 

building of household constructions, the 

development of the charter lands, the 

accomplishment of the territory, the provision of 

Convent's life. 

Accommodation: Summerhouses where you 

will live are pretty simply equipped so do not 

expect many luxury:). Kitchen, dining room, 

shower, bio-toilet are in separate buildings. 

Food: 3 meals a day and even more :) will be 

provided, vegetarian food and cooking by 

yourself is also possible. 


patient to orthodox religion. Some skills in 

carpentry and masonry are welcomed but not 

necessarily. Take with you some repellents. 

Free-time activities: Visiting the Kremlin in 

Volokolamsk, the orphanage and having tea 

there; Borodino museum - place where the 

biggest battle between Russian and Napoleon's 

forces at 1812 Patriotic war took place. In 1 km 

apart of the Homestead there is a forest with a 

beautiful lake. It's possible to swim, catch fish, 

and gather berries and mushrooms. 

Location: Moscow region. The Homestead of 

the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of Charity. 125 km 

from Moscow 

Terminal/Region: 3 August 10:00 - 13:00, 







SUNCITY, Anapa 

Black sea coast in general and Anapa in 

particular is a Russian national resort. Beautiful 

weather, warm sea, fine sand, diversity of fruits 

etc. There are a lot of places to visit here - 

mineral mud lake, waterfalls, rich flora and 

fauna. Besides this the area is very rich with a 

historical objects. 

Work: SUNCITY is a creative, ecological and 

social project. The idea to hold a festival 

appeared more than three years ago. In August 

2006, twenty five persons participated in the 

festival SUNCITY. There were built more than 

50 sand sculptures and compositions. In 2007, 

the organizers plan to extend the scale of the 

festival. We invite young people to reveal ones' 

talents, make a contribution to the cleanliness 

of the environment, and just to spend positively 

ten days at the coast of the beautiful Black Sea. 

- creative - the construction of sandcastles on 

the Black Sea coast; - ecological - garbage 

removal from the wild beach. To promote the 

idea that ecology is much more mentality than 

science; - social - we are for the development 

of freedom spirit, personal merits, on the one 

hand, and for mutual understanding and 

community cohesion, on the another. Visit our 

website: www.suncityfest.ru Approx. schedule: 

* 7.30 a.m. - Wake up! * 7.30 a.m.- 8.30 a.m. - 

building of the foundation for sand 

compositions * 8.30 a.m. -9.00 a.m. - breakfast 

* 9.00 a.m.- 10.00 a.m. - cleaning the sea coast 

* 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. - building sand 

compositions * 1.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. - lunch 

time and siesta * 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. - sport 

activities * 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. - camp 

accomplishment activities * 8.00 p.m. - 8.30 

p.m. - dinner after 8.00 p.m. - party time 

Accommodation: You will live in tents on the 

Black Sea coast. 

Food: The cooking will be done by your own. 

Collective food prepared on camp fire and gas 

cooker. Free time activities: Sports (water 

sports competitions, beach volleyball and 

football), music (contest of musical talents, 

singing, playing guitar, discotheque), 

excursions (national reserve park Utrish, Anapa 

city), body-art. 

Language: English R: Motivation letter is 

required! Please, take into consideration that 

Anapa is a resort area. Therefore we should be 

sure about your 100% participation till the 1st of 

June!!! In order to book a train ticket 

beforehand. Average temperature in August 

+28...+33?C 

Location: the Black Sea coast, Vityazevo 

village, Anapa, the Krasnodar Territory 

Terminal/Region: 8 August 10:00 - 16:00, 







\"YOUTH OF THE WORLD\", Nizhny 

Novgorod 


place of fusion of two Great Russian Rivers 

:Volga and Oka. From 1932 till 1990 it was 


Gorky honor. It is situated 500 km from 

Moscow. The city has a rich history and more 

then 600 historical, architectural and cultural 

sights testify to it. The city is inscribed in the list 

of 100 cities of the world with high cultural and 

historical profile by UNESKO. It is famous by its 

traditional handicrafts such as "Hohloma" and 

"Gorodetskaya". The workcamp aims to 

organize the festival of world cultures in Nizhny 

Novgorod in order to promote international 

voluntary movement, intercultural awareness 

and tolerance. 

Work: Volunteers are expected to participate in 

different cultural events and meetings with 

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public people of the city with the purpose to 

introduce the experience of work with youth 

abroad. Participants will prepare the exhibition 

of the countries they come from and organize 

the presentations of their cultures for the 

inhabitants of the city. A group of the volunteers 

will also create a short movie about the 

workcamp and other social activities which will 

be held simultaneously in the city. 

Study: Volunteers will learn a lot about Russian 

and other participants' cultures. Leisure time: 

Excursions round Nizhny Novgorod city and 

visits to local museums, swimming in Volga 

river. On weekends volunteers could take part 

in trips to small towns of the region and visit the 

handicraft factories. Also there are a lot of 

cinemas and theatres in the city. 


hostel with all facilities (3 persons per room). 

There is one canteen per floor and volunteers 

will cook breakfast and supper by themselves. 

Lunches will be organized additionally in the 

city. 


welcomed. 



Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 

Extra info: Please bring with you national 

music CDs, games, any useful information or 

materials for presentation of your country and 

good mood. 






Krokhalinaya Bay, Lake Baikal 
































(ESBT). Workcamp is organized on the territory 

of Zabaikalski National Park on the shore of 

Krokhalinaya Bay at the bed of Svyatoy Nos, 

the biggest peninsula in Baikal. One of the 

tasks of ZNP is the protection and preservation 

of nerpa (sweet water seal, Baikal endemic) 

population. To the west of Svyatoy Nos 

peninsula Ushkanyi islands are situated, with 

the largest nerpa breeding ground. Zabaikalski 

National Park is also an important bird 

conservation area. Among its rare species are 

black stork, golden eagle, peregrine falcon, 

white-tailed sea eagle, and hooded crane. The 

workcamp will be set in Krokhalinaya Bay, vols 

will work in a forest area in 2-4 kms from the 

camp. 

Work: Building of a 4-5 km long section of the 

trail Bargizin – Krokhalinaya Bay, building 

bridges, widening and marking the trail. 




take a refreshing swim in Baikal! Participation 

Fee: 250 Euro 






Path to clean Baikal, Zabaikalski National 

Park (ZNP) 
































(ESBT). 

Work: widening and renovating the trail and 

building bridges, camping areas, steps, and 

toilets. The trail begins in the mountain 

wilderness of Zabaikalski National Park and 

ends on the shores of Chivyrkuisky Gulf. The 

project starts from the settlement of Ust- 

Barguzin. From there, project participants will 

take a forest road to the trailhead and begin a 

54-kilometer hike through wild taiga forest. You 

will traverse the pass over the Barguzin 

mountain range while carrying your personal 

belongings, camping equipment (tent, sleeping 

bag, etc.), tools (axes, saws, shovels), and all 

of the food for the entire project. Covering 2-15 

kilometers a day, you will clear and mark the 

trail as you walk, building rest stops and 

campsites and constructing small bridges. 

Although the trip is demanding, you will be 

greatly rewarded by the untouched, quiet 

beauty of snowy mountain tops, the endless 

seas of Siberian pines, exquisitely fresh and 

fragrant air, and perhaps some encounters with 

Siberian wildlife! At the end of the hike, on the 

shores of Chivyrkuy Gulf, is the breathtaking 

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(and warm) Khrohalinaya Bay. For two weeks 

you will live and work together in some of the 

most beautiful places around Lake Baikal. You 

can fish, go for a quick dip in the river after a 

day of satisfying work, or pick berries and 

mushrooms in the woods. 

Accommodation: in a temporary camp sites 

along the way, vols will share two-person tents. 



take a refreshing swim in the river! 

Extra info: The first half of the project is 

extremely difficult, and you must be in good 

physical shape to hike through taiga with a 

heavy backpack. Age limit 45. Participation 

Fee: 250 Euro 




2008 

Topic: Others 


MYSTERIOUS ISLAND-1, Karelia 

Project will take place at the fantastic island of 

Valaam - one of the most picturesque places 

and beautiful monasteries in the Northwest of 

Russia. It is sometimes called "Mount Athos of 

the North". Valaam, surrounded by the 

archipelago of more than 50 beautiful small 

islands, is situated in Ladoga Lake - the biggest 

freshwater lake in Europe with the average 

width of 83km!! and maximum depth of 230m!. 

During its centuries-old history, the Monastery 

has undergone devastation and desolation time 

and again. But, by God's mercy, every time it 

revived again. In atheistic Soviet Union 

Monastery has also undergone devastation. 

But on December 14, 1989, a ship moored in 

the harbour, there were the first six monks on 

board and gradually monastic life started to 

revive. Since that day, the new history of 

Valaam began. A great amount of temples and 

churches are situated here, a lot of pilgrims 

come every summer to visit Holy Earth and to 

help in renovation works. You can see photos 

of Valaam at www.valaam.ru 

Work: The distance from St.Petersburg to 

Valaam is approximately 220km. A lot of monks 

live here today, some of them renovate old 

churches, other work in the fields. A lot of 

people help them to save cultural heritage, and 

due to them a lot of churches of Valaam are 

already renovated. You task will be to help the 

monks in cleaning the fields, cutting down 

grass, preparing firewood. You will work in the 

kitchen, with domestic animals, in the garden. 

Very often volunteers are asked to help at the 

monastery farm, which is known by its 

wonderful atmosphere and kitchen! Attention: 

the physical work is really PHYSICAL! Besides 

this, according to the monastery rules you 

should be wearied in a proper way. What 

means: no open torso for boys (and for girls of 

course). So, boys are asked to have long 

trousers and T-shirts and girls are asked to 

have skirts and headscarves. Fairly speaking, 

this rule is much more helpful than strict - it is 

not hot this time on Valaam:-). During the free 

time you will have a chance to visit different 

churches and temples situated at Valaam and 

learn much about Russian orthodox culture. 

Accommodation: On the island 

accommodation will be provided in the 

dormitory (3-20 persons in one room). You 

should take sleeping bags, working gloves and 

clothes with you. 

Food: The monastery provides vegetarian 

food. Shower is available twice a week. 


patient to orthodox religion. Volunteers with 


part in this workcamp, because monastery is 

isolated and it could be hard to get to hospital 

very fast. 

Location: Russia, Republic of Karelia, 

Sortavala, Valaam island, Monastery 

Terminal/Region: 24 August, 07:00, 

St.Petersburg, Ploshad Lenina, near Big 

Monument of Lenin 




2008 



\"MIX OF CULTURES\", Karelia, 

Petrozavodsk 







diversity of flora and fauna. The camp takes 

place in Petrozavodsk- the capital of Karelia 

republic which has been found by Piter the 

Great simultaneously with St.Petersburg in 

1703. Initially it was a small settlement 

supplying the weapon factory. Nowadays it is a 

very nice, modern and clean city with highly 

developed industry and very active social life. 

The project is organized in cooperation with 

regional public organization "Initiative", which is 

working in the field of promotion and 

development of volunteering as well as 

organizing and strengthening of international 

youth cultural exchanges. The camp aims to 

foster intercultural awareness and 

understanding. 

Work: Volunteers will prepare and conduct 

cultural presentations and language workshops 

for youth in schools of Petrozavodsk city. The 

topics of presentations are the cultures of 

volunteers' countries, voluntary movement 

abroad etc. Also participants of the camp are 

expected to conduct the days of intercultural 

communication in schools of the city. Another 

type of activity for volunteers is preparation and 

demonstration of photo-exhibition about their 

countries, cultures and traditions. 

Study: Volunteers will learn a lot about Russian 

and other participants' cultures. Leisure time: 

Excursions round Petrozavodsk city, visits to 

local museums (historical museum, museum of 

local lore, art museum). There are possibilities 

for walking trips outside the city, sport activities, 

cinema etc. 


hostel of Pedagogical college (3 persons per 

room). The canteen, bathroom and shower are 

available on the same floor with living rooms. 

Volunteers will cook for them self. 


welcomed. 


and airport. 


Russia 

Extra info: Don't forget to take warm and 

waterproof clothes, national music CDs, games, 

any useful information or materials for 

presentation of your country and good mood. 




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30, 2008 

Topic: Others 


MYSTERIOUS ISLAND-2, Karelia 

Project will take place at the fantastic island of 

Valaam - one of the most picturesque places 

and beautiful monasteries in the Northwest of 

Russia. It is sometimes called "Mount Athos of 

the North". Valaam, surrounded by the 

archipelago of more than 50 beautiful small 

islands, is situated in Ladoga Lake - the biggest 

freshwater lake in Europe with the average 

width of 83km!! and maximum depth of 230m!. 

During its centuries-old history, the Monastery 

has undergone devastation and desolation time 

and again. But, by God's mercy, every time it 

revived again. In atheistic Soviet Union 

Monastery has also undergone devastation. 

But on December 14, 1989, a ship moored in 

the harbour, there were the first six monks on 

board and gradually monastic life started to 

revive. Since that day, the new history of 

Valaam began. A great amount of temples and 

churches are situated here, a lot of pilgrims 

come every summer to visit Holy Earth and to 

help in renovation works. You can see photos 

of Valaam at www.valaam.ru 

Work: The distance from St.Petersburg to 

Valaam is approximately 220km. A lot of monks 

live here today, some of them renovate old 

churches, other work in the fields. A lot of 

people help them to save cultural heritage, and 

due to them a lot of churches of Valaam are 

already renovated. You task will be to help the 

monks in cleaning the fields, cutting down 

grass, preparing firewood. You will work in the 

kitchen, with domestic animals, in the garden. 

Very often volunteers are asked to help at the 

monastery farm, which is known by its 

wonderful atmosphere and kitchen! Attention: 

the physical work is really PHYSICAL! Besides 

this, according to the monastery rules you 

should be wearied in a proper way. What 

means: no open torso for boys (and for girls of 

course). So, boys are asked to have long 

trousers and T-shirts and girls are asked to 

have skirts and headscarves. Fairly speaking, 

this rule is much more helpful than strict - it is 

not hot this time on Valaam:-). During the free 

time you will have a chance to visit different 

churches and temples situated at Valaam and 

learn much about Russian orthodox culture. 

Accommodation: On the island 

accommodation will be provided in the 

dormitory (3-20 persons in one room). You 

should take sleeping bags, working gloves and 

clothes with you. 

Food: The monastery provides vegetarian 

food. Shower is available twice a week. 


patient to orthodox religion. Volunteers with 


part in this workcamp, because monastery is 

isolated and it could be hard to get to hospital 

very fast. 

Location: Russia, Republic of Karelia, 

Sortavala, Valaam island, Monastery 

Terminal/Region: 10 September, 07:00, 

St.Petersburg, Ploshad Lenina, near Big 

Monument of Lenin 




29, 2008 



\"Golden autumn\", Nizhny Novgorod 

region, Semenov district 


place of fusion of two Great Russian Rivers: 

Volga and Oka. From 1932 till 1990 it was 


Gorky honor. The city has a rich history and 

more then 600 historical, architectural and 

cultural sights testify to it. It was inscribe in the 

list of 100 cities of the world with high cultural 

and historical profile by UNESKO. Semenov is 

a small town not far from Nizhniy Novgorod. It 

is located at the Sanakhta River. It was founded 

in 17 century. The city is famous for its factory 

of hohloma painting, which is one of ancient 

kinds of Russian skills all over the world. The 

camp is organized by the Regional Center of 

family and children support "Young 

Nizhegorodets". It was opened in 1981 as a 

children's health- improving camp. Since 2006 

it became a rehabilitation centre for children. 

Every year the center hosts about 3000 

children with their parents, partly they are from 

socially disadvantaged families and 

orphanages. The others are children suffering 

from disordered motor function, they are 

accompanied by their parents. The center is 

located in a very picturesque place not far from 

the Kerzhenskyi reserved area on the river 

shore. There is an oak-wood and birch grove 

around the center. 

Work: The volunteers are expected to help to 

organize a role game titled "Fairy tales of 

Kerzhenskyi forest" for children and their 

parents. Also the volunteers will be offered to 

make the entertaining activities and sport 

games for children as well as to support the 

decoration of the children's rooms. Horsing 

therapy is one of the ways of children treatment 

in "Young Nizhegorodets" so work as a horsebreeder 

is the other possible activity for the 

volunteers. 

Location: Nizhny Novgorod region, Semenov 

district, Belasovka village. The distances: 

100km from Nizhniy Novgorod, 25 km from 

Semenov. 

Accommodation: in the center building, in 

rooms for 3-4 persons, bathroom available. 

Meal is prepared in the canteen. Leisure time: 

Walking in the forest, visiting of a gymnasium. 

The volunteers will be able to ride horses. Also 

it's possible to make a tour of the Semenov and 

Nizhniy Novgorod and Gorodetc town, to visit 

Semenov factory of hohloma painting and to 

paint a matreshka by your self. 

Language: English, Russian are welcome. 


station/ airport 


1. Serbia - VOLUNTARY SERVICE OF SERBIA 



Campcode:RS-VSS-6-1 

TRSIC, Loznica 

Trsic is a small village famous as the birthplace 

of Vuk Karadzic, the reformist of Serbian 

language and orthography. Because of its 

historical importance, this village has turned 

into a museum. Today it is a place frequently 

visited by tourists. The local partner 

organization (www.trsic.com) works on 

development and improvement of rural and eco 

tourism. This workcamp’s goal is to educate 

local people in the field of preserving heritage 

and other values for the sake of generations to 

come. 

Work: Volunteers will work on cleaning the 

forest from garbage, clearing the vegetation 

and marking the paths connecting Vuk’s birth 

house and 5 km distant XIV century Tronosa 

monastery. Apart of the manual work, the 

volunteers will take part in educative workshops 

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together with the locals. That is why the 

students of Serbian and other Slavic languages 

are very welcome. 

Accommodation: In a house nearby, built in 

the same style as Vuk’s house from the 

eighteenth century. Volunteers will prepare food 

themselves. 


Location: Trsic is situated close to Loznica in 

the western part of Serbia 

Terminal/Region: Belgrade 






LUDAS LAKE I, Subotica 

Lake Ludas, an eolic lake surrounded with 

marsh, steppe and forest habitats, is famous as 

an ornithological reserve. It is one of the oldest 

protected areas in the world and listed as a 

wetland of international importance (Ramsar 

Site from 1977). Apart from preserved natural 

values (bird, fish and wetland plant species), 

the area boasts rich cultural heritage 

(archaeological findings, rural and sacral 

architecture, traditional culture, especially good 

rural cuisine). The beauty of the landscape and 

of the lake with the tall reed beds represents a 

special value of the Reserve. 

Work: Volunteers will be included in the project 

of preparing a wooden walkway (wooden pillars 

posted in the marsh mud, covered with planks). 

This project is a part of the umbrella–project of 

bird–monitoring which will continue throughout 

the summer. 

Accommodation: in the Research Station 

“Ludas”. Food will be provided in a local 

restaurant. 


Location: Lake Ludas is located 12 km from 

Subotica 

Terminal/Region: Belgrade Participation fee: 

15 € 






LUDAS LAKE II, Subotica 

Lake Ludas, an eolic lake surrounded with 

marsh, steppe and forest habitats, is famous as 

an ornithological reserve. It is one of the oldest 

protected areas in the world and listed as a 

wetland of international importance (Ramsar 

Site from 1977). Apart from preserved natural 

values (bird, fish and wetland plant species), 

the area boasts rich cultural heritage 

(archaeological findings, rural and sacral 

architecture, traditional culture, especially good 

rural cuisine). The beauty of the landscape and 

of the lake with the tall reed beds represents a 

special value of the Reserve. 


of wet meadows revitalization by removing 

reed, tree branches and clearing other 

vegetation. 

Accommodation: in the Research Station 

“Ludas”. Food will be provided in a local 

restaurant. 


Location: Lake Ludas is located 12 km from 

Subotica 


15 € 




Topic: Others 


CAJETINA, Uzice 

Cajetina village is situated on the mountain 

Zlatibor, a well-known tourist resort near Tara 

Mountain National Park and the authentic ethno 

village of Sirogojno. Mokra gora and the 

famous film director Kusturica’s Ethno–village 

Mecavnik are also nearby. Zlatibor offers 

unforgettable scenery and a unique climate. 

Work: The volunteers will clean the 

surrounding of an old spring water fountain. 

The project includes revitalization of dry 

grasslands by cutting bushes and weeds, 

making the signs and marking the walking 

paths, construction and installation of garbage 

cans, as well as construction of a stone wall. 

Accommodation: in a school. 


Location: Cajetina is a small town in the 

western part of Serbia, about 200 km from 

Belgrade. 

Terminal/Region: Belgrade Special remarks: 

There is a possibility for long walks and a lot of 

opportunities to discover flora and fauna of this 

mountain region. Local volunteers will be 

involved in the work. Participation fee: 15 € 






RAVNI I, Uzice 

Ravni village is situated on the mountain 







The Ravni summer camp aims to provide fun, 

education and safe environment for children, in 

order for them to enjoy the school holidays 

period. The children are between 10 and 15 

years old and the scheme is open to 40 

children per one camp. 

Work: The international volunteers will work on 

preparing the summer camp activities together 

with the staff (educators, organizers, a nurse 

and a doctor) and local volunteers. The 

volunteers will help in supervising the group of 

children while doing a variety of indoor and 

outdoor activities (arts, field studies on local 

biodiversity and environment, crafts and 

games, sport events and excursions). 

Volunteers will supervise the children, help 

them to develop their English language skills 

and will conduct some workshops for children 

on their own. Tasks will also include helping in 

daily preparations of the scheme and cleaning 

up after it. 

Accommodation: In a school with beds. 

Sleeping bags are required for two nights 

outdoor – in tents near the bank of the river 

Rzav. Number of volunteers: 5 international + 5 

local 


Location: Ravni village is located 230 km from 



Qualifications: Volunteers must send a 

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motivation letter that describes their experience 

in working with kids, as well as their thoughts 

and suggestions for specific activities (games, 

sports, crafts, etc.) 

Extra info: Volunteers must have a good level 

of English and be very motivated to work with 

children. Smoking and drinking of alcohol is 

permitted only when volunteers are away from 

the children. 


6. Serbia - Volunteers Centre of Vojvodina 



Campcode:RS-VCV-9-1 

PHOTO-SYNTHESIS (Despotovac) 

Despotovac is a town and a municipality 

located in Serbia, around 130 kilometres southeastern 

of Belgrade. Its name stems from word 

"Despot" in Serbian, which means supreme 

ruler. The town has a total population of 4,363 

people. Near Despotovac, there is the Manasija 

monastery, founded by Despot Stefan 

Lazarevic between 1407. and 1418. Another 

interesting point is the waterfall of Lisine, the 

highest one in Serbia. Concept of this camp is 

organising photography workshops by 

international and local volunteers, with the aims 

to discover new potentials and values of 

Despotovac and to point out some intercultural 

values through a creative process. 

Work: Volunteers will be divided in small 

groups each day, and every group will get a 

thematic task for photographing on that day. 

Second part of daily activities will be selection 

of the best photographs of that day in order to 

form a collection for main exhibition of 

photographs and presentation of selected 

material. 

Study: In the afternoon hours, volunteers will 

be able to spend time in creative artworkshops, 

which will be organised for local 

children. In that way volunteers can be of great 

help to artist who will run the workshops. Also, 

volunteers can use football and basketball 

fields. There will also be visits to the historical, 

cultural and environmental sites. 

Accommodation: Accommodation with 

showers will be provided, volunteers will cook 

for themselves (perhaps one meal per day can 

be provided in some restaurant). 

Terminal/Region: Despotovac 

Qualifications: It would be good if you have 

some experience in photography. You will need 

to bring your camera with you. 






ART-AREA (Becej) PVP 

Becej is typical, multinational town in Vojvodina, 

more than 900 years old, situated on right bank 

of river Tisa, 53km north from Novi Sad. There 

are a numerous cultural –historical monuments, 

more than 12 different nationalities and it is an 

example of tolerant town in the heart of 

Vojvodina. With this camp volunteers work will 

encourage non-affirmed artists to expose 

themselves and not to be afraid of critics – 

volunteers will give them the example! Main 

subject of the camp and volunteers work will be 

peace. Promoting peace in multiethnic town like 

Becej is more than necessary because of lack 

of intercultural communication. 

Work: We will work in groups or all together. 

During the camp our job will be easy, painting, 

wood cracking and painting murals. Through 

our art-works and behaviour we will promote 

peace. Local artists will come to visit us and 

help them if needed. Also non-affirmed artists 

will be more than welcome to join us. At the end 

of camp there will be big exhibition of all art 

products in a gallery. 

Study: We will have workshops on peace, 

intercultural learning and conflict resolution. We 

will make visits to a castle near Becej, Novi 

Becej – town next to Becej, Novi Sad, lake and 

river Tisa. 

Accommodation: We are going to sleep in 

tents in Goranski park near youth club. 

Sleeping mats and sleeping bags are 

necessary. Toilets and showers are next to the 

park, in sports centre. We will make our own 

food. 


Qualifications: We are looking for volunteers 

who are deeply interested in topics of peace, 

intercultural learning and conflict resolution. 

Terminal/Region: Novi Sad 

Extra info: This is a PVP camp – a motivation 

letter is needed! Please bring something that 

will represent your culture and country. 




Topic: Others 


COLOURED HOUSE OF KIDS AND 

CULTURE (Backo Petrovo Selo) 

Backo Petrovo Selo (Petereve - Hungarian) is 

typical multinational settlement in the 

municipality of Becej, more than 900 years old, 

with 7318 inhabitants. Backo Petrovo Selo 

stands on right bank of river Tisa, 62km from 

Novi Sad, the capital of Vojvodina. There are a 

numerous cultural and historical monuments, 

more than 12 different nationalities and it is 

perfect example of tolerant place. During the 

summer, Backo Petrovo Selo (BPS) is a quite 

active village, with several summer festival 

dedicated to its multicultural wealth with 

participation of few hundred kids and youth. 

BPS has three active ethno-artistic societies 

which are the stakes of cultural life. All of them 

are practicing in the “Culture house” which is 

the place of theatre, dance, painting, youth etc. 

The aim of this work camp is giving new colour 

of “Culture house” and through work motivation 

of youth and kids from BPS to take active role. 

Work: Volunteers will work on painting the 

interior of „Culture house“. Volunteers will also 

be involved in preparation of intercultural 

evenings, parties, film projections... 

Study: Various workshops, pool and Tisa river 

visits, excursion to »Fantast« lake and castle. 

Volunteers will visit orthodox monastery and 

catholic church and town hall. Volunteers will 

have opportunity to enjoy in the festival 

»Cucumber days«. Volunteers will be 

introduced with our traditions and customs. 

Accommodation: Workcamp will be situated 

on five minutes from the centre of Backo 

Petrovo Selo, in the rooms of local football club. 

Sleeping bags are necessary. All meals will be 

prepared by volunteers. Showers and toilettes 

are available. 


Qualifications: No special qualifications are 

required. Craft in painting the walls is welcome 

:) 


Extra info: Please bring some characteristic 

games and/or food from your country. 

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Topic: Others 


SUMMER IN RUSKI KRSTUR 2 (Ruski 

Krstur) 

Ruski Krstur is a village of 5000 people located 

70km northwest from Novi Sad, the capital of 

Vojvodina. It is inhabited by the Ruthenian 

national minority (98% of the village). These 

people speak their own language and have 

their own customs. Once you get to know them, 

they are open and friendly people, but their 

community is still closed to the outside. In 2007 

we did our first workcamp there. For most local 

people it was first chance to show and open 

themselves to different cultures, traditions and 

characters. There is a swimming pool built on 

the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal at the end of 

the village, which is meeting place of the people 

during summer. However, the place needs 

reconstruction and repairs. 

Work: The main work is that together with 

people from Ruski Krstur volunteers make 

some repairs including painting, cleaning, 

making wooden benches and a walking path 

and doing some smaller construction work to 

fulfil the space around the swimming pool. 

Study: There will be few different workshops 

created by the locals to show Ruthenian culture 

and tradition. Volunteers will have an excursion 

to Novi Sad, second largest city in Serbia, with 

visits to historical, cultural and environmental 

sites. 

Accommodation: In local school's dormitory, 

which is half an hour away by walk from the 

workcamp place, so participants will be 

provided with bicycles. Sleeping bags are not 

necessary. Food will be prepared by locals and 

camp volunteers. 








CREA(C)TIVITY (Morovic) 

Morovic is a village of 3000 people, located 

about 70km southwest from Novi Sad, near the 

border with Bosnia and Croatia. Two rivers flow 

through the village, Bosut and Studva. The 

village is surrounded by wonderful forests and a 

network of canals, but despite the natural 

beauty, the riverbanks have been neglected 

and ignored by local people. There is a general 

feeling of disinterest among the village people 

towards the problems and the potentials of the 

local community. Intensive communication and 

interaction with the local people should help 

them adopt a more positive attitude towards 

their own village. 

Work: We will organize an art colony (a group 

of international and local volunteer artists) to 

create paintings on topics of natural beauty, 

healthy environment, etc... We should also 

make some creative workshops with the local 

kids. In addition, we will spend a smaller 

amount of time on manual work - cleaning and 

arranging the riverbanks. 

Study: Workshops on painting, knitting 

hammocks, introduction to local folklore and 

dances, getting to know the centuries-old oak 

forests, practice in preparing typical local fish 

stew. Visits to Novi Sad 

Accommodation: A local ecological 

organization has transferred two used railway 

coaches to the riverbank and re-arranged them 

as a sleeping place, an office and a cafeteria. 

Volunteers will be placed there. No need for 

sleeping bags. On some days, we will make our 

own food. On other days, local people will be 

proud to present their cuisine and cooking 

skills. 


Qualifications: Artistic talent in painting is 

welcome! :) 






PAINTING WITH KIDS, (Sajkas) 

Sajkas is a village with 5000 inhabitants located 

near Novi Sad, the capital of Vojvodina. Near 

Sajkas are rivers Danube and Tisa. In this 

project local youth will be take part, kids from 

10 to 15 years old. They will be helping 

volunteers with their work, volunteers will be 

teaching them to paint and also they will play 

games and/or have workshops with the 

volunteers. 

Work: Volunteers will be working together with 

local kids on painting a border wall in a park 

and walls in a youth club and they will have all 

the freedom to paint whatever they like. Also, 

they will be working on planting some trees in 

the park. During this workcamp, there will be a 

rock concert, and volunteers will be helping with 

organization. 

Study: In the afternoons, volunteers will make 

some workshops or games with/for the children. 

There will be visits to the orthodox monastery of 

Kovilj, local cultural and historical sites, nearby 

rivers, Novi Sad city and presentations of 

traditions and local culture. 

Accommodation: Sleeping is in the school on 

mattresses. Volunteers will need to bring their 

own sleeping bag. Also, showers, toilets and 

kitchen are provided. Volunteers will be 

preparing food for themselves in a school 

kitchen. 

Terminal/Region: Novi Sad. 

Qualifications: Some talent for painting, and 

motivation to work with kids. Therefore, a 

motivation letter is necessary. 






RAVNI II, Uzice 

Ravni village is situated on the mountain 







The Ravni summer camp aims to provide fun, 

education and safe environment for children, in 

order for them to enjoy the school holidays 

period. The children are between 10 and 15 

years old and the scheme is open to 40 

children per one camp. 

Work: The international volunteers will work on 

preparing the summer camp activities together 

with the staff (educators, organizers, a nurse 

and a doctor) and local volunteers. The 

volunteers will help in supervising the group of 

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children while doing a variety of indoor and 

outdoor activities (arts, field studies on local 

biodiversity and environment, crafts and 

games, sport events and excursions). 

Volunteers will supervise the children, help 

them to develop their English language skills 

and will conduct some workshops for children 

on their own. Tasks will also include helping in 

daily preparations of the scheme and cleaning 

up after it. 

Accommodation: In a school with beds. 

Sleeping bags are required for two nights 

outdoor – in tents near the bank of the river 

Rzav. Number of volunteers: 5 international + 5 

local 


Location: Ravni village is located 230 km from 



Qualifications: Volunteers must send a 

motivation letter that describes their experience 

in working with kids, as well as their thoughts 

and suggestions for specific activities (games, 

sports, crafts, etc.) 

Extra info: Volunteers must have a good level 

of English and be very motivated to work with 

children. Smoking and drinking of alcohol is 

permitted only when volunteers are away from 

the children. 






CLEAN RIVERS (Ljig) 

Ljig is a small town of 5000 people in central 

Serbia at the foot of Rajac mountain. It is place 

85km south of Belgrade. Ljig also the location 

of one of the youngest spas in Serbia. A 

location ecological organization is trying to 

protect the Ljig river through various activities. 

Work: Volunteers will explore the current 

situation of the river pollution, collect and 

update data on pollution. They will work 

together with local experts. 

Study: Knowledge and skills needed for the 

work (in biology, geography, environment 

protection, etc) will be practiced through the 

work with the local experts. Depending on your 

interest, there could be additional workshops on 

these topics. There will also be introductions to 

the local culture and folklore and visits to 

historical and environmental sites. 

Accommodation: In a rented house in the 

town, with showers and kitchen. Volunteers will 

make their own meals. 







SURCIN, Belgrade 

Surcin is the youngest Belgrade municipality. 

It’s located 17 km west from the city centre. 

Sava River is close by. The place is surrounded 

by a cultivated area and remnants of old oak 

forests. It represents real oasis of fresh air. The 

area of the Sport Centre is a very pleasant 

place ideal for camping, sports and picnic 

activities. 

Work: The volunteers will repair the existing 

and construct new resting places and benches, 

clean the Tvrdenjava lake surroundings within 

the Sport Centre and should take part in putting 

in order vegetation nearby the foot and bike 

paths. 

Accommodation: in a school, sleeping bags 

and mats are needed; breakfast and dinner will 

be prepared by the volunteers themselves in 

the school, lunch will be provided in the local 

restaurant within the Sport Centre. 


Location: Surcin 


15 € 






GRZA, Paracin 

Grza well is one of the largest karst springs in 

Serbia. In the last 15 years the maintenance of 

Grza has been quite neglected. The 

mountaineer’s home and the track to the spring 

are in a very bad shape. Intensified unplanned 

building of summer cottages ruins the 

environment and illegal tree cutting intensifies 

erosion. 

Work: Project consists of several phases: 

making trash bins, clearing forest trails and 

vegetation; marking tracking paths. In the last 

phase of the project, volunteers will make 

photos of the area, which will be used for 

promo material (postcards, brochures, 

exhibition, etc.). 

Accommodation: In the mountaineer’s 

cottage: a local cook will be in charge of 

preparing food. 


Location: Grza is situated 25 km from Paracin 

and 3km from the nearest village. 


Visits to monasteries in the surroundings, 

tracking tours and visits to nearby villages, the 

fair and local concerts in Paracin are planned. 

Special requirements: Volunteers should have 

any kind of photo camera with them and be 

interested in photography. Participation fee: 15 

€ 






NOBODY’S DOG (Becej) 

Becej is typical, multinational town in Vojvodina, 

more than 900 years old, situated on right bank 

of river Tisa, 53km north from Novi Sad. There 

are a numerous cultural –historical monuments, 

more than 12 different nationalities and it is an 

example of tolerant town in the heart of 

Vojvodina. Becej is a town with a big number of 

abandoned dogs, so local community started to 

deal with that problem. There are only two 

employed people who have all the obligations, 

so the main idea of the camp is helping them 

and the dogs. There are about 120 dogs in the 

dog shelter. 

Work: General work will be taking care of dogs, 

building and painting houses, cleaning, cutting 

grass, arranging the garden in the shelter and 

making dog collars. 

Study: Various workshops, pools and the Tisa 

river visits, excursions to «Fantast» castle, and 

the nearby town Novi Becej. Volunteers will visit 

orthodox and catholic churches, cultural centre 

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and town hall. Also, volunteers will have a tour 

on the river Tisa by boats and we will go to visit 

the dog shelter in village Djurdjevo. 

Accommodation: Workcamp will be situated in 

the centre in one of the biggest parks in Becej, 

under the tents. Sleeping bags and sleeping 

mats are necessary. Showers and toilettes are 

nearby. Food will be prepared by volunteers 

and it will be mainly vegetarian. 


Qualifications: It is important that you are not 

afraid of dogs! 


Extra info: Please bring information about 

dogs, games and/or food from your country. 






KOSJERIC I – SOUNDING, Uzice 

Kosjeric is a small town in the western part of 

Serbia, well known for its beautiful nature. A 

group of young people initiated workcamps to 

increase and affirm cultural and tourism 

potentials through interaction between the 

citizens and the volunteers in an international 

atmosphere. 

Work: The idea for the music workshop is 

based on image and sound interaction and 

wider communication, as well as on a possible 

collaboration with other workshops taking place 

in Kosjeric camps (mural, graffiti and theatre 

workshop). The work process will be divided 

into three phases: a) Sound and spaces – the 

participants would create music for the video 

material that will be recorded in various 

localities; b) Sound and movement – the 

participants will make several improvisations 

together with the theatre workshop that will take 

in hand stage movement; c) Sound and colour 

– in cooperation with the mural workshop; the 

participants will produce several compositions 

connected to murals and graffiti and they will be 

performed during the camp. There will be a mini 

lecture on synthesis and interaction among 

different kinds of art expressions. Visit: 

www.ktowngroup.org.yu/artcamp 

Accommodation: local host families 


Location: Kosjeric, a small town in Western 

Serbia, 130 km south of Belgrade 


Qualifications: It is necessary to be able to 

play at least one instrument. 






KOSJERIC II – ARTBURG HILL (visual art 

workshop), Uzice 







atmosphere. 

Work: The aim of the workshop is to create 

permanent art installations on different town 

sites. The idea is to present 

gradation/degradation of the human living soul 

through its life stages. On the specific town 

locations, every stage of the human life would 

be presented through a symbol: childhood 

(rocking chair), love life (bench), sorrow (altered 

piece of rock), festivity (table) and old age. The 

workshop will consist of two phases. In the first 

– brainstorming for ideas, leaning on our past 

experiences and building up the theme. In the 

second – implementing the idea either in the 

studio or in the open. The materials used could 

be wood, stone, ceramic tiles, glass, etc. The 

main goal is to create discrete and enduring 

interactive town exhibition that is to stay with 

the Kosjeric locals. Visit: 




Location: Kosjeric, a small town in Eestern 

Serbia, 130 km from Belgrade 


Qualifications: basic tool skills, basics in 

drawing, painting... (It is not necessary to be a 

professional, especially not a sculptor, nothing 

classical anyway). 






KOSJERIC III – STREET GALLERIES: mural 

and art of making graffiti, Uzice 







atmosphere. 

Work: The workshop will consist of two groups 

organized around the idea of “street galleries”. 

First group’s task will be painting murals and 

introducing innovations to the technical 

procedure of the wall painting itself. The basic 

medium shall be acrylic façade painting. 

However, interventions and experiments with 

the third dimension are also sought after. The 

primary goal of the second group work is 

introducing new forms of expression, graffiti art 

and spreading popular culture through 

interaction with young people. An art that’s 

been marginalized throughout decades and 

classified as subculture gets its own legitimate 

place and recognition through a phenomenon 

of a “street gallery”. Synthesis and collaboration 

between these two groups is possible 

depending on ideas and agreement among 

members. According to their own affinities, the 

participants will decide between two groups in 

order to express their creativity to the full 

extent. First camp days will pass in getting 

acquainted with basics of mural painting and 

graffiti, as well as in exchanging ideas among 

participants themselves. Apart from the 

masterpiece, there is also a possibility of 

creating stencils, tags. Visit: 







Qualifications: Participants are expected to 

have basic art skills 


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KOSJERIC IV – PERFORMING ARTS, Uzice 







atmosphere. 

Work: Throughout the series of the specific 

performing techniques and improvisation 

process, the work will explore the possibilities 

of creating theatre images and stories in 

everyday life situations (on the park bench, in 

the restaurant, etc.) Within easy-to-follow 

theatre games and workshops, the participants 

will create a material which will not depend on 

text. Dramaturgy based on a dream–like logic 

allows combining theatre images, actions, 

sound and text. The accent is put on exploring 

the interaction between the performers 

themselves and the relationship performers– 

audience–space, rather than on creating a 

finished theatre piece. Visit: 






Terminal/Region: Belgrade Special 

requirements: The workshop is intended for 

non–actors, but also for experienced 

performers willing to enjoy group dynamics. 






TIMACUM MINUS, Knjazevac 

Serbia once was a part of the great Roman 

Empire. Some of the emperors were born in 

Eastern Serbia where important archeological 

sites still exist, such as Viminacium, Felix 

Romuliana, Timacum Minus. Knjazevac is a 

region of indescribable beauty, a mixture of 

ethno motifs and tradition with these late 

Roman archaeological sites and monuments. 

The Regional Museum in Knjazevac is in 

charge of preserving Timacum Minus and as 

the host of this workcamp plans to involve 

volunteers in the project “Roman emperors’ 

routes”. 

Work: Volunteers will work close to this late– 

antique Timacum Minus site. The work will 

include its promotion by presenting the Roman 

garments (dresses, suits, togas), which they will 

make by themselves, and the promotion of 

Roman celebrations (religious and other 

important days). 

Accommodation: In a renovated school for 

students of archeology. 


Location: village Ravna, 8 km from Knjazevac 

in Eastern Serbia, 280 km from Belgrade. 

Terminal/Region: Belgrade Special remark: 

Volunteers with special interest in archeology 

are welcome. Participation fee: 15 € 






OBEDSKA BARA, Pecinci 

Special Nature Reserve Obedska Bara is one 

of the oldest protected areas in the world and a 

wetland of international importance (listed as a 

Ramsar site). Obedska bara, a famous 

ornithological site, is an oxbow lake surrounded 

by marsh and forest habitats. Wetlands are 

among the world’s most threatened ecosystems 

and this one has been gravely degraded, the 

most important problem being the overgrowing 

and disappearance of wet meadows. 


of wet meadows revitalization “Return of the 

Ibis’’ by removing tree branches and clearing 

other vegetation. This will be the eleventh camp 

we organize here; because of our activities, 

several bird species have returned so far and 

the working site has the richest bird fauna in the 

reserve. 

Accommodation: in the hotel “Obedska bara”. 

Food will be provided in the hotel restaurant. 


Location: Obedska bara is located 50km from 

Belgrade 


Lectures on wetlands and Obedska Bara’s 

recent environmental problems will be given. 

An excursion to a medieval church and a 

fortress in the area, a visit to the local bread 

museum and a trip to the nearby Belgrade are 

foreseen as well. Volunteers can also swim in 

the lake and the Sava River, row a boat across 

the lake, watch the birds and explore the 

beautiful nature of the area. Participation fee: 

15 € 






ZASAVICA, Sremska Mitrovica 

The Special Nature Reserve Zasavica is 

located west of Belgrade, along the Sava River, 

and covers 671 ha. This is one of the reserves 

with a very strong management system and in 

the last five years it organized very successful 

international voluntary workcamps. Surrounded 

by the fragments of marshes, hygrophilous 

forests and meadows, the river ecosystem 

dominates the area. It is characterized by the 

presence of rare and endemic species of 

animals, being endangered not only in Serbia 

but also in Europe, such as the fish Umbra 

krameri and others. However, scientists 

discovered that a number of invasive alien 

species spread on account of native species. 

This condition made us realize the need for 

clearing the Reserve from the introduced 

species. 

Work: The volunteers will clean the Reserve 

Zasavica from invasive alien species that 

adversely affect the habitats they invade 

economically, environmentally or ecologically. 

Accommodation: In a house inside the 

Reserve, with several bedrooms. 

Location: Zasavica (www.zasavica.org.yu) is 

located one hour by bus from Belgrade. 

Terminal/Region: Belgrade Special remark: 

This area offers educational and recreational 

possibilities, including bird watching (with a 

short course), sport fishing, camping and 

hiking. Participation fee: 15 € 





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KINDERGARTEN BG (Backo Gradiste) 

Backo Gradiste (Bacsfoldvar-Hungarian) is 

typical multinational settlement in the 

municipality of Becej, more than 900 years old, 

with 5455 inhabitants. It is situated on right 

bank of river Tisa, 35km from Novi Sad, the 

capital of Vojvodina. There are a numerous 

cultural and historical monuments, more than 

12 different nationalities and it is perfect 

example of tolerant place in the heart of 

Vojvodina. Kindergarten which will be 

renovated is a part of this thinking and one idea 

of creating beautiful and safe environment for 

kids of Backo Gradiste. 

Work: Volunteers will work on designing and 

reconstruction of the one part of the 

kindergarten yard which is overgrown in weed. 

Work will consist of digging (to prepare the 

land) and planting, and painting the swings and 

little train, etc. Also, painting a new wall is 

considered as well as a brand new stork nest. 

Volunteers will have professional help in 

arranging the place. Volunteers will also be 

involved in preparation of intercultural evenings 

in the park, parties, film projections. 

Study: Various workshops, visit to swimming 

pool in Becej and river Tisa, excursions by 

bikes to »Pearl island« and Becej-mere. Also, 

volunteers will have opportunity to visit 

orthodox and catholic churches. During the 

camp, volunteers will have opportunity to enjoy 

in the night life in Backo Gradiste and to meet 

local inhabitants through the two 

manifestations, »Fish dish« contest and 

traditional village celebration. Volunteers will 

have a visit to local municipality. Volunteers will 

be introduced with our traditions and customs. 

Accommodation: Workcamp will be situated in 

the kindergarten near the centre of Backo 

Gradiste. Sleeping bags are necessary. All 

meals will be made by volunteers in the 

kindergarten kitchen. Showers and toilettes are 

nearby. 



Extra info: Please bring some characteristic 

games and/or food from your country. 




Topic: Others 


YOUTH CENTER – Making Tradition, Valjevo 

On its 35th anniversary, the local NGO 

(www.istrazivaci.co.yu), started reconstructing 

their old premises and establishing the Valjevo 

Youth Center. Since 2005 workcamps give their 

contribution to its construction. 

Work: This year Research Society organizes 

the camp with the same aim as in the previous 

two years – finishing this building construction 

and promoting it. Volunteers will help creation 

of this building in many different ways – from 

the work on its promotion to some real 

construction work. 

Accommodation: in the family houses of the 

Youth Center members; food by local 

municipality or in restaurants or in camp 

kitchen. 


Location: Valjevo, small town in western 

Serbia approximately 100 km South West from 

Belgrade. Special remarks: Several days of the 

camp will be organized in such a way as to 

introduce participants to the Research Society 

activities including special excursions 

(considering trekking, caving, watching stars, 

etc.); participation of the locals included in the 

project. Participation fee: 15 € 






STARA PLANINA, Knjazevac 

Stara planina is the largest and most beautiful 

mountain in Eastern Serbia. It is a Nature park, 

protected for its extraordinary natural values. 

Unfortunately, this area is neglected and most 

of the natural and tourist potentials are 

unrecognized and unused. The idea is to show 

values and possibilities of sustainable tourism 

development. 

Work: The group will continue with the last 

year’s workcamp activities: reconstruction of 

tracking paths, creation of marking signs. 

Volunteers will also help old local people in 

their everyday duties in the countryside. 

Accommodation: In a renovated school. 


Location: village Custica, 30 km from 

Knjazevac in eastern Serbia, 280 km from 

Belgrade 


Volunteers with special interest in sustainable 

tourism and with certain experience in this 

subject. Participation fee: 15 € 






DELIBLATO SANDS, Kovin 

Deliblatska pescara (Deliblato Sands) used to 

be a real small desert some 150 years ago, 

when most of its area (approx. 300 km2) was 

forested to prevent sand from further spreading 

by wind. However, some of its habitats have 

remained untouched and are under protection 

as special nature reserves. Its precious natural 

resources have not been used sufficiently for 

educational purposes. This camp is the 

continuation of the activities of Young 

Researchers of Serbia on revitalizing the 

Deliblato Sands areas. 

Work: The volunteers will assist in constructing 

a house – the information point at the entrance 

of this protected area – and in renovating forest 

paths. 

Accommodation: In a house. 


Location: Deliblato is between towns of Kovin 

and Vrsac, 70 km away from Belgrade. 


During the workcamp the participants will be 

shown the area of Deliblato Sands. Excursions 

to lakes near the town of Bela Crkva and the 

Danube (and swimming there) are foreseen. 

Workshops and lectures on nature conservation 

of this endangered habitat are planned as well. 

Special requirements: Some experience in 

manual and handicraft work, not obligatory. 

Participation fee: 15 € 




2008 

Topic: Others 


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ZRENJANIN BEER FEST (Zrenjanin) 

Zrenjanin is a town of 100.000 people, 50km 

northeast from Novi Sad. At the end of summer 

it is hosting a beer festival, which incorporates 

music and folklore performances, art exhibitions 

and sport events and competitions. We would 

like to have international volunteers working 

together with the local ones. This would give a 

chance for the (generally isolated) young local 

people to be a part of an international team, 

make friends, work and learn together with their 

peers from abroad. 

Work: Helping in technical organization of the 

international folklore music and dance festival 

(which is one part of the «big» event). This 

includes setting up stages and equipment, 

giving out promotional material on the streets of 

Zrenjanin, watching over the instruments and 

costumes, communicating etc. 

Study: Introduction to the environmental and 

cultural diversity of the area – visits to the 

protected nature parks and orthodox 

monasteries around Zrenjanin. Attending the 

folklore and other events and performances 

during the festival. 

Accommodation: In a sports centre, with 

showers and toilets. Meals will be available in a 

sport club's restaurant. 


Terminal/Region: Zrenjanin 


1. Slovakia - INEX Slovakia 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:SK-INE-11-1 

Bojnice, Bojnice 

Description: ENVI/MANU 

Work: Cleaning, gardening and maintenance 

work at the castle and its surroundings. 

Accommodation: Lodging will be provided in 

the castle, with all facilities needed. Sleeping 

bag and mat are needed. Volunteers will 

prepare meals themselves in the kitchen from 

supplies provided. Vegetarian catering is 

possible. 


Terminal/Region: Airport, train, bus station 

Bratislava; Bojnice bus stop. The castle Bojnice 

is located in the city Bojnice nearby the city 

Prievidza, approximately 150 km north-east of 

Bratislava. 

Extra info: Age limit: 18+ For more info about 

the location and for the photos of the castle 

visit: eng.bojnice.sk or www.bojnicecastle.sk 






Sihla, Sihla 


Work: Manual work at the horse farm: repair 

fences, and cleaning meadows. Maintenance 

works in the village Sihla. Helping with the 

organization of exhibition and the horse race. 

Accommodation: Probably in the local school 

in Lom nad Rimavicou. Sleeping bag and mat 

are needed. 


Qualifications: MOTIVATION LETTER IS 

NEEDED 

Terminal/Region: Airport, bus and train station 

Bratislava; Sihla bus stop. Sihla is 

approximately 280 km east from Bratislava. The 

nearest bigger city is Brezno. 


the location: www.sihla.sk, www.hucul.sk 






Integra, Bratislava 

Description: DISA 

Work: The volunteers will organize free time 

activities (e.g. workshops, trips, games etc.) for 

mentally and physically disabled children. 

Volunteers who want to help them in social 

integration are welcomed. 

Accommodation: Lodging will be provided 

directly in the building of the facility for disabled 

children. Sleeping bag and mat are needed. 

Meals will be provided by the local partner in 

the local canteen. Vegetarian catering is 

possible. 



NEEDED 


in Bratislava. The capital of Slovakia – 

Bratislava is situated in south-western part of 

Slovakia next to the border with Austria and 

Hungary. 


Bratislava: www.bratislava.sk 






Black Castle 1, Zlatno 

Description: RENO/ENVI 

Work: Reconstruction works in the area of an 

ancient castle – “Black Castle“. It will involve 

manual works, such as walling, digging, 

cleaning the area, cutting the grass. 


tents, on a meadow. Warm sleeping bag and 

mat are needed. Field toilet, showers and 

drinking water will be provided. However it is far 

from the civilization so there is no electricity and 

no public transport. All meals will be prepared 

by the volunteers themselves, field kitchen is 

available. Vegetarian catering is possible. 


Qualifications: HDW - Hard Work; 

MOTIVATION LETTER IS NEEDED 


in Bratislava; Zlatno Bus stop. The camp will 

take place in the middle of the forest close to 

the village Zlatno, approximately 130 km east 

from Bratislava. 

Extra info: Age limit: 18+ The camp is for 

history and nature lovers and for those who are 

not afraid to rise to the challenge of living in 

difficult conditions for two weeks! For more info 

about the location and also photos from 

previous workcamps: www.ciernyhrad.sk 






Senne, Senne 

Description: ENVI 

Work: Monitoring birds, doing environmental 

works in meadows (raking, making hays, 

cutting grass) cleaning, maintenance work in 

the surroundings of the village Senne, 

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econstruction of the walking paths and of an 

ornithological building. 

Accommodation: Lodging will be provided in a 

local school/kindergarden. Sleeping bag and 

mat are needed. Volunteers will prepare food 

themselves from supplies provided. Vegetarian 

catering is possible. 


Terminal/Region: Airport, bus and train 

station, Bratislava or Kosice, Senne bus station. 

The small village Senne is 15 km far away from 

the town Michalovce in the eastern part of 

Slovakia. The nearest big city is Kosice. 

Extra info: Age limit: 18+ If you have pollen 

allergy you may have a hard time here. For 

more info about the project: 

http://www.sovs.sk/eng_index.htm 






Levice, Levice 


Work: Manual and environmental works in the 

area of an old local Calvary. 


dormitory in the town centre. Sleeping bag 

needed. The volunteers will prepare all the 

meals by themselves from supplies provided. 

Vegetarian catering is possible. 



in Bratislava; Levice train/bus station. The town 

Levice is 132 km far away from Bratislava, in 

the southern part of Slovakia. 


the location: www.levice.sk 






SPOSA, Stiavnicke Bane 

Description: SOCI 

Work: Volunteers will prepare free-time 

activities for a summer camp for autistic 

children with their families. They will be a 

support and help for parents and siblings of 

these children during the therapy and creative 

workshops. Volunteers who want to take part in 

the camp with autistic children and their families 

are welcomed. 

Accommodation: Lodging will be provided by 

the local partner in the cottage. It is surrounded 

by beautiful nature and mountains. Meals will 

be provided by the local partner in the canteen 

of the cottage. Vegetarian catering is possible. 



NEEDED 


station, Bratislava, Stiavnicke Bane bus station. 

The camp is located in Siavnicke Bane – 4 km 

from Banska Stiavnica. 


the location: www.banskastiavnica.sk 






Sklabina 1, Sklabina 


Work: Renovation and reconstruction of an old 

historical building and the ruins of the Sklabina 

Castle from the 13th century. Gardening works 

and taking care of livestock (goats). 


where the workcamp will take place, in an old 

building. Sleeping bag and mat are needed. 

The volunteers will prepare all the meals by 




Qualifications: HDW - Hard Work 


station, Bratislava; Sklabina bus station. 

Sklabina is situated about 230 km north - east 

from Bratislava, close to the city Martin. 

Extra info: Age limit: 18+ People with dust 

allergy can have a hard time here. For more 

info about the location: www.martin.sk, 

www.castles.sk/sklabina.php 






Casta, Casta 

Description: RENO/MANU 

Work: Renovation of an old Jewish cemetery: 

renovating the old walls and the gate, cutting 

grass and tree, marking the walking path. 

Making the records on the cemetery and the 

graves. 

Study: Holocaust and history of World War 2 


local school. Sleeping bag and mat are needed. 

Volunteers will prepare food themselves from 

supplies provided. Vegetarian catering is 

possible. 



in Bratislava; Casta bus station. Casta is a 

village situated in the West - very close to 

Bratislava and to a nice town Pezinok. 


the location: http://www.obec-casta.sk 






MOTYCKY, Motycky 


Work: Marking tourist paths, bike paths, 

cleaning the paths. 

Accommodation: Probably in a local cottage. 

Sleeping bag and mat are needed. The 

volunteers will prepare all the meals by 




NEEDED 



in Bratislava; Motycky bus station. Motycky is a 

village very close to Banska Bystrica. 


the location: www.motycky.wgz.cz 






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Saris, Velky Saris 


Work: Revitalizing the old ruins of the Saris 

Castle in Slovak Carpathians: Renovation 

works, cleaning the area, making wooden 

fences, taking care of livestock (goats), making 

records about tourists, making the records of 

fauna and flora, collecting certain river stones. 

Accommodation: The Saris Castle is situated 

on the top of 300 m high volcanic hill, covered 

by old forest (it is Nature Reserve) upon the 

river Torysa. Lodging will be provided in little 

double-bedded scout cottages or tents, on a 

meadow amidst the ruins of the castle. Warm 

sleeping bag and mat are needed. Field toilet, 

showers and drinking water will be provided. 

However it is 3 km far from the civilization so 

there is no electricity, no water-supply and no 

public transport. All meals will be prepared by 

the volunteers themselves, field kitchen is 




in Bratislava or Kosice; train to Presov; Velky 

Saris bus station. Velky Saris is a little town 

near Presov located in the Eastern part of 

Slovakia. From Velky Saris you can get to the 

ruins of the Saris Castle – the place of the 

workcamp. 

Extra info: Age limit: 18+ The camp is for 




and pictures about the project: 

www.hrad.wbl.sk 






Sklabina 2, Sklabina 


Work: Renovation and reconstruction of an old 

historical building and the ruins of the Sklabina 

Castle from the 13th century. Gardening works 

and taking care of livestock (goats). 


where the workcamp will take place, in an old 

building. Sleeping bag and mat are needed. 

The volunteers will prepare all the meals by 






station, Bratislava; Sklabina bus station. 

Sklabina is situated about 230 km north - east 

from Bratislava, close to the city Martin. 

Extra info: Age limit: 18+ People with dust 

allergy can have a hard time here. For more 

info about the location: www.martin.sk, 

www.castles.sk/sklabina.php. 




Topic: Others 


ZILINA, Stanica, ZILINA 

SK-INE 11.2 ZILINA Stanica 13/08/2008 – 

23/08/2008 Vols: 10 Description: ENVI/MANU 

Work: Gardening, cleaning, cutting, building 

garden furnitures (benches, tables) 

ENVIRONMENT The project is to work in a 

natural space which is in the center of a city, 

surrounded by roundels where the automobile 

activity is important. How to build a creative, 

safe, high quality open space ? The aim will be 

to clean and to make it more attractive for 

Zilina's citizen, walkers, animals, families by 

planting trees and flowers, refurbish space, 

create gardening furnitures (benches, tables). 

How create a peaceful space in an urban 

environment ? ART & LANDSCAPE 

Furthermore, this garden belongs to Stanica, a 

cultural space so the second theme will be the 

link between art and nature. How transform this 

open space in a temporary stage for cultural 

events ? Could a garden be an exhibition 

gallery ? 

Accommodation: In a room in Stanica or tents 

in the garden. Sleeping bag needed. The 

volunteers will prepare all the meals by 





in Bratislava; Zilina train station. 

Extra info: Age limit: 18 + For more info about 

the location: www.stanica.sk 






Teenage Camp Cunovo, Hrusovska zdrz 


Work: Monitoring birds, doing environmental 

works in meadows (raking, making hays, 

cutting grass, cleaning). 


tents, on a meadow. Warm sleeping bag and 

mat are needed. Field toilet, field shower and 

drinking water will be provided. However it is far 

from the civilization so there is no electricity and 

no public transport. All meals will be prepared 

by the volunteers themselves, field kitchen is 




in Bratislava; Cunovo bus station. Near to the 

village Cunovo which is located very close to 

the capital Bratislava, there is the river Danube 

with an islands area with many birds - 

Hrusovska zdrz. Volunteers will be transported 

by a boat there :) 

Extra info: Age limit: 16 - 18 No alcohol, no 

drugs Fee: € 80 If you have pollen allergy you 

may have a hard time here. The camp is for 




about the project: 

http://www.birdlife.sk/eng_index.htm 




2008 



Banska Stiavnica, Banska Stiavnica 

Description: MANU/ENVI 

Work: Manual works in the area of a Calvary in 

Banska Stiavnica, manual and gardening works 

in the area of a Scout House. 


the Scout House in the centre of Banska 

Stiavnica. Sleeping bag and mat are needed. 

All the meals will be prepared by the volunteers 



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station, Bratislava, Banska Stiavnica bus 

station. The old mining and gold city Banska 

Stiavnica is located about 180 km east of 

Bratislava. 


the location: www.banskastiavnica.sk 


1. Slovenia - SCI Slovenia 



Campcode:SI-SCI-4-1 

Dva topola 1, Izola 

Muscular Dystrophy Association of Slovenia 

bought an old former hospital with a park 

situated close by the shore of Izola. Project has 

been established to organize physical 

assistance to the disabled for their daily routine 

and to provide social rehabilitation for them in 

contacts and conversation with young people 

from other countries with different views, ways 

of thinking, culture and knowledge. One of the 

basic aims is that the disabled and the 

volunteers spend some pleasant weeks by the 

sea. 

Work: Assistance in moving around, assistance 

in swimming in the sea, assistance in 

distributing food and tiding, organising 

entertainment, cultural events and various 

social occasions (games, courses,...). 

Study: workshop on muscular dystrophy 

Accommodation: in the centre Dva topla 


Qualifications: good organisation, creativity 

and a sense of responsibility are necessary. 

Terminal/Region: Ljubljana, Trieste x: Early 

camp 






Jeziki na obisku, Pisece 

Pi¹ece is a small town in a demografic 

endangered pat of Slovenia. For years now, 

local community is organising different activities 

connected with Slovene language with the aim 

to enrich activities in local community, 

especially for youth. This year they will organise 

a workcamp for youth and students who are 

studing Slovene language/speaks Slovenian as 

foreign language and give them an opportunity 

to study and improve their knowlege of Slovene 

in Slovenia. 

Work: assistance at reconstruction of the 

hayrack and Slovene language workshops. 

Study: art, culture, history 

Accommodation: in aschool (sleeping rooms, 

bathroom). Sleeping bags are needed. Lunch 

will be provided in a school kitchen, breakfast 

and diner is prepared by volunteers 

Language: Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, English 

(basic knowledge of Slovene is needed) 

Qualifications: basic knowledge of Slovene, 

students of Slovene language 

Terminal/Region: Ljubljana, Zagreb 

Extra info: only volunteers with the knowledge 

of Slovene language 






Igralnica Nove Poljane, Ljubljana 

Every summer we organise a camp for children 

who spend their holidays at home in Ljubljana, 

who are mostly poor children from big parts of 

Ljubljana which are grown in the age of the so 

called transition. The neighbourhood Poljane is 

very big, there are a lot of children, families that 

are not very communicative. 

Work: we offer activities for this children. Our 

camp intends to help children from poor 

families to increase their socialisation. This 

camp wants to offer this children equal 

opportunities also to enjoy holidays full of 

freedom, fun and creativity. 

Accommodation: student rooms, good to bring 

sleeping bags too 


Qualifications: Camp is not accessible for 

wheelchair users, volunteers from 20 and more 

years old, experiences with children and 

organising workshops for children 

Terminal/Region: Ljubljana 


















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Terminal/Region: Ljubljana, Trieste 






Grascina Podgrad, Vransko 

The manor house Podgrad in Vransko was for 

a long time abandoned and not used by local 

community. Now it is in the process of 

renovation. The aim of this process is to create 

a cultural center that will enrich life in a small 

town Vransko with different artistic acticities. 

Work: renovation of the wooden window 

frames and sutters at manor house; the work 

will mainly consist of sanddusting and painting. 

Cleaning of tha manor park, remobing old 

plants and planting new trees. s: preservation 

of historic buildings, arhitectual interventions in 

historically rich environment 

Accommodation: basic dormitory-like 

accomodation in the manor house 

Language: English (organising team speak 

Japanese, Freanch and Italian) 

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Terminal/Region: Ljubljana airport 

Extra info: Weelchair accessability is poor. 

Families are welcome, provided they are willing 

to participate in baby-sitting activities. 






Saltpans, Secovlje 

The saltpans of Secovlje are a technical and 

ethnological patrimony (UNESCO Convention 

on wetlands), which is of great importance for 

substainance of the littoral ecosystem. The 

camp will help stopping the disappearance of 

picturesque Mediterranean landscape. 

Volunteers will contribute to reactivation of 

saltpans with the aim of recreate the traditional 

way of producing salt. 

Work: Work will consist of reconstruction of 

some saltpans pools, helping Rinaldo, the last 

saltman by the traditional salt harvest and 

raising awareness among people through the 

media. Work will be very demanding especially 

because of the summer heat (aver. temp. is 

above 30C). 

Study: Getting familiar with saltpans 

ecosystem, study trips in the vicinity. 

Accommodation: Old house near the sea 

used for storing the salt, no electricity and no 

running water (showers will not be provided 

every day). The volunteers will prepare food by 

themselves. 


Qualifications: Highly motivated volunteers 

with a sense for self-initiative at work and also 

at the study case. Camp is not accessible for 

wheelchair users 

Terminal/Region: Ljubljana (Slovenia), Trieste 

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Semic, Semic 

The aim of the camp is to organize physical 

assistance to the disabled, paraplegics and 

tetraplegics, for their daily routine and to 

provide social rehabilitation for them through 

contacts and conversation with volunteers. 

Work: The vols will help paraplegics and 

tetraplegics (the members of our association). 

They will talk with them and spend time 

together, play chess and cards. The volunteers 

will not need to help our members in a sense of 

personal hygiene. During the camp we will 

organize some tours around Bela Krajina and 

South of Slovenia. 

Study: the volunteers will learn about problems 

of day to day life of our members. 

Accommodation: in a house together with our 

members 

Language: English and Slovenian 

Qualifications: the association prefers 

students of humanistic sciences, we would be 

glad to accept a student which is a paraplegic 

too. Volunteers older that 21 years 

Terminal/Region: Ljubljana, the association 

will take care of the transport from Ljubljana 

Extra info: motivation letter obligatory 


1. Spain - SCI Catalonia 



Campcode:ES-CAT-6-1 

CAN PIPIRIMOSCA (Valls, Tarragona) 

ENVI, AGRI, CONS Can Pipirimosca is an 

organic permaculture farm where associations 

and individuals can learn and practice an 

alternative sustainable lifestyle. The farm is 

runned all the year with the help of volunteers. 

The different spaces of the farm are also 

offered to associations to organize meetings, 

activities and seminars related to social, cultural 

and environmental issues. It is placed in a 

country house that is being arranged to 

become a farm-hostel /cultural-centre where 

groups of different people from all over the 

world can volunteer, share and learn. 

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Work: Constructing a house using car tires; 

joining the daily work on gardening, 

agriculture… 

Study: Tire house construction, Permaculture. 

Accommodation: Very basic accommodation 

(big room inside the house), swimming pool,… 

Language: English and Spanish. 

Extra info:Motivation letter is requiered. 

Families and people of mixed ages are 

welcome. No accessibility for wheelchairs. 

Terminal/Region: The farm is about 2 km far 

away from Valls. 


2. Spain - SCI Madrid 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:ES-MAD-11-1 

CASA MUNILLA Munilla (Burgos) 

Casa Munilla is a group of people that aims to 

promote close contact with nature in order to 

awaken the healing potential that lies in 

everyone. They are reconstructing an old house 

to welcome guests that want to experience a 

simple community lifestyle and recover inner 

balance. The house is in Munilla a small village 

in the Valley of Valdebezana. 

Work: renovation and also giving a hand at the 

orchard. You should like physical work 

outdoors. 

Study: sustainable life style 

Accommodation: in the house 

Language: English and Spanish 

Extra info: interest in community living 




Topic: Others 


MAGIC MARKET (Sta. Susana, Barcelona) 

SOCI, ENVI The magic market is organized by 

the city council of Santa Susana, which is a 

seaside village, situated in the province of 

Barcelona. It is an annual event, organized on 

the street and free to everybody who wants to 

participate. In this “feria” they expect to develop 

and to promote those forms of interacting which 

enhance a respectful way of relating to other 

persons and with the environment. 

Work: To help in setting up and to dismantle of 

monographics for cultural subjects, to help in 

the recreational activities for people with 

physical disabilities, to support child activities, 

to run circus workshops, to distribute material of 

environmental interest … 

Study: Culture, ecology and children. 

Accommodation: Small houses equipped in 

the installations of a camping (Bungalows). 

Vegetarian food will be provided. 

Qualifications: Excitement in cultural subjects. 

Knowledge on information Technology, interest 

in natural medicines, knowledge about setting 

up and dismantling of stages (musical and 

theatrical); free time instructor, social-cultural 

entertainers, social educators, fine arts, artistic 

expression. 

Language: High level of Spanish. 

Extra info: Demands motivation letter, in which 

–in Spanish- you show your excitement in 

cultural subjects and the interest in the 

foreseen activities. 






LITHICA (Ciutadella Menorca) 

ENVI, ARCH Líthica is a non lucrative 

association that has developed an ambitious 

project to restore the "marés" (natural quarries). 

Their objectives are recovering the historic and 

cultural heritage, executing conservation 

projects and spreading the biodiversity in 

Menorca, which still preserves a great part of its 

natural areas and traditions. Volunteers will 

have the possibility to take part in any activity 

provided by Líthica, such as tai-chi or 

excursions of environmental interest. 

Work: Maintaining plants in the botanic garden, 

cleaning and loping to restore the paths, 

landscaping a little quarry which shall become a 

viewpoint. 

Study: Cultural heritage and biodiversity. 

Accommodation: In a house of the City Hall. 

Qualifications: Is not required, but is good to 

know that the work can be a little bit hard. 

Language: Spanish and English. 

Extra info: No accessibility for wheelchairs. 




Topic: Others 


LAST DEFENCE OF CATALONIA (Vallbona 

de les Monges, Urgell) 

ARCH, HERI The municipality of Vallbona de 

les Monges wants to restore historical parts of 

the defence line which passed through the 

countryside of Vallbona during the Spanish Civil 

War. This work shall contribute to the 

awareness-rising of what happened to the local 

society of this region in the time of 1938-1975 

and make visible bunkers, galleries and 

trenches which where used to struggle against 

the invading power of the former dictator 

Franco. Volunteers will have the opportunity to 

talk to historical consultants and witnesses to 

understand better the happenings of this time. 

Work: Making visible parts of the defence line 

through archaeological extraction; removing 

earth and stones from the surroundings in order 

to have access to the former defence structure, 

etc. 

Study: The Spanish Civil War seen from the 

Catalan perspective. 

Accommodation: In a hostel which is part of a 

monastery. The kitchen will be in another 

building. 

Language: Spanish and Catalan. 







EL PANAL (La Rioja) 

ENVI, ARCH PANAL was founded in the region 

of La Rioja, in order to protect and take care of 

the natural and cultural heritage of that area. It 

tries to integrate the local community in shared 

acitivities to recover heritage places for 

common socio-cultural use.This organization 

collaborates with a local agriculture 

cooperative, which means that the volunteers 

will also get to know the maintenance of the 

traditional agriculture respectful with the 

environment. 

Work: Restoration of pictures, sculptures and 

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images, recuperation of gardens and woods, 

rehabilitation of buildings and development of 

other cultural activities. 

Study: Sustainable agriculture and biodiversity 

of the region. 

Accommodation: In an old housing estate, 

800m out of the town.Volunteers will have to 

cook their meals. Vegetarians welcome. 


Extra info: Volunteers of different age are 

welcome. No accessibility for wheelchairs 






JUST FUN, Madrid and another city 

AMPAO is a parent’s association of children 

and young adults with mental disabilities (from 

10 to 30 y.o.) that aims to reinforce their 

learning potential, social development and 

wellbeing through free time activities around the 

year. Each summer they organise a camp to 

discover another place and have fun together. 

W. Volunteers will support the teamers 

(professionals and also other volunteers) during 

all camp activities. Sports, visits, games, nights 

out … will be daily part of the hectic program. 

Although most of the participants are 

independent and autonomous they might need 

certain supervision for the everyday activities 

(like getting dress…) therefore the volunteers 

will also be there to give a hand. Own initiatives 

and ideas are very welcome to prepare 

workshops. You need also to be 

communicative, full of energy and ready to 

learn. It will be a great but a very exhausting 

time too. Very important: Have in mind that 

there won’t be free weekends or days off!! 

Accommodation: In a youth-hostel 

Study: Spanish is essential 

Extra info: Meeting point will be in Madrid and 

arriving exactly on the first day 30th of June is 

essential. Next day there is training for the 

camp that you must not miss. The day after the 

whole group (participants and teamers) will 

travel together by train to the camp site. Last 

day 14th of July is for the volunteer’s departure. 

MOTIVATION LETTER REQUIRED. 






CICONIA NIGRA Tarifa (Cadiz) 

Since 1997 the environmental group La 

Cigüeña Negra (COCN) has been studying and 

struggling to preserve the rich wildlife and 

ecological biodiversity of Tarifa (very South of 

Spain), a well known spot for bird-watching 

lovers as most birds migratory routes cross this 

area. Their scientific research is focused on 

endangered bird species and is done on 

voluntary basis. At the same time COCN 

carries on an environmental education program 

and many environmental voluntary activities. As 

a result of their raise awareness campaigns 

among the local population, the whole area is 

been officially protected as a natural park. 

Work: Maintenance and renovation of the birdwatching 

centre (Estacion Ornitologica de 

Tarifa) that needs to get ready for the bird 

census campaign of early migratory species of 

the season. This means painting, cleaning and 

signalising the area. 

Study: Environmental problems of the area. 

Accommodation: at the Bird-watching centre. 

Simple living conditions. 


Extra info: High interest in environment and 

nature protection. 






BASIDA-MANZANARES Manzanares 

(Ciudad Real) 

BASIDA is an NGO that gives medical and 

psychosocial support to HIV-positives and 

drugs addicted. Since 1987 they opened three 

centres run by multi-professional voluntary 

staff. Manzanares, a small village in Castilla-La 

Mancha, is the location for one of these 

houses. The aims of body and mind recovery 

and social rehabilitation are achieved by close 

team work, showing that someone really cares, 

to those who for a long time have only 

experienced social exclusion. There the 

residents have found a new frame, where is 

possible to regain hope and self-steam. 

Work: Sharing everyday life at the Centre: 

mainly giving a hand in the maintenance of the 

place, like cooking, laundry, cleaning, carpentry 

or gardening in a rotational basis. Personal 

care of residents who might need it (such as 

helping out to get dressed) is also possible, but 

only if you really feel prepared for it. Important 

part of your stay will be socialising with the 

community. International volunteers are a 

welcome fresh air to their reduced social life, 

therefore knowledge of Spanish is essential. 

Accommodation: shared rooms among the 

volunteers. 

Study: seminar on HIV prevention and sociocultural 

aspects of the illness 

Language: Spanish 

Extra info: Alcohol and cigarettes are strictly 

forbidden. Any other kind of drug too. Bear in 

mind that you will be living in a therapeutic 

community and internal regulations must be 

taken seriously. Motivation letter to prove high 

interest in the project required. 






CASA PADRE DAMIAN 1 Salamanca 

CARITAS runs a centre for homeless people in 

the city of Salamanca where they offer not only 

temporary shelter but personalised approaches 

for achieving self-autonomy and wellbeing. 

They welcome volunteers to enhance the social 

life of the centre and give in return a further 

vision of the meaning of poverty and social 

exclusion in so called rich countries. 

Work: key words are sharing and to be there 

for the others: sharing everyday life in the 

centre. In practical terms this involves joining 

workshops, group dynamics, outdoor visits, 

giving a hand at the kitchen, a bit of renovation 

tasks, and most important socialising with the 

residents. Very important: There won’t be free 

weekends as the camp is meant to be a very 

intense learning experience. Though there will 

be free afternoons during the week. 

Accommodation: at the centre 


Study: poverty and social exclusion in Europe 

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Extra info: international volunteers will join a 

group of local volunteers. Drinking alcohol or 

smoking in the centre is forbidden. High and 

serious interest in social issues is required. 

Send motivation letter. 






EL PANAL (Beceite) 

ENVI, ARCH PANAL was founded in the region 

of La Rioja, in order to protect and take care of 

the natural and cultural heritage of that area. It 

tries to integrate the local community into 

shared acitivities to recover heritage places for 

common socio-cultural use. Together with the 

town-hall of Beceite the idea of making visible a 

big cave which is hidden by nature at the 

moment came up. In future there could take 

place events arranged by the people from the 

village. 

Work: Making visible a big cave and cleaning 

the surrounding of it. 

Study: Ecological Tourism and Sustainable 

Travelling. 

Accommodation: In a rural house 800m out of 

the village. Volunteers will have to cook their 

meals. Vegetarians welcome. 


Extra info: Volunteers of different age are 

welcome. No accessibility for wheelchairs. 




Topic: Others 


MEMORIAL OF THE POPULAR ARMY 

(Pujalt) 

ARCH, HERI The municipality of Pujalt (Anoia) 

has been working on the visibility of historical 

places related to the Spanish Civil War for six 

years. Its aim is to promote knowledge about 

past conflict issues and point out the situation, 

especially of the Catalan society in this period, 

which was suffering great repression by the 

dictator Franco. Volunteers will have the 

opportunity to get in touch with historical 

consultants and witnesses of this epoch. 

Work: Making visible parts of the defence line 

structures through archeologically extraction; 

removing earth and stones from the 

surrounding in order to have access to the 

former defence refuges, etc. 

Study: The Spanish Civil War seen from the 

Catalan perspective. 

Accommodation: In shacks of brushwood with 

sanitary installations and a kitchen. 








SERVEI SITGES CAPAC (Sitges) 

Servei Sitges Capac (SSC) is part of the town 

hall administration and works for defending the 

rights of disabled people in order to improve 

their life quality. Therefore SSC runs 

campaigns to inform the public about the right 

of disabled people to get the same work 

opportunities as anybody else and struggles for 

a better inclusion by providing free-time 

activities and trainings for them. 

Work: Accompanying a group of disabled 

people during their free-time activities and 

especially while their staying at the beach. 

Study: Training about difficulties disabled 

people in Sitges are faced with. 

Accommodation: In a house provided by the 

town hall with a camping kitchen. 

Qualifications: Experience on working with 

disabled people. 

Language: Catalan, Spanish and English. 

Extra info: Open to volunteers only without any 

disability. Famílies and people of different age 

welcome. 

Terminal/Region: Sitges is a lovely town with 

nice beaches not far away from Barcelona. 






MASIA LA TORRE (Nogueruelas, Teruel) 

ENVI The Association Airina has started their 

activities in 2003 to support the rural project in 

Masia la Torre, Nogueruelas. During all this 

time many environmental, social and cultural 

activities have been done: workshops about 

medicine plants, therapy of the laughter, art and 

nature, baking bread, astronomy, etc. The 

place of the Masia la Torre can be used by 

social movements from the city as a meeting 

point as well. Volunteers will be able to join 

activities such as Yoga, painting, corporal 

expression, Spanish lessons… 

Work: Cleaning the surrounding; gardening 

aromatic and autochthonic plants, constructing 

benches out of tree trunks; restoration of a 

threshing machine as a decorative and 

educational tool. 

Study: Environmental issues related to the 

region of Teruel. 

Accommodation: In tents in a camping area 

which offers good access to showers and 

toilets. The food will be vegetarian; volunteers 

will help in cooking. 


Extra info: Motivation letter is required, 

because it is good to be aware about rural 

world and being very motivated. Families are 

welcome as well as people of mixed age. No 

accessibility for wheelchairs. 






Fundació Catalana per la Parálisi Cerebral 

(Sant Carles de la Ràpita) 

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN 

YOUNG PEOPLE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY 

AND WITHOUT ANY DISABILITY THIS 

EXCHANGE IS OPEN TO PARTICIPANTS 

EITHER WITH CEREBRAL PALSY (15 VOLS) 

OR WITHOUT ANY DISABILITY (15 VOLS) 

FCPC (Fundació Catalana per la Paràlisi 

Cerebral) is a non lucrative organization that 

was created by a group of parents of adult 

people with cerebral palsy. Its main objective is 

to cover all the aspects of the life of people 

affected by cerebral palsy and their families. 

FCPC organizes all throughout the year several 

activities and projects such as the following: 

residential shelter and individual programs for 

people with cerebral palsy; learning and 

dynamic leisure-time activities; sports activities 

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for federate players with cerebral palsy; 

individual support for adult people with cerebral 

palsy; social integration weekly activities and 

projects; weekend excursions...FCPC also 

organizes conferences, videos and exhibitions 

at schools and other public centres in order to 

work towards the normalization of life of people 

with cerebral palsy. 

Work: The main objective of the exchange is to 

involve both people with cerebral palsy and 

without any disability in an intercultural learning 

experience by means of living together during 

the whole of the activity, in order to work 

towards the normalization of life of people with 

cerebral palsy. All the participants in it will 

therefore live together 24 hours per day and 

take part without distinction in the proposed 

sports, leisure and cultural activities. This 

experience is for all participants one of personal 

growth that will increase their responsibilities, 

understanding of our society and personal selfesteem. 

The exchange, on the one hand, gives 

participants without any disability the chance to 

know and learn about the difficulties that 

disabled people have to overcome in their daily 

life. They will learn to take care of the needs of 

the others in an intense and rich exchange, 

helping them whenever they need to in order to 

learn that people with cerebral palsy are not so 

different from any non-disabled young. 

Participants with cerebral palsy, on the other 

hand, will improve their capacities, knowledge 

and potential while having fun together with 

other young people like them within an adapted 

environment. Participants without any disability 

will support participants with cerebral palsy in 

their daily needs at any time of the day, and 

they may help them to get dressed, eat, drink, 

go to the bathroom, have a shower or 

accomplish the activities. The FCPC will 

provide some professionals to be in charge of 

the whole group during the exchange, as well 

as training on what cerebral palsy is previous to 

the beginning of the exchange for all 

participants who specifically ask for it. 

Study: the reality of cerebral palsy; social 

integration among young people from different 

nationalities; sport activities as a means of 

social integration. 

Accommodation: Adapted rooms in the Youth 

Hostel Sant Carles de la Ràpita. Participants 

don’t need to cook by themselves. 

Language: English, Spanish and Catalan. 

Basic knowledge of Spanish is advisable. 

Qualifications: Motivation letter is required! 

Extra info: Wheelchair accessibility; age limit: 

30 years old (some exception can be made). 

Terminal/Region: Sant Carles de la Rápita is a 

small village at the seaside. 






BASIDA-NAVAHONDILLA Navahondilla 

(Madrid) 

This is the Centre that BASIDA runs in 

Navahondilla, a small village between Madrid 

and Avila. Otherwise it is the very same project 

description as ES-MAD 8.1. Please read it 

carefully! 




































Topic: Others 


CASTLE OF THE ARMY PILOSA (Anoia, 

Pujalt) 

ARCH, HERI The municipality of Pujalt (Anoia) 

wants to renovate the heritage remains of the 

castles, towers and fortresses from the 11th 

century, which where used to defend the border 

between two cultures: the Christian and the 

Arabian. The castle of the Army Pilosa has not 

been recovered so far; therefore this workcamp 

will be the first archaeological intervention to 

make visible great architectonical structures of 

the High Middle Ages. 

Work: Archaeological recovering of different 

parts of the Castle of the Army Pilosa. 

Study: The border castles of Catalan territory. 

Accommodation: In shacks of brushwood with 

sanitary installations and a kitchen. 








GREFA Majadahonda (Madrid) 

GREFA is an environmental association that 

focuses on protection of endangered wild 

species and conservation of natural habitats 

since 1981. Among other projects they run a 

hospital and recuperation centre for wounded 

animals aiming to their reintroduction into 

nature once they are healed. They also 

organised trainings and environmental 

education activities for all ages. 

Work: renovation at the centre: making and 

signalising outdoor paths, improving 

accessibility for kids and wheelchairs visitors, 

gardening, that involves bricks laying, moving 

stones, paving, painting and planting. You 

should like manual work outdoors. 


Study: environmental protection 

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Extra info: high interest in environmental 

issues. Motivation letter needed. 







(Sant Carles de la Ràpita) 






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SERVEI SITGES CAPAC (Sitges) 

Servei Sitges Capac (SSC) is part of the town 

hall administration and works for defending the 

rights of disabled people in order to improve 

their life quality. Therefore SSC runs 

campaigns to inform the public about the right 

of disabled people to get the same work 

opportunities as anybody else and struggles for 

a better inclusion by providing free-time 

activities and trainings for them. 

Work: Accompanying a group of disabled 

people during their free-time activities and 

especially while their staying at the beach. 

Study: Training about difficulties disabled 

people in Sitges are faced with. 

Accommodation: In a house provided by the 

town hall with a camping kitchen. 

Qualifications: Experience on working with 

disabled people. 

Language: Catalan, Spanish and English. 

Extra info: Open to volunteers only without any 

disability. Famílies and people of different age 

welcome. 

Terminal/Region: Sitges is a lovely town with 

nice beaches not far away from Barcelona. 






TAMARAGUA Fuerteventura (Canary 

Islands) 

The municipality of Puerto del Rosario has 

carried out several environmental campaigns to 

promote preservation of the coast and ravines. 

They want to raise awareness among the local 

population of the values of the natural 

surroundings and also of the common 

responsibility of conservation. The international 

volunteers will join their efforts to encourage the 

local youth to get involved in active protection 

of the environment. 

Work: cleaning and maintenance of natural 

areas of the seaside and ravines. 

Accommodation: in a youth hostel 

Study: traditional culture of the island. 


Extra info: for nature lovers, work hard. Age 

limit 30 y.o. 













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BASIDA-ARANJUEZ Aranjuez (Madrid) 

This is the Centre that BASIDA runs some km 

away from Aranjuez, a nice town between 

Madrid and Toledo. This house is isolated in 

the middle of the countryside. Otherwise it is 

the very same project as description ES-MAD 

8.1. Please read it carefully! 







(Capmany, Girona) 






OR WITHOUT ANY DISABILITIES (15 VOLS) 










































































2008 



SPACE FOR GAMES Monleras (Salamanca) 

Monleras is a small village that, as many other 

in the region of Castilla, is struggling against 

unstoppable depopulation and general decay of 

rural culture. The whole neighbourhood is 

committed to search alternatives for their 

common future. Preservation of cultural and 

natural resources plays a very important role in 

all their planning. Last years they carried out a 

research on traditional games of the region 

that, in former times, used to be played by 

adults and children a like. This meant 

strengthening group bonds while having fun 

together. Now they want to set an open space 

for the community and visitors to start playing 

again: Game Territory (El territorio del juego) 

Work: Mostly preparation of an outdoor area 

where these traditional games will be played. 

Other renovation work of community interest 

might be done as well. You should like physical 

and outdoor work. 

Study: Eco-development as an alternative to 

depopulation. 

Accommodation: Some rooms of the cultural 

centre 


Extra info: Interest in simple rural lifestyle and 

community development. 



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LA MUGA CAULA (Figueres) 

FEST Amics de Les Escaules is a socio-cultural 

non-profit organisation which provides activities 

for people from the village to develop the 

community life. For 3 years it has been 

organising the art festival La Muga Caula which 

focuses on poetry and performance and wants 

to create a space for artists from the local area 

and abroad to meet and exchange ideas. The 

work camp will take place in a very rural region 

and give opportunity to the volunteers to 

participate in work shops during the festival and 

create their own performance. 

Work: Prepare exhibition rooms, help with 

catering, run info desk, child care… 

Study: Arts and social transformation. 

Accommodation: Either in private houses or 

tents. 

Qualifications: Skills on documenting (video, 

photo…) are welcome. 




1. Sweden - IAL Sweden 



Campcode:SE-IAL-6-1 

GEBERS WORKING WEEK (Eco-village 

EKBO, Stockholm) 

60 adults and children living in a former 

convalescent hospital, which in 1998 was 

rebuilt to form a collective with 32 apartments, 

using low resource-demanding, ecological 

building methods. However, there is still a lot to 

do, both outside and inside. Gebers offer many 

fine possibilities for swimming, hiking and 

fishing in the beautiful nature around the lakes 

Drevviken and Flaten. 15 km by car, bus or 

underground from Stockholm. 

Work: We will work together with different 

projects and you can choose from these 

different group activities when you participate: 

Outdoors (garden, repairing the house,) Inside 

(painting, renovation) and kitchen (cooking food 

with us) 

Study: A week of a deepening insight into 

ecology 


building or in tent. Beds with mattresses and 

pillows are available, but bring a sleeping bag. 

Camping space and caravan space is available 

near the lakeshore. 

Extra info: There will be different themes and 

activities during the evenings. 






WADSTENA FOGELSTA RAILWAY 

(Vadstena) 

The Wadstena Fogelsta Railway Preservation 

Society, based in Vadstena at the lake Vättern, 

southern Sweden, is restoring and maintaining 

the last remaining section of a former narrow 

gauge railway system. 

Work: Clean the track from vegetation and 

change sleepers, which can be physically 

demanding. 

Qualifications: People working on the track 

must not have any hearing or vision 

impairment. The camp is not accessible for 

wheelchairs. 

Study: Transportation history. 

Extra info: Visit our home page at www.wfj.se 






PVP/NONVIOLENT LIVING, (Stockholm & 

Sollefteå) 

IAL’s local group in Stockholm and Vita Hästen, 

a small collective of 10 residents, are 

organising a workcamp to focus on the 

connection between ecology, nonviolence, 

simple life style, vegetarianism and collective 

living. From July 30th to August 3rd the whole 

camp, including the Vita Hästen collective, will 

travel 500 km north of Stockholm to the Urkult 

festival close to Sollefteå. 

Work: Starting Sunday 20th in the morning with 

two days of studying/exploring nonviolent living. 

Then one week of renovation helping Ecocollective 

Vita Hästen with exterior house 

painting, removing an outhouse, window repair 

and gardening. At Urkult festival 30th to 3rd 

help out with different tasks making the festival 

run smoothly. 

Study: On the topic of nonviolent living. After 

the first two days of study there will be a few 

discussion evenings involving local 

associations and also practice nonviolent living. 

At Urkult festival we will try to somehow spread 

the idea and practice of nonviolent living. 

Accommodation: At the Eco-collective in 

Stockholm: Simple conditions, on mattresses 

partly in the eco-collective house, partly to be 

determined. At the Urkult festival near Sollefteå: 

In a big military tent. 

Qualifications: Strong interest in ecology, 

nonviolence, simple life style, vegetarianism 

and collective living desirable. Street theatre, 

performance, renovation and cooking skills 

especially welcome. 

Extra info: You will need to pay for your own 

travel cost Stockholm-Sollefteå, about 60-80 

EUR return ticket. Wheelchair accessibility 

difficult. Families with children welcome. The 

camp food, to be prepared by the volunteers, 

will be vegan and/or vegetarian. Opportunities 

to participate in morning yoga workshops. 

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VÄXHUSET (Söderhamn) 

Växhuset is an organisation working with 

alternative sources of energy and sustainable 

development. Outside Söderhamn, approx. 

250km north of Stockholm they’re building an 

ecological centre with gardening according to 

perm culture methods, café and youth hostel, 

using natural materials and sun & wood 

heating. It’s situated beautifully in the forest 

close to a lake; canoes and boats can be 

borrowed as well as bikes for trips around. The 

project in located in the countryside but with 

good bus connections. 

Work: Mainly with the building of our ‘Sun ship’; 

a house made or soil, wood, straw and used 

materials which will be entirely supported by 

sun energy, also a bit of gardening and other 

works 

Accommodation: In two tents, toilets and 

shower inside. Vegetarian & ecological cooking. 

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Volunteers will cook for themselves. 

Extra info: Read more about the projects on 

www.vaxhuset.se. 






FÄRNEBO FOLKHÖGSKOLA (Österfärnebo) 

Färnebo folkhögskola is the school of the 

peace, environmental and solidarity movements 

in Sweden. The school work for democracy, 

international equality, the economical use of the 

world´s resources, just peace, equality of the 

sexes and human rights. It is situated in 

Österfärnebo, a village with about 1500 

inhabitants situated 80 km north of Uppsala. 

Work: 3/4 work and 1/4 studies. Garden work, 

cut trees and hedges and plantation. There will 

also be some painting, roofing, repairing and 

cleaning work. Working and study time will be 

flexible depending on weather. Volunteers will 

cook and clean for themselves on a rotate 

basis. Volunteers must be aware that some of 

the work will be done on roof, ladders and 

scaffolding. Therefor volunteers should not be 

afraid of hights (the hights will not be very high 

and there will be safety arrangements, which 

make the working situation secure). The 

volunteers need to bring suitable clothes, 

preferably older ones that can take stains and 

dirt. 

Study: Ecology and environment. There will be 

discussions and thoughts about and around the 

theme. Some teachers at the school will take 

care of a small part of the studies, but it is also 

necessary for the vols to take part in them, to 

have lectures and workshops of their own 

interest. We will also make excursions and 

canoeing in the National Park of 

Färnebofjärden and visit one ecological project 

nearby. 

Extra info: Österfärnebo is situated nearby the 

lower Dalälven River and the National Park of 

Färnebofjärden. The National Park is a unique 

natural complex that teems with life in a mosaic 

of special habitats and it’s also one of the 

country's most extraordinary and valuable 

region from the standpoint of nature 

conservation. There are good places for 

swimming, fishing and canoeing. The use of 

alcohol and drugs is prohibited at the school 

and therefore also at the camp. 






WEST COAST FOUNDATION (Skärbo) 

The West Coast Foundation is a publicly owned 

foundation that maintains most nature reserves 

in western Sweden. One of these reserves is 

Skärbo, nicely located by a lake in a forested 

area approximately 180 km north of 

Gothenburg. Skärbo is an 18th century farm, 

and the historic landscape of the farm will 

eventually be restored. 

Work: Restoration and preservation of the 

surrounding landscape, such as clearing of 

overgrown pastures and meadows. 

Accommodation: In an old rustic farmhouse. 

Qualifications: Interest in nature preservation 

and manual work. Ability to swim is desirable. 






EMMAUS (Småland) 

"Emmaus kvarn" is a solidarity organization 

collecting and sending used clothes, shoes, 

medical equipment etc. to Third World 

countries. There are about 10 people living and 

working at Åkvarn, situated in the forest of 

Småland, southern Sweden (about 270 km NE 

Malmö). A few miles away, there is a nice lake 

and in the village we have sauna and a big 

room for parties! 

Work: The work at the camp will be indoor and 

outdoor painting, renovation and garden work. 

Accommodation: The group will live together 

in a nice house, with modern cooking 

equipment and several bedrooms. 

Extra info: The camp is unfortunately not 

accessible for wheel chairs. We hope that the 

group will be a mixed group, both according to 

sex and age. If you have an international 

driving license, please bring it! The people at 

Emmaus are looking forward to a nice meeting! 






BREDSJÖ (Bergslagen) 

Bredsjö is a small village in a mountaineer 

mining district in Sweden with lakes and forest 

closeby. Here you´ll find a non-profitable 

cultural cooperative working for the countryside. 

We will offer two weeks filled with experiences 

from nature and culture in Sweden. 

Work: Renovating our station house. 

Study: We offer drama/theatre workshops. 

Accommodation: Common, spartanite in a old 

Folkets Hus (“peoples house”) in the village. 

Showers in a school in the neighbour village. 

We will arrange transports. 


Option for vegetarian food. No alcohol or other 

drugs. 


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Topic: Others 

Campcode:CH-SCI-11-1 

GENEVE LOISIRS (Laconnex) 

Genève Loisirs is a non-profit association that 

offers holiday camps for young people between 

5 and 15 years old. The camp prices vary and 

they are open for all the young people of the 

region. The aims are e.g. to favor the 

acquisition of different sports and artistic 

activities and to rise the youngsters awareness 

of sustainable development. 

Work: the installation of the camp makes it 

necessary to organize the infrastructure (tents, 

equipment etc.) under the supervision of the 

responsible. The international volunteers will 

work with other volunteers in the construction of 

the camp. Work on weekdays from 8.30 a.m. 

until 18.00 p.m. with a lunch break. No work 

with the children. 

Accommodation: in tents, camp kitchen and 

camp toilet. 

Language: English; local language: French 

Terminal/Region: Geneva 


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JARDINS DE COCAGNE (Geneva) 

Description: AGRI, ENVI, The «Jardins de 

Cocagne» (dreamland gardens) are a 

consumer-producer cooperative founded in 

1978. Their aim is to provide their members 

(400 families) with organic vegetables through 

collective farming of the land. The cooperative 

is involved in many development projects and 

in farming training with African countries, 

advocating the right of food sovereignty in both 

the North and South. 

Work: work in the fields with about 20 different 

vegetables, hoeing, weeding, planting, sowing, 

harvesting, irrigation, maintenance of the 

nearby environment (hedge, forest), work in the 

vineyard and the apple plantation, organisation 

of the vegetables distribution. 

Accommodation: the volunteers will sleep in 

their tents (to bring). There is tap water, toilets 

are outside. Workcamp language: English. 







TRANSIT CENTRE FOR REFUGEES 

(Volketswil) 

Refugees who apply for asylum in Switzerland 

have to live in so called Transit Centres for 

about 6-12 months. During this time their life is 

dominated by waiting and uncertainty about 

their future. They are not sure if they can stay 

or if they have to leave the country and they are 

not given a working permission. In the transit 

centre in Volketswil live around 100 people, 

among them families with children. The aim of 

this camp is to organise activities with and for 

them and to spend an interesting and joyful 

time with the asylum seekers. The workcamp 

will take place during the school holidays so the 

children will be very happy to have you there to 

organise activities for them. 

Work: activities with the adults, teenagers and 

children of the centre. 

Study: Refugees, asylum seekers 

Accommodation: an apartment in the transit 

centre 

Qualifications: high motivation, ability to take 

responsibility and doing something on your own 

initiative. Creative people with artistic and/or 

manual skills are very welcome. 

Extra info: minimum age 20 







HOLIDAYS FOR CHILDREN REFUGEES 

(Vétroz) 

The asylum sector of the social office of Valais 

organizes summer camps in the nature for 

about fifty asylum seekers children between 7 

and 10 years the first week and about fifty 

asylum seekers children between 10 and 14 

years the second week.. 

Work: daily organization of a group of around 8 

children with the help of an assistant, 

participation in the creation of different 

activities, practical participation in the daily 

camp life 

Accommodation: Tents 

Qualifications: be motivated, flexible and 

responsible to take care of the children during 

the days, the evenings and some over-night 

watch, appreciate community life, be creative, 

sportive and take initiatives during the games, 

activities and bricolage, adapt to the 

multicultural aspect of the summer camp 

(different nationalities, languages and 

mentalities), participate in all of the activities 

(meetings, cleaning, daily organisation of tools 

and materials), be fluent in French and send a 

motivation letter in French 

Extra info: Minimum age 20 






HOME FOR THE BLIND „MÜHLEHALDE“ 

(Zürich) 

„Mühlehalde“ (www.muehlehalde.ch) is a home 

for the blind, located in the city of Zurich. It 

accommodates around 80 mostly elderly 

women and men who have become visually 

impaired of blind during their lives. Mühlehalde 

offers them the required care, support and 

rehabilitation so that they can live as 

independently as possible with their visual 

impairment. 

Work: The volunteers will be working in the 

garden of the home during four days a week. 

They will continue a project which aims at 

making a part of the garden accessible by 

terracing a hillside. Work includes raising the 

terrain, constructing a path and possibly 

planting vegetation. A professional gardener 

will be present to instruct the volunteers. The 

physical work which is expecting the volunteers 

requires good health. Please bring appropriate 

shoes (i.e. hiking shoes) and clothing (also for 

rainy days). On one day a week the volunteers 

will undertake activities with the residents of the 

home, e.g. on the Swiss national holiday on the 

1st of August. Encounters will also be possible 

on other days, for instance during shared meals 

or discussions with the residents. 

Study: People with disabilities, welfare policy. 

Accommodation: In the youth culture house 

„Dynamo“ (see camp CH-9.1), located directly 

at the Limmat river (www.dynamo.ch). 

Qualifications: High motivation, social 

competence. A motivation letter is required. 

Language: English, local language is German. 

To facilitate communication with the residents, 

a basic knowledge of German will be beneficial. 






FOUNDATION LANDSCHAFT UND KIES 

(Belp) 

The foundation “Landschaft und Kies” was 

founded in 1976 by the Bernese gravel industry 

and is still carried by them. The main tasks of 

the foundation: formation in ecology, public 

relations for promoting the worth of the nature 

in gravel pits, practical work within the gravel 

pits (constructing a maintaining of ecological 

areas, protecting of seldom animals and 

plants). Taking care after protected areas 

owned by the foundation. 

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Work: To remove undesirably plants, which are 

causing problems to the ecological system, like 

the Canadian Goldenrod. U: House for groups 

in Belp 

Study: Ecology and economy 

Terminal/Region: Belp 

Extra info: Hard work 







TRANSIT CENTRE FOR REFUGEES 

(Embrach) 

Refugees who apply for asylum in Switzerland 

have to live in so called "Transit Centres" for 

about 6 months. During the time waiting for the 

decision about their future (do they have to 

leave the country or not?), they are not given a 

working permission. Uncertainty about their 

future and boredom make these days difficult. 

In Embrach are living up to 120 people, mainly 

single adults but also families with children. 

Sports and games should bring them some fun 

and a change to their daily life during the camp. 

Work: Organising activities, for adults as well 

as for children and teenagers. 

Study: Refugees 

Accommodation: Near the Centre. 

Language: A basic knowledge of German is 

advantageous 

Extra info: Your ability to take responsibility 

and to do something on your own initiative is 

very important and indispensable for the 

success of the camp. Experiences in working 

with children are very welcome. 






OEKOTOPIA (Uettligen) 

Pro Natura is a private non-profit organization 

founded in 1909. It’s the largest nature 

conservation organization in Switzerland. 

Nature and environment education is an 

important field of Pro Natura activities. One of 

these activities is “Ecotopia”, a national meeting 

of nature conservation groups with 200 - 300 

young people. It’s a ten days lasting tent camp 

that is mainly organised by volunteers. This 

summer it’s taking place at an organic farmers 

place near Berne. 

Work: Before the camp, the volunteers will set 

up small and very big tents and other 

infrastructure for the camp. During the camp, 

the volunteers will be helping in the kitchen. 

After the camp, the volunteers will help to strike 

the tents. 

Accommodation: In Tents 

Study: Environmental education, ecology 

Terminal/Region: Uettligen 






ADULT EDUCATION CENTRE HERZBERG 

(Asp) 

The “Herzberg Centre” on the Jura hills above 

the town of Aarau had been founded 70 years 

ago in order to have adult education according 

to the Scandivian model. Almost as traditional 

is its co-operation with SCI Switzerland. All over 

the year, the Centre is organising events on 

topics like Nature, Philosophy, Culture and 

Politics. Another focus is music weeks. 

Work: Creation of a herb spiral and other 

elements, to cut wood, possibility to take 

lessons in felting 

Accommodation: In bedrooms of the centre 

Language: English; local language is German 

Extra info: Especially suitable for volunteers 

with children, and for handicapped people! 






BELLE ETOILE (Souboz) 

Belle Etoile is a biologically run farm in 

mountains of the Jura (1000 m above see 

level). The surrounding is very beautiful, the 

place is remote: The next village, Moutier, is a 3 

hours walk away from the farm. The farm is 

owned by a family. They are specialised on 

mother cows. 

Work: Construction of a pond for amphibians, 

fixing of solarpanels, interior works 

Study: Ecology and agriculture 

Terminal/Region: Moutier 

Accommodation: In the house, in the caravan 

and eventually in a Tipi 

Extra info: Suitable for children 




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CHESTNUT CULTIVATION ALMA (Breno) 

The farm „Alma“ is situated in Italian speaking 

part of Switzerland. The project “Alma” tries to 

find new ways against the difficult situation, in 

which a lot of farmers in Europe’s mountains 

find themselves. The main aim is to produce in 

a sustainable way on the meadows of the Alps. 

The farm is bringing up Scottish highland cows 

and is using horses to transport material to the 

Alps. Another important activity lies in 

cultivating the chestnut trees and their fruits. 

Work: Working on the meadows and in the 

valley: cultivating the chestnuts; ameliorate the 

roads, reconstruction of a fountain 

Study: Alpine economy, chestnut 

Accommodation: At the Alps in barns, in the 

valley in a civil protection building 






YOUTH CULTURE HOUSE DYNAMO (Zurich) 

The Youth Culture House Dynamo is a centre 

for different culture activities. There are 

different events and offers taking place there: 

Dance, theatre, concerts, workshops for media 

and web design, metal constructions, jewellery 

making. If you want to get an insight view into 

an institution for youth cultural work, which 

should have a preventive and integrative effect, 

this is the right camp for you. 

Work: Design of the surrounding: pedestrians, 

visitors and users of the Dynamo shall receive 

an entertaining, humorous and interesting 

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attention. This will be done by paintings and 

small renovation works. You will get know how 

in technical work. In the second phase of the 

camp a creative community project will be 

developed. 

Accommodation: In the centre 

Qualifications: technical interest, interest in 

youth culture 

Terminal/Region: Zurich 






PEACE VILLAGE (Broc) 

Broc is situated in the French-speaking part of 

Switzerland between Fribourg and Lausanne in 

an agricultural countryside, 700 meters above 

sea level. It lies near the famous old county of 

Gruyères and the Lake Gruyère. Since its 

foundation in 1983, the association “Peace 

Village” has been working for peace 

construction. Its focus lies on the following 

aspects: solidarity, non-violence, intercultural 

exchange, a simple life style and spirituality. 

Work: mainly renovation work in and around 

the buildings 

Study: peace and conflict resolution 

Accommodation: dormitories. 

Language: English, French, German. It’s 

possible to take part with children. 

Extra info: Participation for volunteers with 

children is possible 






NO MORE WAR (Ehrendingen) 

The military budgets are rising, new weapons 

are tested, foreign and interior policy are 

militarised, intolerance is spreading around the 

world. SCI Switzerland is offering in the frame 

of this study camp the possibility to discuss new 

concepts of peace policy with different 

perspectives and activists from different 

organisations. The volunteers will live at the cooperative 

“Gipsgrueb” in Ehrendingen, near 

Zurich. 

Work: 50% of the time helping the co-operative 

in helping to work in the biological garden und 

to bring in firewood. 50% of the time is 

dedicated to the study part. 

Study: Peace Policy, antimilitarism & 

globalisation, Human Rights. Meetings with 

different representatives of NGOs. 

Accommodation: Simple, in the barn or in 

tents 

Extra info: Please write a motivation letter 

Terminal/Region: Oberehrendingen 




2008 



COOPERATIVA PIANTA MONDA (Menzonio) 

Since more than 10 years now, the cooperative 

“Pianta Monda” is gradually realising its vision 

of a communitarian and ecological lifestyle on a 

formerly abandoned alpage in the Vallemaggia 

(Ticino Alps). Their main activities are: 

renovation the buildings and preservation of the 

environment, with growing organic vegetables 

and herbs, and with ecological tourism. 

Work: Renovate stone walls for terraces, clean 

the site from bushes, various building and 

renovating tasks in houses and paths, cutting 

wood, haying and garden work (some of it is 

physically hard work) 

Accommodation: In one of the houses, very 

simple conditions (cooking on fire, ecological 

toilet, no hot water, no electricity). 

Language: English; the project people speak 

German, English, French and Italian. local 

language is Italian 


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Campcode:UA-ALT-9-1 

Brody, Lviv region 

Project partner: Lviv regional youth labour 

centre. Project: The project will take place in 

Brody, a town located 130 km from Lviv. The 

city is well known due to its cultural and 

historical places, such as Brody Castle. 

Work: The volunteers will carry out maintaining 

and renovation works on the territory and inside 

work. The project will be realised in cooperation 

with Ukrainian and international volunteers. 


accommodated in a student hostel. Food will be 

provided in the canteen three times a day. 

Location: Brody is 130 km to the east from 

Lviv Leisure time: In their free time, the 

volunteers will be able to get to know the 

environment, play sports, meet local youth, and 

visit local discos. What to bring: working 

clothes, gloves, strong shoes, swimming suit, 

mosquito repellents, flesh light, musical 

instruments, detailed information about your 

country, your flag (will be used for geographical 

and historical quizzes), national games and 

recipes, good mood and motivation! 


Terminal/Region: Lviv Nearest Airport: Lviv 

International Airport (web: www.airport.lviv.ua ) 

Meeting point: On 6 of July in Lviv. Place to be 

specified in the infosheet. 






HIV/AIDS prevention campaign, Kyiv Region 

Project: Ukraine is the country of Europe with 

the highest rate of HIV infection spreading. With 

this workcamp we continue the work we started 

in 2002. The feedback we got last time inspired 

us to make a similar camp this year. Many 

teenagers in Ukraine are attending camps in 

summer. We want the volunteers – people of 

approximately same age – to explain the 

danger of AIDS to them, as well as raise 

awareness about ways of prevention of getting 

HIV infected. 

Work: The volunteers will be visiting the 

summer camps in Kyiv region. There they will 

carry out work on raising awareness of the 

teenagers by performing a play, prepared by 

professional stage director. Thus to be 

expected from volunteers to perform on stage. 

This moving camp will first start with 

preparation activities. With the help of the AIDS 

experts, volunteers will work out the plan of 

actions – inventing the types of events they can 

carry out: games, competitions, performances, 

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etc. Volunteers will visit about 6-8 summer 

camps. 

Accommodation: Sport base or on the territory 

of the visited teenager camps. Leisure time: 

excursions in Kyiv, sunbathing, etc. What to 

bring: Sleeping bag, mat, sportswear, 

swimming suit, mosquito repellents, and all the 

stuff you find necessary for organising the work, 

musical instruments, CDs and whatever you 

want. 

Language: English Special requirements: 

MOTIVATION LETTER, performance skills 

preferable, skills on HIV prevention, possible 

theatre experience of activities of this kind. 

Terminal/Region: Kyiv Passenger (Kyiv-Pas 

Railway Station) Nearest Airport: Kyiv Boryspil 

(KBP) http://www.kbp.kiev.ua/ Meeting point: 

On 06.07 in Kiev. Place to be specified in the 

infosheet. 






Summer with English, Kharkiv region 

Project partner: Regional Youth Centre of 

European Cooperation “Planet XXI”. Project: 

Sports summer center “Boyko school” is 

situated in a picturesque place 30 km from 

Kharkiv, eastern part of Ukraine. The Center 

was founded in 1987 on the territory of the 

former duke’s estate. On the territory of the 

Center there is a pond with a lot of fish – so you 

can go fishing there. There are also stables 

with 12 horses, a riding school for children. The 

camp hosts about 200 children at a time. The 

camp works by the program of the summer 

English language school. 

Work: Every volunteer together with two 

Ukrainian leaders will take care of 15-20 

teenagers. The main task of the volunteers will 

be to help in organising everyday life of the 

camp and leisure time activities, such as 

workshops, sport competitions, contests, 

activities connected with culture, history, 

traditions of the volunteers’ countries. The 

volunteers will also assist teachers to teach 

English in the course of lessons. We expect 

from volunteers new ideas and enthusiasm in 

organising children’s leisure time to make it 

meaningful and useful. Every volunteer must be 

ready to help children in organising the Day of 

Culture of the volunteer’s country (national 

games, songs, dances, recipes of the national 

food – should be easy to cook!). If you have 

experience, but most important desire to work 

with children, this project is for YOU! Working 

hours: 6 hours a day, 6 working days a week. 


4-bed rooms. Food will be provided in the camp 

canteen four times a day! Leisure time: Lots of 

sport facilities are available, in the evening 

cultural meetings with the campers and staff will 

be organised, etc. 

Language: English What to bring: musical 


country, flags, national music, postcards (will be 

used for geographical and historical quizzes), 

national games and recipes, sleeping bag for 

hikes. Special requirements: aged from 20 to 

45, motivation letter, basic knowledge of 

Russian or Ukrainian is an advantage, but not 

necessary. 

Terminal/Region: Kharkiv Nearest airport: 

Kharkiv International Airport 

www.aeroport.kharkov.ua 






Kharkiv Zoo, Kharkiv 

Project partner: Regional Youth Center of 

European Cooperation “Planet XXI”. Project: It 

is the third experience of our collaboration with 

the Zoo in Kharkiv. The previous three were 

dedicated to its 110th anniversary. This time we 

will continue the tradition for improving leaving 

conditions of animals. This will include 

reconstruction of old cages and to build new 

ones. Our main aims is: to reach the perfect 

conditions for animals, to be an integral part of 

the nature, observe the happy lives of our fourfooted 

friends, their reproduction and growing 

of their quantity. 

Work: The work of the group will include the 

renovation and reconstruction of animal 

expositions: some open-air cages. Maybe some 

cleaning and weeding, making a flower-bed. 

The Zoo is located in the park zone in the 

center of the city. 

Accommodation: A city hall building (rooms 

for 3-6 persons with common toilet sink and 

shower in the corridor). Meals - 3 times per day. 

Leisure time: activities in the group, intercultural 

learning, meetings with Ukrainian students, 

sightseeing, sport and cultural activities, disco, 

swimming pool, weekend with paddling down 

the river Severskij Donets and everything what 

we will able to create for ourselves to make our 

camp exciting. 

Language: English (Russian, Ukrainian). 

Special requirements: Here you can find some 

information about: - Kharkiv Zoo 

http://www.zoo.kharkov.ua/ (in Russian) - 

Kharkiv http://www.kharkov.ua/index-e.phtml 



www.aeroport.kharkov.ua Meeting point: On the 

13en of July in Kharkiv. Place to be specified in 

the infosheet 






Khortytsya, Zaporizhzhya 

Project: The project will take place on 

Khortytsya Island which Island includes the 

Cossack fortress, the Cathedral of St.Nicholas, 

the Museum of History of Cossacks with 

authentic items pertinent to every-day life of 

Cossacks. On the island of Khortytsya, in the 

middle of the Dnipro River, on the Western- 

Southern part of the city, the headquarters 

(sich) of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks was based 

between 16th and 18th cent. (The word 

Zaporizhzhya means "beyond the rapids," i.e., 

of the Dnipro.) For nearly three centuries the 

Zaporizhzhya Cossacks served as the rallying 

point for Ukrainian struggles against social, 

national, and religious oppression. 

Work: Volunteers will do cleaning work around 

the riverside of the river Dnipro. Duration of 

work 5 hrs a day, 5-6 day a week. It is also 

planned that volunteers will attend evaluation 

seminar by the end of work camp where 

journalists will be present. Accomodation: will 

be provided on the territory of the recreation 

centre. Toilets and showers are available inside 

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the building. Unfortunately, there could be 

difficulties with hot water. The food will be 

provided at the recreation centre. 

Location: Zaporizhzhya. Leisure time: You can 

learn history, culture and life of Zaporizhzhya. 

Visits to numerous museums, exhibitions, 

preserve, boat trip around the Island on the 

Dnieper River will be organised. 

Language: English What to bring: musical 

instruments, national games, info on your 

country, working clothes, gloves, thin paintbrushes, 

swimming suit, good mood and 

motivation. 

Terminal/Region: Dnipropetrovsk Nearest 

Airport: Dnipropetrovsk Meeting point: On the 

13en of July in Zaporizhzhya. Place to be 





Topic: Others 


Dzherela, Kyiv region and Kyiv 

Project partner: Charity Association for people 

with learning, emotional and behavioural 

disabilities “Djerela”. http://www.djerela.kiev.ua/ 

Project: Djerela” was founded in 1994. Its 

mission is to develop and fulfill separate 

actions, projects and programs designed to 

protect human rights of people with learning, 

emotional and behavioral disabilities as well as 

their families, provide their rehabilitation and 

social adaptation; to focus public attention on 

the problems of above mentioned people. 

”Djerela’s” main activities include program of 

early intervention; respite care and fostering 

programs; family support services 

(psychological and juridical consulting); 

integrated education, etc. Project will take place 

in two Djerela’s buidings in Kyiv region 

(Boguslav) and in Kyiv. 

Work: During first week volunteers will be 

doing environmental work in Kyiv region, town 

Boguslav (renovation work in small house and 

cleaning forest which is nearby). During second 

week volunteers will do renovation wok in Kyiv 

city in mini-hostel. Volunteers will be working on 

maintenance of two building and surrounding 

area (sometimes work will be physically hard). 

There will be a possibility to see the work of 

social workers if volunteers are interested. 

Board and lodging Volunteers will be 

accommodated indoors but please, bring 

sleeping bags. Food will be partly organised by 

volunteers, partly prepared. 

Location: Boguslav, Kyiv region and Kyiv, 

more info http://www.airportborispol.kiev.ua/about-kiev.html 

Leisure time: 

excursions around the city, picnics, swimming 

in Dnipro river, learning history, culture and life 

of Kyiv city and Boguslav. You will be able to 

explore the night life of Kyiv, visit Opera, 

Museum of Chernobyl and many other 

interesting places! 

Language: English. What to bring: musical 

instruments, national games, info about your 

country, working clothes, gloves, swimming 

suit, good mood and motivation. 

Terminal/Region: Kyiv Passenger (Kyiv-Pas 

Railway Station) Nearest Airport: Kyiv Boryspil 

(KBP) http://www.kbp.kiev.ua/ Meeting point: 

On the 20th of July in Kyiv, place to be 

specified in the infosheet 




Topic: Others 


Teterivka & Nova Borova, Zhytomyr Region 

& Rivne Region 

Project: Within this project we aim to create 

better social and ecological conditions in the 

orphanages. Since 2003 “Ecoclub” is running 

renovation workcamps in orphanages in 

Western part of Ukraine (renovating windows 

by installing heat insulation). This work camp 

will be held in Zhytomyr Region of Ukraine 

(renovating windows by installing heat 

insulation). The project will be in Teterivka 

orphanage for boys and Nova Borova 

orphanage for girls. 

Work: Together with Ukrainians international 

volunteers will do windows renovation. 

Sometimes work can be hard, 6 hours a day. 

Accomodation: participants of the work camp 

will be placed in the house of the orphanage in 

two separate rooms for boys and girls. There is 

a toilet and a shower. The food will be provided. 

But it is supposed that volunteers will prepare 

light breakfasts themselves. During the work 

camp volunteers will have chance to taste 

traditional food. 

Location: Teterivka and Nova Borova, 

Zhytomyr region Leisure time: forest walking, 

outing to the local reservoir, familiarizing with 

local traditions, fire games, Ukrainian songs 

learning, games, entertainment, dancing. By 

the end of work volunteers and the members of 

eco-club will have a picnic outdoors. 

Language: English What to bring: working 

clothes, gloves, sleeping-bag, comfortable 

footwear, bathing / swimming suit, musical 

instruments, flash-light, traditions of your native 

country. 

Terminal/Region: Zhytomyr Nearest Airport: 

Kyiv Boryspil (KBP) http://www.kbp.kiev.ua/ 

Meeting point: Zhytomyr city on 20th of July. 

The place will be specified in the infosheet. 






Lviv, Lviv city 

Project partner: Lviv Regional Youth Labour 

Centre Project: The city of Lviv, founded in the 

late Middle Ages, was a flourishing 

administrative, religious and commercial centre 

for several centuries. The medieval urban 

topography has been preserved virtually intact 

(in particular, there is evidence of the different 

ethnic communities who lived there), along with 

many fine Baroque and later buildings. The 

territory of central part of Lviv – 120ha of the 

property at its centre now listed as a part of the 

World Heritage, was designated as a National 

Historical and Architectural Reserve 

Work: The volunteers will be working on the 

territory of the Historical Centre of Lviv City. 

They will be involved in performing wide variety 

of tasks aiming at preservation and restoration 

of the parts of Ensemble of the Historic Centre: 

- earthworks, - painting, plastering, masonry 

works, not requiring high skills and 

qualifications. Volunteers will work 5-6 hrs per 

day 5 days a week. It is also planned that 

volunteers will attend evaluation seminar in Lviv 

by the end of workcamp where journalists will 

be present. Accomodation: Student Hostel, the 

food will be provided 

Location: Lviv (Halychyna), Ukraine. Leisure 

time: There will an opportunity to visit many of 

museums and other interesting places in Lviv. 

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Language: English What to bring: working 

gloves, comfortable footwear (strong shoes), 

working clothes, CD’s, DVD’s etc, musical 


country, national games, good mood and 

motivation. 


International Airport (web: www.airport.lviv.ua ) 

Meeting point: On the 20th of July in Lviv. Place 

to be specified in the infosheet. 


9. Ukraine - SVIT Ukraine 



Campcode:UA-SVI-4-1 

RADUGA (Donetsk region) 

DISA, ENVI, SPORT The project is realized 

jointly with Raduga NGO from Donetsk, which 

is running rehabilitation center for children and 

young people with disabilities (cerebral palsy, 

autism etc.). In the center, disabled children 

and young people regularly meet and do 

different crafts, also some sport and music 

exercises. Due to financial reasons and also a 

lot of support and care needed for these 

people, their families cannot afford to take them 

for vacation in the summer. The project is 

aimed to assist Raduga to organize vacation 

camp for them in natural area. 

Work: sport and games in the nature, crafts, 

cooking and care for disabled, organizing 

different free-time activities and intercultural 

presentations. 

Study: information about nature and history of 

the region, support and care system for 

disabled in Ukraine. Special on-arrival program 

will be organized for volunteers and disabled at 

the beginning of the project to get to know each 

other. 

Accommodation: in the tents, bring sleeping 

bag. Volunteers will cook for themselves. 

Kitchen and sanitation facilities are available. 




Topic: Others 


Orphanage, Odesa 

Project partner: Odesa Centre of Social 

Services for Youth Project: The orphanage is 

located at the resort district of the city Odesa, 

500 m from the sea zone and a beach zone 

“Lanjeron”. The orphanage is placed inside the 

building of a former kinder garden. It adopts the 

“children of street”, the children who 

experienced violence in the family and those 

who came themselves or where brought here. 

The main aim of the orphanage is to help 

children and teenagers that appeared in the 

crisis situations. Nowadays it is a place where 

any child that became alone could receive food 

and lodging. 

Work: Cleaning courtyard territory, painting of 

summerhouses, planting of greenery. We 

expect volunteers that have some skills in 

painting and art. Accomodation: volunteers will 

live in the house of orphanage. The food will be 

provided there. 

Location: Odesa Leisure time: in the free time 

the tours to the central part of the city are 

planned, visiting of the theatres/museums is 

also possible. Trips to discotheque, cater trips, 

trips to the beach. It is also possible that will be 

a journey for a few days to the children of 

orphanage that will have a rest on Kimborska 

Kosa in the Mykolaiv region. 

Language: English What to bring: gloves, 

comfortable footwear (strong shoes), working 

clothes, sun protection cream and a cap, 

sleeping bag, swimming suit. 

Terminal/Region: Odesa Nearest Airport: 

Odesa Meeting point: in Odesa on 27.07.08. 

The place will be specified in the infosheet. 




Topic: Others 


Club of young naturalists, Kharkiv 

Project partner: Regional Youth Centre of 

European Cooperation “Planet XXI”. Project : 

This year YCEC “Planet XXI” is going to 

organize the 5th international volunteer project 

in Kharkiv Zoo. In 2005 Kharkiv Zoo celebrated 

its 110th anniversary. Kharkiv Club of young 

naturalists was one of the first in the world. 

During the years many youngsters who 

followed this naturalists school became 

outstanding specialists in biology. Since 1925 

year thousands of boys and girls, having been 

the members of this club, became professional 

biologists of the highest level. But unfortunately, 

a building, where this club was situated, is 

burned. This year was made a new project of 

the club of young naturalists. The group of 

volunteers will help in some construction and 

cleaning works. 

Work: The work of the group will include 

finishing renovation works inside the building. 

This may include painting, cleaning, washing 

and so on. Volunteers might help with arranging 

flower beds outside the club. The Zoo is located 

in the park zone in the center of the city. 

Accomodation&Food: A city hall building 

(rooms for 4-6 persons with common toilet sink 

and shower in the corridor). Meals - 3 times a 

day. 

Location: Kharkiv is the second largest city in 

Ukraine and its first capital. It can truly be 

named a Ukrainian megapolis. It’s situated in 

North-East of Ukraine in the confluence of three 

rivers. Its population is 1470000 people. It’s 

one of the biggest scientific and cultural 

centers. Kharkiv is the city of student’s and has 

80 higher educational establishments. The city 

is famous for its great traditions and 

extraordinary historical past. In 2004 Kharkiv 

celebrated its 350th anniversary. One of the 

most important points if interest in Kharkiv is a 

city Zoo which is located in the center of the city 

in the park area. Leisure time: Lots of sport 

facilities are available, swimming pool, 

rollerblade, , picnics, swimming and paddling in 

river, meetings with Ukrainian people, 

excursions around the city, disco and 

everything what we will able to create for 

ourselves to make our camp exciting. 


Special requirements: Here you can find some 

information about: - Kharkiv Zoo 

http://www.zoo.kharkov.ua/ (in Russian) - 

Kharkiv http://www.kharkov.ua/index-e.phtml 

What to bring: musical instruments, detailed 

information about your country, your flag (will 

be used for geographical and historical 

quizzes), national games and recipes, good 

mood and motivation. 



www.aeroport.kharkov.ua Meeting point: in 

Kharkiv on 27.07.08. The place will be specified 

in the infosheet. 

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Forest’s friends, Dnipropetrovsk region 

Project partner: Dnipropetrovsk association for 

regions development Project: Dnipropetrovsk 

region is one of the most developed in Ukraine. 

It has favorable geographic location, high 

industrial and scientific potential, highly 

developed agriculture, it is also reach in natural 

resources. Dnipropetrovsk is one of the largest 

and most beautiful cities in Ukraine. It is 

situated on the Dnieper River and has 1.5 

million inhabitants. Dnipropetrovsk was founded 

by the Russian empress Ekaterina II. It was the 

place where the first European democratic 

republic emerged – Zaporiz’ka Sich (Cossacks 

republic). Dnipropetrovsk region has rich flora 

and fauna. The project will be held on the basis 

of a forestry, which is located near the big 

regional centre Dnipropetrovsk (200 km). It is 

one of the most picturesque places in 

Dnipropetrovsk region. Vast green plantations, 

boundless fields with crops, clean lakes and 

absence of industrial plants and transport – all 

that gives feeling of complete unity with nature. 

Work: There is a forest outpost on the territory 

of the forestry, which is intended for protection 

of a wood from poachers, fires, for the control 

over population of animals and vegetative fund. 

Volunteers will be busy with cleaning of territory 

of the forest area from garbage. 

Accommodation: Accommodation is tents, 

food will be cooked on a campfire by the 

volunteers. It is also possible to observe 

vegetarian diet. Very simple facilities: toilet and 

open-air shower. Delivery of drinking –water is 

provided. Leisure time: Volunteers will be 

offered different leisure opportunities for 

weekend and work days, for example 

attendance of an equestrian centre, the village 

cultural events, a community centre, youth 

centre and sports complex, they will become 

familiar with Ukrainian culture (folklore 

ensemble, national cuisine). Besides volunteers 

will be able to take part in different sport 

activities, to go swimming at the lake nearby, 

and many other things. 

Language: English. Special requirements: We 

would appreciate to know about your 

motivations, ideas, hobbies and experiences 

from motivation letter attached to application 

form when you apply. Participants should be 

ready for simple living conditions and should be 

flexible for changes in the camp schedule. 

Good motivation letter is your advantage to get 

a place with this project. We look for creative, 

open minded and active participants to make it 

the best experience 2008! What to bring: 

Sleeping bag, rug (mat), pocket torch , raincoat, 

work gloves, work and warm clothing, 

swimming suit, mosquito protection, eating 

tools (plate, folk, knife and cup), rucksack, 

musical instruments, national games, info on 

your country, and good mood. 


Airport: Dnipropetrovsk Meeting point: On 

August 3th 2008 in Dnipropetrovsk. Place will 





Topic: Others 


Orphanage, Kharkiv 

Project partner: Regional Youth Center of 

European Cooperation “Planet XXI”, Kharkov 

orphanage №14. Project: The project is going 

to take place in of the city orphanages, in There 

are two main aims of this project. First is to 

renovate playground facilities of the orphanage 

and second is to socialize with children that 

were left without parental care. These kids have 

very few communication with the outside world, 

especially with foreigners. We aim to introduce 

them to different cultures of the world and 

broaden their knowledge. We are also hoping 

that attention of volunteers, your sheer 

enthusiasm and involvement with make those 

kids happier 

Work: The work of the group will include 

improving facilities of the orphanage and its 

playgrounds. This may include some painting of 

the kid’s rooms, but mostly volunteers will be 

busy with making flower beds and fixing up the 

playgrounds. Accomodation: In the orphanage 

(in the room with common toilet sink and 

shower in the corridor). Meals - 3 times a day. 





rivers. Its population is 1470000 people. It’s 

one of the biggest scientific and cultural 

centers. Kharkiv is the city of student’s and has 

80 higher educational establishments. The city 

is famous for its great traditions and 

extraordinary historical past. In 2004 Kharkiv 

celebrated its 350th anniversary. There are a 

lot parks in the city and volunteers will live right 

next to a little park which is perfect for those 

who like jogging. Here you can find some 

information about Kharkiv 

http://www.kharkov.ua/index-e.phtml Leisure 

time: Lots of sport facilities are available, 

swimming pool, rollerblade, picnics, swimming 

and paddling in river, meetings with Ukrainian 

people, excursions around the city, disco and 


ourselves to make our camp exciting. 

Languages: English. Special requirements: You 

may be not allowed to smoke and drink 

alcohols on the territory of the orphanage What 

to bring: detailed information about your 

country, your flag (will be used for geographical 

and historical quizzes), national games and 

recipes, games for the children, arts and crafts 

to make with kids, good mood and motivation. 

Terminal/Region: Kharkiv Nearest Airport: 

Kharkiv Meeting point: On the 27.07.08 in 

Kharkiv. Place to be specified in the infosheet. 






MEDVEZHANKA (Lugansk region) 

ENVI, MANU Medvezhanka is a protected area 

located 60 km. from Lugansk. This territory is 

remarkable for its picturesque landscapes 

typical for steppe, and huge water reservoir. 

Since mid nineties regional environmental NGO 

“Zeleny Svit” is lobbying for creation of regional 

landscape park to raise protected status of this 

area, improve possibilities for environmental 

protection, scientific work and recreation; local 

authorities and population also support this 

idea, but there is delay at regional 

administration to officially establish the park. 

The project is realized in partnership with 

“Zeleny Svit” and aimed to do practical work to 

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improve territory of the future park, and draw 

attention of regional administration to the area 

and the need to create park for better 

preservation of local nature and landscape. 

Work: installing information signs and markers 

around the territory of Medvezhanka, preparing 

site for information center of the Park, preparing 

background for ecological and tourist routes 

along natural springs, cleaning up the springs 

and river. 

Study: Information about the protected area, 

system of environmental protection and 

protected areas in Ukraine, work of 

environmental NGOs, history of the region. 

Accommodation: in the tents, in field 

conditions. Kitchen and sanitation facilities are 

available, volunteers will cook for themselves. 

Bring a sleeping bag. 






POTOTSKY PALACE (Chervonograd, Lviv 

region) 

HERI, RENO, ENVI Pototsky palace is located 

in Chervonograd, Lviv region. The palace was 

built in XVII century and is nowadays used as 

museum. The palace was surrounded by 

beautiful park. In Soviet period and first years of 

Independence of Ukraine museum was 

neglected due to financial situation, which 

jeopardized state of both park and palace. In 

2007 the palace has got status of National 

register of monuments of architecture of 

Ukraine, which opens possibilities for 

renovation and restoration of both palace and 

park. The project is aimed to contribute with 

practical work to restoration of the park and 

raising awareness among local young people 

on its historical and cultural value. 

Work: cleaning up territory of the park, 

removing trash, preparing territory for 

landscape design activities, planning lawns, 

installing fence, planning places for trees and 

bushes as natural fence. 

Study: information about culture and history of 

the region and this area, visits to interesting 

places in the region (possible excursion to Lviv 

during week-end) 

Accommodation: at the students’ dormitory. 

Volunteers will cook for themselves. Bring a 

sleeping bag. 






Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy, Kyiv region 

Project partner: Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy 

Centre of Social Services for Youth. Project: 

The camp is situated in the suburban part of 

Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy. This town has rich 

history and a lot of places to see. It is situated 

on the banks of one of the most beautiful rivers 

in Ukraine - the Dnieper, 100 km to the southeast 

of Kyiv – the capital of Ukraine. There are 

17 museums and 7 magnificent parks, so 

volunteers will enjoy this place. 

Work: We continue the 11 year project, 

repairing the historic objects and cultural 

monuments, participating in the work on the 

territory of the historic and cultural recreation 

area in Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy. Volunteers 

will help the workers of the Museum of 

Ukrainian Folk Architecture through different 

activities to restore the museum exhibits and to 

clean the territory of the museum. 


provided in student hostel. The volunteers will 

cook breakfast and dinner by themselves and a 

hot lunch will be provided. 

Location: Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy, 100 km to 

the south-east of Kyiv. Leisure time: As it was 

mentioned above there are a lot of museums in 

Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy, so volunteers can 

explore the history and culture of the Central 

Ukraine. Bus trip to Kyiv will be organised. 

Sunbathing and swimming in the Dnieper River 

and the lake are possible. What to bring: 

Working clothes, sleeping bag, swimming suit, 

a mat, pocket flashlight, shoes, sportswear, 

mosquito protection liquid, tapes, musical 

instruments and everything you need… 

Terminal/Region: Kyiv Nearest Airport: Kyiv 

Boryspil (KBP) http://www.kbp.kiev.ua/ Meeting 

point: On the 3rd of August in Kyiv. Place to be 

specified in the infosheet 






Sunflower Youth Festival camp, 

Dnipropetrovsk region 

Project partner: Dnipropetrovsk branch of 

Alternative-V Project: The project will be 

organised in cooperation with the National 

Metallurgical University of Ukraine on the base 

of student's summer camp "Druzhba" 

(Friendship) - very popular summer time leisure 

place among students and graduates. It's 

situated on the Samara river bank in the middle 

of beautiful forest in the Orlovschina village. 

(Dnipropetrovs’ka oblast, Novomoskovskiy 

region) with picturesque views of natural 

reserve. It is 1 hour by bus from the city of 

Dnipropetrovsk (former Ekaterinoslav) - the 

biggest city in central Ukraine. It is 1 hour by 

bus from the city of Dnipropetrovsk (former 

Ekaterinoslav) - the biggest city in central 

Ukraine where Empress Kathryn the Second 

used to stop on her way to Crimean estates in 

the Potemkinskiy castle. 

Work: Volunteers will create and organise an 

intercultural exchange activities for students 

involving them into the actions: intercultural 

evenings, exhibitions, discussions, workshops, 

concerts, games, sports competition, parties, 

disco etc. The idea of the camp is to involve 

Ukrainian students into an active intercultural 

exchange with the group international 

volunteers, to promote volunteering and to give 

information on who volunteer is, to extend 

students outlook with new ideas for 

unforgettable student summer! 

Accommodation: All volunteers will be 

accommodated in small nice bungalows with 

rooms for 3-4 people. Shower and washing 

facilities are available on the territory of the 

camp. Food will be provided in the camp 

canteen. Be ready for simple conditions and 

food. Leisure time: You will find the camp as 

the place for active leisure time with great 

social resources. Camp has different sport 

facilities, for example a football field, basketball 

and volleyball areas, big and table tennis. 

There is a river’s beach in the camp for 

sunbathing and swimming. Camp is surrounded 

by four(!) other students camps close by. Cross 

camp activities will be an open option for 

Sunflower team. On week-ends you will have 

time to visit Novomoskovsk with city market, 

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city of Dnipropetrovsk 

Language: English Special requirements: We 

would appreciate to know about your 

motivations, ideas, hobbies and experiences 

from motivation letter attached to application 

form when you apply. Participants should be 

ready for simple living conditions and should be 

flexible for changes in the camp schedule. 

Good motivation letter is your advantage to get 

a place with this project. We look for creative, 

open minded and active participants to make it 

the best experience 2008! What to bring: 

sleeping bags, roll mat (not necessary), 

raincoats, caps with peak and sunglasses, sunprotection 

lotion. Mosquito repellent is highly 

recommended to have with you. Musical 

instruments, DJs decks, pictures, stories, CDs, 

art projects, installations, creative ideas, 

national food and drinks etc for the great 

cultural exchange! Please take some materials, 

pictures, stories or anything else concerning 

activities of your local voluntary organizations 

or your own voluntary experience to share. 


Airport: Dnipropetrovsk Meeting point: On the 

3rd of August in Dnipropetrovsk. Place and time 

is to be specified in the infosheet 






Busk, Lviv region 

Project partner: Lviv regional youth labour 

centre. Project: The project will be in Busk, 

small town located 53 km from Lviv. In October 

2005 Busk was celebrating its 1500 

anniversary. This town was one of the first in 

this region who was granted Magdeburg right in 

1411. The symbol of the town is a stork. Town 

is situated on the crossroads, and in XV century 

it became a fortress. During many years this 

land belonged to Austria and Poland that 

influenced a lot local history and cultural 

background. 

Work: The volunteers will carry out maintaining 

works in the historical part of the town. 

Accomodation: Volunteers will be 

accommodated in the hostel in the 2-3 beds 

rooms. Food will be provided by the canteen 

three times a day. 

Location: 53 km to the east from Lviv Leisure 

time: In their free time, the volunteers will be 

able to get to know the environment, play 

sports, and meet local youth. Cultural 

programme: A tour of the Olesko Castle (The 

beautiful castle is situated on the hill with a 

grand view of the valley. At present the castle 

houses the museum with weapons, civilian 

objects of 18-19th centuries, as well as a 

tapestry depicting the famous Vienna battle) is 

possible. Besides, the volunteers will be able to 

go themselves to Zolochiv and Lviv. Lviv itself 

is a beautiful city of authentic architecture, 

which used to be a capital of the Ukrainian 

state once. What to bring: working clothes, 

gloves, strong shoes, swimming suit, mosquito 

repellents, pocket torch. 



Meeting point: On the 4th of August in LVIV. 

Place to be specified in the infosheet 






Kharkiv Philharmonic, Kharkiv 

Project: The history of the Kharkiv Philharmonic 

was started in 1874 as the first stationary 

Opera House. The theater had a big stage, a 

four-circle auditorium and unique acoustics. It 

was wooden and for this reason the building 

was taken apart in 1880th because of fire risk. 

During the next 120 years the troupe didn’t 

have its own place, but finally the Opera was 

“moved” to its actual place. But it was prone to 

damage again, complete and rebuild again and 

again. Every event, every milestone in the 

history caused changes in the architecture, 

style and destination of the building. We can 

see extraneous features of the different 

centuries and different countries (elements from 

Tyuirly palace of Paris, portraits of Russian 

composers, allegorical agricultural and winemaking 

pictures and catacombs recondite 

under the foundation…). But in spite of its really 

hard destiny the unique cultural and 

architectural monument of our city fortunately 

held out against pitiless time including two 

destroying World Wars…From 1991 the 

Kharkiv Philharmonic is located in the longsuffering 

building, but looked like really pure… 

Don’t let the spiritual wealth to go to ruin! 





rivers. Its population is 147000 people. It’s one 

of the biggest scientific and cultural centers. 

Kharkiv is the city of student’s and has 80 

higher educational establishments. The city is 

famous for its great traditions and extraordinary 

historical past. In 2004 Kharkiv celebrated its 

350th anniversary. 

Work: We will help to restore the front of the 

Philharmonic, build the fountain, which will 

located forward of the building, clean and put in 

order inside. Maybe painting and some “makeup” 

work. We will work in the place where every 

brick penetrates with history; we will touch 

directly the spirit of the classical music, which is 

passing the time! 

Accommodation: A city hall building (rooms 

for 4-6 persons with common toilet sink and 

shower in the corridor). Meals - 3 times a day. 

Leisure time: activities in the group, intercultural 

learning, sightseeing, sport and cultural 

activities, swimming pool, weekend with 

paddling down the river Severskij Donets and 


ourselves to make our camp exciting. Special 

remarks: Here you can find some information 

about: 


Special remarks: Here you can find some 

information about: • The Kharkiv Philharmonic 

http://www.jamesarts.com/KHRKVPHILWEBPA 

GE.htm 

http://www.kharkov.com/news/?p=110&secure= 

&till= = (in Russian) • Kharkiv 

http://www.kharkov.ua/index-e.phtml 



www.aeroport.kharkov.ua Meeting point: on 

July 27th in Kharkiv place will be specified in 

infosheet 






PARASKOVEYEVKA (Artemovsk) 

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RENO, KIDS, DISA Boarding School for 

mentally disabled children is located in 

Paraskoveyevka village, 5 kilometers away 

from Artemovsk, southeastern Ukraine. There 

are about 150 children in the boarding school 

aged 7-16 years old, among them 12 orphans. 

Children stay at the boarding school during the 

whole year and have special education 

program. During the workcamp it is planned to 

renovate outside playground and sport facilities, 

arrange green corner in the school and 

organize activities with children. 

Work: arranging green corner (building up 

shelves for plants and mini-zoo); renovating 

playground and installing outside sport 

equipment, playing with children. 

Study: information about the boarding school 

and children, excursions to the salt mines and 

local area. 

Accommodation: in the boarding school, 

kitchen and sanitation facilities are in the 

building. Food will be served in loal canteen. 






GOMOLSHA (Kharkiv region) 

ENVI, MANU National Nature Park 

“Gomolshansky lisy” is located in the south-east 

of Kharkiv region, was established in 2004. The 

territory of the park includes 14 315 hectares. 

The area is remarkable for many rare 

representatives of flora and fauna, including old 

oak-groves aging from 350 to 750 years; 

beautiful landscapes to see from the banks of 

the Seversky Donetz river and its tributary 

Gomolsha, and sites of Cossacks’ history. The 

camp will be located in Korobky village in the 

estate of 19th century, now belonging to the 

park. It is planned to help with renovation of the 

estate house, and arranging ecological routes 

in the park and assistance with creation of 

museum of local history. 

Work: renovation of the estate building and 

museum rooms. Arranging ecological routes 

(installing information signs about the park and 

observation points), rest places along the 

routes. 

Study: Information about the park, about local 

area and its history. 

Accommodation: in the tents at the territory of 

estate. Volunteers will cook for themselves. 

Kitchen and sanitation facilities are available. 




Topic: Others 


PROMOTION CAMPAIGN, Zhytomyr Region 

and Rivne region 

Project Partner: UNITED NATIONS 

VOLUNTEERS Project: The project is aimed at 

promoting active participation in the social life 

among young people, participation in the 

development of the local community and at 

promoting youth leadership in social, economic 

and political spheres. 

Work: The core group will consist of 7 

international volunteers including 2 

campleaders and 2 experts-trainers on 

volunteering issues. The age of the participants 

will vary from 18 to 30. Volunteers should be 

prepared to present their national volunteering 

traditions and info on similar projects realized in 

their countries; to discuss and share 

information about volunteering issues. During 

first 3 days volunteers will stay together and will 

have an introductory seminar. After this 

introductory phase, the group will be travelling 

through Zhytomyr and Rivne Regions visiting 

Youth Centres. During the first half of the day 

international group together with local youth will 

be involved in performing community 

development tasks, which might include 

environmental, construction, renovation, social, 

cultural and archaeological work. Later on, in 

discussion groups facilitated by the experts, 

young people will have the chance to speak 

about volunteering issues. Accomodation: 

Indoor. Food will be prepared partly by 

volunteers, partly organized. Leisure time: 

excursions around Zhytomyr and Rivne cities, 

picnics, swimming in river, learning history, 

culture and life of Zhytomyr and Rivne region. 

You will be able to explore the Zhytomyr and 

Rivne, visit museums and many other 

interesting places! 

Language: English. What to bring: musical 

instruments, national games, info about your 

country, working clothes, gloves, swimming 

suit, good mood and motivation. Special 

requirements: MOTIVATION LETTER 

Terminal/Region: Zhytomyr Nearest Airport: 

Kyiv Boryspil (KBP) http://www.kbp.kiev.ua/ 

Meeting point: On 16th or 23rd of August in 

Kyiv. Exact date and place to be specified in 

the infosheet. 




2008 




DOBRE RAZOM 2 (Kharkiv and Kyiv) 

EDU, STUDY, KIDS The camp is organized in 

the framework of “Youth Transcending New 

Frontiers” project, which is taking place in 

Ukraine, Moldova, Russia and Belarus. In the 

project framework volunteer groups are 

organizing activities on human rights education, 

social inclusion, racism and xenophobia. During 

the workcamp it is planned to address the 

problem of racism in Ukraine through making a 

film about racism. The film will include research 

and comparing situation, attitudes with other 

European countries, information events for 

students, schoolchildren and local NGOs, 

public actions. Activities and filming will take 

place in Kharkiv and Kyiv. During the workcamp 

it is planned to do filming, cut will be made at 

later stage, and film will be used for educational 

activities in schools in Ukraine. 

Work: detailed elaboration of scenario, filming, 

preparing and running workshops and public 

actions 

Study: information about situation with racism 

and anti-racism movement in Ukraine, 

comparison of situation with other European 

countries. 

Accommodation: at the students’ dormitories, 

schools. Volunteers will cook for themselves. 

Bring a sleeping bag. 

Qualifications: experience in anti-racism field 

or strong motivation; creative skills, skills or 

experience in making films would be an asset. 

Motivation statement is needed. 




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Topic: Sexuality and Gender 


STRONG-EQUAL! (Kharkiv) 

EDU, KIDS, STUDY The camp will be held in 

Kharkiv. Women from small cities of Ukraine 

have insufficiently advanced active vital 

position. The purpose of project is to raise 

awareness and level of knowledge of young 

people on gender issues, initiate discussion on 

roles of male and female in society. This 

subject does not receive enough attention in 

Ukraine, and is crucially important due to 

changes in society and lifestyle, cultural 

transformation. Target group of this educational 

project is senior pupils of secondary schools. 

The project includes preparation and 

organization of educational activities at 

secondary schools. 

Work: elaboration and participation to seminars 

and discussions, preparation and participation 

to information sessions with creative elements 

for young people, distribution of informational 

materials. 

Study: about history and culture of the region, 

visits to interesting places around Kharkiv. 

Accommodation: in the student dormitory of 

university (beds and bed clothes are available), 

kitchen and sanitation facilities are in the 

house. Volunteers will cook for themselves. 

Bring a sleeping bag for excursions. 


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ÀREA MEDITERRÀNIA 

1. Israel - Baladna Israel 



Campcode:IL-BAL-6-1 

Sakhnen, Heart of the Galilee , Israel 

Participation Fee: 150 Euros 

Accommodation: In municipal social centre. 

Local Community and Project Description: 

Sakhnin is a very old town, which dates back 

3,500 years. The town is situated in the heart of 

the Galilee and has holy sites for Muslims, 

Christians and Jews. The town is built over 

three hills. It is 200-250 meters above sea level, 

and it is located in a valley surrounded by 

mountains, the highest of them is 602 meters 

high. Today there are over 20,000 inhabitants 

in Sakhnin and most of them make a living from 

businesses, light industry, and construction 

work within the neighboring cities. Work 

Description: Volunteers will work on important 

site, called The Spring "El-EIN" which lies in the 

southeast of the town. This served as the main 

source of drinking water for the people of 

Sakhnin decades ago. Volunteers will work 

together to renovate certain parts of the spring 

which have eroded and deteriorated over the 

years. Meanwhile the volunteers will help to 

develop the surrounding area of the spring into 

a small park with benches, plants and flowers. 

In addition the work will be at different location 

of the town as public gardens, painting 

(drawing) walls of schools in order to interact 

with the local population and promote the idea 

of volunteering. All the projects will not only add 

to the village but will benefit the lives of the 

people who live there. Cultural Program: Part of 

the work camp experience includes engaging 

with international youth as well as with the 

Arab-Palestinian society. Through projects, 

discussions and cultural field trips, you will 

learn about your peers and about Arab- 

Palestinian culture while contributing to this 

community. 




Topic: Others 


Fasouta, Northern Israel 

Work Type: Educational, Construction. 

Participation Fee: 150 Euros. 

Accommodation: In a municipal center. Local 

Community and Project Description: Fasouta is 

an Arab Palestinian Christian village with 3,000 

inhabitants, located in the far north of Israel and 

right on the border with Lebanon. It is an 

isolated town, on a road that leads to nowhere 

but Fasouta, The village is about 300 years old, 

and sits crowded atop a small hill from which 

you can see the Mediterranean Sea as well as 

deep into Lebanon 

Work: The camp will be divided into two main 

activities. First, local and international 

participants will engage in the creation of 

educational farm for pupils at the elementary 

school. These include painting, building and 

some maintenance and gardening work in order 

to construct the space for the educational farm. 

Secondly they will be involved in different field 

trip visits. Cultural Program: The majority of the 

work camp will be in Fasouta. However, to 

enhance participants’ understanding of the 

Arab-Palestinian situation within Israel, they will 

visit nearby villages and cities. Beyond the work 

camp, throughout the experience, participants 

will become aware of the original Arab 

Palestinian way of life in the area. Every night, 

after a hard day of work and intensive 

education, participants will learn about 

traditional Palestinian culture via several 

activities and visits. Youth participating in the 

work-camp will also learn about the economic, 

social and political realities faced by 

Palestinians in Israel, will learn about issues 

such as the confiscation of Arab lands by the 

state, and engage in cultural and social 

activities illustrating the region’s historic 

importance. 




2008 



Nazareth old city, Israel 

Work Type: Renovation, Art. Participation Fee: 

150 Euros. 

Accommodation: centre at the old city. Local 

Community &Project Description: Nazareth, 

famous as the home town of Jesus, is today a 

city offering visitors a wealth of important 

religious and historic sites combined with the 

attractions of a thriving modern Arab city. There 

are 75 thousand people living in Nazareth and 

is considered the largest Arab city in Israel. The 

Old Market The historic heart of the Old City is 

still a thriving modern market (souk), however 

due to several reasons it is no longer as it use 

to be (center of the Galilee). 

Work: The workcamp will take place at the old 

city of Nazareth and the participants will be 

involve in painting, drawing and decorating 

empty spaces at the old city. In addition 

engaged with the local in workshops and field 

study visits. Cultural Program: Part of the work 

camp experience includes engaging with 

international youth as well as with the Arab- 

Palestinian society. Through projects, 

discussions and cultural field trips, you will 

learn about your peers and about Arab- 

Palestinian culture while contributing to this 

community. 


1. Morocco - CSM Morocco 



Campcode:MA-CSM-9-05 

RABAT 

An Arabic language session is a special activity 

that CSM organize every year. Some 80 people 

coming from different countries participate in 

them. The objectives of this activity are: - 

Giving to people the opportunity to get basic 

knowledge about Arabic language. That 

knowledge could be useful for him in their 

studies or in their daily life or in their travels in 

countries speaking this language. - Giving the 

opportunity to people to get in touch with the 

Moroccan culture and its way of life, and in 

consequences achieve a fruitful cultural 

exchange. - Giving the opportunity to people 

has some basic knowledge about this language 

to brush up it and be adapted to different ways 

to use it. accomodation and food FAMILLE 

D’ACCEUIL / HOST FAMILY location - Venue: 

Rabat Rabat is the capital of Morocco it’s 

situated on the Atlantic Ocean. The climate is 

normally hot in summer; however, warm closes 

are advised to be used in some fresh nights. 

When you arrive to Rabat railway station 

“Rabat ville” from the Casablanca airport or 

when you arrive by international bus to Rabat 

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us station. Telephone to our office 037262398 

or to the persons responsible of the camps: Izat 

0021267443837, someone will come to take 

you to your hosting family OR SEND AN EMAIL 

TO: csm@wanadoo.net.ma or 

csm_morocco@yahoo.fr requirements NONE 

appointement RABAT VILLE TRAIN STATION 

camp address 13 rue almoahidine , Hassan 

Rabat centre ( 

Extra info: 300 euros to be paid at the arrival 

of the participant ) 






RABAT 

An Arabic language session is a special activity 

that CSM organize every year. Some 80 people 

coming from different countries participate in 

them. The objectives of this activity are: - 

Giving to people the opportunity to get basic 

knowledge about Arabic language. That 

knowledge could be useful for him in their 

studies or in their daily life or in their travels in 

countries speaking this language. - Giving the 

opportunity to people to get in touch with the 

Moroccan culture and its way of life, and in 

consequences achieve a fruitful cultural 

exchange. - Giving the opportunity to people 

has some basic knowledge about this language 

to brush up it and be adapted to different ways 

to use it. accomodation and food FAMILLE 

D’ACCEUIL / HOST FAMILY location - Venue: 

Rabat Rabat is the capital of Morocco it’s 

situated on the Atlantic Ocean. The climate is 

normally hot in summer; however, warm closes 

are advised to be used in some fresh nights. 

When you arrive to Rabat railway station 

“Rabat ville” from the Casablanca airport or 

when you arrive by international bus to Rabat 

bus station. Telephone to our office 037262398 

or to the persons responsible of the camps: Izat 

0021267443837, someone will come to take 

you to your hosting family OR SEND AN EMAIL 

TO: csm@wanadoo.net.ma or 

csm_morocco@yahoo.fr requirements NONE 

appointement RABAT VILLE TRAIN STATION 

camp address 13 rue almoahidine , Hassan 

Rabat centre ( 

Extra info: 300 euros to be paid at the arrival 

of the participant ) 






Ain aouda 

Work: After the successful of CSM experience 

in this field, and according to people’s 

requirements , our association will go on 

organizing English courses to young people 

aged from 15 to 18 years old with less 

education sustain opportunities 

Study: Teaching English Language/EDU- 

LANG 

Accommodation: The participants lodge and 

eat in hosts families . 

Language: French & English 

Terminal/Region: 8 cities : Ain aouda, 

Errachidia, Zagora, Rabat, Salé, Casablanca, 

Kenitra, Ahfir 

Extra info: Paricipation fee is 50 Euros 






Ain aouda, Errachidia, Zagora 

Work: After the successful of CSM experience 

in this field, and according to people’s 

requirements , our association will go on 

organizing French courses to young people and 

childrens aged from 10 to 18 years old with less 

education sustain opportunities 

Study: Teaching French Language/EDU-LANG 


eat in hosts families 

Language: French 

Terminal/Region: 8 cities : Ain aouda, 

Errachidia, Zagora, Rabat, Salé, Casablanca, 

Kenitra, Ahfir. 

Extra info: Participation fee is 50 Euros 


20. Morocco - CJM Morocco 



Campcode:MA-CJM-5-5 

El Houceima1 

Work: Creating a small garden in the city 

center and visiting patients in the children 

hospital 


lodged in “ institut de technologie 

appliquée”,quartier Mirador, houceima 

houceima. 


Terminal/Region: From Casablanca 

Mohammed V airport take the train to 

Casablanca voyageurs railway station and get 

off there , there take a small taxi (red color) to 

the CTM bus station , from there take a bus to 

Al Houceima CTM station, we will wait you 

there, see the train timetable 

Extra info: CJM fee 45 euros to be paid by 

volunteer on arrival. 






Errachidia , Casablanca, Rabat, Salé 

Work: The Workshops of Drama and Animation 

is a special activity that CSM organize for the 

third year. Some 20 people coming from 

different countries participate in them last year 

Study: Drama and Animation/ART-KIDS-Youth 


eat in hosts families . 

Language: French 

Terminal/Region: Located at Errachidia , 

Casablanca, Rabat, Salé. 

Terminal/Region: Casablanca Mohamed 5 

international airport. 







Nador/Dar Kebdani 

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Work: The work consists of painting some 

frescoes in the village , collecting dirt and 

sensibilizing the inhabitants on cleanliness 

Accommodation: volunteers will be lodged in 

College El Farabi-Dar Kebdani 


Terminal/Region: Dar Kabdani is a small 

village 15 km the Mediteranean coast. Its 30km 

away from Nador which is an important city 

east of Morocco. Chantiers jeunesse Maroc is 

organizing a workcamp with the collabotation 

with rural council of Dar Kabdani. 








Ain Leuh 

Work: The work consists to built a wall to 

prevent from rain erosion. The work will be 

going hand in hand with other activities which 

will be undertaken by the volunteers 

themselves :outings , family visits. 

Accommodation: The 20 volunteers will be 

staying in " Dar Ettalib" quartier administratif - 

Aïn Leuh centre. Meals will be prepared by 

volunteers. 


Terminal/Region: Ain Leuh is a village situated 

in the middle Atlas at 95 kms to the south of 

Fes; and 25 km from Azrou .Iti is famous for the 

snowfall during winter and middle temperature 

in summer . The middle Atlas big summits : 

Michlifen, Hibri and Habri are at a height of 

2000 m. 

Extra info: CJM fee: 45 euros to be paid by 

volunteer on arrival. You will also have to bring 

with you working clothes, a sleeping bag , and 

anything which could contribute to the good 

progress of the workcamp (game sets , musical 

instruments cooking recipe etc….) 






El Houceima2 

Work: You will also have to bring with you 

working clothes , a sleeping bag, and anything 

which could contribute to the good progress of 

the workcamp (game sets , musical 

instruments, cooking recipe , etc….) 


lodged in “ institut de technologie appliquée”, 

quartier Mirador 


Terminal/Region: Al Houceima is a town on 

the Mediteranean coast East of Morocco on the 

Rif chain of Mountains. 








FES, El Bali 

Work: The work consists of draining the badly 

engaged ground , making land more fertile 

planting and watering 


Lycée Technique , route de Sefrou 


Terminal/Region: Fes was the first capital of 

Morocco as well as the oldest city of the 

country built in 809. Again in the 13th century 

during the reign of the Merinid dynasty, and in 

the 14th century, and in the 14th century , the 

city became the spirituel and cultural centre of 

traditional Morocco. 






Topic: Others 


Boulmane, Morocco 

Work: The work consists of a painting 

classrooms, gardening and painting some 

frescoes in a primary school. 


staying in a “Internat collège mixte Boulmane”- 

Boulmane 


Terminal/Region: Boulmane is small Town 

situated in the middle Atlas at 85 kms to the 

southeast of Fes. Iti is famous for the snowfall 

during winter and mild temperature in summer. 

Extra info: CJM fee: 45 euros to be paid by 

volunteer on arrival. Meals will be prepared by 

volunteers. you will also have to bring with them 

working clothes , a sleeping bag , and anything 

which could contribute to the good progress of 

the workcamp (game sets , musical instruments 

cooking recipe , etc….) 


43. Morocco - ACJ Morocco 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:MA-ACJ-11-2 

Salì, Rabat 

Salì was a corsair town, it’s 2 Km from the 

capital Rabat, on the Atlantic, they are 

separated by a river: Bouregreg. Salì is known 

by the old town, traditional markets and pirates 

locals. Work : the volunteers will do two kind of 

work : 1) some works of maintaining in school+ 

drawing 2) the volunteers participate to animate 

with kids( sports….). Partner : the regional 

delegation of education- Municipality 

Accommodation : in the school. 




Topic: Others 


Marakech/hawz 

Work: The project will be organized in 

collaboration with the local delegation of 

education, it will take place in a center for 

orphan children, and it consists on painting and 

cleaning the Classrooms and the surrounded 

area of the school and the orphanage. 

Study: ENVI/MANU 

Accommodation: The full accommodation will 

be in the local youth house. The food will be 

prepared by the volunteers’ themselves (2v or 

3v per day). 

Language: French / English 

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Terminal/Region: Marrakech is a very 

beautiful town situated in the south region of 

Morocco, it is well known b its nice and 

animated place Jamaa Elfna 



53. Morocco - ACJ Morocco 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:MA-ACJ-11-4 

Benslimane, Morocco 

IBenslimane, Morocco is 40 km from Rabat and 

25 km from Casablanca WORK: 

Gardening+Painting the youth house 

Accomodation : in youth house. 

Recommendations to Volunteers: 1) Sleeping 

bag, working Clothes and every things whish 

could contribute to the good progress of the 

work-camps are required. 2) Meals will be 

prepared by volunteers. 3) The volunteer has to 

pay 40 Euros to ACJ as Fees participation on 

arrival in the work-camp. 


1. Turkey - GENCTUR Turkey 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:TR-GEN-11-01 

ISTANBUL 

A nation wide Youth Festival called “Gepgenç 

(Ever Young) Festival” was held last year for 

the first time and going to be held again this 

year. GENÇTUR is one of the organizing 

members. The first festival’s theme was “All 

Equal – All Different” and hosted 5000 young 

visitors. It was a 6 days ongoing festival and it 

consisted of 86 workshops on art, music, 

dance, human rights, peace, etc., 1 panel, a 

best practice conference based on youth work 

activities in Turkey, 3 theatre performance, 5 

dance shows. 151 NGOs from all around 

Turkey participated in the festival. This year the 

festival is going to be an international one, with 

the participation of 150 NGOs from all over the 

world. The theme of this year’s festival is 

“Neighbourliness”. The festival program will 

consist of workshops, success stories of youth 

projects, concerts, games, forums, discussions 

and other activities. Gepgenç Festival will be 

held in the premises of private Istanbul Bilgi 

University located in Eyup “Golden Horn”, a 

historical and natural site in Istanbul. 

Work: Helping to the organization committee 

for realizing the festival i.e. to prepare the 

festival area, to set up stands in the fair area, 

general cleaning. In order to create an 

awareness about the pollution, a big “garbage 

man” statue will be created by the volunteers at 

the end of the festival by putting together the 

daily collected garbage. 

Accommodation: will be in a hostel, sleeping 

bag and mat are not necessary. The daily 

transfers between the hostel & the festival area 

will be arranged and covered by the festival 

committee. 

Food: Breakfasts will be served at the hostel, 

packed lunches and dinners at the university. 


Location: Istanbul AG 

Extra info: 18-30 




Topic: Others 



Topic: Others 


CATALCA-ISTANBUL 

GEN-02 AZIZ NESIN FOUNDATION CATALCA 

24.05 - 07.06 RENO – SOCI Well known 

Turkish humorist-author Aziz Nesin whose 

books have been translated into 32 languages 

has established a foundation 

(http://www.nesinvakfi.org) for taking care the 

children and supporting them from pre-school 

education until they graduate from university. 

Donations, copyrights and sale incomes of his 

books are the main sources of the foundation. 

Apart from supplying free of charge 

accommodation, food and education the 

foundation is also keen of the social 

development of the children. Thus many 

different social, artistic and cultural activities are 

organized for the children. There ‘s also a farm 

belonging to the foundation. 

Work: There are various tasks for the 

volunteers in this camp. They will be directed 

by the staff to work on different fields daily. First 

of all an old barn of the farm is going to be 

converted to an artist home containing an 

atelier, a living room and a bed room. Feeding 

animals, helping in the kitchen, serving meals, 

general cleaning duties, painting and white 

washing, simple repairing works, garden 

landscaping, organizing social activities for the 

children etc. might be the side works during the 

camp. 

Accommodation: In the dormitories of the 

foundation. 4-5 bedded rooms with common 

showers and toilets. Sleeping bags and mats 

are not necessary. 

Food: Will be supplied in the refectory. 


Location: The foundation is in Catalca town, 

where is 1 hour from Istanbul. 


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ART CAMP-1 FETHIYE 

TR-GEN 9.AW101 FETHIYE 24.05 - 31.05 

ARTS 15 Photography + Kilim Weaving + 

Traditional Ottoman Waterpainting called Ebru 

+ Leather Mask Making + Wood carving + 

Metal Enameling Extra fee for this 1 week camp 

is 160 Euro. Kayaköy Art Camp is a place 

where different art workshops are held during 

the summer for international participants. 

Please note that there is no work in these 

camps but the mentioned activities are taught 

to the participants. Thus, in order to cover the 

cost of accommodation, food and materials 

there is an extra fee of 320 €. These camps are 

suitable for creative people both amateur or 

skilled artists who are interested in 

photography, painting, water painting, pottery, 

carpet weaving, drama, yoga, meditation, Reiki, 

Tai Chi, Astrology, rhythm and Salsa. But 

please note that not all fields are found in all 

periods. People who like to share experience 

and learn from each other are welcome. Sight 

seeing tours, excursions, dia shows, and discos 

are being organized after the workshops. 

Swimming is a daily activity that the participants 

can do by their own apart from the organized 

activities. 

Work: No manual work. Workshops will be held 

in the fields of arts mentioned above, before 

noon. Different social activities are run after the 

lunch. 

Accommodation: In the garden of the 

campsite under a clear sky and many stars. 

Sleeping bag and mat are necessary. Tents are 

supplied but you can also bring your own if you 

want privacy. You can also sleep on the 

wooden beds provided under a bowel 

Food: Home made, delicious food is served. 

Location: Fethiye is by the south Aegean Sea 

coast. The campsite Kayakoy is a small village 

and an ancient Greek settlement. Nearest city 

is Mugla. 

Accommodation: English Fee: An extra fee of 

EURO 160.- will be charged on arrival to cover 

the cost of accommodation, food, and 

materials. It is possible to join in the following 

term with a discount of EURO 50.-. 

Terminal/Region: Istanbul. 










+ Leather Mask Making + Wood carving + 

Metal Enameling + Rhythm Kayaköy Art Camp 

is a place where different art workshops are 

held during the summer for international 

participants. Please note that there is no work 

in these camps but the mentioned activities are 

taught to the participants. Thus, in order to 

cover the cost of accommodation, food and 

materials there is an extra fee of 320 €. These 

camps are suitable for creative people both 

amateur or skilled artists who are interested in 







6. Turkey - GSM Turkey 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:TR-GSM-11-07 

Giresun 

Partner: This is the first time that we are 

organizing an international voluntary workcamp 

in cooperation with Giresun University. For 

more information about university please visit: 

http://www.giresun.edu.tr/ 

Work: Giresun University, one of the brand 

new universities of Turkey, has been 

established in 2006. Beside the education, the 

senate of University aims to raise the 

development of the city Giresun as well as its 

surroundings. Therefore the University 

organizes many restoration and renovation 

activities in different villages of Giresun. During 

the workcamp the volunteers will take part in 

renovation of village clinic of Avluca. Food and 

Accommodation: in cafeteria / in guesthouse 

Location: The surrounding region has a rich 

agriculture, growing most of Turkey's hazelnuts 

as well as walnuts, cherries, leather and timber, 

and the port of Giresun has long handled these 

products. Like everywhere else on this Black 

Sea coast it rains in Giresun all the time and 

the surrounding countryside has rich green 

hillsides. As soon as you get beyond the city 

buildings you get into the hazelnut growing 

area and the high plateaus (yayla) further in the 

mountains are gorgeous. 

Terminal/Region: The nearest international 

airport: Trabzon or Istanbul 










+ Rhythm + Pottery + Leather Mask Making + 

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Wood carving + Metal Enameling + Yoga 

Kayaköy Art Camp is a place where different art 

workshops are held during the summer for 

international participants. Please note that 

there is no work in these camps but the 

mentioned activities are taught to the 

participants. Thus, in order to cover the cost of 

accommodation, food and materials there is an 

extra fee of 320 €. These camps are suitable 

for creative people both amateur or skilled 

artists who are interested in photography, 

painting, water painting, pottery, carpet 

weaving, drama, yoga, meditation, Reiki, Tai 

Chi, Astrology, rhythm and Salsa. But please 

note that not all fields are found in all periods. 

People who like to share experience and learn 

from each other are welcome. Sight seeing 

tours, excursions, dia shows, and discos are 

being organized after the workshops. 



activities. 




lunch. 











is Mugla. 












TEACH CAMP-1 CAN - CANAKKALE 

Can is a town with 30.000 inhabitants and 

famous for its ceramic factory. The English 

language teachers of the 2 different high 

schools are willing their pupils of 14-17 age 

group to practice English by close contacts with 

foreigners. GENCTUR is looking for at least 20 

years old volunteers who have a good level of 

English to realize this aim. 

Work: Practising English with the teenagers. 

Accommodation: In the Teachers’ Guest 

House. In triple rooms with hot showers and 

toilets. The sleeping bag and mat are not 

necessary. 

Food: Will be supplied at the venue, some 

dinners may be offered by the families of the 

students. 

Language: English. Special Requirement: 

Volunteers need not to be a native speaker but 

must have a good level of English and keen on 

speaking and teaching. A motivation letter must 

be sent with the application form. 

Location: Can is in the northwest of Turkey & 

not very far from Troy. Nearest city is 

Canakkale. 


Extra info: No alcohol is permitted during the 

camp at the campsite and the accommodation 

venue. Smoking is not allowed while volunteers 

are with the pupils. 





Finike/Antalya 



in cooperation with Finike Municipality. 

Work: Since 1998 Festival of Finike has been 

organized with the support of Finike 

Municipality in cooperation with schools and 

non governmental organizations. During the 

first years the Festival had the concept of a fair 

but later on with the participation of different 

institutions the concept changed and the 

Festival reahced its present concept which 

includes folk dance performances, photo 

exhibitions, concerts and cultural nights. The 

Festival lasts for 1 week and during the camp 

the volunteers will take part in the promotion of 

the Festival as well as the preparation of the 

Festival area and logistic support for festival 

such as decoration of stage and construction of 

the stands. Food and 

Accommodation: in cafeteria / in dormitory 

Location: Finike is a district on the 

Mediterranean coast of Antalya Province of 

Turkey, 90 minutes west of the city of Antalya. 

Finike is located in the south of the Teke 

Peninsula, and the coast here is a popular 

tourist destination. However, Finike is bestknown 

for its oranges, the symbol of the town. 


airport; Antalya or Istanbul 






Didim/Aydin 

Partner: We cooperated with Didim Municipality 

since 1998. In order to have more information 

please visit: www.didim-bld.gov.tr 

Work: Didim Municipality is one of the partners 

of the roving Festival named "Forum 

Meandros'08 Encounter of History and Art at 

the Delta of Civilizations". In order to have more 

information about the Festival please visit: 

http://www.forummeandros.org . During the 

camp the volunteers will take part in the 

promotion of the Festival as well as the 

preparation of the Festival area and logistic 

support for festival such as decoration of stage 

and construction of the stands. In addition, the 

volunteers will be responsible to assist the 

sculptors who will be participating in the 

'Sculpture Symposium' under the frame of the 

Festival. Food and accommodation: in a 

restaurant / guest house 

Location: Didim (Didyma) was one of the 

luckiest settlements of antiquity since it 

sheltered one of the most sacred spots of those 

times, it is the Temple of Apollo, still standing in 

Didim with its impressive view, though it has 

been attacked and burned several times. This 

lovely Aegean village at the cost welcomes 

visitors with its history and beautiful beaches. 

Terminal/Region: the nearest international 

airport, Izmir or Istanbul 





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activities. 




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AFACAN-1 YENI SAKRAN-IZMIR 

TR-GEN 5.04 AFACAN-1 YENI SAKRAN 

30.06. – 11.07 SOCI / KIDS 5 VOLS 

GENCTUR is going to organize a summer 

camp for a group of kids between 10-14 years 

old whose families are financially supporting for 

this holiday in a youth centre by the seaside. If 

you like children, these camps are very good 

opportunity for you to spend your time at a very 

beautiful camp site, in order to offer the kids an 

active holiday by teaching them to use their 

own abilities while sharing your life experiences 

with them. Practising English will be part of your 

job as well. You will be assisting the camp 

leaders to take care a group of kids during the 

trips outside of the campsite as well as all 

kinds of activities during the camp. We are 

looking for vols who are at least 20 years old 

with a good command of English and some 

abilities on one of the following fields: any 

sports (like basketball, volleyball, swimming, 

football, table tennis, etc.) fine arts, handicrafts, 

music, dance, drama, photography and group 

games. Volunteers must be able to lead at least 





KIDS CAMP (Aged 10-14) YENI SAKRAN - 

IZMIR 

TR-GEN 5.05 KIDS CAMP YENI SAKRAN 

30.06-11.07 KIDS 15 KIDS (Aged 10-14) 

GENCTUR opens the traditional & national kids 

camp to international kids of 10-14 age group. 

The main project of the camp is photography 

although the daily program of the camp consist 

of different activities like sport, handicrafts, 

creative drama, music, fine arts, etc. Some 

days are reserved for trekking and sight seeing 

tours. International volunteers will be leading or 

assisting the daily activities. The camp-site is a 

secure place and kids will not be allowed to 

leave the camp site by their own. All 

participants will be met at the airport on the day 

of arrival and taken to the airport for departure. 

Accommodation: In Afacan Youth Centre 

(www.afacan.info ) in 3-4 bedded rooms with 

toilet and shower. Sleeping bag and mat are 

not necessary. 

Food: Will be supplied at the campsite. 


Location: Yeni Sakran is by the Aegean Sea, 

in west of Turkey. The next city is Izmir. 

Terminal/Region: Istanbul. Extra Fee:...... Euro 

(To be announced later) 

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TEACH CAMP-2 TATVAN 

TR-GEN 5.07 TEACH CAMP-2 TATVAN 03.07- 

21.07 RENO 5 VOLS Tatvan is a lake side 

town by the biggest lake of Turkey. The 

municipality is keen of hosting international 

volunteers in order to broaden the minds of the 

local youth. The town hosted a work camp last 

year and want to host 2 more this year. 

Work: The project of the first camp of this year 

is practicing English with the local youth. The 

volunteers will use English as a tool to 

encourage the local youngsters to learn foreign 

languages. Apart from the scheduled daily 

practices, volunteers must be ready to spent 

some of their free time with the locals as well. 

This camp offers intensively close contact with 

the local young population. 

Qualifications: Volunteers should have a good 

level of English and be keen of teaching. 

Accommodation:In a dormitory. Sleeping bag 

and mat are not necessary. 

Food: Volunteers will prepare the breakfast by 

the given food. Lunch & dinners will be supplied 

by the municipality. 


Location: Tatvan is in the east of Turkey, by 

Van Lake. The nearest cities are Bitlis & Van. 

Terminal/Region: Istanbul. Volunteers will 

travel all over Turkey from west to the east by 

coach (22 hours) on the second day of their 

arrival. Thus 1 overnight in Istanbul is 

compulsory with an extra cost of 10 Euro. The 

meals on the way is volunteers responsibility 

until the group reaches to the camp site. 






BIKES ON THE ROAD - VAN 

TR-GEN 6.06 BIKES ON THE ROAD VAN 

03.07-21.07 ENVI/SPORT 10 VOLS This camp 

aims to draw attention to the pollution in and 

around the Van Lake which is the biggest lake 

of Turkey by the Iranian border. The volunteers 

have to be fit to ride a bike, around 15 km.s 

daily (of course with breaks). The bicycles will 

be provided thus there is no need to carry a 

bike with. The group will tour around Van Lake, 

overnight in different locations on the way, join 

in environmental cleaning activities, distribute 

brochures and draw attention of the locals. 

There will be local environmentalists as well in 

the group. 

Work: Pedalling around Lake Van and 

collecting garbage, distributing brochures. 

Food: Will be served by the municipalities on 

the way. Lunch boxes will be provided. 

Accommodation: In dormitories. 

Accommodation: English. 

Location: The project will start in Istanbul with 

an orientation meeting. Volunteers will travel all 

over Turkey from west to the east by coach (22 

hours) on the second day of the camp. Thus 1 

overnight in Istanbul is compulsory with an 

extra cost of 10 Euro on bed & breakfast basis. 

The meals on the way is volunteers 

responsibility until the group reaches to the 

camp site. The rest of the camp days will be 

spent in Van province. 

Terminal/Region: Istanbul 






CBU/Manisa 

Partner: Our partner is CBU-Celal Bayar 

University. We have been organizing 

workcamps with CBU since 1999. For more 

information about the university please visit: 

www.bayar.edu.tr 

Work: CBU-Celal Bayar University has its new 

campus area, situated outskirt of the city 

Manisa. The University starts its summer 

holiday in June till September and it is needed 

to take care of the beautiful green areas in the 

campus area as well as to do some practical 

renovation work during summer. Therefore 

during the camp, the volunteers will take part in 

some practical environmental and renovation 

work in the campus area. Food and 

accommodation: in the cafeteria / in a guest 

house 

Location: Manisa, situated in the Aegean 

Region, is an attractive, modern city with a farreaching 

past. Since the great Ottoman Sultans 

chose Manisa as the training ground for crown 

princes, there are many examples of Ottoman 

architecture, as well as Seljuk. Celal Bayar 

University Campus is located very close to the 

city center with its good campus facilities. It 

takes only 15 minutes on foot to the center from 

the campus also there are buses every 10 

minutes to/from the city center. 

Terminal/Region: Nearest international airport; 

Izmir or Istanbul 




Topic: 


Alasehir/Manisa 

Partner: This is the first time that we organize 

international voluntary workcamp in cooperation 

with Alasehir Commodity Exchange Foundation 

Work: Alasehir Commodity Exchange 

Foundation established to increase the capacity 

of small and medium size enterprises as well as 

to support the vocational training. In addition to 

their aim, they also donate to primary schools in 

Alasehir in order to support their education 

systems. During the workcamp, the volunteers 

will take part in the renovation of one of the 

primary schools which has been supported by 

the Foundation and do some practical 

environmental work in Alasehir. Food and 

accommodation: in the cafeteria / in dormitory 

Location: Alasehir is a town and a district of 

Manisa Province in the Aegean region of 

Turkey. It is situated in the valley of the 

Kuzucay (Cogamus in antiquity), at the foot of 

the Bozdag (Mount Tmolus in antiquity). The 

city is connected to Izmir by a 105km railway. 

Alasehir began as perhaps one of the first 

ancient cities with the name Philadelphia. It has 

several mosques and Christian churches. From 

one of the mineral springs comes heavily 

charged water popular around Turkey. 


airport; Izmir or Istanbul. 


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SDU/Isparta 

Partner: Since 2002 we have been organizing 

international voluntary workcamp in cooperation 

with SDU-Suleyman Demirel University. For 

more information about the university please 

visit: www.sdu.edu.tr 

Work: SDU-Suleyman Demirel University 

would like to enable its students to participate in 

an international atmosphere as well as to learn 

voluntarism by experiencing. Therefore they 

would like to organize international voluntary 

workcamp in order to realize their aims. During 

this camp, the international volunteers together 

with Turkish volunteers will take part in 

environmental work in the campus area such as 

planting trees, flowering, gardening, painting, 

etc and in addition they will be involving in 

painting and some practical renovation work. 

Food and accommodation: in the cafeteria / in a 

guest house 

Location: Isparta is one of the prettiest cities in 

the Mediterranean region, full of fragrant roses 

and beautiful lakes of peaceful waters. It is 

surrounded by impressive caves. Isparta leaves 

a big impression on the visitors with its Selcuk 

fortress, its Byzantine churches, its ancient city 

of Antiocheis and Egirdir Lake, which is one of 

the most famous lakes for its various kinds of 

butterflies. 


airport; Antalya, Ankara and Istanbul. 18 Vols 

(+10 Turkish Vols) 




Topic: Others 


PAVING ROADS - SARKOY 

TR-GEN 11.08 PAVING ROADS SARKOY 

07.07-21.07 RENO 15 VOLS Sarkoy is a 

seaside town where the population triples in the 

summer season. The asphalt material that 

covers the roads in the town is planned to be 

replaced by paving stones. This is a repeating 

project. Last 3 years’ camps were successful 

and the municipality decided to host another 

international group of volunteers. The 

volunteers will help the municipal staff for 

paving the roads by the stones. 

Work: Paving the roads. 

Accommodation: In a dormitory with shared 

bathrooms and showers. 

Food: Will be supplied in the dormitory. 


Location: Sarkoy is in the northwest of Turkey. 

The next city is Tekirdag. 





Topic: Others 


MARKET STR. GOMURGEN 

TR-GEN 11.09 MARKET STR. GOMURGEN 

10.07-25.07 RENO 15 VOLS Gomurgen is a 

small town in central Anatolia that hosted a 

GENCTUR camp already in 2007. Based on 

the success of this work camp, the mayor 

invited 2 groups in 2008. The first work camp 

will be the follow up of last year’s project : 

Paving the roads at the open air market place. 

At the second work camp volunteers will help to 

build a green area in the village. (GEN-19) Both 

projects are manual and demanding. 

Volunteers will have a chance to experience the 

local hospitality. The specialty of this town is its 

nomadic life. There are 30.000 sheep in the 

town and in the summer people who live in 

Gomurgen go to the mountains to graze their 

sheep. In free days volunteers may visit the 

nomadic people on the mountains and can 

participate in the activities like shearing or 

milking the sheep. 

Work: Paving the roads. 

Accommodation: In a guesthouse with shared 

bathrooms and showers, in rooms of 6 people. 

Sleeping bag and mat are necessary. 

Food: Breakfasts & dinners will be prepared by 

the volunteers by given food, lunches will 

supplied by the municipality. Some dinners may 

be supplied by local people. 


Location: Gomurgen is located in the middle of 

Turkey. The nearest city is Kayseri. 







SUPPORT TEENS YENI SAKRAN - IZMIR 

TR-GEN 5.11 SUPPORT TEENS YENI 

SAKRAN 11.07 – 19.07 SOCI / ART 3 VOLS 

This is a challenging camp, which needs patient 

volunteers who are keen or interested in 

working with teenagers. Volunteers will be 

working alongside the camp leaders of 

GENCTUR’s international teenage camp where 

the teenage participants create a film in groups. 

You are expected to assist and support 

program as well as be friends with teenagers. 

Previous experience will be preferred and a 

motivation letter with a pass size photo should 

complete your application form. Please note 

that you will be dealing with the teens through 

the given & intensive program all day long. You 

will spend most of your time with the teens in 

the camp area with limited private life. Thus 

contact with the local people will not be 

possible; however you will have contact with 

the other groups and the working people in the 

camp-site. Volunteers may have fun together 

only after the kids go to the bed and the team 

cover the daily staff meeting in the camp-site. 

Leaving the camp area is not allowed due to 

unexpected emergency cases. There is also a 

possibility to combine this camp with the 

previous (GEN-04) or following camp (GEN-15) 

at the same site. 

Work: Assisting the camp leaders in a teenage 

camp. 

Accommodation:At Afacan Youth Center 

(www.afacan.info ) , in 3-4 bedded rooms with 

showers & toilets. 

Food: Will be served in the center. 

Language: English. R: Volunteers should be at 

least 25 years old. Smoking & alcohol is not 

permitted at the camp in front of the kids. 

Participants will spend 1 night in a hostel which 

costs 10 Euro bed+breakfast basis in Istanbul 

as the group will depart to the camp-site on 

12.07 in the morning. Return from the campsite 

is on 19.07 in the morning. The journey to 

Istanbul from the camp-site takes about 10 

hours. 

Location: Yenisakran is in the west of Turkey. 

The nearest city is Izmir. 

Terminal/Region: Istanbul. IMPORTAN 

Terminal/Region: All applications for this 

camps will be evaluated together on 10th of 

May. Volunteers should not expect an earlier 

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LET’S MAKE OUR FILM YENI SAKRAN - 

IZMIR 

TR-GEN 9.10 LET’S MAKE OUR FILM YENI 

SAKRAN 11.07 – 19.07 TEEN/ART 15 VOLS 

Teenagers from different countries are invited 

to create a “group film” in a youth center. 

Afacan youth Center is a place where 

GENCTUR hosts various voluntary and youth 

camps. www.afacan.info . 15-17 age group 

participants will use their creativity & express 

their ideas to write their scenario, act, shoot 

and direct their films in this camp and the 

winners will be awarded with a “Y-Oscar” 

(Young Oscar) Prize. 

Work: Making a short documentary film about 

the camp life by using hand cameras and 

computers. 

Accommodation: At Afacan Youth Center, in 

3-4 bedded rooms with showers & toilets. 

Food: Will be served in the center. 

Language: English. R: Participants will spend 1 

night in a hostel which costs 10 Euro 

bed+breakfast basis in Istanbul as the group 

will depart to the camp-site on 12.07 in the 

morning. Departure to Istanbul from the campsite 

is on 19.07 in the morning. The journey to 

Istanbul from the camp-site takes about 10 

hours. Smoking & alcohol is not permitted at 

the camp. 

Location: Yenisakran is in the west of Turkey. 

The center is by the sea-side. The nearest city 

is Izmir. 

Terminal/Region: Istanbul. Extra Fee: 160 

Euro, including 1 night hostel accommodation 

with breakfast on the day of arrival. 











Wood carving + Metal Enameling + Painting 

+Yoga Kayaköy Art Camp is a place where 

different art workshops are held during the 

summer for international participants. Please 

note that there is no work in these camps but 

the mentioned activities are taught to the 
















activities. 




lunch. 











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FAMILY CAMP - ZEYTINLI 

TR-GEN 6.12 FAMILY CAMP ZEYTINLI 13.07 - 

24.07 ENVI 15 VOLS This camp is a call for the 

families or single parents who would like to 

participate in a work camp with their children. 

Accommodation will be more comfortable 

comparing the other work camps and special 

activities will be arranged for the kids. 

Work: Cleaning the beach to create a public 

awareness about the pollution. 

Accommodation: In the guest house of the 

municipality. There will be big rooms reserved 

for the kids, mothers and fathers separately. 

Food: Will be supplied by the municipality. 


Location: Zeytinli is a seaside town by the 

Aegean coast. It is in the north west of Turkey. 

The nearest city is Balikesir. 

Terminal/Region: Istanbul. Extra Fee: 50 € per 

person. 






Alanya-1/Antalya 



in cooperation with Alanya Agriculture 

Association. For more information about 

association please visit: www.tarim-egitim.org 

Work: Alanya Agriculture Association has been 

organizing national youth camps for many 

years. Their aim is to raise awareness among 

young people about farming, to keep the young 

people closer to nature as well as to protect 

agricultural areas. In order to realize this aim 

they organize workshops during summer and 

farming together with the participants. This year 

they would like to host an international group 

within their activity. During the camp the 

volunteers will take part in going on agricultural 

workshops and farming in the field. Food & 

Accomodation: in cafeteria / under tents 

Location: Alanya is a seaside resort and 

district of Antalya on the Mediterranean region 

of Turkey. The relatively moderate 

Mediterranean climate, natural attractions, and 

historic heritage make Alanya a popular 

destination for tourists. There are innumerable 

caves and beaches. 

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airport; Antalya or Istanbul Request: Please do 

not forget to bring mattress 




Topic: Others 


WORK & TEACH - YALVAC 

TR-GEN 11.13 WORK & TEACH YALVAC 

14.07-29.07 RENO-TEACH 15 VOLS The 

Regional Boarding Primary School (YIBO) of 

Yalvac town hosted a group of international 

volunteers last year and it was a success. Thus 

the school director would like to host another 

group this year for a dual project. The 

volunteers will be requested partly to practice 

English with the pupils of the secondary school 

(12-15 years old) and to landscape the garden 

of the school for the other half of the day. The 

school has got dormitories, hot showers (like 

Turkish bath) and sport fields. 

Work: Practising English with pupils and 

manual work at the garden. R: Volunteers 

should speak at least medium level English for 

this camp. 

Accommodation: In the dormitory of the 

school with common toilets and showers. The 

sleeping bag and mat are not necessary. 

Food: Will be supplied in the cafeteria of the 

dormitory and will be prepared by a cook. 


Location: Yalvac is in the southwest of Turkey. 

Nearest city is Isparta. 





Topic: Others 


MATH VILLAGE - SIRINCE / IZMIR 

TR-GEN 11.14 MATH VILLAGE SIRINCE 

18.07-01.08 RENO-CONS 10 VOLS Have you 

ever heard of Mathematic Village? Probably 

not, because it is unique in the world. If you like 

nature and mathematic this is a tailor made 

project for you. If you hate mathematic you can 

still join in this camp as the project is not related 

with math but helping to build a non formal 

education center in the nature. Mathematic 

village is an idea of a university professor 

aiming to endear math to young people. Around 

20 math lovers gather in this center in each 2-3 

weeks terms, to learn, exercise and study math. 

International professors are voluntarily sharing 

their knowledge with young students. The 

center is still under construction and 

international volunteers will help to complete 

the construction and the landscaping. You can 

also follow the math courses in your free times. 

This camp will also give a chance to you to 

meet & have very close contact with Turkish 

young people. Please be aware that the center 

is a bit isolated. No night life, TV or disco are 

available at the center. But the next village 

Sirince, where is only 15 minutes on foot is a 

very attractive one and famous for home made 

wines and traditional architecture of its houses. 

The nearest town Selcuk is the town of world 

famous Ephessus open air museum. 

Work: The center is still under construction and 

international volunteers will help to complete 

the construction and the landscaping. You can 

also follow the math courses in your free times. 

Accommodation: Under tents. Sleeping bags 

and mats are necessary. 

Food: Will be prepared by the vols. 


Location: Sirince is a small village in the west 

of Turkey. Please be aware that the center is a 

bit isolated. No night life, TV or disco are 

available at the center. But the next village 

Sirince, where is only 15 minutes on foot is a 

very attractive one and famous for home made 

wines and traditional architecture of its houses. 

The nearest town Selcuk, is the town of world 

famous Ephessus open air museum. The 

nearest city is Izmir. 

Terminal/Region:Istanbul 






AFACAN-2 YENI SAKRAN-IZMIR 

TR-GEN 5.15 AFACAN-2 YENI SAKRAN 

19.07. – 30.07 SOCI/KIDS 5 VOLS GENCTUR 

is going to organize a summer camp for a 

group of kids between 10-14 years old whose 

families are financially supporting for this 

holiday in a youth centre by the seaside. If you 

like children, this camp is a very good 

opportunity for you to spend your time at a very 

beautiful camp site, in order to offer the kids an 

active holiday by teaching them to use their 

own abilities while sharing your life experiences 

with them. Practising English will be part of your 

job as well. You will be assisting the camp 

leaders to take care a group of kids during the 

trips outside of the campsite as well as all 

kinds of activities during the camp. We are 

looking for vols who are at least 20 years old 

with a good command of English and some 

abilities on one of the following fields: any 

sports (like basketball, volleyball, swimming, 

football, table tennis, etc.) fine arts, handicrafts, 

music, dance, drama, photography and group 

games. Volunteers must be able to lead at least 

2 workshops or sport activities. Previous 

experience will be preferred and a motivation 

letter with a pass size photo should complete 

your application form. Please note that you will 

be dealing with the kids through the given & 

intensive program all day long. You will spend 

most of your time with the kids in the camp area 

with limited private life. Thus contact with the 

local people out of the camp site will not be 

possible however you will have contact with the 

other groups and the working people in the 

camp site. Volunteers may have fun together 

only after the kids go to the bed and the team 

cover the daily staff meeting in the camp site. 

Leaving the camp area is not allowed due to 

unexpected emergency cases. There is also a 

possibility to combine this camp with the 

Teenage Camp (GEN-11) 

Work: Counselling a group of children between 

10 - 14 years of age and leading several 

activities for the children. R: Participants will 

spend 1 night in a hostel in Istanbul on arrival 

as the group will depart to the camp site on 

20.07 in the morning. This will cost 10 Euro on 

bed+breakfast basis. Departure to Istanbul from 

the camp site is on 30.07 in the morning. The 

journey to Istanbul from the camp site takes 

about 10 hours. 





Food: Will be supplied at the campsite. The 

counsellors will eat together with the group of 

children whom they are responsible for. 

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Extra info: Smoking & drinking is not allowed 

during the camp at the campsite in front of the 

kids. IMPORTAN 

Terminal/Region: All applications for both 

camps will be evaluated together on 10th of 

May. Volunteers should not expect an earlier 

answer. 






KIDS CAMP-2 (Aged 10-14) YENI SAKRAN - 

IZMIR 

TR-GEN 5.16 KIDS CAMP-2 YENI SAKRAN 

19.07–30.07 KIDS 15 KIDS (Aged 10-14) 

GENCTUR opens the traditional & national kids 

camp to international kids of 10-14 age group. 

The main project of the camp is photography 

although the daily program of the camp consist 

of different activities like sport, handicrafts, 

creative drama, music, fine arts, etc. Some 

days are reserved for trekking and sight seeing 

tours. International volunteers will be leading or 

assisting the daily activities. The camp-site is a 

secure place and kids will not be allowed to 

leave the camp site by their own. All 

participants will be met at the airport on the day 

of arrival and taken to the airport for departure. 









Terminal/Region: Istanbul. Extra Fee:...... Euro 




Topic: 


Afyonkarahisar 

Partner: We have been organizing international 

voluntary workcamp in cooperation with 

Afyonkarahisar Municipality since 2004. In 

order to have more information please visit: 

www.afyon-bld.gov.tr 

Work: Afyonkarahisar Municipality has been 

organizing international voluntary workcamps in 

cooperation with us in order to raise awareness 

among the local population about the voluntary 

work as well as the intercultural dialogue. This 

year, the Municipality will ask the volunteers to 

be involved in the renovation of public parks 

and do some practical environmental work in 

Afyonkarahisar. Food & 

Accommodation: In a cafeteria / in a student 

dormitory 

Location: The city of Afyonkarahisar is located 

as a gateway between the sea and the inner 

regions of Anatolia. The history of the city goes 

back to 4000BC. The top of the rock in Afyon 

has been fortified for a long, long time. It was 

known to the Hittites as Hapanuwa, and was 

later occupied by Phrygians, Lydian and 

Persians until it was conquered by Alexander 

the Great. It is a spa-center with thermal baths 

and it is famous for specific "Turkish delight". 

Afyon is a natural crossroads, the routes from 

Ankara to Izmir and from Istanbul to Antalya 

intersect here and Afyon is a popular stoppingplace 

on these journeys. 

Terminal/Region: the nearest airport; Izmir, 

Ankara or Istanbul. 






Kazanli-1/Mersin 



in cooperation with EKAD-Ecological Research 

Association. 

Work: EKAD-Ecological Research Association 

has been organizing research activities on 

caretta caretta turtle in Kazanli beach where the 

turtle have chosen the beach for spawning. 

EKAD runs these researches with the support 

of companies based in Kazanli and they 

organize national voluntary camps during 

summer for their field work. This year they 

would like to host an international group for the 

first time and during the camp the volunteers 

will take part in the field work such as hachuring 

the beach in small groups early in the morning, 

doing some scientific measurements and 

marking of the turtle slots as well as cleaning 

the beaches. Food & Accomodation: in 

cafeteria / in a house 

Location: Kazanli is a coast-town famous with 

water turtles and lovely beach and it is 15 km 

far away from Mersin. Mersin is one of the most 

provinces with palm-lined avenues and a good 

bas efor visiting the nearby historical sites and 

beaches. It is also the largest port of Turkish 

Mediterannean. One may find all the comforts 

of a big city and all the characteistics of a 

Mediterannean city. Although Mersin dates 

from 19th century, it occupies extremely ancient 

cities. 


airport; Adana or Istanbul 






Alacati/Izmir 


voluntary workcamps in cooperation with 

Alacati Municipality since 2001. In order to have 

more information about the municipality please 

visit: www.alacati.com 

Work: Alacati Municipality has been organizing 

international voluntary workcamps in 

cooperation with us in order to strength the 

cultural dialogue between the countries. During 

the camp the volunteers will take part in the 

renovation of the public parks for the children of 

the village. Food & Accomodation: in a cafeteria 

/ in a building 

Location: Alacati is situated on Cesme 

Peninsula, which forms the Gulf of Izmir. Alacati 

(Alacati, Agrilya), a Mediterranean town on the 

Western coast of Turkey, which has been 

famous for its architecture, vineyards and 

windmills for over 150 years, has now made its 

name in the world of windsurfing. It is known as 

the Turkish Riviera, with crystal clear water, 

consistent and steady wind (for an average of 

300 days a year). It is about 70kms to Izmir. 

Terminal/Region: the nearest international 

airport; Izmir or Istanbul. 


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Topic: Others 


BY THE LAKE - TATVAN 

TR-GEN 11.17 BY THE LAKE TATVAN 21.07- 

06.08 ENVI-RENO 15 VOLS Tatvan is a lake 

side town by the biggest lake of Turkey. The 

municipality is keen of hosting international 

volunteers in order to broaden the minds of the 

local youth. The town hosted a work camp last 

year and want to host 2 more this year. 

Work: The project of the second camp of this 

year is landscaping by the lake, like last year. 

Accommodation: In a dormitory. Sleeping bag 


Food: Volunteers will prepare the breakfast by 

the given food. Lunch & dinners will be supplied 

by the municipality. 


Location: Tatvan is in the east of Turkey, by 

Van Lake. The nearest cities are Bitlis & Van. 

Volunteers will travel all over Turkey from west 

to the east by coach (22 hours) on the second 

day of the camp. Thus 1 overnight in Istanbul is 

compulsory with an extra cost of 10 Euro. 







MURAL CAMP - TAªUCU 

TR-GEN 9.18 MURAL CAMP TAªUCU 25.07- 

10.08 ART 15 VOLS Tasucu is a sea-side town 

in the south of Turkey, with its 10.500 

inhabitants. The caves called Heaven and Hell 

are very famous. Tasucu have got rich nature, 

clear sea and pretty people. http://tasucubld.gov.tr/bld/default_en.asp 

The municipality is 

willing to add some men made beauties to the 

natural ones and will host the international 

volunteers for introducing this lovely town to 

foreign youth. Talented volunteers on drawing 

and painting are invited to join in this camp. 

Work: Drawing pictures on the 4 electricity 

transformer’s walls. 

Accommodation: In the hotel owned by 

municipality in triple rooms. Hot showers and 

WC are available in the room. Sleeping bag 


Food: Will be will prepared by volunteers. 


Location: Tasucu is a town in the south of 

Turkey. The nearest city is Mersin 












Wood carving + Metal Enameling + Painting + 

Yoga + Short movie Kayaköy Art Camp is a 

place where different art workshops are held 

during the summer for international participants. 


















activities. 




lunch. 











is Mugla. 












ODTU/Ankara 


voluntary workcamps in cooperation with 

ODTU-Middle East Technical University since 

1996. For more information about university 

please visit: www.metu.edu.tr 

Work: ODTU-Middle East Technical University 

has a big forest which is one of the most 

important green areas of the city of Ankara. The 

University organizes international voluntary 

workcamps in cooperation with us in order to 

raise awareness among young people on 

voluntarism as well as the environmental 

protection. During the workcamp the volunteers 

will take part in some practical environmental 

work in the forest of ODTU. Food and 

Accommodation: in cafeteria / in university 

dormitory 

Location: Ankara, the capital city is the living 

witness of the establishment of the Turkish 

Republic. Today's modern city, situated at the 

core of Anatolia, hides an ancient site behind, 

dating back even to prehistorically times. 

METU, one of the biggest universities of 

Turkey, has been recognized as the most 

competitive and outstanding university in 

Turkey with 20.000 students. With its town like 

campus, it is located 15 minutes far away from 

the city center. 


airport; Ankara or Istanbul 



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Amasya 



in cooperation with Amasya Municipality. For 

more information about town please visit: 

www.amasya.gov.tr 

Work: Amasya Municipality has been 

organizing international voluntary workcamps in 

cooperation with us in order to strength the 

cultural dialogue. During this camp the 

volunteers will take part in some practical 

environmental works such as planting in 

addition in the renovation of public parks. Food 

and 


Location: Amasya stands in the mountains 

above the Black Sea coast, the city was built in 

a narrow valley along the banks of the 

Yesilirmak River. Although near the Black Sea 

this area is very high above the coast and has 

an inland climate, well-suited to growing apples, 

for which the province of Amasya is famed. In 

antiquity it was a fortified city high on the cliffs 

above the river. This area has a long history as 

provincial capital, a wealthy city producing 

kings and princes, artists, scientists, poets and 

thinkers, from the kings of Pontus, through 

Strabo the geographer, to many generations of 

the Ottoman imperial dynasty. With its Ottoman 

period wooden houses and the tombs of the 

Pontus kings carved into the cliffs overhead 

Amasya is still attractive to visitors. 


airport; Istanbul 




Topic: Others 


BUILD A PARK - GOMURGEN 

TR-GEN 11.19 BUILD A PARK GOMURGEN 

30.07-14.08 CONS/RENO 15 VOLS Gomurgen 

is a small town in central Anatolia that hosted a 

GENCTUR camp already in 2007. Based on 

the success of this work camp, the mayor 

invited 2 groups in 2008. The first work camp 

will be the follow up of last year’s project : 

Paving the roads at the open air market place 

(GEN-09). At the second work camp volunteers 

will help to build a green area in the village. 

Both projects are manual and demanding. 

Volunteers will have a chance to experience the 

local hospitality. The specialty of this town is its 

nomadic life. There are 30.000 sheep in the 

town and in the summer people who live in 

Gomurgen go to the mountains to graze their 

sheep. In free days volunteers may visit the 

nomadic people on the mountains and can 

participate in the activities like shearing or 

milking the sheep. 

Work: Creating a park. 

Accommodation: In a guesthouse with shared 

bathrooms and showers, in rooms of 6 people. 

Sleeping bag and mat are necessary. 

Food: Breakfasts & dinners will be prepared by 

the volunteers by given food, lunches will 

supplied by the municipality. Some dinners may 

be supplied by local people. 


Location: Gomurgen is located in the middle of 

Turkey. The nearest city is Kayseri. 







Alanya-2/Antalya 



in cooperation with Alanya Agriculture 

Association. For more information about 

association please visit: www.tarim-egitim.org 

Work: Alanya Agriculture Association has been 

organizing national youth camps for many 

years. Their aim is to raise awareness among 

young people about farming, to keep the young 

people closer to nature as well as to protect 

agricultural areas. In order to realize this aim 

they organize workshops during summer and 

farming together with the participants. This year 

they would like to host an international group 

within their activity. During the camp the 

volunteers will take part in going on agricultural 

workshops and farming in the field. Food & 

Accomodation: in cafeteria / under tents 

Location: Alanya is a seaside resort and 

district of Antalya on the Mediterranean region 

of Turkey. The relatively moderate 

Mediterranean climate, natural attractions, and 

historic heritage make Alanya a popular 

destination for tourists. There are innumerable 

caves and beaches. 


airport; Antalya or Istanbul Request: Please do 

not forget to bring mattress 






Ibradi/Antalya 



in cooperation with Ibradi District 

Work: Each year, Ibradi District organizes 

summer activities for the children of the district 

in order to provide educational and cultural 

activities for children. This year, the District 

would like to host an international group in 

order to increase the cultural dialogue. 

Therefore, during the camp the volunteers will 

take part in summer activities such as 

intercultural learning, songs and Basic English 

language classes. All these will be done 

through games. Food & Accomodation: in 

cafeteria / in dormitory 

Location: Located 3 hours far from Antalya 

centrum, Ibradi is a high plain in the Taurus 

Mountains. The mountains are covered with 

forests of juniper, cedar and pine, watered by 

mountain streams that eventually form the 

Manavgat River. This area was once part of the 

antique kingdom of Pisidia, near the river 

Melas. 


airport; Antalya or Istanbul 

Extra info: The motivation letter, which shows 

the similar past experiences. 




Topic: Others 


SCHOOL GARDEN - YENI SAKRAN / IZMIR 

TR-GEN 11.20 SCHOOL GARDEN YENI 

SAKRAN 08.08 – 24.08 RENO 15 VOLS Yeni 

Sakran is a lovely, small sea-side town by the 

Aegean coast. GENCTUR volunteers planted 

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trees in this town during the National Day 

celebrations in 2007. This action inspired the 

mayor to host an international volunteer group 

for a longer period. So this is your camp now. 

Work: Landscaping and arranging the garden 

of the newly built high school. 

Accommodation: In a building close to the 

working site. Volunteers will sleep on the floor. 

Sleeping bag and mattress are necessary. 


Location: Yeni Sakran is in the west of Turkey. 

The next city is Izmir. 












Wood carving + Metal Enameling + Yoga + 

Short movie + Modern dance Kayaköy Art 

Camp is a place where different art workshops 

are held during the summer for international 

participants. Please note that there is no work 

in these camps but the mentioned activities are 

taught to the participants. Thus, in order to 

cover the cost of accommodation, food and 

materials there is an extra fee of 320 €. These 

camps are suitable for creative people both 

amateur or skilled artists who are interested in 











activities. 




lunch. 











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Topic: Others 


MEET THE ORIENT 

GEN-EK02 MEET THE ORIENT YENI 

SAKRAN 09.08 – 23.08 SOCI / RENO 15 

GENCTUR is going to host 2 groups of 

youngsters from the East of Turkey and 

organizing a personal development camp for 

them through social & sport activities, lectures, 

discussions, games and workshops in order to 

broaden their minds and giving them new 

horizons. The first group will come from city of 

Van and consist of university students. Second 

group is from Diyarbakır and high school 

students of 16-18 age group. There will be 

some light renovation work as well. 

Work: Participating in the activities organized 

by the leader’s team & some renovation work. 

Accommodation: At the youth center 

(www.afacan.info ) in 3-4 bedded rooms. 

Sleeping bags and mats are not necessary. 

Food: Will be supplied at the center. 


Location: Yeni Sakran is in the west of Turkey 

by the Aegean Sea coast. Nearest city is Izmir. 







Kazanli-2/Mersin 



in cooperation with EKAD-Ecological Research 

Association. 

Work: EKAD-Ecological Research Association 

has been organizing research activities on 

caretta caretta turtle in Kazanli beach where the 

turtle have chosen the beach for spawning. 

EKAD runs these researches with the support 

of companies based in Kazanli and they 

organize national voluntary camps during 

summer for their field work. This year they 

would like to host an international group for the 

first time and during the camp the volunteers 

will take part in the field work such as hachuring 

the beach in small groups early in the morning, 

doing some scientific measurements and 

marking of the turtle slots as well as cleaning 

the beaches. Food & Accomodation: in 

cafeteria / in a house 

Location: Kazanli is a coast-town famous with 

water turtles and lovely beach and it is 15 km 

far away from Mersin. Mersin is one of the most 


bas efor visiting the nearby historical sites and 

beaches. It is also the largest port of Turkish 





cities. 


airport; Adana or Istanbul 






BEACH & WATERFALL - AKCAKOCA 

TR-GEN 6.21 BEACH & WATERFALL 

AKCAKOCA 14.08-28.08 ENVI 15 VOLS 

Akcakoca is a lovely sea-side town by the Black 

Sea coast. Volunteers are invited to clean the 

beach and also to help for landscaping works 

around the waterfall by working in shifts. 

Work: Beach cleaning and landscaping. 

Accommodation: In a student dormitory. 

Sleeping bag and mat are not necessary. 

Food: Will be served in the dormitory. 

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Location: Akcakoca is in the northwest of 

Turkey. The nearest city is Duzce. 





Topic: Others 


Mut/Mersin 

Partner: We have been organizing work camps 

with the Mut Municipality since 2000. The 

inhabitants are very motivated to host such an 

international event in their small town. 

Work: In the previous experiences in 

cooperation with Mut Municipality international 

group of volunteers have taken part in the 

restoration of a building which became a 

cultural center now. This year during the camp 

the volunteers will take part in the 

environmental cleaning around this building as 

well as do some practical renovation in Mut 

Castle. Food & 

Accommodation: in a cafeteria / in a pension 

Location: Located 165km far away from 

Mersin, one of the biggest cities and an 

important port of Turkey. Mut is a village 

surrounded by mountains and high plateaus. 

The region hosts Turcoman, still living with their 

old traditions in the high plateaus. This 

Mediterranean village will welcome the 

volunteers by very interesting customs of 

Turcoman, wedding ceremonies, natural 

beauties and historical sites 

Terminal/Region: The nearest International 

airport; Ankara or Istanbul 




2008 

Topic: Others 


MINI ZOO - EGIRDIR 

TR-GEN 11.22 MINI ZOO EGIRDIR 18.08- 

01.09 ENVI – RENO 15 VOLS Egirdir is a 

lovely lake-side town. GENCTUR is 

cooperating with the municipality for many 

years and the mayor is very keen on hosting 

international volunteers in the town for different 

projects. This year volunteers will work at the 

mini zoo of the town where mainly domestic 

animals are protected and exhibited. 

Work: Developing the psychical conditions of 

the zoo, environmental arrangement, 

landscaping. 

Accommodation: In a guesthouse. Hot 

showers are available. Sleeping bag and mat 


Food: Will be served in a restaurant. 


Location: Egirdir is a lovely lakeside town in 

the west of Turkey. The nearest city is Isparta. 





2008 








Wood carving + Metal Enameling + Yoga + 

Modern dance Kayaköy Art Camp is a place 

where different art workshops are held during 

the summer for international participants. 


















activities. 




lunch. 











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2008 



Karaburun/Izmir 

Partner: This is the first time that we organize 

workcamp in cooperation with Karaburun 

Municipality. In order to have more information 

please visit: www.karaburun-bld.gov.tr 

Work: Karaburun has wonderful beaches which 

are under protection of the Municipality. During 

the workcamp the volunteers will take part in 

the cleaning of the beach and some 

environmental works close to the beach. Food 

and accommodation: cafeteria / under tents 

Location: The Karaburun Peninsula lies in 

West-Anatolia, on the Turkish Aegean Coast 

and 45 minutes to Izmir. The Karaburun 

Peninsula has most probably already been 

inhabited since prehistory. But the most 

important traces of settlements date from the 

classical period. The villagers of the Karaburun 

Peninsula stay attached to their old traditions 

and habits, of which hospitality and openheartedness 

are the most typical qualities. 

Terminal/Region: the nearest airport is; Izmir 

or Istanbul 


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Yenisehir/Mersin 


voluntary workcamp in cooperation with 

Yenisehir Municipality since 2003. 

Work: Yenisehir Municipality is very 

experienced in international youth exchanges 

and voluntary workcamps. This year, during the 

camp, the volunteers will take part in the 

planting trees, flowering and gardening in one 

of the public parks of the suburb. Food and 

accommodation: in a cafeteria / in a guest 

house 

Location: Mersin is one of the most modern 


base for visiting the nearby historical sites and 

beaches. It is also the largest port of the 

Turkish Mediterranean. One may find all the 

comforts of a big city and all the characteristics 

of a Mediterranean city. Yenisehir is one of the 

suburbs of Mersin and the municipality is very 

experienced with international youth exchanges 

especially with Japan. 

Terminal/Region: the nearest airport; Adana, 

Ankara or Istanbul. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Mersin/Mersin 

Partner: We have been organizing work camps 

in cooperation with Mersin Metropolitan 

Municipality since 2001. For more information 

about this municipality please visit: 

www.mersin-bld.gov.tr 

Work: This year during the camp the 

volunteers will take part in the renovation of 

public parks and in addition in some practical 

environmental works such as planting, grassing 

etc. Food and accomodation: in a restaurant / in 

a guest house 

Location: Mersin is one of the most provinces 

with palm-lined avenues and a good bas efor 

visiting the nearby historical sites and beaches. 

It is also the largest port of Turkish 





cities. 


airport; Adana, Ankara or Istanbul. 




2008 

Topic: 


KATU/Trabzon 



in cooperation with KATU-Karedeniz Technical 

Universitiy. For more information about 

university please visit: http://www.ktu.edu.tr 

Work: In order to support the cultural dialogue 

and voluntary work among the young people 

the University has a great enthusiasm to host 

an international volunteers in their campus 

areas. During the camp the volunteers will take 

part in some practical renovation works in 

campus area. Food and 


Location: Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea 

coast of north-eastern Turkey. Trabzon is 

famous throughout Turkey for its anchovies, 

which are the main meal in many restaurants in 

the city. Major exports from Trabzon are 

hazelnuts and tea. Because of the presence of 

Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon hosts 

students from all over Turkey, especially the 

East and the Black Sea region, as well as 

students from Central Asian states. 


airport; Trabzon or Istanbul 




2008 

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Topic: Others 


APPLE PICKING - EGIRDIR 

TR-GEN 11.23 APPLE PICKING EGIRDIR 

18.09 - 03.10 AGRI 15 VOLS The municipality 

of Egirdir town has got an orchard where they 

grow local sweet apples. The sale of apples 

brings extra income to the town budget. Egirdir 

is used to host international volunteers for 

many years and all volunteers enjoy being 

there. 

Work: The work of the volunteers will be 

picking & packing apples and loading them into 

the trucks. 

Accommodation: In a guesthouse. Hot 

showers are available. Sleeping bag and mat 


Food: Will be served in a restaurant. 


Location: Egirdir is a lovely lakeside town in 

the west of Turkey. The nearest city is Isparta. 





2008 





























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Topic: Others 


LEADER TRAINING - YENISAKRAN / IZMIR 

TR-GEN 11.24 LEADER TRAINING 

YENISAKRAN 21.09-28.09 TRAIN 15 VOLS 

This camp is planned for the volunteers who 

have already been in a work camp either for the 

first time or many times in their life but never as 

a leader. First time or active volunteers who are 

interested in leading work camps in the 

following years will be trained here about 

intercultural exchanges, group leading, 

finances, problems etc. The enthusiasm they 

have gain in the work camps will be transferred 

to a real experience through discussions, 

games, and visits, experimental and practical 

working methods. This camp will also suit to the 

people who are training their own group leaders 

in their organisations. A motivation letter should 

be supplied together with the application form. 

A certificate will be given to the participants at 

the end of the work camp. Extra fee: 150 Euro, 

covers full board accommodation, training & 

materials. 

Work: No practical work. Training will be given 

through games and study cases. 

Accommodation: In 2-3 bedded rooms with 




Accommodation: English. 






Begin:November 1, 2008, End: November 16, 

2008 

Topic: Others 


OLIVE & OIL - FETHIYE / MUGLA 

TR-GEN 11.25 OLIVE & OIL FETHIYE 01.11- 

16.11 AGRI-ECO 10 VOLS Yakabag House is 

an organic farm that produces its own olive, 

olive oil, wine, vegetables, oranges, jams, 

pickles etc. using traditional methods. The farm 

accommodates guests who experience the 

Mediterranean Turkish lifestyle during their 

stay. There is an ongoing leather workshop, a 

swimming pool, table tennis as well as a dance, 

yoga space for guests in the garden. Ceramic, 

waterpaint or other visual art teachers prepare 

workshops during the year. The farm has an 

olive grove that produces an average of 4 tons 

of olives, a vineyard, a vegetable garden and 

an orange garden. Some of Yakabag products 

are sold at the town market on Fridays. The 

participants will also have the chance to sell 

olives in the bazaar that will give them an 

insider view of Turkish villagers. 

Work: Clearing the weed under the olive trees 

to prepare the grove for picking. Picking olives. 

Grooming olive trees. Disposing the cut 

branches. Preparing compost. Using the olive 

mill and press to produce olive oil. Waste 

management. 

Accommodation: Dormitory style 

accommodation in the attic or on the terrace, 

under the stars. For this option, sleeping bag 

and mat are not necessary. One other option is 

to stay in the olive grove with your own tent and 

sleeping bag. 

Food: Three meals are served. Breakfast and 

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dinner in the house and lunch in the grove. 


Location: Fethiye is in the southwest of 

Turkey. Age: 20-30 

Terminal/Region: Istanbul Extra fee: 30 Euro. 




2009 





ARTS 15 Photography + Traditional Ottoman 

Waterpainting called Ebru + Leather Mask 

Making + Wood carving + Metal Enameling + 

Yoga Kayaköy Art Camp is a place where 

different art workshops are held during the 

summer for international participants. Please 

note that there is no work in these camps but 

the mentioned activities are taught to the 
















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AMÈRICA LLATINA 

1. Bolivia - ILP Bolivia 



Campcode:BO-ILP-6-1 

Eco-centro El Poncho. Marquina, 

Quillacollo, Bolivia 

Work:Construcción de corrales ecológicos: 

L@s voluntari@s podrán participar de la 

construcción parcial de una casita pequeña, 

dejando algo muy concreto a su paso. Arreglo 

de camino son como 250 -300 m lineales de un 

camino de 4-5 m de ancho. Fabricación de 

letreros con mensajes ecológicos y de 

educación ambiental para sensibilizar a la 

población local sobre su comportamiento 

(basura, mantenimiento camino). Cuidar, regar 

y mantener los arbolitos que ya se han 

plantado durante esta estación de lluvias. 

Vamos a terminar de construir un baño 

ecológico solar. 

Study:Permacultura, energias alternativas, 

bioconstrucción. 

Accommodation: En las cabañas naturales bipersonales 

(2 personas) del mismo Ecocentro, 

donde se dispone de colchones. La comida es 

ovolacteo-vegetariana y será servida para el 

grupo. Los baños son naturales y al aire libre. 

Language: español e inglés 

Terminal/Region:El Ecocentro El Poncho y la 

Ecoaldea Qilla Tunari estan situados en 

Marquina, Quillacollo a unos 20 Km de 

Cochabamba, Bolivia. 

Extra info:Cuota: 280 dólares por todo el 

campo, incluye alojamiento, manutención y 

guía de trabajo. Tiempo Libre e Integración con 

la población local de Marquina: Actividad con 

los niños/as en la escuela de Marquina donde 

hay unos 330 alumnos, relación con los 

trabajadores del eco-centro, visita a un huerto 

permacultural, paseo a las aguas termales de 

Liriuni. Fines de semana libres en los que se 

sugerirán actividades para los voluntarios. El 

ILP, Instituto Latinoamericano de Permacultura 

es una organización no gubernamental sin 

fines de lucro. La estructura de trabajo de la 

organización, está centrada en 4 pilares 

principales, divididos en 4 pisos ecológicos y 4 

anillos que definen el radio de acción de 

nuestro trabajo; 1)En el ecocentro "El Poncho" 

probamos y utilizamos tecnologia alternativa 

apropiada buscamos las mejores soluciones y 

alternativas, que pueden tener un uso viable 

dentro del ecosistema en el que nos 

encontramos. 2)La ecoaldea o ecovilla es el 

grupo de miembros que se han reunido 

alrededor del ecocentro para vivir de forma 

sustentable. 3)Econciencia, cualquier actividad 

sobre medio ambiente que se realice a nivél 

nacional y que sea de interés para la población 

en general, es parte de este trabajo de 

concientización y se trabaja desde los medios 

de comunicación hasta marchas y demas 

actividades. 4)Ecomovimiento pretende cruzar 

las fronteras y llegar a formar redes de 

personas y organizaciones en los demás 

países. ILP se financia a partir de voluntariado, 

cursos de permacultura para estudiantes, ecoturismo 

educativo y producción de artesanías. 

El Poncho no recibe financiamiento alguno, ya 

que se busca la auto-gestión y autofinanciamiento 

del proyecto para recobrar la 

dignidad que los regalitos quitan a nuestra 

gente. 


1. Brazil - SVI Brasil 



Campcode:BR-SVI-5-1 

LAR DE MEIMEI, Itajubá 

Lar de Meimei is a centre for children education 

where socially disadvantaged people can leave 

their kids for free to spend the day while they 

go to work. Today there are 55 kids using the 

centre every day (morning and afternoon). The 

kids are from 3 to 6 years old. 

Work: There will be 4 kinds of work to be done 

by the volunteers: 1) help the teachers in the 

classroom activities, mainly related to arts; 

2)build and decorate a small park for the kids to 

play, 3) help with the cleaning and kitchen tasks 

and 4) help with the traditional “Festa Junina”, 

when the families of the kids are invited for a 

traditional celebration. The work in itself will be 

done from Monday to Friday, mornings and 

afternoons, and during one saturday, the 28th, 

the day scheduled for the “Festa Junina”. 

Before starting the work, the volunteers will 

have some days with activities planned to 

introduce them in the social context and in the 

team of colleagues working in the Lar de 

Meimei. 

Study: There will be a short lecture about the 

social work done by the institution beyond the 

“Lar de Meimei”. Other lectures related to the 

social context of the project will be prepared 

and better described in the infosheet. 


acommodated in a house of one local family 

involved in the Lar de Meimei project. The 

house is big enough to acommodate well the 

volunteers and it is very near (10 minutes walk) 

from the Lar de Meimei. The food for the 

volunteers will be arranged in the hosting 

house and in the Lar de Meimei facilities. 

Language: English, Spanish and/or 

Portuguese. To promote the interaction with the 

local workers and with the kids, we prefer 

volunteers with some knowledge of Portuguese 

and/or with high-motivations (a letter would be 

appreciated). 

Qualifications: We would like to host 

volunteers highly motivated to be useful, to 

learn and to bring her/his own ideas on how to 

improve the educational work done with these 

kids from 3 to 6 years old. 

Terminal/Region: Itajubá is a mid-size (rather 

small for a Brazilian standard) town in the 

extreme south of the Minas Gerais State, in the 

Southeast region of Brasil. It has around 90 

thousend inhabitants. It can easily be reached 

by bus from Belo Horizonte or São Paulo. 

Arrival details will be informed in the infosheet. 

It is a town surrounded by mountains and full of 

college students. There are several high-level 

colleges in the town. 

Extra info: There is no maximun age limit. We 

prefer volunteers not younger than 21 years 

old. Exceptions can be done if well justified. 

There is a placement fee of EUR 150,00 to be 

paid by the incoming volunteer in the arrival day 

to cover SVI Brasil administrative expenses. 

SVI Brasil is a not-for-profit NGO and its 

financial administration will be soon available to 

be checked on-line by everyone interested. 

Feel free also to ask any clarification you want 

about how the placement fees are used by SVI 

Brasil. We strive to be an example of 

transparency. 


2. Brazil - SVI Brasil 



Campcode:BR-SVI-6-2 

MARIA DE BARRO, Nazareno 

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“Projeto Maria de Barro” is a NGO which 

promote social and environmental local 

development projects since September 1999. 

The main project aims to recover extremely 

eroded soils, developing and applying new 

environmental technologies. They also create 

jobs in a poor community and promote 

environmental conscience. It is located in a 

very small and not developed town called 

Nazareno, near by a bigger city called Lavras, 

in the Minas Gerais state. 

Work: The volunteers will be involved in 4 

kinds of work: 1) production of forest seedlings, 

2) collecting forest seeds, 3) planting seedlings 

and 4) support on environment education 

lectures for kids and teenagers. 

Study: Short lectures on the activities held by 

the “Projeto Maria de Barro” and other related 

issues will be held. We will also provide one or 

more lectures/discussion group about the 

historical exploration of the native forests in 

Brasil. 

Accommodation: All the volunteers will be 

accommodated in the Projeto Maria de Barro 

lodge, it is a big building where many of the 

organisation activities are done. There will be 

very basic facilities there: dormitory, bathroom, 

toilet and kitchen. Enough food will also be 

available for the volunteers in the lodge. 

Language: English, Spanish and/or 

Portuguese. To promote the interaction with the 

local workers and the local community, we 

prefer volunteers with some knowledge of 

Portuguese and/or with high-motivations (a 

letter would be appreciated). 

Qualifications: We would like to host 

volunteers highly motivated to be useful, to 

learn and to bring her/his own ideas on how to 

improve the work done in the “Projeto Maria de 

Barro”. 

Terminal/Region: Nazareno is a lovely very 

small town with only 7 thousand inhabitants, 

what is very small for a Brazilian standard. 

Nazareno is not well developed, although it is 

near by important towns such as Lavras or São 

João Del Rey. It is located in the centre-south 

of Minas Gerais State and can easily be 

reached by bus from Belo Horizonte. Arrival 

details will be informed in the infosheet. The 

people from Nazareno are very simple, rural 

and hospitable. They will be very curious about 

your international backgrounds! 

Extra info: There is no maximum age limit. We 

prefer volunteers not younger than 21 years 

old. Exceptions can be done if well justified. 

There is a placement fee of EUR 150,00 to be 

paid by the incoming volunteer in the arrival day 

to cover SVI Brasil administrative expenses. 

SVI Brasil is a not-for-profit NGO and its 

financial administration will be soon available to 

be checked on-line by everyone interested. 

Feel free also to ask any clarification you want 

about how the placement fees are used by SVI 

Brasil. We strive to be an example of 

transparency. 


1. Mexico - Servicio Civil Mexicano 



Campcode:MX-SCI-8-1 

Pilateno 

Work: Construcción de una casa de huésped 

para un proyecto social del turismo. Recorrido y 

señalización de las rutas de turismo 

Elaboración de pulseras, de collares y de 

pendientes con niños y mujeres de la 

comunidad Elaboración de un mural con el 

mapa de la comunidad 

Study: Ecoturismo como proyecto sustentable, 

discusiones entorno al turismo como una 

alternativa de desarrollo para las comunidades 

indígenas y su impacto sociocultural. 

Convivencia Organización de juegos y 

prácticas de deportes con los niños de la 

comunidad. 

Accommodation: La primera semana los 

voluntarios se hospedaran con familias de la 

comunidad, y las dos semanas restantes 

vivirán en la casa de huésped del proyecto de 

turismo. 

Language: Español 

Qualifications: Hombres y mujeres 

entusiastas dispuestos a compartir y conocer 

una nueva cultura, de preferencia que tenga 

habilidades de dibujo, pintura o diseño. 

Terminal/Region: La comunidad de Pilateno 

está ha 9 kilómetros del municipio de Xilitla en 

Estado del San Luís Potosí en México. 

Extra info: El costo es 10 euros/día con un 

costo total de $200 EUR. Qué llevar: Bolsa de 

dormir, repelente, calzado antiderrapante, 

sandalias para la ducha, lámpara y mosquitero. 


2. Mexico - VIVE Mexico 



Campcode:MX-VIV-6-1 

Tangancícuaro, Michoacán (VIVE24) 

Work: The local host is an Institution that works 

in different communities of the State of 

Michoacan. The education is an important tool 

to improve the life of the people in any country, 

and this school is aimed to bring formal 

education to isolated communities where there 

are many social problems, lack of work, and 

where youngsters immigrate to the USA, 

looking for more opportunities. The school 

gives tools and experience to the youngsters to 

develop their lives in the town, and help to 

improve it. In this frame, a group of 

International Volunteers is invited to participate 

in different activities not only ecological but also 

cultural and social in the town together with the 

School Students and the people who lives in 

the village. Moreover, they are invited to 

participate in cultural activities to promote the 

awareness about the importance to take care of 

the environment. 

The International Volunteers along with the 

Students of the Institute will explore the 

Archeological site of the ‘Purepecha’ culture, in 

the ‘Tangancicuaro’ valley, in order to divulgate 

the zone not only locally but also regional and 

national to its preservation and care. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in 

a private house with all facilities at disposal 

(there are no beds, so please bring your 

sleeping bag and air mat). 

Terminal/Region: The closest airports are 

those located in Mexico city. 

Language: The official language of the 

Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, 

would be appreciated. 

Extra info: 190 EURO this fee covers the 

expenses of the camp, board and lodging, and 

SOME leisure activities as well as the 

administration costs, which are needed to 

organize and run a Workcamp 


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3. Mexico - Servicio Civil Mexicano 


2009 


Campcode:MX-SCI-8-2 

Pilateno La ruta del Café 

Work: Los voluntarios ayudaran en las distintas 

etapas del proceso de café: recorrido a las 

huertas, colecta, selección del café, secado, 

tostado, molido y envasado. Elaboración del 

jabón y licor de café. Elaboración de un video 

documental sobre el proceso de café. 

Study: Problemática del café y el comercio 

justo 

Accommodation: La primera semana los 

voluntarios se hospedaran con familias de la 

comunidad, y las dos semanas restantes 

vivirán en la casa de huésped del proyecto de 

turismo. 

Language: Español 

Qualifications: conocimientos en el manejo de 

camara de video y fotográfica, no 

indispensable. 

Terminal/Region: La comunidad de Pilateno 

está ha 9 kilómetros del municipio de Xilitla en 

Estado del San Luís Potosí en México. 

Extra info: El costo es 10 euros/día con un 

costo total de $200 EUR. Organización de 

juegos y prácticas de deportes con los niños de 

la comunidad, elaboración de piñatas, 

participación en posadas (fiesta tradicional de 

la temporada de fin de año) y compartir con las 

familias de la comunidad la cena de navidad y 

año nuevo. Pilateno, municipio de Xilitla (San 

Luis Potosí) es un pueblo indígena Náhuatl con 

600 habitantes aprox. de que el sustento es 

fundamentalmente agrario. En sus campos y 

en el bosque encontrará una gran variedad de 

plantas y de animales como el plátano, la 

naranja, el tamarindo, la manzanilla, el papan, 

las catarinas, el mapache y el oso hormiguero 

entre otras. Qué llevar: bolsa de dormir, 

repelente, calzado antiderrapante, sandalias 

para la ducha, lámpara y mosquitero. 


1. Nicaragua - APAN Nicaragua 



Campcode:NI-APA-5-1 

Diriamba, Carazo, Nicaragua 

Su objetivo principal es ofrecer un espacio de trabajo en el 

que conocer la realidad nicaragüense y la de sus niñas , 

niños, adolescentes y jóvenes en particular. Que la 

experiencia sirva para promover un compromiso 

permanente de tod@s por trabajar activamente desde 

nuestros lugares, al regresar, por la resolución del 

conflicto Norte-Sur en la medida de lo posible. Compartir 

la experiencia y el trabajo diario de APAN junto con los 

profesores, voluntarios, jóvenes y familias. 

Work: Al llegar, los participantes se organizarán para 

integrarse en las diferentes áreas de trabajo de APAN: 

Talleres vocacionales, visitas a familias, excursiones con 

grupos, actividades educativas, grupos deportivos, 

‘Consejo Infantil-Juvenil’, “Red de Niñas”, etc. + nuevas 

ideas propuestas. 

Study: Realidad social y cultural de Nicaragua. Políticas 

sobre la Niñez y Adolescencia. “Código de la Niñez y la 

Adolescencia”. Formas de seguir colaborando una vez 

concluido el campo. 

Accommodation: Con familias de jóvenes beneficiarios del 

proyecto APAN. 

Language: español 

Terminal/Region: Desde Managua se tarda menos de 1 

hora: Hay buses y microbuses hacia Diriamba y Jinotepe, 

cada 20 minutos desde la UCA, Universidad Centro 

Americana. Al llegar a Diriamba bájate en la parada de “El 

Reloj”. Toma un moto-taxi (5 córdobas) hasta APAN, junto 

a la fábrica de ladrillos. (Verás su cancha de fútbol). 

Extra info: Cuota de participacion aprox. 90 $ por persona 

(dólares USA). a la llegada al campo. El proyecto 

comenzó en el año 1992 por iniciativa de un educador 

nicaragüense y un cooperante español que viendo la 

situación complicada y la falta de oportunidades de 

muchos jóvenes en su ciudad decidieron hacer algo por 

mejorar su situación aunque en un principio solo fuera en 

el barrio. Los chavales crecen en condiciones de pobreza, 

familias numerosas y a veces en un entorno familiar 

inestable y/o violento. Muchos abandonan la escuela, bien 

porque deben trabajar para ayudar en la casa, o por la 

falta de motivación. Esto provoca que se desorienten y 

que pasen mucho tiempo en la calle ‘como hacen otros 

del barrio’, con el grave peligro de caer en grupos de 

Pandilleros (Maras), o en entornos violentos y de drogas 

(Huele pegas) de los que es mas difícil salir. Actualmente 

APAN está formado por 10 personas remuneradas entre 

capacitadores, educadores infantiles, psicólogos y 

personal que llevan las finanzas, pero también cuenta con 

una Red de Promotores voluntarios que apoyan la labor 

de APAN a nivel de barrios y comunidades. Hasta ahora 

se han podido llevar a cabo varios proyectos porque 

organizaciones como PCyS (Proyecto Cultura y 

Solidaridad, española) les consiguen financiación a través 

de ayuntamientos, diputaciones y organismos de Europa. 

Gracias a esto tienen ahorita un espacio para los talleres, 

un centro multiusos y una pista deportiva. 180 chaval@s 

aprendiendo un oficio y organiza actividades en 22 barrios 

de la ciudad ( atendiendo a mas de 1050 chavales) de 

Diriamba para conseguir una formación INTEGRAL de los 

niños, niñas y adolescentes. 


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ÀFRICA 

1. Botswana - BWA Botswana 



Campcode:BW-BWA-6-1 

Serowe Museum, Khama Memorial Museum 

Work: The work includes landscaping in front 

of the newly constructed Youth Centre and 

helping to beautify the area. Working with other 

Non- Governmental Organizations in the area is 

also essential 

Study: Landscaping on Environement 


accommodated in tents and roundavels. 

Terminal/Region: There are a couple of 

interesting places around Serowe .This 

includes the Cemetery Of The Khama Empire 

who was the first President and Chief of the 

Bamangwato tribe. 

Extra info: There is as well the Khama Rhino 

Sanctuary which houses a lot of rhinos and 

other particular species of wild animals and is 

growing year by year. 






Khama Rhino Sanctuary 

Work: Volunteers will assist in different 

activities in the park including creating roads to 

create a nice network of roads within the park. 

other work includes maintenance of directional 

signs around the park, cutting the grass around 

the electrified fence 

Study: Environment 

Accommodation: Big tents will be provided in 

the sanctuary at the Mokongwa camping site 

inside the sanctuary. 

Terminal/Region: Khama Rhino Sanctuary 






Mokolodi Nature Réserve 

Work: Helping in maintenance of the park by 

maintaining trail parks, helping in day to day 

business maintenance of the park 

Study: Environmental Sanitation 

Accommodation: Camping equipments 

including tents will be provided inside the 

reserve. 

Terminal/Region: Mokolodi Nature Réserve is 

located around 15km south of Gaborone 

Extra info: There are numerous day and 

evening game drives and some educational 

lectures. For more information check their 

website at: www.mokolodi.com 






Perma-culture Trust ,Serowe Village 

Work:Extension of the garden (debushing), 

Maintenance of the garden (weeding, pruning, 

watering the vegetables Maintaining the 

orchard near the office (planting trees and 

flowers) Feeding chickens and collecting eggs 

Study: Environmental Conservation & 

Gardening 

Accommodation: Volunteers are 

accommodated in rooms made available by the 

management. Provision of tents sometimes is 

available for those who want to use them. 

Terminal/Region: Serowe Village 

Extra info: Targeted groups include: Remote 

area dwellers Rural small communal dwellers 

Other NGOs 






Maun, North West of the capital Gaborone 

Work: Renovation of the camping site, 

improving nature trails and any other work that 

may be assigned by the warders 

Study: Environmental Conservation 

Accommodation: Camping tents will be 

provided. Showers and toilets are available at 

the camping site. 

Terminal/Region: The village of Maun is 

around 927km North West of the capital 

Gaborone. The work camp will take place 

inside the park 

Extra info: The site has wild residents include 

giraffes, wild beast, baboons, warthogs and 

other species of small animals and birds. 




Topic: Others 


NewXade, Bostwana 

Work: Building of shelters for the San people 

under the fund solicited by Permaculture. 

Volunteers will assist towards provision of 

labour in the building 

Study: Construction & Cultural Camp 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be provided 

with tents. Showers and toilets are available 

Terminal/Region: NewXade, Bostwana 

Extra info: Permaculture Trust of Botswana. 

Permaculture Trust of Botswana is a rural 

development NGO that provides assistance in 

the area of Ecological land-use management 






Khama Rhino Sanctuary 


activities in the park including patrolling with 

game scouts on rotational basis and provide 

voluntary work in form of labour 




reserve 

Terminal/Region: Khama Rhino Sanctuary lies 

25km north of Serowe village 

Extra info: The sanctuary is a community trust 

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and provides prime habitat for white rhinoceros 

and many other species of wild animals and 

birds. 






Mokolodi Nature Reserve 




Study: Environ mental Conservation 



reserve. 

Terminal/Region: Mokolodi Nature Reserve is 

located around 15km south of Gaborone in 

Botswana 

Extra info: There are numerous day and 

evening game drives and some educational 

lectures. For more information check their 

website at: www.mokolodi.com 






TLOKWENG, Botswana 

Work: Social work, participants are urged to be 

creative and come up with initiatives that can 

be a lesson for those kids. Working with 

children is every day duty. The work will be to 

help with everyday logistics of the running of 

the SOS centre and be supportive around 

those lines. 

Study: Social Work 

Accommodation: Participants will be housed 

and you are urged to bring your own tents if you 

need privacy. 

Terminal/Region: Tlokweng is one of the 

villages surrounding Gaborone in Botswana 

Extra info: There is Mokolodi Nature Reserve 

which is also just 15km from Gaborone and as 

well Gaborone Game Reserve with lions being 

tamed over there. 




2008 



Khama Rhino –Serowe 



game scouts on rotational basis, and provide 

voluntary work in form of labour, assisting in 

any kind of work for maintenance for the park 




reserve. You can bring your own tent 


25km north of Serowe village. The sanctuary is 

a community trust and provides prime habitat 

for white rhinoceros and many other species of 

wild animals and birds. 

Extra info: A black rhino has just been 

introduced in the park. For more information 

check their website at: 

www.khamarhinosanctuary.org 



Begin:December 1, 2008, End: December 14, 

2008 



Maun Educational Park 

Work: Renovation of the camping site, 

improving nature trails and any other work that 

may be assigned by the warders 


Accommodation: Camping tents will be 

provided. Showers and toilets are available at 

the camping site 

Terminal/Region: village of Maun is around 

927km North West of the capital Gaborone 




2008 



Khama Rhino –Serowe 



game scouts on rotational basis 




reserve. You can bring your own tent 


25km north of Serowe village. The sanctuary is 

a community trust and provides prime habitat 

for white rhinoceros and many other species of 

wild animals and birds. 

Extra info: 




2008 



Mokolodi Nature Reserve 







reserve. 

Language: Mokolodi Nature Reserve is located 

around 15km south of Gaborone wide range of 

animals can be seen in the r 

Extra info: Apart from the magnificent view of 

the reserve, other areas include the National 

Museum and Art gallery in Gabo 


1. Ghana - VOLU Ghana 



Campcode:GH-VOL-6-1 

Gyankufa, Jaaman 

Work: Volunteers will be joined by the local 

community to brush weeds on the VOLU / 

Community afforestation project. Dead and 

diseased branches will also be pruned. New 

seedlings will be planted in order to extend 

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plantation size. 

Study: Afforestation 


school block,Lighting is Lanterns/ candles, 

Water is Bore hole. There will however be 

sachet water available for dinking 


Terminal/Region: Camp area is geographically 

located in the middle belt of Ghana, which is a 

forest zone. It is going to be rainy around this 

period so volunteers should bring rain coats 

and boots. All foreign volunteers will be picked 

from the KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 

by accredited persons and sent to the VOLU 

Hostel. Briefing of volunteers takes place on a 

day before their departure to the camps. All 

monies are paid at the secretariat only and not 

to any person any where. Some tourist 

attractions in the region include Monkey 

sanctuary at Fiama, and water falls at 

Kintampo. 

Extra info: Since work shall mainly involve 

brushing of weeds in the field, volunteers are 

asked to bring suitable working boots and rain 

coats since it may be raining during that period. 

Planning of camp activities are done at the 

camp to suit particular environment. 1. 

Participation fee is 200 Euros for one camp and 

300 Euros for two (2) camps. 2. All foreign 

volunteers should report at the VOLU 

Secretariat for payment of participation fee and 

direction to camp site. Inform us of your arrival 

date, time and flight number to enable us pick 

you from the airport. 3. Please, arrange for 

VISA from your country before you enter 

Ghana. 4. Volunteers should please come 

through partner organizations. 




Topic: Others 


New Ningo, Dangme West 


community to construct a computer library. 

Work will involve mixing of concrete, molding of 

block, laying blocks, erection of walls etc. 

VOLU started this project 2 years ago and is 

rendering continuous service to ensure its 

completion. 

Study: Construction of Computer Library 


school block, Lighting is Electricity, Water is 

Bore hole. There will however be sachet water 

available for drnking 


Terminal/Region: New Ningo, Dangme West. 

Located on the Gulf of Guinea, South West of 

the country this area experiences rainfall which 

is expected to increase around this time of the 

year. It is located along the coastal savannah 

belt of the country. The region is noted for the 

famous Makola Market, the Arts Centre, the 

wonderfully designed coffins at Teshie and the 

Shai Hills All foreign volunteers will be picked 

from the KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 

by accredited persons and sent to the VOLU 




to any person any where. 

Extra info: 1. Participation fee is 200 Euros for 

one camp and 300 Euros for two (2) camps. 2. 

All foreign volunteers should report at the 

VOLU Secretariat for payment of participation 

fee and direction to camp site. Inform us of your 

arrival date, time and flight number to enable us 

pick you from the airport. 3. Please, arrange for 







Topic: Others 


Bamyili, Tamale 


community to construct training centre for the 

vulnerable. Volunteers are asked to bring 

suitable working boots and rain coats since it 

may be raining during that period. Work will 

involve building of walls, concreting, moulding 

of blocks etc. Volunteers may also engage in 

clean-up exercise at the community. 

Study: Construction of School 


school block, Lighting, Lanterns/ candles, 

Water, Bore hole. There will however be sachet 

water available for dinking 


Terminal/Region: Camp site is in the Northern 

sector of Ghana. It is predominantly a savanna 

zone that is expected to experience some rains 

around this period. Tamale is noted for its 

unique cultural life, Larabanga Mosque and 

Mole National Park. All foreign volunteers will 

be picked from the KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL 

AIRPORT by accredited persons and sent to 

the VOLU Hostel. Briefing of volunteers takes 

place on a day before their departure to the 

camps. All monies are paid at the secretariat 

only and not to any person any where. 














Topic: Others 


Adidwan, Sekyere East 


community to construct habitat houses which is 

aimed at providing simple and cheaper 

accommodation for the people who have put 

themselves into corporative. Work will involve 

mixing of concrete, molding of block, laying of 

blocks, erection of walls etc. 

Study: Construction of habit houses 


school block, Lighting is Electricity, Water is 


available for dinking 


Terminal/Region: Camp site is located in the 

forest area which is expected to experience an 

increase in rainfall. Ashanti Region is noted for 

its cultural activities which include the famous 

Kente, Kumasi cultural Centre, Lake Bosumtwe 

which is a natural Lake. All foreign volunteers 

will be picked from the KOTOKA 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT by accredited 

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persons and sent to the VOLU Hostel. Briefing 

of volunteers takes place on a day before their 

departure to the camps. All monies are paid at 

the secretariat only and not to any person any 

where. 














Topic: Others 


Hemang,Twifo Hemang,Twifo Hemang 

Lower Denkyira 


community to construct a community library. 


block, lying of blocks, erection of walls etc. 

Technical people will be needed for the project 

so more carpenters and masons are needed. 

Study: Construction of Community Library 


school block, Lighting, Lanterns/ candles, 

Water, Bore hole. There will however be sachet 

water available for dinking 


Terminal/Region: Hemang,Twifo Hemang 

Lower Denkyira. It is part of the forest area of 

the region which holds most of the tourist 

attractions of the country; these include the 

castle which has trails of slave trade in Africa. It 

is expected to experience an increase in rainfall 

around this time of the year. Other tourist 

attractions apart from the Castles are the Slave 

River at Assin Manso, Kakum National Park 

with the only Canopy walk in West Africa. All 

foreign volunteers will be picked from the 

KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT by 

accredited persons and sent to the VOLU 


















2008 

Topic: Others 


Kwahu Praso, Kwahu South 


community to construct a school block. Work 

will involve mixing of concrete, mouding of 

block, lying of blocks, erection of walls etc. As 

mentioned already Kwahu Praso is in a 

mountainous area and could be very cold at 

night. 

Study: Construction of school 


school block, Lighting, is Electricity, Water is 


available for drinking 


Terminal/Region: Camp site is located in a 

mountainous area. This area is known for its 

high rainfall that is likely to increase around this 

time of the year. In the region you will find the 

Akosombo Dam, Aburi Gardens, Boti Falls etc. 

All foreign volunteers will be picked from the 

KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT by 

accredited persons and sent to the VOLU 


















2008 

Topic: Others 


Kasapee, Asunsfo North 


community to construct a Kindergarten block. 


blocks laying blocks, erection of walls etc. 

Volunteers with some professional background 

in construction/building are encouraged to 

volunteer. 

Study: Construction of community centre 

complex 


school block, Lighting, is Lanterns/ candles, 

Water is Bore hole. There will however be 

sachet water available for drinking 


Terminal/Region: Kasapee, Asunsfo North. 

The camp area is geographically located in the 

middle belt of Ghana, which is a forest zone. It 

is going to be rainy around this period Kasapee 

is noted for cocoa cultivation. Brong Ahafo is 

already described in camp # 01 can boast of 

monkey sanctuary and water falls. All foreign 

volunteers will be picked from the KOTOKA 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT by accredited 

persons and sent to the VOLU Hostel. Briefing 

of volunteers takes place on a day before their 

departure to the camps. All monies are paid at 

the secretariat only and not to any person any 

where. 












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1. Ivory Coast - DUNIA Cote D\'Ivoire 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:CI-DUN-11-1 

Binao 

Work: Volunteers will help to renew the paint, 

put desks in a state while organizing 

entertainment evenings with the children of the 

school and traditional evening with the villagers. 

Study: Rehabilitation of a primary school 

Accommodation: In the rooms in village 

Language: French + simple English 

Terminal/Region: Binao is located in a region 

known for its natural appeal. The proximity of 

the Bandama River, the longest in the country 

will be one the points of attraction during the 

camp. Volunteers can visit traditional fishermen 

with nets and the dugout. 

Extra info: Participation fees: 160 € 




Topic: Others 


Zigbohouri 

Work: The project organized in the partnership 

of the village association of youth aims to help 

to build this centre (or to start the construction). 

The volunteers will work with the young people. 

Study: Construction of a multi-service centre 

Accommodation: On the spot in the village 


Terminal/Region: Zigbohouri is 6 km from the 

city of Bayota. It is a modern village of Bété 

people. Women produce and sell rice. Beyond 

the site, volunteers will have the opportunity to 

discover the face of the traditional country of 

Bété people through the traditional techniques 

of rice production used by women specialized 

in this activity. 





Topic: Others 


Kossé N\'Gattakro 

Work: This project aims to help the plants to be 

transplanted rubber. This work will be done in 

collaboration with the rubber producers’ 

cooperative and involvement of young people 

in the village. 

Study: Grafting rubber plants 

Accommodation: In the rooms in village 


Terminal/Region: Kossé N'Gattakro is a 

village located in the department of M'Bahiakro 

450 km on the north-east of Abidjan. This 

village is a part of the administrative region of 

the N'Zi-Comoé whose capital is Dimbokro. Its 

population of about 1200 inhabitants is 

comprised mainly of Baoulé. The most 

important activity is agriculture with coffee and 

cocoa as the main crops. 







Abobo 

Work: The camp aims to organize generating 

activities for these children on holiday including 

drawing, singing, games and movies for 

children, reading sessions and exchanges 

(discussions with the children). Volunteers will 

work closely with the staff in the centre. 

Study: Animation with children of the SOS 

Village 

Accommodation: In the Centre in village 


Terminal/Region: Abobo is one of ten suburbs 

of Abidjan. It is a dormitory city of the capital 

populated by more than 1 500 000 people. This 

town is populated by people with modest living 

standards and an important number of children 

of street. 



1. Kenya - KVDA Kenya 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:KE-KVD-11-4-1 

North Coast, Kilifi 

Work: Construction of classrooms Creating 

awareness on Income Generating Activities 

{IGAs}Character formation. 

Study: Orphan support & children networking 


accommodated in classrooms or a house 

provided by the host Community. KVDA 

provides locally available foodstuffs and the 

volunteers prepare their own meals in turns. 


Terminal/Region: North Coast, Kilifi Mikiringini 

Primary School 

Extra info: Participation fees: 200 USD + 80 

USD (transportations, orientation day costs and 

transfer to/from Airport at end of project). What 

to bring: Eating utensils, bedding, mosquito net, 

national flag and personal effects. Insurance, 

health and Visa shall be arranged by the 

volunteers prior to arrival the country. 




Topic: Others 


Western Emuhaya 

Work: Construction Teaching students Fencing 

HIV/AIDS discussions Awareness, Luhya 

culture Courtesy visits to rain makers, 

Study: HIV/AIDS-Sensitization & fighting 

stigma. 







Terminal/Region: Western Emuhaya, 

Mukhombe Primary School, Kenya 









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Rift Valley, Transmara 

Work: AnimationConstructionBrick 

makingPeace Building Games. 

Study: Peace Building & Conflict management 







Terminal/Region: Rift Valley Transmara, 

Enemasi Primary School, Kenya 













Western Emuhaya Emukhuya Youth Group. 

Work: Developing Business plan 

couching.Marketing strategies discussionsBrick 

workMicro-finance. 

Study: Youth Empowerment via Income 

Generating Activities. 







Terminal/Region: Western Emuhaya 

Emukhuya Youth Group. 













Nyanza Kuria Mowankwe Self Help Group. 

Work: Girl Child rights discussionsCultural 

discussions 

Study: FGM & Girl Child Education 







Terminal/Region: Nyanza Kuria, Mowankwe 

Self Help Group. 













Rift Valley Transmara Iloowaya Primary 

School 

Work: Brick workConstructionReproductive 

Health iscussionsTeaching & Global 

discussions 

Study: Girl Child Education. 







Terminal/Region: Rift Valley, Transmara, 

Iloowaya Primary School, Kenya 











Topic: Others 


Nyanza Kisumu West 

Work: Road construction,Tree PlantingPoultry 

KeepingCulture of the Luo 

Community,fishingVisits to lake Victoria 

Study: Community empowerment on Income 

Generating Activities 







Terminal/Region: Nyanza Kisumu West 

Otiende, Thim Self Help Group, Kenya 













North Eastern Wajir 

Work: Planting Trees Camel riding 

TeachingAnimation 

Study: Environmental Conservation & Health 

Education 






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Terminal/Region: North Eastern, Wajir Primary 

School, Kenya 











Topic: Others 


Western Emuhaya Ebukhaya Secondary 

School 

Work: Environmental Concern; Tree nursery 

preparation, Tree planting, TeachingAdventure 

Study: Japanese-Kiswahili Exchange. 







Terminal/Region: Western Emuhaya, 

Ebukhaya Secondary School 











Topic: Others 


Nyanza Kuria Kiburunga Women Group 

Work: HIV/AIDS discussionsBrick workIncome 

Generating Activity discussionsBasket weaving 

Study: Women Empowerment 







Terminal/Region: Nyanza Kuria, Kiburunga 

Women Group 













Central Naru moru, Naru moru Youth Group 

Work: Information exchangeCultural 

discussions 

Study: Youth Empowerment, Swahili-French 

language Exchange. 







Terminal/Region: Central Naru moru, Naru 

moru Youth Group, Kenya 











Topic: Others 


Eastern Machakos Kyang’ombe community 

Work: Farming activitiesIrrigation 

Study: Food Security 







Terminal/Region: Eastern Machakos 

Kyang’ombe community, Kenya 











Topic: Others 


Nyanza Bondo, Sanne Landing Children 

Home 

Work: Guidance & CounselingNutrition 

programFarmingSmall group community 

discussions. 

Study: Impact of HIV/AIDS; Orphans support. 







Terminal/Region: Nyanza Bondo, Sanne 

Landing Children Home 













Coast Kwale, Kwale Primary School.Kenya 

Work: Organized sessions with girl child 

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ConstructionClean up exerciseAdventure to 

Kwale forest, caves and shrines. 

Study: Girl Child Education 







Terminal/Region: Coast Kwale, Kwale Primary 

School. Kenya 













Eastern Tharaka Kabuabua primary school. 

Work: Construction-Brick making-Organized 

classes/sessions on Girl Child Education and 

impact of FMG 

Study: F.G.M & Girl child Education 







Terminal/Region: Eastern Tharaka Kabuabua 

primary school. 













Eastern, Kibwezi 

Work: Construction of orphanage Brick 

workData collection for sponsorship 

programMicro-finance discussions/activities 

{basket weaving, poultry farming}Farm work 

Health issues. 

Study: Women & children Empowerment 







Terminal/Region: Eastern Kibwezi Ndiwa 

Women & Children Empowerment Village. 











Topic: Others 


Coast Mombasa Daughters of Destiny 

children Center. 

Work: Brick making-Construction-Teaching- 

Nutrition and baseline survey.-Income 

generating activities 

Study: Orphan supportvia income generating 

activities & children Home networking 







Terminal/Region: Coast Mombasa Daughters 

of Destiny children Center. 











Topic: Others 


Coast. Taita-Taveta Mbulia Community 

Health Dispensary. 

Work: -Brick making-Stone carrying-Health 

care screening-Diagnosis and treatment- 

HIV/AIDS discussions with small groups of 

youth-Focus on Voluntary testing & counseling. 

Study: HIV/AIDS and Community Health. 







Terminal/Region: Coast. Taita-Taveta Mbulia 

Community Health Dispensary. 











2008 



Western Bumala Didacus Children Home 

Work: ConstructionTree plantingTeaching 

Study: Children Welfare 







Terminal/Region: Western Bumala Didacus 

Children Home 


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2008 

Topic: Others 


Nyanza Rachuonyo Kajiei Beach Tree 

nursery 

Work: Tree nursery preparationTree 

plantingDiscussion on fighting social 

stigmaHealthcare screening 

Study: Environmental Conservation & 

HIV/AIDS 







Terminal/Region: Nyanza Rachuonyo Kajiei 

Beach Tree nursery 











2008 



Coast Taita-Taveta Jora Women Group 

Work: -Construction of Poultry farm-Microfinance 

discussions.-Stone carrying-Options on 

income generating activities research and data 

collection-Home visits-Mountain climbing 

{Kasigau Hills] 

Study: Women Empowerment & Gender 

parity.{Spanish-Kiswahili Exchange} 







Terminal/Region: Coast Taita-Taveta Jora 

Women Group 








Extra info: {6 weeks} Language camp- 

Spanish-Kiswahili 2008. 




Topic: Others 


Nyanza Suba Kamgere Primary School 

Work: Small youth groups discussions on 

HIV/AIDS Construction Planting 

treesSensitizing community on knowledge 

about HIV/AIDS status 

Study: HIV/AID 

Study: Fighting Social stigma 







Terminal/Region: Nyanza Suba Kamgere 

Primary School, Kenya 













Eastern Kitui Kwa-Mutonga Primary School 

Work: Tree nursery preparationTree 

plantingCommunity sensitization on 

Environment good practices. 








Terminal/Region: Eastern Kitui Kwa-Mutonga 

Primary School, Kenya 











2008 

Topic: Others 


Eastern Machakos Kiseveni Women Group. 

Work: Brick makingDiscussions on good health 

practices 

Study: Safe Drinking Water 







Terminal/Region: Eastern Machakos Kiseveni 

Women Group, Kenya 









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2008 



Nyanza Kuria Kebaroti Catholic Church 

Work: Brick makingconstruction 

Study: FGM & Girl Child Education 







Terminal/Region: Nyanza Kuria Kebaroti 

Catholic Church, Kenya 










Begin:November 27, 2008, End: December 18, 

2008 



Rift Valley Turkana, Kakuma Refugee Camp. 

Work: Shelter Construction-Food distribution- 

Reproductive Health &Sanitation-Youth work 

activities.-Basic Health Education & awareness- 

Turkana community 

Study: Peaceful Co-Existence 







Terminal/Region: Rift Valley Turkana, Kakuma 

Refugee Camp. 









1. Lesotho - LWA Lesotho 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:LS-LWA-11-2 

Khubelu, Outskirts Maseru 

Work: Construction of low income houses in 

support of the lowest of the low income earners 

in partnership with Habitat for Humanity 

Lesotho 

Study: Low income housing (Construction) 

Accommodation: LWA Training Centre with 

showers, toilets and beds 


Terminal/Region: Khubelu, About 10km on the 

outskirts of Maseru city 

Extra info: 






Sekameng, Mafeteng 

Work: Digging of holes and planting of trees in 

gullies outside the village 

Study: Tree Planting 

Accommodation: Local school with kitchen 

and toilets but no showers 


Terminal/Region: About 70km south of 

Maseru city 

Extra info: The Caledon river, Kolo diamond 

fields and Mafeteng town 




Topic: Others 


Mathebe, Mafeteng 

Work: Raising the school walls, plastering, 

mixing of cements and giving workman 

assistance at work site 

Study: School construction 

Accommodation: Local school with kitchen 

and toilets but no showers 


Terminal/Region: Mathebe, Mafeteng in 

Lesotho 

Extra info: Atmosphere is pleasant and inviting 

for tourist attraction. 




Topic: Others 


Mokoallong, Berea 

Work: Working on the farm. Landscaping, 

looking after animals and tilling the soil for 

production of vegetables and other crops shall 

be the major activities 

Study: HIV/AIDS work 

Accommodation: Tents and sheds. No 

showers. The centre has several 

accommodation options but if not sufficient the 

local primary school shall be used. 


Terminal/Region: Mokoallong HIV/AIDS Work, 

Berea District is about 20km outside Maseru 

city on the Berea Plateau 

Extra info: Places to visit are Maseru city, 

Kome cave dwellings, Thaba Bosiu national 

monument and many more. 






Ha Mphethi, Maseru 




Accommodation: Private houses without 

showers. Basic pit latrines 


Terminal/Region: Ha Mphethi Tree Planting, 

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Maseru District, 43km south of Maseru city near 

Matsieng royal village 

Extra info: Visitng the royal village of Matsieng, 

the historical and cultural village of Morija and 

the Makhoarane plateau 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Mokoallong, Berea 

Work: Working on the farm. Landscaping, 

looking after animals and tilling the soil for 

production of vegetables and other crops shall 

be the major activities 

Study: HIV/AIDS Work 

Accommodation: Tents and sheds. No 

showers. The centre has several 

accommodation options but if not sufficient the 

local primary school shall be used 


Terminal/Region: Mokoallong HIV/AIDS Work, 

Berea District is about 20km outside Maseru 

city on the Berea Plateau 

Extra info: Places of interest are Maseru city, 

Kome cave dwellings, Thaba Bosiu national 

monument and many more. 




2008 



Ha Mphethi, Maseru 




Accommodation: Private houses without 

showers. Basic pit latrines 


Terminal/Region: Ha Mphethi Tree Planting, 

Maseru District, 43km south of Maseru city near 

Matsieng royal vil 

Extra info: Visitng the royal village of Matsieng, 

the historical and cultural village of Morija and 

the Makhoarane plateau 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Tsatsane, Quthing 

Work: Construction of access road that leads 

to the village of Tsatsane Volunteers: 20 

Study: Road construction 

Accommodation: Local school with pit latrines 

but no showers 


Terminal/Region: Quthing District, About 

175km south of Maseru city and 45 east of 

Quthing town 

Extra info: Places of interest include the 

source of Sebapala river, Mt Moorosi and the 

Senqu and Quthing rivers 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Ha Salemone, Maseru 

Work: Construction of pit latrines at a local 

primary school 

Study: Pit latrine construction 

Accommodation: Classrooms with simple pitlatrines 

and no showers 


Terminal/Region: Ha Salemone, 198km south 

east of Maseru in the rugged mountains of 

Lesotho 

Extra info: Attractive please are the 

spectacular scenery around Semonkong town 

and the Maletsunyane Falls (192m). Horse 

riding and hiking are a must-do 


1. Mozambique - AJUDE Mozambique 



Campcode:MZ-AJU-6-1 

Manhiça District, Maputo Province 

Work: In cooperation with local Municipality the 

volunteers will do different communities 

activities as well as carrying out various 

environmental tasks and cultural activities with 

the local community. 

Language: Portuguese and English are the 

Camp Languages 

Accommodation: Classroom or Tents, no 

Shower, Self-Catering. 

Terminal/Region: Manhiça District is located 

about 80 km away from Maputo, Mozambique 

Capital City. One of its beauty is on the 

plantations sugar cane (with two factories: 

Maragra and Xinavane) and bananas that 

supplies Maputo and all the southern part of 

Mozambique. 

Extra info: All volunteer to bring mosquito 

repellent and mosquito net, do not forget sun 

block. Workcamp participation fee is strictly 

US$210. 






Zalala Beach, Zambezia Province 

Work: The volunteers will be carrying out 

various environmental tasks at Zalala beach as 

well as take part in the community organized 

activities. 





Terminal/Region: 27 kms away from 

Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia Province. 

Zambezia is located in the center part of 

Mozambique, about 1665 kms from capital 

Maputo. Quelimane is Mozambique fourthlargest 

town with a population of roughly 

140,000. This city was almost founded by 

Muslim traders. 




US$210. 


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Topic: Others 


Xai-xai Beach Gaza Province 

Work: The volunteer will carry out 

environmental activities together in 

collaboration with the department of 

environment. 





Terminal/Region: Xai-Xai is the name of the 

capital of Gaza province and is also of a 

popular beach resort out of town 10km. on the 

north bank of Limpopo, Xai-Xai was founded in 

early 20th century as a satellite port to 

Lourenço Marques and to service local towns. 

Being so close to the banks of Limpopo River, 

xai-xai was hit very hard by the floods in 2000. 




US$210. 




Topic: Others 


Chimanimani Manica Province 

Work: Volunteer will help to build small path 

along the mountain in order to prevent erosion 

as well as helping the administration of the 

nature conservation area to register the number 

of people living in the reserve. 



Accommodation: In huts or tents provided by 

the local authorities, self catering and so 

showers. 

Terminal/Region: Chimanimani is located at 

the border between Zimbabwe and 

Mozambique about 250 km from Chimoio, the 

capital of Manica Province. Chimoio is the fifth 

largest city and is the archetypal small southern 

Africa town 




US$210. 




Topic: Others 


Gorongoza National Park, Sofala Province 

Work: With the assistance of the department of 

National Parks the Volunteers will try and 

preserve local trees which are in considered in 

danger species and find out how many people 

still living in the Park. The volunteers will have 

the opportunity to take part in the process of 

reconstruction of the park 



Accommodation: Huts or Tents, no Shower, 

Self-Catering. 

Terminal/Region: Gorogosa Park is located in 

Sofala Province in the center of Mozambique, 

about 1000 km away from the capital city of 

Mozambique (Maputo). Gorongoza National 

Park extends over the bracetygia-covered 

plains north of Beira Corridor to the southeastern 

base of mount Gor 




US$210. 




Topic: Others 


Chimoio Manica Province 


volunteers will do different communities 

activities as well as carrying out various 

environmental tasks and take part in the local 

community activities. 





Terminal/Region: Chimoio is located about 

1100km from Maputo and 460 km from Harare. 




US$210. 






Tofo Beach Inhambane Province 

Work: The volunteers will be carrying out 

various environmental tasks at Tofo beach as 

well as cultural activities in Inhambane city. 

They will also take part on the environmental 

education programmes in the Ponta de Barra 

area close to Inhambane. 





Terminal/Region: Inhambane Province is 

located in the South of Mozambique, about 420 

kms from capital city Mozambique (Maputo). 

The capital of Inhambane Province lies on a 

natural formed by a deep inlet at the mouth of 

the small Matumba River. Inhambane it’s the 

oldest extant settlement between Maputo and 

Beira 




US$210. 




2008 



Praia do Bilene, Gaza Province 

Work: The work will consist mainly on carry out 

many environmental activities (mainly tree 

plantation along the beach) in collaboration with 

the local authorities. 

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Terminal/Region: Bilene village is located 

about 180 km away from Maputo and 60 km 

from Xai-xai, the capital of Gaza province. It’s a 

small village very well known due to its beautiful 

lago on and easy access to the ocean. Bilene is 

considered one of the most developed beaches 

in the country. 




US$210. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Limpopo National Park, Gaza Province 

Work: With the assistance of the department of 

Conservation areas of the Tourism Minister the 

Volunteers will try and preserve local and 

natural ecosystem as well as working in 

collaboration with the provincial government to 

resettling 6,500 of the 20,000 people living 

within the park boundaries. Take part in the 

process of reconstruction of the park especially 

in the process of removing 16 km of fencing on 

the east side of the park and also promoting 

environmental education, responsible tourism 

and sustainable development 



Accommodation: Huts or Tents, no Shower, 

Self-Catering. 

Terminal/Region: The Limpopo National Park 

is located in Gaza Province in the southern part 

of Mozambique, about 200 km away from the 

capital city of Mozambique (Maputo). The 

Limpopo National Park is part of the Greater 

Limpopo Cross frontier Park. 




US$210. 



Begin:January 10, 2009, End: January 25, 

2009 

Topic: Others 


Bazaruto National Park, Inhambane 

Province 

Work: With the assistance the Department of 

Conservation areas of the department of 

National Parks the Volunteers will try and 

preserve local fauna and flora of species 

considered in danger by active environmental 

education, responsible tourism as well as 

promoting sustainable development. The 

volunteers will have the opportunity to take part 

in the local community activities. 





Terminal/Region: Bazaruto National Park is 

located in the Bazaruto Archipelago 

(constituted by Bazaruto, Banguera and 

Magaruque Islands), Northern part of 



2009 

Topic: Others 


Catembe Beach Maputo Province 


volunteers will do tree planting work along the 

beach and other different communities activities 

as well as carrying out various environmental 

tasks. 





Terminal/Region: Maputo lies within 100km of 

the South Africa and Swaziland borders an in 

addition to being the national capital of 

Mozambique its also capital of the country’s 

smallest, most densely populated and most 

southerly province. 




US$210. 




2009 

Topic: Others 


Ilha de Moçambique, Nampula Province 

Work: The participant will live and work 

together with the local volunteer and help in 

renovating the Local Hospital has well as 

painting the local Museum and the Fort of the 

Island. 





Terminal/Region: Ilha de Mozambique is 

located about 200 km east of Nampula city, the 

capital. Declared a UNESCO Cultural Heritage 

Site in 1992 is linked to the mainland by 1.5 km 

long single lane causeway, the crescent 

shaped island measures a mere 2.5km from 

north to south and is at no point more than 

600m wide 




US$210. 


1. Nigeria - VWAN Nigeria 



Campcode:NG-VWA-5-007 

Education, Shasha,Remo Ogun State 

Work: A camp will be jointly organized with a 

training institute where volunteers will join 

hands with local instructors to empower the 

youths on self development. The area of 

imparting knowledge on ICT and Internet / 

global network will be applied. Moreso, using 

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local equipment to produce crafts or sculpture 

will be explored 

Study: Youth Empowernment & Capacity 

Building 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted 

with host family in the community 


Terminal/Region: Shasha Area of Iperu-Remo, 

Iperu in Ogun State 

Extra info: Creative arts and using local 

resources to produce valuable materials. Other 

local volunteers with similar skills will be 

available at the camp. 






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location X fees; information what to bring 




Topic: Others 


Education,Ewupe Town in Ifelodun area of 

Otta LGA 

Work: A strong fence will be mounted round 

the community primary school to provide 

security for the students and properties of the 

school. The walkways to the school will be 

cleared with all the debris surrounding the 

school. 

Study: Fencing Community School - Education 

Accommodation: Volunteers accommodated 

in a community school The Voluntary 

Workcamps Association of Nigeria will be fully 

responsible for your Feeding, Boarding and 

Lodging throughout the camp. 


Terminal/Region: Ewupe Town in Ifelodun 

area of Otta Local Government Area of Ogun 

State 

Extra info: Arrangements would be made to 

collect at the international airport any 

volunteer/s who inform us of his /her arrive 

before the camp stating the following: Arrival 

Date, Time, Airline Name and Flight Number. 




Topic: Others 


Town Hall, Imagbon in Ogun State. 

Work: The project taken to the roofing level. 

Needed completion, plastering, fixing the 

windows and doors, flooring and painting. 

Volunteers will engage in a simple manual 

labour and community youths and villagers will 

join hands in completing the project. 

Study: Social Construction 







Terminal/Region: Imagbon in Odogbolu Local 

Government area of Ogun State. Some few 



Topic: Others 


Ecumenical, Igbo-Ora in Ibarapa LGA of Oyo 

State. 

Work: A building will be supported by beams 

on both sides given strength to the structure. 

Plastering, Roofing and Painting shall be done. 

Major evening programmes are group 

discussion, teaching and worship of God. 

Study: Ecumenical project 







Terminal/Region: The project is located in the 

suburb of Igbo-Ora in Ibarapa Local 

Government Area of Oyo State 









Topic: Others 


Recreation, Alapoti Town, Ogun State 

Work: The local missionary school needed 

some recreational facilities such as volleyball 

and basket ball pitch, center for sporting 

activities, drilling gadgets for morning or 

evening exercise. A small local pit latrine will 

also be constructed in the middle of the 

programme. Major local materials will be used 

in this project. 

Study: Social Infrastructure 







Terminal/Region: Alapoti Town in the suburb 

part of Ogun State 







1. Senegal - Les Ententes Senegal 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:SN-LE-11-1 

Ententes 1 

The Ententes is a non-governmental 

association created by farmers. It wants to be 

an economic alternative for its members. Its 

aims are : an education work, less inequality in 

villages between Rich and Poor, stopping the 

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emigration to big cities. 

Work: workcamp of immersion in small rural 

villages. Volunteers will be separated by groups 

of 2 or 3 persons and will be hosted in a family. 

They will participate to the daily tasks of the 

inhabitants. 

Accommodation: by host families. 

Qualifications: very good french speaking. 

Terminal/Region: arriving between the 30th of 

June and the 2nd of July at Dakar. 

Extra info: 107 euros, local transport costs 

excluded. 


2. Senegal - La Fenagie Senegal 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:SN-FEN-11-1 

Dionewar 1 

FENAGIE is a fishermen’s federation. Its aim is 

to facilitate the life conditions of its members 

concerning production’s trade, materials’ 

purchase, funds’ access and healthcare. 

Work: varied tasks with the community of 

fishermen. 

Study: within a fishermen’s community, on an 

island near the Saloum river. 



Extra info: arriving the 5th of July at Dakar. 

The volunteers will be taken charged by 

FENAGIE two days before and two days after 

the workcamp in Dakar. 

Extra info: 60.000 Fcfa (92 euros), local 

transport costs excluded. 




Topic: Others 


Ententes 2 











inhabitants. 



Terminal/Region: arriving between the 31th of 

July and the 2nd of August at Dakar. 


excluded 


4. Senegal - La Fenagie Senegal 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:SN-FEN-11-2 

Dionewar 2 

FENAGIE is a fishermen’s federation. Its aim is 

to facilitate the life conditions of its members 

concerning production’s trade, materials’ 

purchase, funds’ access and healthcare. 

Work: varied tasks with the community of 

fishermen. 

Study: within a fishermen’s community, on an 

island near the Saloum river. 



Extra info: arriving the 2nd of august at Dakar. 

The volunteers will be taken charged by 

FENAGIE two days before and two days after 

the workcamp in Dakar. 

Extra info: 60.000 Fcfa (92 euros), local 

transport costs excluded. 




Topic: Others 


Ententes 3 











inhabitants. 



Terminal/Region: arriving between the 1th and 

the 4th of October at Dakar. 


excluded. 


1. Sierra Leone - VWASL Sierra Leone 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:SL-VWA-11-1 

ENVI, CONS Planting - Sierra Leone 

Work: i. Building Construction, Gardening, Tree 

Planting, Women and Children’s Rights 

Sensitisation 


Accommodation: Volunteer will be 

accommodated in a simple and pleasant room 

with some conveniences. 


Terminal/Region: Maburveh Village, 48km 

from Freetown (National Ca 


2. Sierra Leone - VWASL Sierra Leone 


2008 

Topic: Others 

Campcode:SL-VWA-11-2 

Maburveh Village, S/Leone 

Work: Building Construction. Gardening, Study 

Tour of three VWASL community villages. 

HIV/Aids Sensitisation 

Study: Environment, Construction & Health 

Accommodation: Accommodation here is 

normally in community buildings a school, a 

community centre and in VWASL camp house 

once it is ready. 


Terminal/Region: Maburveh Village, 48km 

from Freetown (National Capital 

Extra info: 150 Euros or 200 USD made by 

volunteer on arrival in Freetown) 


1. Tanzania - UVIKIUTA Tanzania 



Campcode:TZ-UVI-6-135 

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Lake Manyara- ARUSHA 

Work: Campers will be working on creating fire 

breaks control between the village boarder 

corridor and Lake Manyara National Park. 

Other activities will be tree planting and 

environment education program for local 

Youths 

Study: Preservation of environment and 

sustainable development 

Accommodation: Campers live in very basic 

and simple accommodations such as in youth 

hostels, host families, guest houses, empty 

residential houses, tents, school classrooms, 

tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Lake Manyara- ARUSHA 

Extra info: US$200 and US$30 for orientation 

payable upon arrival at the orientation centre, 

cash preferably. Participants will have an 

opportunity to participate in discussions and 

study visits 






Mto wa Mbu- ARUSHA 

Work: Campers will participate in agriculture 

project at Mto wa Mbu. Activities will be 

cultivating, planting and irrigation. Local young 

people has been sensitised to go back to land 

as an alternative way of poverty reduction. 

Crops will be banana, rice etc. 

Study: Multicultural society 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Mto wa Mbu- ARUSHA 





study visits 






Chamazi, TEMEKE 

Work: Campers will visit various Primary and 

secondary schools in area to plant trees. In 

these way campers they will sensitize the pupils 

and teachers to plant tree along their school 

premises and homesteads. Campers will also 

work to distribute trees to various local people 

for planting. 






tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Chamazi, TEMEKE 





study visits 






Magole, TEMEKE 

Work: Campers will participate in tree planting 

in the area which was formally used a mining 

plots (Digging sand for construction). The aim 

of the project is to protect the land against 

erosion. Depending on the weather, more 

community will be organised. 






tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Magole, TEMEKE 





study visits 






Mwika, MOSHI 

Work: Campers will be involved in tree replanting 

along Kilimanjaro mountain sloops to 

conserve water sources and natural vegetation. 

Other activities will organise around in the 

community. 

Study: Environment and Ecology 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Mwika, MOSHI, Tanzania 





study visits 




Topic: Others 


Usangi, KILIMANJARO 

Work: Campers will be involved in construction 

of a local school class rooms. The project is 

aiming to provide more room for kids to enrol in 

primary education next year. Other activities 

like tree planting will be organised depending 

on the weather. 

Study: Construction and Environment 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Usangi, KILIMANJARO 

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study visits You may want to bring some Basic 

English learning books for kids/Young people 

from the age of 7 to 14. Toys, pencils, balloons, 

soccer balls, valley balls and other stuff which 

might entertain young people to learn will also 

be welcomed. 






Mwanga, KILIMANJARO 

Work: Campers will help children and Young 

people with special needs to learn English 

during their school holidays. Campers wishing 

to learn Kiswahili (Tanzania official language) 

this will be also an opportunity. 

Study: Languages for peace and 

understanding 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Mwanga, KILIMANJARO 





study visits 







Work: Campers will be teaching/Coaching kids 

on various sports. This will include soccer, 

volleyball, basketball and netball. Sports will 

help kids to grow healthily but these days 

sports has become employment opportunity for 

may young people, so this can help them in 

future. Sports are used as a tool to advocate for 

change of behaviours on HIV/AIDS and 

involvement of Young people in various 

development activities. 

Study: Community Sports Leadership 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Mwanga, KILIMANJARO 





study visits 




Topic: Others 



Work: The main part of the work will be 

construction of the health centre in the 

community. 

Study: Human recourse sustainability 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Mwanga, KILIMANJARO, 

Tanzania 





study visits 






West Unguja- ZANZIBAR 

Work: International work camp is organised to 

celebrate International Youth day (12th 

August). This has been an annual event for 

UVIKIUT 

Accommodation: Campers will first participate 

in a day orientation, following on Youth forum, 

celebrating of the event and then campers will 

go to the community. During the forum and 

project work camp UV. 147.5 will focus Youth 

and Entrepreneurship. Project: Campers will be 

involved in construction of local school class 

rooms. Depending on the weather and 

availabilities of materials more community 

activities will be organised 

Study: Youth and Media 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: West Unguja- ZANZIBAR 





study visits 






South Unguja- ZANZIBAR 

Work: : This International work camp is 

organised to celebrate International Youth day 

(12th August). This has been an annual event 

for UVIKIUT 





project work camp UV. 148.8 will focus on 

Youth and human recourse sustainability. 

Project: Participants of this work camp will be 

involved in construction of school in the 

community. 

Study: Youth and Human recourse 

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sustainability 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: South Unguja- ZANZIBAR 





study visits 




Topic: Others 


North Unguja- ZANZIBAR 

Work: This International work camp is 

organised to celebrate International Youth day 

(12th August). This has been an annual even 

for UVIKIUT 





project work camp UV. 149.5 will focus on 

Youth and media. Project: Participants of this 

work camp will be involved in construction of 

school in the community. 

Study: Youth and Media 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: North Unguja- ZANZIBAR 





study visits 




2008 

Topic: Others 


West Manyoni- SINGIDA 

Work: : Campers will be involved in 

construction of a local school class rooms. The 

project is aiming to provide more room for kids 

to enrol in primary education next year. Other 

activities like tree planting will be organised 

depending on the weather. Study Part: 

Campers will work in the afternoon to raise 

awareness to the community on environmental 

conservation activities and prevention of 

HIV/AIDS which are challenge towards 

development. This will include meeting with 

Youth, women and elders. 

Study: Education for all 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: West Manyoni- SINGIDA 





study visits 




2008 

Topic: Others 


East Manyoni- SINGIDA 

Work: Campers will be involved in construction 

of a local school class rooms. The project is 

aiming to provide more room for kids to enrol in 

primary education next year. Other activities 

like tree planting will be organised depending 

on the weather. 






tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: East Manyoni- SINGIDA 





study visits 




2008 



Chamazi, TEMEKE 

Work: : This camp will involve campers and 

Young people who are skilled or have an 

interest on music. This camp will involve 

teaching kids basics of music. During the 

project campers, kids and young people will be 

able to organised shows give messages to the 

public of various development issues including 

HIV/AIDS, Gender equality, Globalisation etc. 

Study: Children Development / Music 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Chamazi, TEMEKE, 

Tanzania 





study visits 




2008 




Work: This work camp is organised as part of 

celebration of 25th anniversary of UVIKIUT 

Accommodation: The apex of the celebration 

will be on 1st October. Project: The camp will 

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consist of both sports coaches and those who 

are interested in sports. During the project 

campers will be involved in construction of 

sports infrastructure in the community, play and 

coaching various sports to other volunteers, 

Young people and kids. . This will include 

soccer, volleyball, basketball and net ball. 

Sports will be used as well as a tool to 

advocate for change of behaviours on 

HIV/AIDS and involvement of Young people in 

various development activities. 

Study: Community sports leadership 

(UVIKIUTA 25th anniversary) 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Magole, TEMEKE, Tanzania 





study visits Knowledge and interest on sports 

(any type of sports) will be an added advantage 

in this project. 



Begin:October 10, 2008, End: October 25, 

2008 

Topic: Others 


Lushoto, TANGA, Tanzania 

Work: The host community is undergoing on 

Education improvement project build more 

school class rooms to increase the number of 

pupils enrolling to school, improving existing 

school facilities etc. Your participation in this 

project will help the children of this area to have 

access to the education. Activities will be 

Collection of building materials [Sand, bricks 

and stones] from different locations and bring 

them to the construction site, Construction of 

foundation to build three classrooms and 

Building walls. 

Study: Construction / Children involvement 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Lushoto, TANGA 





study visits 



Begin:October 31, 2008, End: November 15, 

2008 



Mwika, MOSHI 

Work: Campers will be involved in tree replanting 

along Kilimanjaro mountain sloops to 

conserve water sources and natural vegetation. 

Other activities will organise around in the 

community. 

Study: Environment and ecology 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Mwika, MOSHI, Tanzania 





study visits 




2008 




Work: Campers will be teaching/Coaching kids 

and Youths on various sports. This will include 

soccer, volleyball, basketball and netball and 

various kids’ games. Sports will help kids to 

grow healthily but these days sports has 

become employment opportunity for may young 

people, so this can help them in future. Sports 

are used as a tool to advocate for change of 

behaviours on HIV/AIDS and involvement of 

Young people in various development activities 

Study: Youth and Sports / Recreational 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: : Mwanga, KILIMANJARO, 

Tanzania Campers will meet at YWCA- Dar es 

Salaam located along Maktaba Street and 

Ghana Avenue dare s Salaam near general 

post office at 14.00 on 31st October 2008. 

Campers can be picked at Dar es Salaam 

airport on special arrangements. 





study visits Special skills: Campers should have 

knowledge and interest in sports. Campers who 

are interested to learn sports or playing with 

kids are also welcomed to apply. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Mkoani, PEMBA , Tanzania 

Work: The host community is undergoing on 

Education improvement project build more 

school class rooms to increase the number of 

pupils enrolling to school, improving existing 

school facilities etc. Your participation in this 

project will help the children of this area to have 

access to the education. Activities will be 

Collection of building materials [Sand, bricks 

and stones] from different locations and bring 

them to the construction site, Construction of 

foundation to build three classrooms and 

Building walls. 

Study: Construction 





tents etc. 

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Terminal/Region: 





study visits 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Chake, PEMBA 

Work: Kazi za ujenzi wa Taifa is a local term 

used to describe the voluntary service scheme. 

The scheme is very popular among the villager 

and in this case volunteers will join the 

community members to build a school class 

room in Chake chake District. Volunteers are 

requested to be flexible since we might do more 

activities, you will be informed when we have 

extra information. 






tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: 





study visits 




2008 




Work: Campers will help children and Young 

people with special needs to learn English 

during their school holidays. Volunteers wishing 

to teach Kiswahili (Tanzania official language) 

this will be also an opportunity. 

Study: The Power of Language in Promotion of 

peace and Understanding 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Magole, TEMEKE, Tanzania 





study visits Special things to bring: You may 

want to bring some Basic English learning 

books for kids/Young people from the age of 7 

to 14. Toys, pencils, balloons, soccer balls, 

valley balls, Christmas decorations, crafts and 

other stuff which might entertain young people 

to learn will also be welcomed. We welcome a 

charity contribution of US$50 or from each 

volunteer to contribute to preparation of 

Christmas party and gifts for homeless Youths 

who will be invited at the camp site during 

Christmas day. 




2008 



Chamazi, TEMEKE, Tanzania 

Work: This International work camp will take 

place at UVIKIUTA headquarters base. As an 

annual event this will also part of celebrating 

the festival season (Christmas and New Year). 

Project: Campers will be involved to organised 

Kids programs, teaching English, drawings, 

playing with them. Kids will be from the age of 5 

to 10 years old or bit older. They will be coming 

to centre in the morning and depart by 

afternoon. Depending on the weather, campers 

might plant trees with kids and teaching them 

ABC of ecology. They will also prepare 

Christmas party for orphanage and kids living in 

difficult situation. 

Study: The voice of Youth in the society 





tents etc. 


Terminal/Region: Chamazi, TEMEKE, 

Tanzania 





study visits Special things to bring: You may 

want to bring some Basic English learning 

books for kids/Young people from the age of 

10-15. Toys, pencils, balloons, soccer balls, 

valley balls, Christmas crafts and other stuff 

which might entertain the kids. Charity 

contribution of US$50 from each camper is 

welcomed to prepare Christmas gifts and party 

for Kids living in difficulties. 


1. Togo - Astovoct Togo 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:TG-AST-11-1 

Kpalime 

Work: - Renovating social, educational and 

sanitary infrastructures: volunteers will 

essentially do building work, woodwork and 

painting - Preparing and leading a group of 

painting and discussion with young people of 

the village on current topics such as children 

exploitation; environment protection; girls 

education; AIDS writing and producing a 

theatre that may educate the population. This 

kind of workcamp often ends with showing of 

the works of the group of village painting, 

theatre production, dance and percussion, 

batik, ceramic…. 

Study: Construction of latrines & 

Reafforestation in Youth Center 

Accommodation: Simple, Convenient and 

Comfortable rooms 


Terminal/Region: The town of Kpalimé 

inhabits around 80’000 people. Here, you can 

find a post-office, telephone, fax, internet, a 

hospital, a market, banks, video clubs, hotels, 

bars and restaurants that offer traditional as 

well as European food and a swimming pool. It 

is a friendly town situated in 250m altitude. We 

will visit the arts centre and the weaving-ateliers 

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of Kpalimé. 

Extra info: Volunteers are invited to carry with 

them some games and anything that can 

contribute to lead the children. They can even 

present typical cultural aspects of their 

countries (songs, dances, games) 




Topic: Others 


Kpalimé, KLOTO 














Study: Construction of latrines & artistic 

production 




Terminal/Region: Kpalimé, KLOTO. Passing 

some goats, you reach Missahohé, a 

picturesque site dominated by the Mount Kloto 

(960m), from where you have magnificent 

views over Kpalimé and Mount Agou. 









Topic: Others 


Agotimé Nyitoe, KLOTO 

Work: Filling of sachets, putting nurseries in 

the sachets and watering them, land clearance, 

planting the seedlings. Volunteers will have to 

work 5hours per day. The are free in the 

afternoons when they can deal with cultural 

activities with the villagers 

Study: Social mobilisation sensitization against 

STDs/HIV/AIDS 




Terminal/Region: Agotimé Nyitoe, KLOTO. 

Agotimé Nyitoé is located in Agou district and 

far about 35km from Kpalime. Through this 

village, you can go straight to Ghana. The 

climate is the same as Agou and Kpalime area. 









Topic: Others 


Tové, KLOTO 














Study: Social mobilisation sensitization against 

STDs/HIV/AIDS 




Terminal/Region: Tové, KLOTO - Kouve is a 

big agglomeration in Tagbligbo far from Lomé 

about 65kilometres. This village has his 

speciality; you can find how the inhabitant 

makes the local alcohol call “SODABI”. You can 

find the local dancing group and you will be 

enjoyed in participating the main population 

activities. Don’t forget that you’ll meet the 

typical product of Africa Such as banana, 

orange, avocados. 









Topic: Others 


Agrippa-Todzi, KLOTO 














Study: Construction of nursery school 

(continuation 




Terminal/Region: Agrippa-Todzi, KLOTO, 

Agrippa-Todzi is situated not far from the 

international road lead to the Togo- Ghana 

border near Kpalimé town. The name of this 

village implies its touristy aspect since it is 

situated on a hill in its impressive greenery and 

a mild climate. With a population coming from 

two different cultural backgrounds, Agrippa 

Todzi is used to intercultural exchange and 

offers great hospitality to strangers. The 

population consists mostly of peasants and has 

a high share of young people who are willing to 

develop their surrounding milieu 




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Topic: Others 


Balanka , TCHAMBA 














Study: Library Renovation & artistic production 




Terminal/Region: Balanka , TCHAMBA, 

BALANKA is a village situated in the Central 

Region of Togo and far to 400 km from Lomé. 

The population is round 8330 inhabitants. The 

village is not far from Benin (5 Km). The 

population lives from agriculture. 











Togoville , VO 







Study: Reafforestation/Environment 




Terminal/Region: TOGOVILLE As a historical 

town that gave its name to the nowadays 

country of Togo, Togoville was the place where 

the Germans signed a treaty of protectorate 

with African authorities in 1884. This town is the 

source of the Voodoo culture and other 

traditional rites. The reforestation-project in 

which you will participate is for the protection of 

the coast of Lac Togo and of a historically 

important place. Lac Togo is one of the biggest 

lakes in Western Africa and it is the biggest of 

Togo. The city of Togoville is situated 30km to 

the east of Lomé on the way to Cotonou and 

inhabits around 5000 people. 











Gapé, ZIO 







Study: Reafforestation/Environment 




Terminal/Region: This village is located at 75 

km approximately of Kpalimé and is located in 

the prefecture of Zio. The Gapé center is 

agglomeration gathering more than 130 villages 

Gapé Akpakpedomé is one of the villages 

whose dynamism of the Clubs of the mothers is 

to be encouraged. These women want to deal 

with themselves because of the economic socio 

difficulties, which they have with the daily 

newspaper. They already initiated a village 

case» local saving bank” and want to create 

green spaces for their daily need and financial 

autonomy. 









Topic: Others 


Assahoun, AVE, tOGO 







Study: 




Terminal/Region: Assahoun, AVE. Assahoun 

is small town located at the center of the axis 

Kpalimé-Lome. It is a crossroads city with a 

very hospital population. For more than two 

decades, Assahoun was useful as a city locates 

where ASTOVOT organizes its training week 

end for volunteers. 











Kpalimé : ENVOL 

Work: The activities generally consist in 

leading the children in the different groups: 

drawing, painting and modelling group; singing 

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and dancing group; singing and dancing group; 

tale and sketch group etc. The volunteers will 

have to work five hours time in the morning. 

They are free in the afternoon when they could 

exchange their knowledge with the local 

population. The volunteers can present typical 

cultural aspects of their country as songs, and 

can participate to community activities as 

sensitization about how to promote local 

development about hygiene and environment 

protection for their free time. 

Study: Socio- educative animation with 

mentally handicapped children 



Language: French and English 

Terminal/Region: Kpalimé : ENVOL 











Kouvé, Togo 















Study: School session 



Language: French / English 

Terminal/Region: Kouvé, Togo 








Begin:August 10, 2008, End: October 31, 2008 



Agou Kébo Dalavé 















Study: Socio- educative animation with 

mentally handicapped children 




Terminal/Region: Agou Kébo Dalavé, Togo 









2008 



Kouma Adame, Togo 















Study: School session 




Terminal/Region: Kouma Adame, Togo 









2008 



Danyi Yikpa, Togo 















Study: School session and Socio- educative 

animation with children 




Terminal/Region: Danyi Yikpa, Togo 







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1. Uganda - UVDA Uganda 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:UG-UVD-11-4 

Mwera village , Kakiri county Wakiso 

PROJECT BACKGROUND This project was 

initiated by one of the community member who 

had compershon for the disadvantaged children 

especially orphans who offered his house and 

part of his land to cater for the children. 

Currently there is piggery project, one cow and 

some demonstration plots for crop husbandry 

.There is also need for an MTV / LTV for this 

project. Volunteers will be accommodated in 

the project house. VENUE : MWERA 

ORPHANAGE HOME DATE : APRIL 5th to 

19th 2008 ACTIVITY : a) Agriculture (Crop and 

Animal Husbandry Management) b) Looking 

after Orphans. LOCATION : Mwera village , 

Kakiri county Wakiso District about ‘ 30km 

North west of Kampala. NO.OF PARTICIPAN 

Terminal/Region: 15 PARTICIPATON FEE : 

US $150 




Topic: Others 


Kabarole District about 300km in western 

BACKGROUND This project was found by the 

community numbers of Rweihamba Village in 

order to support the less privileged children in 

that area in terms of school academic ,medical 

care, clothing , beddings etc. Kabarore District 

in one of those areas with quite number of 

orphans due to HIV/ AIDS Scourge in the 

century. Most of these vulnerable children live 

with extended members of family mainly grand 

parents who are too old to look after them. It 

against this background that UVDA was invited 

by the community member of Rweihamba to 

come and help them set up some school 

facilities etc. for the project. The project is 

located near Mt. Rwenzori, Queen Elizabeth 

National park, Kibale Forest reserve and near 

one of the 75 crater lakes known as lake 

Nkruba. It is possible to see varieties of bird 

species, Monkies. etc from the project. 

Kabarole District as a population of 359 ,180 

people VENUE : Rweihamba Destitute 

Children’s centre DATE : FROM MAY 3rd to 

17th 2008 ACTIVITY : Construction of school 

facilities for over 100 children LOCATION : The 

project is located 22 km from Fort-portal town in 

Kabarole District about 300km in western part 

of Kampala NO. OF PARTICIPANT 

Study: 25 PARTICIPATION FEE : US $150 




Topic: Others 


Busia town at Bunyide village, 

ACTIVITY: CONSTRUCTION OF LWAGULA 

SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL AND TREE 

PLANTING LOCATION: The project is located 

about 30kms from Busia town at Bunyide 

village, Buhehe Sub County, Samya Bugwe 

County, Busia District on the border of Uganda 

and Kenya. Busia town is about 250kms from 

Kampala and one gets off from Rumino Trading 

Center to Bunyide village. VENU 

Extra info: LWAGULA SENIOR SECONDARY 

SCHOOL DAT 

Extra info: MAY 31ST TO JUNE 21ST .2008 3 

WEEKS NO OF PARTICIANT 

Study: 25. PARTICIPATION FE 

Extra info: $200 




Topic: Others 

Campcode:UG-UVD-11-7A 

NAMALEMBA VILLAGE BUSIKI COUNTY 

VENU 

Extra info: NAMALEMBA PRIMARY SCHOOL 

DATE 

Study: JULY 5TH TO JULY 26TH 2008 

3WEEKS ACTIVITY: CONSTRUCTION OF 2 

CLASSROOM BLOCK, HIV/AIDS 

AWARENESS AND FAMILY LIFE 

EDUCATION LOCATION: NAMALEMBA 

VILLAGE BUSIKI COUNTY, MAGADA SUB 

COUNTY, NAMUTAMBA DISTRICT 

FORMERLY PART OF IGANGA DISTRICT 

PARTICIPATION FE 

Extra info: $200 NO OF PARTICIPAN 

Terminal/Region: 20 




Topic: Others 

Campcode:UG-UVD-11-7B 

RWEIHAMBA VILLAGE, KABAROLE 

DISTRICT 

ACTIVITY: Further construction of the proposed 

school facilities for over 100 children at Lake 

Kanyanswinga shores and provision of basic 

nutrition, health care and social interaction to 

orphans in the area and repair safe housing for 

the elderly people who are the care taker of 

most of those destitute children. LOCATION: 

RWEIHAMBA VILLAGE, KABAROLE 

DISTRICT, 35KMS FROM FORT-PORTAL 

TOWN PARTICIPATION FE 

Extra info: US $200 VENU 

Extra info: KANYANSWINGA CRATER LAKE 

COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AND 

ORPHANAGE PROJECT RWEIHAMB 

Accommodation: DATE 

Study: JULY 6TH TO JULY 27TH 2008 3 

WEEKS 




Topic: Others 

Campcode:UG-UVD-11-8A 

Lwemuna Primary School 

ACTIVITY: CONSTRUCTION OF 3 

CLASSROOM BLOCK, HIV/AIDS 


EDUCATION. LOCATION: Lwemuna Primary 

School is located in Bushakiro village, 

Bamutanda parish, River Manafa District former 

part of Mbale District approximately 260kms 

East of Kampala. VENU 

Extra info: LWEMUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL 

MBALE DATE 

Study: AUGUST 9TH TO AUGUST 30TH 2008 

3WEEKS PARTICIPATION FE 

Extra info: $200 NO OF PARTICIPANT 

Study: 20 Information: UVDA was invited to 

Bushakiro village in 2004 to help the community 

to construct another new school building since 

there was only one school block of 3 

classrooms and an office constructed by the 

government and the parents plus some old mud 

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and wattle buildings constructed 70 years ago. 




Topic: Others 


KIRIBAKKA BRIGHT ACADEMY 

ACTIVITY: CONSTRUCTION OF 3 

CLASSROOM BLOCK FOR SKILLS TRAINING 

LESSONS AND A STORE. LOCATION: 

KIRIBAKKA BRIGHT ACADEMY IS LOCATED 

AT NAKASWA VILLAGE, KAKUKULU 

PARISH, KASAWO SUB COUNTY, 

NAKIFUMA COUNTY, MUKONO DISTRICT, 

ABOUT 50KMS EAST OF KAMPALA CITY 

OFF MUKONO KAYUNGA ROAD AT 

NAMALIRI TRADING CENTER. 



Study: 15 VENU 

Extra info: KIRIBAKKA BRIGHT ACADEMY 

SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL NAKASWA 

DAT 

Extra info: AUGUST 10TH TO AUGUST 31ST 

2008 3WEEKS The construction of technical 

Skills block is aimed at equipping students with 

skills for example carpentry and joinery, 

tailoring and designing, motor mechanics, shoe 

making cloth making etc. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


DABAN VILLAGE, DABAN 

ACTIVITY: CONSTRUCTION OF A 3 

CLASSROOM BLOCK OF DABAN SENIOR 

SECONDARY SCHOOL LOCATION: DABAN 

VILLAGE, DABAN SUB COUNTY, DABANI 

CATHOLIC MISSION, BUSIA DISTRICT NAER 

THE BORDER OF UGANDA AND KENYA 

VENU 

Extra info: DABAN SENIOR SECONDARY 

SCHOOL DATE 

Study: SEPTEMBER 7TH TO SEPTEMBER 

28TH 2008 3 WEEK 

Study: PARTICIPATION FE 


Study: 15 




2008 

Topic: Others 


BAKASIBIRAEMBALE 

VENU 

Extra info: BAKASIBIRAEMBALE 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INTAITIV 

Extra info: PROJECT MPIGI DAT 

Extra info: FROM OCTOBER 11TH TO 

OCTOBER 25TH 2008 2 WEEKS ACTIVITY: 

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (TREE 

PLANTING) ELDERLY PEOPLES SUPPORT 

INTIATIVES, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND 

HIV/AIDS AWARNESS AND COUNCELLING. 

LOCATION: BAKASIBIRAEMBALE IS 

LOCATED IN MPIGI DISTRICT 30KMS FROM 

KAMPALA WESTERN PART OF UGAND 

Accommodation: IN MAWOKOTA COUNTY 

BACKGROUND Bakasibiraembale community 

development initiative project Mpigi was found 

in 2004 by youth members of Mpigi village 

some of whom are living and working in 

Kampala the capital city. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


BUWEMBE VILLAGE, BULUMBI 

ACTIVITY: FURTHER CONSTRUCTION OF 

BUWEMBE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, 

HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AND 

ENVIROMENTAL CONSERVATION. 

LOCATION: THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN 

BUWEMBE VILLAGE, BULUMBI SUB- 

COUNTY, BULUMBI COUNTY, BUSIA 

DISTRICT APPROXIMATELY 230 KMS FROM 

KAMPALA AND 25 KMS FROM THE 

UGANDA-KENYA BOARDER. VENU 

Extra info: BUWEMBE SENIOR SECONDARY 

SCHOOL DAT 

Extra info: FROM NOVEMBER 8TH TO 

NOVEMBER 22ND 2008 2 WEEKS NO. OF 

PARTICIPANT 

Study: 15 PARTICIPATION FE 

Extra info: US $150 BACK GROUND: UVDA 

was invited to Buwembe to help in the 

construction of that school which was in a very 

bad state. Since them, several international 

work camps have been organized and the 

school has a number of class room from senior 

1 to senior 6. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


FOOTO PRIMARY SCHOOL 

ACTIVITY: CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTO 

PRIMARY SCHOOL, REPAIR OF OLD 

SCHOOL STRUCTURE, TREE PLANTING 

ALONG MANAFA RIVER, HIV/AIDS 


EDUCATION. LOCATION: FOOTO PRIMARY 

SCHOOL IS LOCATED AT FOOTO VILLAGE, 

BULEKYEKE SUB-COUNTY BUDUDA 

COUNTY, MANAFA DISTRICT, MBALE 

ABOUT 360 KM EAST OF KAMPAL 

Accommodation: VENU 

Extra info: FOOTO PRIMARY SCHOOL 

MBALE DATE; NOVEMBER 29TH TO 

DECEMBER 13TH 2008 3 WEEKS 


Extra info: US $ 200 NO. OF PARTICIPANT 

Study: 15 BACKGROUND: Footo primary 

school is located on one of the slopes of Mt. 

Elgon near the boarder of Kenya and Uganda. 


1. Zambia - Youth Association Zambia 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:ZM-YAZ-11-1 

Kyalalankuba Community school 

Work: Molding bricks for construction for the 

extension of a one classroom block at 

Kyalalankuba community school. Volunteers 

will also do other light work at the community 

school. Volunteers will also be expected to 

work with kids. 


Accommodation: Basic accommodation is 

provided. Volunteers sleep in tents, 

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classrooms, dormitories and simple 

guesthouse. What an experience to try out new 

way of life in a new environment. It brings new 

knowledge and strengthens one’s tolerance 

levels and gives an understanding of the 

existence of differences. 


Terminal/Region: Kyalalankuba Community 

school. About 4 kilometers from the town 

centre. Solwezi is about 600 kilometers from 

Lusaka. 

Extra info: The work camp participation fee is 

210 Euro, a cheaper way of touring Zambia 

while contributing to community development. 

Volunteers pay cash direct to YAZ office on 

arrival. Volunteers are advised to carry extra 20 

Euro for airport transfer. A taxi is about 20 Euro 

from the airport to YAZ offices. Please use only 

taxis that are painted Blue and white, which is 

the official color for all public transport in 

Zambia. Food Volunteers are encouraged to 

prepare food in the camp. Some of the dishes 

prepared in the camp include Zambian dishes 

and other global dishes depending on the 

volunteers and where they are coming from. 

Sharing of culture is encouraged in this manner 

hence allowing volunteers to be oriented to the 

global culture and reducing cultural shock. 




Topic: Others 


Mongu 

Work: 










Terminal/Region: Mongu is located in the 

Western Province boarding the Kafue National 

Park. It is about 581 Km away from the capital 

city Lusaka. Mongu is one of the busiest 

destinations for tourists coming to attend the 

famous Kuomboka Traditional Ceremony. 





















Topic: Others 


Livingstone 

Work: Landscaping at Maramba Youth Center 

and HIV/AIDS outreach activities. Other work 

will be planning interesting indoor and out door 

activities for the youth and children. Volunteers 

should be self motivated, able to plan 

interesting and exciting games, motivation 

workshops, music and singing competition etc 

for the Youth. Let’s have fun while imparting 

and sharing knowledge. 











Terminal/Region: 15 Km from Livingstone 

town and 38 Km from the Mighty Victoria Falls. 

It is about 472 Km from the capital city Lusaka. 





















Topic: Others 


Kyalalankuba Community school 

Work: Setting and laying the foundation for the 

Building of one classroom block in 

Kyalalankuba. Volunteers will also do other light 

work. 

Study: Construction of Classrooms 










Terminal/Region: Kyalalankuba is located in 

North Western province 600 Km away from the 

capital city Lusaka. Kyalalankuba is located 

4Km away from Solwezi town centre 














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Topic: Others 


Ndola - Copperbelt Province 

Work: To be advised soon. 

Study: Later 










Terminal/Region: Ndola is located in the heart 

of the copper belt province 321 km from the 

capital city Lusaka. The International airport in 

Ndola is about 20 km from the city centre. 

Ndola is second largest city after Lusaka and 

has the beautiful scenery that no one can afford 

to miss. 





















Topic: Others 


Mfuwe 

Work: Continuation of the construction of a 

teacher’s house at Mnkanya community school- 

Mfuwe Volunteers will be involved in study 

sessions on girl child education, impact of 

HIV/AIDS on child education, Youth 

participation in decision making processes. 











Terminal/Region: Mfuwe is located in the 

south Luangwa National Park area East of 

Zambia. It is about 685 Km away from the 

capital city Lusaka and 100 Km from the 

provincial capital Chipata. It is 25 kilometers 

from the park main entrance. Mfuwe is one of 

the busiest destinations for tourists coming to 

Zambia and has the best animals in the world. 





















26, 2008 

Topic: Others 


Livingstone, Maramba Youth Centre 

Work: Community musical concerts, cleaning 

orphanages, teaching children in different 

Schools about child rights, Child rights football 

match, debates etc. HIV/AIDS Outreach 

activities will also be done for the Youth in the 

second week of the Workcamp. 

Study: Together we stand up to Protect 

Children against any form of Abuse and 

Prevent HIV/AIDS among the Youth” 










Terminal/Region: Livingstone, Maramba Youth 

Centre, 15 Km from Livingstone town and 38 

Km from the Mighty Victoria Falls. It is about 

472 Km from the capital city Lusaka. 





















2008 

Topic: Others 


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Work: Renovation of a community school. 











Terminal/Region: 21 Km from Livingstone 

town and 38 Km from the Mighty Victoria Falls. 

It is about 472 Km from the capital city Lusaka. 





















2008 

Topic: Others 


Kilelabalanda 

Work: Construction of a volunteer teacher’s 

house. Work to be done includes continuation 

of the construction of the teacher’s house. 

Study sessions and excursions to Mutanda 

Falls, the monument (ancient paintings and the 

falls), and Kaole Falls will also be done. 

Study: Theme: Together we stand up to 

Protect Children against any form of Abuse and 

Prevent HIV/AIDS among the Youth 










Terminal/Region: Kilelabalanda, Solwezi is in 

the North Western Province of Zambia about 

600 Km from Lusaka and Kilelabalanda is 

located about 5Km from Solwezi town center. 



















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1. India - SCI India 



Campcode:IN-SCI-6-1 

Kodagu (Coorg) 

Work: Tree Plantation, Cleaning and 

restructuring of playground, Interation with local 

people. A two-day trekking programme is also 

being organised as a part of the workcamp. 



Accommodation: : Simple Vegetarian food 

and dormitory accomodation will be provided. 

Terminal/Region: About Kodagu (Coorg): 

Coorg is located in the ghats of the state of 

Karnataka and also called the Scotland of 

India. 252 kms from Bangalore and 1525 m 

above sea level lies Madikeri, the district 

headquarters of Kodagu. Coorg 

Extra info: Equivalent of Euro 150/ in Indian 

Rupees payable in Delhi, Omkareshwara 

Temple, Raja Seat, Abbe Falls, Bhagamandala, 

Talacauvery, Irpu falls 


1. Indonesia - IIWC Indonesia 



Campcode:ID-IIW-9-10 

Bali Camp / Bali Island 

The aims of the camp are to get to know 

Balinese culture and tradition, sharing 

knowledge and experience in voluntary service 

activities, to spread out the ideas of 

international workcamp and voluntary service 

more to the young volunteers in Bali. 

Work: Cultural and traditional learning, school 

visit for cultural and games exchanges, 

language lessons, learning dancing, painting 

and traditional music. 

Accommodation: Host family, sleeping bag 

and mattress needed, self cooking 

Location: Denpasar Bali Island. Meeting Point: 

KISARA PKBI Daerah Bali office. Jalan Gatot 

Subroto IV No 6 Denpasar Bali Airport: Ngurah 

Rai Denpasar airport Special remarks: Cultural 

activities, please be ready with your traditional 

clothes, costumes, song, dance, music, etc for 

exchange. Fee: Participation fee payable on 

arrival US $ 200 covering accommodation, 

meals, transportation, materials and insurance 

during the project 






BALI CAMP (Den Pasar) 

Cultural camp organized in cooperation with 

KISARA Bali. This will be the fourth cultural 

project organized there. The aims of the camp 

are to get to know Balinese culture and 

tradition, sharing knowledge and experience in 

voluntary service activities, to spread out the 

ideas of international workcamp and voluntary 

service more to the young volunteers in Bali. 

Work: Cultural and traditional exchanges like 

dancing, music, painting, languages, and 

school visit for cultural and games exchange, 

etc. 



Language: English must be spoken during the 

camp among the participants. 

Qualifications: Cultural activities, please be 

ready with your traditional clothes, costumes, 

song, dance, music, etc for exchange. 

Terminal/Region: Ngurah Rai Denpasar 

airport 

Extra info:Participation fee payable on arrival 

US $ 200 covering accommodation, meals, 

transportation, materials and insurance during 

the project 






Karimun Jawa camp I / Karimun Jawa island 

The main aim of the camp is to increase the 

awareness of the local people and youth to 

keep their environment as well as the natural 

resource there. Work : school visit for 

environment education, games for environment 

education, cleaning beach with students and 

local people around, some preservation action, 

snorkeling, and other activities related to 

environment education. Special remarks : Very 

beautiful sea side and view, please stick on the 

schedule planned (volunteers tent to disappear 

during the project). Please be on time in the 

meeting point because the boat sails only once 

a week and impossible to arrange second 

departure also do not forget your bathing suits 

and sun block. Be ready for sun burnt J 

Location : Karimun Jawa island, around 4 hours 

by boat from Semarang harbor 

Accommodation: Guess house, sleeping bag 

needed, food will be provided 

Language: English should be spoken among 

participants Meeting point : IIWC office Jl. 

Jembawan Raya no 8 Semarang 50124 

Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, +6224 

7603503 Airport : Ahmad Yani Semarang 

airport ; Train Station : Tawang Semarang train 

station Fee : participation fee payable on arrival 


transportation, material and insurance. 

Additional fee of US $ 30 will be charge to the 

volunteer for the transportation fee to the 

island. 






Karimun Jawa camp II / Karimun Jawa 

island 

The main aim of the camp is to increase the 

awareness of the local people and youth to 

keep their environment as well as the natural 

resource there. Work : school visit for 

environment education, games for environment 

education, cleaning beach with students and 

local people around, some preservation action, 

snorkeling, and other activities related to 

environment education. Special remarks : Very 

beautiful sea side and view, please stick on the 

schedule planned (volunteers tent to disappear 

during the project). Please be on time in the 

meeting point because the boat sails only once 

a week and impossible to arrange second 

departure also do not forget your bathing suits 

and sun block. Be ready for sun burnt J 

Location : Karimun Jawa island, around 4 hours 

by boat from Semarang harbor 

Accommodation: Guess house, sleeping bag 

needed, food will be provided 


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transportation, material and insurance. 

Additional fee of US $ 30 will be charge to the 

volunteer for the transportation fee to the 

island. 






Prambanan Camp / Prambanan 

Project: This is the first project in Prambanan 

temple the project will get help from expert 

archaeologist, volunteers will help to rebuild the 

temple, Prambanan temple is one of the amaze 

herritage from Indonesian ancestors, the 

temple still in under construction because the 

earthquake in Yogyakarta last time, Prambanan 

also as the most favorite tourist object. The 

main aims of the camp is to help the 

archaeologists to rebuild Prambanan temple 

Work: construction work, cultural exchange 

among participants and local people around, 

etc. Special remarks : construction work, be 

ready with hard work, volunteers will work 

totally in outside sun burn will easy to get 

prepare your sun block. J 

Location: . 

Accommodation: Host family, need sleeping 

bag, self cooking 









transportation, material and insurance 






Surabaya camp / Surabaya East Java 

The main aims is to share care and happiness 

feeling with disable children. 

Work: playing games, funny performance, sing 

a song together, drawing pictures, coloring 

pictures. Special remarks : Innocent children, 

loves, cares, and patient really need to face the 

children, big smiles, and many ideas about 

games and performance also needed J 

Location: Surabaya East Java 

Accommodation: Host family, need sleeping 

bag, self cooking 


participants Meeting point : Surabaya East Java 

(exact place will confirm) Airport : Juanda 

Surabaya airport ; Train Station : Pasar Turi 

train station Fee : participation fee payable on 


meals, transportation, material and insurance 






Surabaya camp / Surabaya East Java 

This camp is organized to help the street 

children with the skill development so hopefully 

volunteers and children can create interesting 

activities in the shelter that makes the children 

stay longer in the shelter. The idea of creating 

these activities is to reduce the time spent on 

the street. Street is dangerous for the children, 

so more time spent in the shelter will be better 

for the children. The second aim is to increase 

the skill of the street children so that they do not 

only beg and ask money form others. It will be 

nice if they have skill that finally will lead them 

to better job and life in the future. Or at least 

they can be independent with the skill they get. 

Work: Skill development in the shelter, 

language lessons, club activities like singing, 

music, drawing, etc, personal health teaching, 

as well as cultural and games exchange 

activities. Special remarks: Be ready with many 

ideas of games, plays, easy and applicable 

skills for the children. Bring some info of 

personal health material like how to brush 

teeth, washing hands, cutting nails, etc. Story 

books, candies, toys, origami papers, etc will be 

very interesting for the children. Be patient and 

have big big smiles!!! 

Accommodation: A street children shelter, 

sleeping bag and mattress needed, self 

cooking 

Location: Surabaya, East Java Indonesia. 

Language: English Meeting point : Surabaya 

East Java (exact place will confirm) Airport : 

Juanda Surabaya airport ; Train Station : Pasar 

turi train station Fee : participation fee payable 

on arrival US $ 200 covering accommodation, 

meals, transportation, material and insurance 






Blora camp / Blora Central Java 

The aims of the camp is to increase the reading 

habit of English among the local students, 

encourage them to learn more as well as to 

learn Indonesian culture by joining the festival 

for Independence Day. 

Work: School visits, English Competition, 

Organizing Bazaar and cultural night, 

Discussion, crazy games for Independence 

Day, cooking session, games and cultural 

exchanges, etc. Special remarks: be ready to 

organize bazaar and English competition for 

students, many ideas for games, competition 

and cultural exchange. So enthusiastic local 

children, be patient and have big big smiles!!! 



Location: Mlangsen Village, Blora Central Java 

Indonesia. 


participants Meeting Point: IIWC office Jalan 

Jembawan Raya No 8 Semarang Indonesia 

Airport: Ahmad Yani Semarang airport Fee: 

Participation fee payable on arrival US $ 200 

covering accommodation, meals, 

transportation, materials and insurance during 

the project 



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Tandang camp / Semarang Central Java 

The main aims are to increase the skill of the 

street children, create activities that will attract 

the children so that they spend more time in the 

shelter than in the street, Giving the children 

other opportunity to make living rather than 

going to the street. 

Work: School visits, skill development for the 

children, teaching personal health and 

sanitation, games and cultural exchange, 

charity activities to help the development of 

children community center there. 

Accommodation: Host family, sleeping bag is 

needed, self cooking. 

Location: Tandang Village, South Semarang, 

Central Java Indonesia. 


participants Meeting point: IIWC office, Jalan 

jembawan Raya no 8 Semarang, Central Java 

Indonesia. 

Terminal/Region: Ahmad Yani Semarang 

Airport. Special remarks: Street children area, 

please note that bad sanitation and hygiene 

should be considered. Discussion on children 

issues, bring some info. Story books, toys, 

origami papers, candies, balloons, will be 

interesting for the children. Fee: Participation 

fee payable on arrival; US $ 200 covering 

accommodation, meals, transportation, material 

and insurance for accident during the project. 






Mangkang camp II / Semarang Central Java 

The aims of the camps are to initiate the project 

of protecting the sea shore, increase the 

awareness of the local people and the 

fisherman to protect their environment and 

future. 

Work: Planting mangrove, mapping the 

mangrove conservation area, environment 

education to local people and children, school 

visits for environment education and Olympic 

games for environment. Special remarks: Very 

hot, be ready with sun block and sun burnt. 

Bring some ideas for environment education 

and Olympic games for environment education 

Location: Mangkang, Semarang Central Java 

Indonesia. 











transportation, material and insurance. Meeting 

point: IIWC office, Jalan jembawan Raya no 8 

Semarang, Central Java Indonesia. 


Airport. Special remarks: Very hot, be ready 

with sun block and sun burnt. Bring some ideas 

for environment education and Olympic games 

for environment education. Fee: Participation 









Delik Rejo camp / Semarang Central Java 

The main aims are to increase the skill of the 

street children, encourage the children to learn 

English more, create activities that will attract 

the children so that they spend more time in the 

shelter than in the street, Giving the children 

other opportunity to make living rather than 

going to the street. 

Work: School visits, skill development for the 

children, teaching personal health and 

sanitation, games and cultural exchange, 

charity activities to help the development of 

children community center there. 



Location: Delik Rejo, South Semarang, Central 

Java Indonesia. 

Language: English Meeting point: IIWC office, 

Jalan jembawan Raya no 8 Semarang, Central 

Java Indonesia. 


Airport. Special remarks: Street children area, 

please note that bad sanitation and hygiene 

should be considered. Discussion on children 

issues, bring some info. Story books, toys, 

origami papers, candies, balloons, will be 

interesting for the children. Fee: Participation 







2008 

Topic: Others 


Kedung Mundu / Semarang Central Java 

The main aims of the camp is helping out Griya 

Asa in conducting the guidance and education 

for Sexual Transmitted Infection and HIV/AIDS, 

increasing the awareness of using condoms 

toward the clients, and to increase the 

bargaining power of the prostitutes so that the 

client have to use condoms for the transaction. 

One important emphasize of this camp is to 

increase the awareness of the prostitutes and 

the client to do VCT (test for HIV/AIDS). 

Work: STI and HIV/AIDS education action, 

using condoms campaign, organizing HIV/AIDS 

Day campaign together with other volunteers 

and other NGOs concerning with HIV/AIDS 

prevention in Semarang. Special remarks: 

Bring some info, leaflets, condoms and other 

materials of HIV/AIDS from your country for 

discussion. Be very creative to approach the 

client. 

Accommodation: The office of Griya Asa, 

sleeping bag needed, self cooking 

Location: Kedung Mundu Prostitution 

Complex, Semarang Central Java Indonesia. 


participants Meeting Point: IIWC office Jalan 

Jembawan Raya No 8 Semarang Indonesia 

Airport: Ahmad Yani Semarang airport, Tawang 

train station Fee: Participation fee payable on 


meals, transportation, materials and insurance 

during the project 


1. Japan - NICE Japan 



Campcode:JP-NIC-6-33 

Shirakami 2 

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NICE/6,33 Shirakami 2 (Aomori) 24/05-01/06 

ENVI 7 vols. (4 int.) Organized together with 

Shirakami Mountains Preservation Society 

(SMPS) since 06. The Shirakami Mountains is 

a huge mountainous area and one of Japanese 

valuable preserved natural forests consisting 

primarily of beech trees. It was registered as a 

World Natural Heritage in 1993 and SMPS aims 

to help preserving the natural beauty of the 

Shirakami Mountains, so we try to maintain this 

forest by the global voluntary power! 

Work: We will do various types of nature 

conservation works such as 1) Cutting glasses 

to improve ecological richness of the forest and 

2) Maintain the forest with the villagers. We will 

also help local farmers. Part of Greening Asia. 

Study: Similar kind of activities in each country 

and Greening Asia. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: A simple house. SB! CV 

Language: The Shirakami Mountains, located 

in the northern part of Honshu Island, is a huge 

mountainous area (130,000 hectares on the 

border between Aomori and Akita Prefectures). 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo (7 hours by bullet 

train or 10 hours by bus) 

Language: Exchange parties, excursion, etc. 

Qualifications: volunteers must be prepared to 

work outside in good and bad weather and 

have motivation to actively work in the forests 

with local people! 






Shirakawa-Go 

NICE/31 Shirakawa-Go (Gifu) 30/05-12/06 


Toyota Shirakawa-Go Eco Institute (TSEI) 

since 2006. This NPO run by some 

environmental NPOs, the local government and 

TOYOTA since 2005. It has 172 ha of land and 

organize various types of nature protection, 

cultural activities and nature discovery 

programs. They expect voluntary power and 

fresh wind to the workcamp, for example, to 

improve the sanctuary (edible glass garden) for 

endangered Gifu butterflies by enabling flowers 

grown more easily. 

Work: We’ll do various types of nature 


to improve ecological richness of the forest, 2) 

Planting trees with the villagers to recover the 

forest in the hill of soils which was produced by 

the big road construction and 3) Improving the 

sanctuary for the butterflies. 

Study: Merits and demerits as the World 

Heritages and future plan of TSEI. Bring some 

info.! P: International cooking parties, 

excursions, etc. 

Accommodation: A house with a steep rafter 

roof (World heritage!!) and Employee’s 

lodgings. SB! MP 

Language: A small, mountain village famous 

for its beautiful and traditional buildings 

registered as the World Cultural Heritage by 

UNESCO in 1995. 96% of the land is forest 

here! 2 hours from Takayama. 

Terminal/Region: Nagoya (3 hours by express 

train & bus). From Tokyo, 7 hours by bullet train 

or 10 hours by bus. 

Qualifications: Motivation to nature protection 






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We will also support to organize a symposium 

about the Shirakami Mountains. 


















Topic: Others 


Maki 1 

NICE/11,36 Maki 1 (Nagano) 25/06-08/07 AGRI 

8 vols. (4 int.) Organized together with Maki 

Farm of Kyodo Gakusha (KG) since 00. KG is a 

NPO running 5 organic farming communities in 

Japan where people with various backgrounds 

such as mentally disadvantaged, those who 

want to learn farming, etc. in order to change 

our society from competitive to cooperative. 

Maki Farm has 5-10 members and is located in 

a very isolated area (not accessible for cars 

and we have to walk 4 km in the mountains), so 

once it became an abandon village in 1970s. 

Work: We will help their organic farming 

(weeding in rice and vegetable fields, planting 

vegetables, taking care of goats and chicken) 

and also carry the things from the town, 

renovate the trails, help their house work, etc. 

Be ready to work for quite a long time (05:30- 

18:00 with some brakes) and hard. 

Study: Similar type of communities in each 

country and their networking. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Building for volunteers in the 

farm. CV. SB! There are some gas, electricity 

and water! 

Language: Very isolated, but beautiful place 

near “Japanese Northern Alps”. About 900 

meters asl. There are something remained here 

that most of Japanese areas have lost in 

modernization. 

Terminal/Region: From Tokyo, 4 hours by 

express train or 8-10 hours by bus and train. 

Language: Visit to the elementary school, foot 

ball and baseball (optional), exchange party, 

etc. 

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Qualifications: Physically strength. Agricultural 

or architectural skills are welcome! Motivation 

letter is needed! 






Special G8 Workcamp 

Special project ONLY for G8 countries!!! 

NICE/6,37 Special G8 Workcamp (Hokkaido) 

27/06-10/07 ENVI 10 vols. (7 int.) Newly 

organized together with Hokkaido International 

exchange Foundation (HIF), CCIVS, NVDA in 

strong cooperation with UNESCO and many 

others. G8 Summit will be held in Toyako, 

Hokkaido in 07-09 July and this is a special 

project to the summit 7 years after the similar 

practice in Italy. We aim to promote actions to 

prevent climate change all over the world and 

international voluntary service by utilizing this 

opportunity. Tanabata is a Japanese traditional 

custom to hang wish on bamboo trees. 

Work: We will mainly promote WTA (World 

Tanabata Action) to plant seeds/ seedlings and 

write “my action” on the papers, in elementary 

schools, Indigenous people’s Summit, 

Alternative Summit by NGOs, etc. and make an 

art by the papers collected from all over the 

world to be submitted to G8/ UN leaders.. 

Study: Global warming. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Mountain hut, forest center, 

public building, etc. Be ready to simple 

conditions! SB! Often CV 

Language: Some places of Hokkaido (Toyako, 

Nibutani, Noboribetsu, etc. and possibly 

Sapporo for one day). We will move a lot that is 

hard, but also can enjoy many sights. 

Terminal/Region: Sapporo (3 hours by bus or 

train from Toyako) 

Language: Exchange parties with indigenous 

people/ NGO activists/ youth, hot spring, etc. 

Qualifications: ONLY vols. from G8 countries 

(Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 

Russia, UK, USA). Participants need to be 

ready to enjoy a very hard schedule to move 

the places (sometimes by bicycle!) and try to 

promote WTA in their countries beforehand with 

their sending organizations. Active members of 

Workcamp Organizations are specially 

welcome! Motivation letter is needed! 






Kurikoma 2 

NICE/6,38 Kurikoma 2 (Miyagi) 15/07-28/07 

ENVI, AGRI, ARTS 4 vols. (3 int.) Organized 

together with Kurikoma Plateau Nature School 

(KPNS) founded in 1996 since 06. KPNS 

reviews relations of humans and nature, and is 

offering the place where happier life can come. 

They provide various nature-oriented courses, 

eco-tour, kids programs and independence 

support of the student who has difficult 

background. They have the eco-village plan, 

and environment-friendly life is practiced there 

for sustainable society. 

Work: We will do the various works needed in 

the KPNS and area such as farming and 

construction work. It will be physically hard 

work. We will prepare/ run/ clean the local 

summer festival. Volunteers will help with 

activities with the youth aged 18-25 years who 

has difficult background. 

Study: Unique nature school in each country. 

Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Log cabin. SB! CV 

Language: Center of Tohoku area, north part 

of Japan. Kurikoma specified for the quasinational 

park can enjoy the beech wood and 

the alpine plant in all seasons. There is a snow 

of 2 meters in Feb & Mar. 




Qualifications: The site is a no smoking area. 

Volunteers should not have any remarks on 

diet. They are have very motivated to work with 

youth. 




Topic: Others 


Aya- Miyazaki 

NICE/11,39 Aya (Miyazaki) 18/07-25/07 AGRI, 

ARTS 6 vols. (3 int.) Organized together with a 

local group formed for this project that mainly 

consists of the local organic farmers and staffs 

of Center to Promote Organic since 99. This 

town is quite famous for promoting organic 

farming. In spite of such wonderful natural 

heritages, the population has been decreased, 

especially children are very few, so the main 

problem of Aya today is aging. We aim to 

activate the area by workcamps. 

Work: We will be divided into 2-3 groups, help 

local farmers such as cutting bushes and 

harvesting vegetables. We will prepare/ run/ 

clean the local summer festival. There are 

possibilities to do some other community works. 

Study: Attractive city planning. Bring some 

info.! 

Accommodation: Public hall. SB! CV. 

Language: South east of Kyushu Island. About 

190 km of Fukuoka. This town is quite famous 

for promoting organic farming and eco-tourism 

by leadership of the mayor and some others. 

Terminal/Region: Fukuoka (6 hours by bus). 

From Osaka, 11 hours by bullet train or 16 

hours by midnight bus. 

Language: Sports, exchange program with 

kids, etc. 

Qualifications: Interest in Japanese local 

community. Volunteers need to be able to ride 

a bicycle, and should not have any remarks on 

diet. 






Kuromatsunai 

NICE/5,40 Kuromatsunai (Hokkaido) 20/07- 

16/08 KIDS 6 vols. (3 int.) Organized together 

with Buna-no-mori Shizen Gakko (nature 

school with beech forests) since 03. BSG was 

started in 1998 to promote quality and quantity 

of ecological education for kids and run various 

kinds of kids programs. They have a summer 

vacation program around 27/07-15/08 with 

about 20-25 kids aged 8-15 where they enjoy 

canoe, playing in the coast and river, camping, 

etc. and want to put global colors which should 

grow understanding and passion to different 

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cultures in those kids. 

Work: We will help to run this summer program 

by playing with kids, running cultural programs 

such as teaching your dance, songs, arts, 

sports, games, cooking, etc. and helping house 

works such as cleaning and cooking with 

professional staffs and other vols. You won’t 

have much free time. 

Study: Life of kids in each country to be 

introduced to the kids there. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Old school (you will sleep in 

the same rooms with the kids by turns). SB! CV 

Language: South west of Hokkaido island. Full 

of beautiful nature with national reserve of 

beech forests, a river and wetland. Main 

industry is cattle farming. 

Terminal/Region: Sapporo (2 hours by 

express train). From Tokyo, 13 hours by bullet 

train or 32 hours by ship. 


Qualifications: High motivation to work with 

kids all day and to run outdoor activities even in 

rain. Similar types of experience and Japanese 

speaking skill are welcome! Motivation letter is 

needed! 






Yasuoka 

NICE/5,41 Yasuoka (Nagano) 20/07-31/08 

KIDS 5 vols. (2 int.) Organized together with 

Green Wood (GW) since 07. GW is a local 

NPO established in 1993 to promote education 

of children by experience in nature. They run a 

school for students from cities, first aid classes, 

kids exchange projects in the northeast Asia 

and various types of children’s nature 

experience camps for community planning. 

They have many staff members and also short 

term volunteers (for several days), but need a 

few longer term volunteers to run the summer 

program stably. 

Work: We will assist to run various types of 3- 

10 days children’s summer camps such as 

playing with kids, managing safety, food and 

other stuffs, helping kids to cook, preparing and 

cleaning the places. We will be separated to 

each program to work with local staff, so don’t 

expect to be there as a group. 

Study: Kids play scheme in each country. Bring 

some info.! 

Accommodation: Tents in the camping site. 

SB! CV with kids and the staff. 

Language: The south edge of Nagano 

prefecture and 80% of the village land is 

forests. 40% of 2,000 inhabitants are aged 65 

or more. They have rich nature and a lot of fruit 

farms! 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo, 5-6 hours by 

highway bus and slow train 

Language: Various enjoyable programs with 

children, exchange parties, etc. 

Qualifications: Very high motivation to work 

with kids all day and run outdoor activities even 

in rain. Good Japanese language and a 

motivation letter is needed! You are welcome to 

come even earlier. 






Kodomo-mura 1 

NICE/5,42 Kodomo-mura 1 (Oita) 23/07-25/08 

KIDS 12 vols. (6 int.) Organized since 98 

together with Kodomo-mura Project. They run 

Summer Vacation Kids Program called " 

Kodomo-mura" (Kids Village = KV) with 30 kids 

aged 8-15 every year where they play, cook 

and live in the nature as they plan to grow their 

independence, sensitivity, group cooperation, 

and want to put global colors which grow 

understanding and passion toward different 

cultures. We need to be ready to spend 24 

hours with them for this period except some 

free days. 

Work: We will first have an orientation to 

understand the aims and the objectives. Then, 

we will help and live together with kids in KV 

such as supporting activities, teaching songs, 

sleeping and showing your culture. The kids will 

try to plan the schedule by themselves, so you 

will need to respect their ways! 

Study: Life of kids in each country and its 

activities. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: A community center and 

Tents. SB! CV but sometimes MP 

Language: Small village in the mountains, in 

the very center of Kyushu Island. 

Terminal/Region: Fukuoka. From Osaka, 9 

hours by bullet train or 12 hours by midnight 

bus. 

Language: Excursion, exchange parties, etc. 

Qualifications: Volunteers should love kids 

and speak/ understand some Japanese 

language. Responsibilities, group 

cooperativeness and motivation are necessary! 

Specialist of games, songs, cooks & similar 

types of experience is very welcome. Motivation 







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Shirakami Nature School (SNS). For the 

background of Mt.Shirakami, please see 

NICE/6,33! They have a summer vacation 

program with 25 kids aged 7-12 where they 

play, cook and live in the nature as they plan to 

grow their independence, sensitivity, group 

cooperation, and want to put global colors 

which grow understanding and passion toward 

different cultures. We need to be ready to 

spend 24 hours with them during this period 

except some free days. 



we will help and live together with kids all the 

time in the summer program, such as 

supporting activities, teaching songs, sleeping 

and showing your culture, performance. You 

need to respect their ways! 



Accommodation: A very simple house. SB! 

CV 







Language: Excursion of Mt. Shirakami, 

exchange parties, etc. 

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letter is needed!. 




Topic: Others 


Takane 

NICE/11,44 Takane (Gifu) 26/07-08/08 FEST, 

ELDE, AGRI 15 vols. (7 int.) Organized 

together with a local government since 00. As 

well as many other mountain villages, 

depopulation is serious here. The population 

has been decreased to only 650, so they 

started to organize “the biggest bonfire festival 

in Japan“ in late 90s but lack people to help 

preparation and running, so the workcamp has 

been appreciated as inevitable voluntary power 

for it. Also, elders who still maintain the 

landscape nearly alone in each area have been 

so happy to our activities with them! 

Work: We will 1) mainly help to prepare/ run/ 

clean the biggest bonfire festival (we may also 

make acrylic sponges and sell them to support 

other Asian countries!), 2) help elderly people 

by cutting fire woods and by working in the daycare 

center and 3) work in the corn fields, one 

of new special products. 

Study: Best practice to revive depopulated 

areas in each country and their networking. 


Accommodation: Village center. You will enjoy 

a hot spring every day near the center! SB! CV. 

Language: About 450 km west of Tokyo. The 

nearest town is Takayama, a popular tourist 

town with traditional streets and architectures. 

World heritage of Shirakawa-go is also not too 

far. 

Terminal/Region: Nagoya (3 hours by express 

train). From Tokyo, 5 hours by bullet train or 8 

hours by bus. 

Language: Exchange parties with the local 

youth group, visit to the junior high school. 

excursion, etc. 

Qualifications: Motivation to activate the 

village 




Topic: Others 


Showa-mura 1 

NICE/11,45 Showa-mura 1 (Fukushima) 27/07- 

09/08 AGRI 10 vols. (5 int.) Organized together 

with Terakoya-Hojyosha. They run an 

alternative school where they host kids who 

could not go to school because of many 

different reasons. This Showa-mura is a rural 

village and surrounded by rich nature, but has 

been facing on serious depopulation, and the 

number of vacant house and abandoned farms 

has been increasing rapidly. So, this group has 

been trying to restore and animating this area. 

Work: Helping local farms, flower farms, 

planning, preparing. They cultivate abandoned 

farms and repair abandoned school buildings, 

they want to develop these activities with 

volunteers. Participating in several local events. 

Study: Organizing nature activities. Please 

bring some information of nature school in your 

country. 

Accommodation: Building in abandoned 

school. Cooking with other volunteers by turn. 

Language: Showa village, a small village in 

forest area, the population is about 19,000. 

There is a hot spring in the village. 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo ( 5 hours from Tokyo 

by bus) 


Qualifications: Interest in agriculture and the 

project of the workcamp 




Topic: Others 


Un-nan A 

NICE/11,47A Un-nan A (Shimane) 01/08-10/08 

AGRI, FEST 13 teen vols. (3 int.) Organized 

together with a local group formed for this 

project since 06. We started an international 

teenage workcamp in Japan since 05, aiming to 

give them chances to understand about 

different cultures and build international 

friendship. In this area, the population has been 

decreased and especially, children are very 

few, so the main problem today is aging. We 

aim to activate this area by the global voluntary 

power! 

Work: We will help the local farmers by such as 

cutting bushes, harvesting vegetables together 

with them. We will also prepare/ run/ clean the 

local summer festival. There are possibilities to 

do some other community work. 

Study: The youth issues and education in each 

country. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Public house. SB! CV 

Language: Un-nan is located in the east part of 

Shimane prefecture, the area of highlands 

about 100 km from Matsue-city. It is a small city 

with the population of about 50,000. 

Terminal/Region: Osaka (5 hours by train). 

From Tokyo, 8 hours by bullet train or 12 hours 

by midnight bus. 

Language: Exchange parties, excursions, 

sports festival, etc. 

Qualifications: Only 15-18 years old P 

Food: The additional fee of 20,000 yen should 

be paid on your arrival directly. 




Topic: Others 


Ogata 

NICE/11,49 Ogata (Oita) 02/08-16/08 AGRI, 

FEST, KIDS 10 vols. (5 int.) Organized together 

with a local group formed for this project by 

various people, such as local governmental 

staff, organic farmers and many local people 

since 02. Ogata town is famous for the tulip and 

the population was 6,500, which is incorporated 

as Bungo-ono city. In spite of such wonderful 

natural heritages, the population has been 

decreased, especially children are very few, so 

the main problem of Ogata today is aging. We 

aim to activate the area by workcamps. 

Work: We will 1)be divided into 3-4 groups, 

help local farmers such as cutting bushes and 

harvesting Vegetable 2) join a kids’ activity 

which is held for few days and 3) help to 

prepare, run and clean “the Kodai festival” that 

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is a very traditional festival. 

Study: Effective cases to activate depopulated 

areas in each country. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Public hall. SB! CV 

Language: Ogata is a very beautiful town. 

There is a big waterfall that is called “the 

Oriental Niadara falls”. It is located near the 

border with Oita and Kumamoto prefectures. 

Terminal/Region: Fukuoka (5 hours by train & 

bus). From Osaka, 9 hours by bullet train or 13 


Language: Exchange program with local 

people, hot spring, etc. 

Qualifications: Interest in nature, agriculture 

and the project of the workcamp. 




Topic: Others 


Namino 

NICE/11,50 Namino (Kumamoto) 02/08-17/08 

AGRI, FEST, KIDS 12 vols. (6 int.) Organized 


project by various people, such as local 

governmental staffs, craft man and farmers, 

since 98. The terrible religious Group "Oom", 

who caused a poison gas crime in Tokyo in 95, 

had try to live here BEFORE 95 though local 

people had been very against. Now, here is 

COMPLETELY SAFE, all of they have left away 

but the area is still damaged by a bad image, 

so they want to revive an activated community 

by utilizing international workcamps! 

Work: We will be divided into 4-5 groups, help 

local farmers such as cutting bushes and 

harvesting vegetable. We will prepare/ run/ 

clean the local summer festival. We will also 

join Kid’s camp, which will be held in this village 

for few days. 

Study: Activation of local communities by 

utilizing former school. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Walking Center (base for 

environmental education). SB! CV 

Language: Namino is a very beautiful village 

and in the center of Kyushu Island about 

110km southeast of Fukuoka. It is located near 

the border with Oita and Kumamoto 

prefectures. 

Terminal/Region: Fukuoka (5 hours by train). 

From Osaka, 9 hours by bullet train or 13 hours 


Language: Home stay, hiking on the mountain, 

hot spring, etc. 


project of the workcamp. 


17. Japan - SCI Japan 



Campcode:JP-SCI-5-3 

Kosugi Farm, Yamanashi 

The farm is located in the mountain area 100 

km west of Tokyo. In 1997, the first workcamp 

started with the construction of a shelter for 

dropouts from schooling in the local community. 

The project is recently providing local 

community programs for mixed age group to 

learn how to harmonize with environment. The 

new plan has been proposed and coordinated 

by local activists involving farmers to create a 

play-ground where children can find themselves 

closer to the nature. 

Work: The work includes clearing and grubbing 

forest to improve the environment. Using the 

lumber obtained from the forest, volunteers 

make play equipment for kids. (There may be 

some change.) 

Study: Discuss and experience how volunteers 

work in a relief workcamp in developing area 

and/ or in critical living conditions. In order to 

participate in Bon Odori Festival volunteers 

learn Bon Odori (folk dance). 

Accommodation: An old, simple Japanesestyle 

house with a kitchen where the volunteers 

cook by themselves. A traditional iron bath, a 

flush toilet and washing facilities are available. 

Bring sleeping bag, Warm clothes for a chilly 

climate(below 20 degrees C at night). 

Language: Japanese / English Contact: scijapan@sci-japan.org 




Topic: Others 


Hanawa 

NICE/11,52 Hanawa (Fukushima) 04/08-18/08 

FEST 14 vols. (8 int.) Organized together with 

KOBOSHA, a local NPO for community 

planning since 96. We joined the summer 

festival called “TORO NAGASHI” that is a 

memorial service for an ancestor by making a 

lantern and floating to a river. It is one of the 

traditional festivals in JAPAN. We will make 

large TORO (2 x 2 meters) for the festival in 

this workcamp. We aim to activate the area by 

workcamps. Locals have been encouraged to 

improve and to be proud of their community 

through past workcamps! 

Work: We will mainly help and join the festival 

by making four big lanterns “TORO” (2 x 2 

meters) and hundreds of small lanterns 

together with local students. You can design 

big “TORO” with your ideas for this festival. It 

will be physically hard work. 

Study: Unique festivals in each country. Bring 

some info.! 

Accommodation: Public Sports Center. SB! 

CV 

Language: It is located at the south part of 

Fukushima (about 150 km north from Tokyo), 

small town, 80% of which are forests, about 

150 km north of Tokyo. 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo, 5 hours by slow train 

Language: Home stay, sports, exchange 

parties, etc. 

Qualifications: Interest in making big lanterns 

“TORO”, Japanese culture and working with 

locals!! 






Unzen 

NICE/5,53 Unzen (Nagasaki) 04/08-17/08 

KIDS, DISA, ELDE 12vols. (6 int.) Organized 

together with Unzen Social Welfare (a kind of 

half-governmental) Association since 94. The 

workcamp used to be "Minami-takaki (with the 

next town)", until we started only in Kunimi town 

independently, which is incorporated as Unzen 

city. The past workcamps were quite successful 

to encourage Summer Volunteer School (SVS) 

that are held for 3 days to promote volunteering 

and international friendships with 100 kids aged 

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10-18, and also helping a local summer festival 

since 00. 

Work: We will 1) work with the volunteer club of 

the 20 local girls and boys within the ages of 10 

to 15 by helping for the elderly and 

disadvantaged people such as wheelchair 

users, etc., 2) care for elderly people at 

nursing-care facility and 3) work together with 

local volunteer groups. 

Study: Current volunteer activities by kids in 

your country. Bring some info! 

Accommodation: Social Welfare Center where 

we also have day-care facility. SB! Mostly MP 

Language: Small town, about 80 km east of 

Nagasaki, a very famous symbolic place 

against nuclear war. This town is very famous 

for football in Japan. 

Terminal/Region: Fukuoka (3 hours by train/ 

ferry). From Osaka, 7 hours by bullet train or 13 

hours by midnight bus 

Language: Home stay for a few days, 


Qualifications: Motivation to work with them. If 

you can speak some or good Japanese, it will 

be good! 






Shirakami 5 



Shirakami Nature School (SNS). For the 

background of Mt.Shirakami, please see 

NICE/6,33! They have a summer vacation 

program with 25 kids aged 7-12 where they 

play, cook and live in the nature as they plan to 

grow their independence, sensitivity, group 

cooperation, and want to put global colors 

which grow understanding and passion toward 

different cultures. We need to be ready to 

spend 24 hours with them during this period 




we will help and live together with kids all the 

time in the summer program, such as 

supporting activities, teaching songs, sleeping 

and showing your culture, performance. You 

need to respect their ways! 



Accommodation: A very simple house. SB! 

CV 







Language: Excursion of Mt. Shirakami, 








letter is needed!. 






Kitakyushu 

NICE/5,57 Kitakyushu (Fukuoka) 12/08-25/08 


Kitakyushu Seinen Mirai Juku (KSMJ) since 07. 

Since the first Japanese large-scale steel 

manufacture factory was completed in 

Kitakyushu, the population has been increased 

and the town has developed since 1901. 

However, today the city centers is getting 

lifeless because of decline of the local 

industries. KSMJ would like to activate the town 

by youth and global voluntary power. The 

workcamp will be coordinated by the local 

youth, especially an active member of NICE. 

Work: We will join a Kid’s camp for a few days 

and help and live together with kids all the time 

such as supporting activities and showing your 

culture, performance. We will also try to involve 

a lot of people and hold an event for activation 

of the shopping street. 

Study: Activation of the shopping street. Bring 

some info.! 

Accommodation: Shinto shrine. SB! CV 

Language: The north part of Kyushu where the 

population is one million people. 

Terminal/Region: Fukuoka (1 hour by train). 
















Fuji-Shizuoka 

NICE/6,58 Fuji (Shizuoka) 14/08-28/08 ENVI, 

AGRI 20 vols. (10 int.) Organized together with 

Chuo National Youth House (CNYH) since 05. 

CNYH is a social education facility, which aims 

to educate youth through a variety of group 

activities, experiences and study. It is located in 

the foot in Mt. Fuji that has been a popular 

tourism spot for a long time ago. However, a 

beautiful virgin forest that exists widely in Mt. 

Fuji has been lost by garbage that the tourist 

leaves and the illegal disposal. We will activate 

this project as a fresh wind. 

Work: We will do cleaning activity of Mt. Fuji 

with a local group that consists of 30 Japanese 

university students and local motivate people 

and construct volunteer House to promote 

voluntary activities. We will also help local 

farmers near the workcamp site. 

Study: The future plan of beautiful mountains 

in the world and their networking. Bring some 

info.! 

Accommodation: Volunteer House. SB! CV 

Language: Mt. Fuji is 3,776m high and is the 

highest mountain in Japan situated at the 

border of southeastern Yamanashi and 

Shizuoka. It is the world famous symbol of 

Japan. 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo (90 min by bullet train 

or 3 hours by slow train) 

Language: Mt.Fuji climbing, exchange parties, 

sports, etc. 

Qualifications: Motivation to actively work and 



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Ogi-Nigata 

NICE/6,59 Ogi (Niigata) 14/08-31/08 ENVI, 

FEST 6 vols. (3 int.) Organized together with 

“Morito”, a local voluntary group in Sado Island 

since 01. They take care of the school forest 

called “Furusato-no-mori Park” in Ogi town, the 

south part of the Island. It gives local people 

many opportunities to enjoy themselves in the 

forest at each season. Now, they are trying to 

focus on caring for the forest with local people. 

They expect youth and foreign volunteers to 

activate the area mentally and physically. 

Work: We will participate in the art festival 

called “Earth Celebration” and sell soba 

(Japanese noodle) with local people. Also, we 

will work in the school forests by such as 

cutting bushes and create recreation program 

for local kids to experience in local forest. Part 

of Greening Asia. 

Study: Unique festivals in each country. Bring 

some info.! 

Accommodation: Tents. SB! CV 

Language: 300 km north-east of Tokyo. Sado 

Island is famous for gold and Japanese crested 

ibis. Ogi is in the southern part beside from the 

beach, so you can enjoy fishing and hot spring 

there! 


train and ferry from Naoetsu port) 

Language: Exchange parties, excursion, 

fishing, etc . 

Qualifications: Some Japanese language 

skills since the camp language will be 

JAPANESE! Those who have experience to 

join nature programs with kids are welcome. 






Taishi-Tonda 

NICE/6,60 Taishi-Tonda (Osaka) 15/08-29/08 


local NPOs, “Association to protect nature in 

Tondabayashi” and“ Hamuro club”. Though 

70% of Japanese lands are forests, huge 

forests are wasted since imported wood is 

much cheaper. Once we take care of forests, 

it’s better to take care of it for various ecology 

than just to leave it. As most members of this 

NPO are middle-aged, they expect our 

participation in itself. We will try to revive it in 

the global voluntary power! 

Work: We will work at 2 different forests. In 

“NICE Forest” where we also often have 

weekend workcamps, we will cut and clear 

trees, make trails, cut grasses and make a 

steps for footpath in an abandon rice field. Part 


Study: Similar kind of activities about forest in 

each country. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Very simple renovated 

house, last 7 days very simple log house which 

local people made by themselves. Cooking with 

firewood. SB! CV 

Language: 60 km south of Osaka, but full of 

nature near the workplace 

Terminal/Region: Osaka 

Language: Exchange parties, experiencing 

Japanese cultures, home stay, etc. 

Qualifications: Interest to protect nature and to 

exchange with people. Adaptable to enjoy 

simple life! 






Hoshino 

NICE/6,61 Hoshino (Fukuoka) 16/08-29/08 

ENVI, KIDS, EDUC 10 vols. (5 int.) Organized 


project by various groups such as a forestry 

cooperative, a local youth group etc. This 

village has got the 1st prize at the national 

contests for beautiful stars in the sky and for 

shelves of rice fields. In spite of such wonderful 

natural heritage, depopulation of especially 

youth are serious here as well as many other 

country sides in Japan. We aim to help nature 

conservation and to activate the area by 

workcamps. 

Work: We will work in the forests by such as 

cutting bushes. As we will contribute to nature 

conservation in Hoshino with global voluntary 

power, our movement will eventually lead to a 

greener world. We will also visit schools to raise 

awareness to protect nature! Part of Greening 

Asia. 

Study: Effective cases to activate depopulated 

areas in each country. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: A community center. SB! CV 

Language: Small village surrounded by 

mountains, about 50 km southeast of Fukuoka. 

There was a national Summit (conference) for 

protecting beautiful shelves of rice fields in 

2000. 

Terminal/Region: Fukuoka (2 hours by train & 

car). From Osaka, 6 hours by bullet train or 12 


Language: Home stay, watching stars, 



exchange with people. Adaptable to enjoy 

simple life! 


26. Japan - SCI Japan 



Campcode:JP-SCI-6-5 

Kanazawa Organic Farm 

The project partner, Ms.Yoko Kanazawa has 

been running an organic farm,Ukiashi-sanso to 

promote environmentally sustainable 

agriculture at a rural area150 km east of Tokyo 

for 13 years. She is growing rice and 

vegetables, chickens foreggs, and ducks for 

rice paddy weeding. The LTV placement by 

SCI-Japan startedin May, 2003 and the third 

volunteer is staying at the farm at the moment 

but unfortunately will be finishing her service 

soon in the end of June. We are eagerly 

expecting the next the most motivated 

volunteer to this project. 

Work: Weeding, chopping wood, harvesting 

potatoes, feeding chickens and ducks,collecting 

eggs, repairing embankments around the living 

quarters 

Study: Environmental protection, sustainable 

life-style, slow life and slow food. Enjoy local 

hot spring and a day visit to Nikko, a famous 

tourist resort among visitors from overseas with 

a magnificent shrine and a lake. 

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Accommodation: An old Japanese-style farm 

house Bring bed linens( futon, mattresses, are 

provided), work clothes(long-sleeved), 

shoes(rubber boots are desirable), a hat and 

gloves. 

Language: English/Japanese Insurance: The 

SCI insurance scheme provides basic cover for 

illness and accidents for the duration of the 

camp. However, you are expected to take your 

own person belongings and accident insurance 

as well. 






Kamakura 

NICE/5,64 Kamakura (Kanagawa) 18/08-27/08 

KIDS, SOCI 10 vols. (5 int.) Organized together 

with Happy Kids Team (HKT) in NICE and an 

orphanage, Kamakura Children Home (KCH) 

since 04. HKT was started in 2004 since Child 

abuse was getting more serious years by years, 

so they organize weekend workcamps 1) every 

month in KCH, 2) 1-2 times a year for families 

(to prevent further abuse) and 3) 3-4 times for 

the foster family association by playing with 

their children while the parents are joining the 

seminars. They have monthly meeting in the 

office to study the issue. 

Work: We will work in KCH mainly to prepare/ 

run/ clean up their bon dance festival (you will 

also practice and show some performance 

together in the stage!) and also do some other 

things like farming/ playing/ studying with the 

children many of who are ex. abused kids. 

Study: Child abuse situation and activities in 

each country and global cooperation. Bring 

some info.! 

Accommodation: Church. SB! CV. 

Language: 30 km from Yokohama. Kamakura 

is an old capital city of Japan in the 13th-15th 

centuries and has a lot of attraction like old 

temples, green hills and a beach. 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo (60 min by slow train) 

Language: Exchange parties, one night home 

stay, excursions, etc. 

Qualifications: High motivatito work with the 

children with special background. Similar types 

of experience is welcome! Motivation letter is 

needed!. There are some possibilities to 

organize an optional weekend workcamp for 

families near Kamakura on 16-17 Aug. (to be 

informed in the information sheets)! 






Hinode 

NICE/4,66 Hinode (Tokyo) 20/08-31/08 DISA, 

FEST, ENVI 10vols. (5 int.) Organized together 

with Hinode Taiyo no Ie (HTI), Home for 

mentally disadvantaged since 92. As HTI has 

been isolated from the local community since 

its beginning in 87 due to their prejudice, it 

actively opens the place to the people through 

the festivals, ceramic art, etc. and NICE also 

has been acting as a "bridge" between locals & 

HTI through weekend and international 

workcamps and LAMP. They also try to be an 

ecological institution and the surrounding 

mountains need to be maintained. 

Work: We will 1) work with mentally 

disadvantaged in the fields or the building for 2- 

3 days, 2) maintain the forests(we may make 

bamboo charcoals, Part of Greening Asia) and 

3)exchange program with local kids to eradicate 

the prejudice. 

Study: Participation of disadvantaged people in 

each country. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: "Samurai House", the 

historically valuable for volunteers in HTI. SBN. 

CV. If you like traditional style of Japanese 

architecture, this will make you happy every 

day. 

Language: Mountain side with natural 

surroundings, about 50 km west of Tokyo. 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo (90 min by slow train) 

Language: Exchange parties, hot spring, 

ceramic art, etc. 

Qualifications: Motivation to work with 

mentally disadvantaged people. If you can 

speak some or good Japanese, it will be good! 

We also recruit volunteers for LAMP (Long And 

Middle term voluntary Programs). 




2008 



Shiojiri 

NICE/5,67 Shiojiri (Nagano) 22/08-06/09 KIDS, 

EDUC 12 vols. (8 int.) Organized together with 

Educational Committee of Shiojiri city 

government since 06. The staff of the 

Committee has joined some workcamps and is 

an active member of NICE. The elementary 

schools in this city hold some classes for simple 

English conversation, but the children have rare 

opportunities to exchange with foreigners, 

especially non-native speakers of English. Also, 

we aim to introduce cultural diversity of the 

world as well as children’s life in each country. 

Work: We will visit and organize the programs 

in 7-10 elementary schools (mostly, one day for 

each school) like introducing each culture, 

children’s life, games/ music/ dance/ craft/ 

cooking, social issues, etc. We may be often 

spilt into some groups though we will do it 

sometimes all together. 

Study: Education in each country and future 

cooperation like Sister Schools Project. Bring 

some info.! 

Accommodation: Public building. SB! CV 

Language: Center in Nagano prefecture(north 

west of Tokyo)! High land surrounded by Japan 

Alps mountains and producing many kinds of 

fruits such as apple, grape, pear. Not so hot in 

summer. 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo (3-4 hours by 

highway bus). 

Language: Exchange parties, sports, etc. 

Qualifications: Strong motivation in education 

and those who likes kids very much. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Wazuka 

NICE/11,68 Wazuka (Kyoto) 22/08-06/09 AGRI, 

CONC 16 vols. (8 int.) Organized together with 

a society for the study of producing organic 

Japanese tea in Wazuka since 01. They are 

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farmers some of who produce completely 

organic ones while the others do partly, but 

want to activate this area by tea in the future. 

The situation of organic farming in Japan is still 

difficult. We will understand tea, help them and 

try to involve more local people! Last year, we 

started to make a tea park that might become a 

symbol of Wazuka town in the future. 

Work: We will work to take care and think 

about tea garden, help their farming separated 

into some farm houses and organize a big one 

day event in Wazuka, which will involve local 

people in their redevelopment movement. 

Study: The proposal to the future plan of 

Wazuka and tea garden. Bring some idea! 

Accommodation: Comfortable public house. 

SB! CV 

Language: The most southern part of Kyoto, 

where is near the center of Kyoto and Nara 

which both are very historical and beautiful 

places. You should come here to see a lot of 

beautiful tea gardens!! 




Language: Sports, exchange, parties, school 

visiting, Japanese tea ceremony, excursion, tea 

guessing game, etc. 

Qualifications: We aim to learn and tell about 

Wazeka tea and activate the area by tea. To be 

flexible/ adaptable 




2008 

Topic: Others 


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2008 



Satsuma 

NICE/6,70 Satsuma (Kagoshima) 23/08-06/09 


Eco Link Association (ELA). ELA wants to 

create a sustainable society through 

environmental preservation and achieving 

harmonious coexistence of nature and humans. 

They manage a forest equestrian club by 

utilizing the advantages of rich nature. They 

have a horse-riding classroom for various 

people such as local kids and disadvantage 

people. They want to activate this town by 

using this facility, so we will try to give our 

global voluntary power! 


the ELA and area such as making nature trail 

and construction work. We will also do some 

forest work such as cutting trees, cutting 

branches. We will join the horse riding 

activates. Part of Greening Asia. 

Study: Local participation to protect nature and 

Greening Asia. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Local house and pension. 

SB! CV. 

Language: South part of Kyushu island with 

rich nature. People are cheerful and many man 

like to drink sake!! 






exchange with people. 




2008 



Onuma 

NICE/6,73 Onuma (Hokkaido) 31/08-14/09 


Onuma Milestone 22, a new local NGO made 

by President of Fishermen’s Cooperative and 

Director of international exchange association 

since 04. Though Onuma lake has been a 

popular tourism spot for a long time because of 

its beautiful scenery, it has been polluted by 

over use of agricultural chemicals in cattle 

farming and erosion from abandoned forests 

with non-native trees. President of Cooperative 

has bought a forest and wants to revive it to 

original nature with native trees! 

Work: We will mainly cut alien trees that disturb 

growth of other plants and animals. We will also 

put some stones along the bank of a few 

islands in the lake to protect from the waves 

made by motor boatsfor tourism as well as 

check the pollution with some specialists. Part 


Study: 100 years plan of the forests and 

sustainable town planning. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Cabin. SB! CV 

Language: South of Hokkaido island, in a 

national park near Hakodate city which is 

famous for romantic view in the night, 

especially for sweet couples! 




Language: Excursion, exchange parties, one 

night home-stay, school visit, sports, etc. 

Qualifications: Motivation to actively work in 

the forests and with local people! There will be 

also a 3 months workcamp in 20 Jul.-11 Oct. 

with 4 volunteers who will join this one. 


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2008 



Tokyo-ko 

NICE/6,74 Tokyo-ko (Tokyo) 02/09-15/09 ENVI 

12 vols. (6 int.) Organized together with Green 

Volunteers of Tokyo Port (GVTP), since 98. 

Because construction plan was delayed, a 

reclaimed land became one of valuable natural 

place in Tokyo Bay with some ponds and many 

plants, so various kinds of birds gather there. It 

became a park in 1989 and GVTP has been 

improving ecological conditions and guide 

visitors to promote ecological awareness. NICE 

is working with them very successfully by 

international and weekend workcamps! 

Work: We will mainly remove mud from the 

pond, so their functions can be more active and 

more fish/ plants/ insects can live there. This 

work needs to be done in a short time by many 

volunteers that cannot be done only by the 

members of GVTP most of who have their jobs. 

Part of Greening Asia. 

Study: Global environment and Greening Asia. 


Accommodation: Office building in the pack. 

SB! CV 

Language: Near Haneda (not Narita!) Airport in 

the central part of Tokyo. Though the park was 

originally artificial nature, has become valuable 

place for many birds and plants! 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo 

Language: Exchange parties with GVTV 

members (maybe, barbeque!), excursions, etc. 

Qualifications: Motivation to work hard for 

nature 




2008 



Kutcharo-ko 

NICE/6,75 Kutcharo-ko (Hokkaido) 05/09-16/09 

ENVI 10 vols. (5 int.) Newly organized together 

with Kutcharo-ko Eco-workers, a new local 

NGO. Kutcharo-ko is beautiful lake in the north 

of Hokkaido registered in Ramsar Convention. 

It should be protected lake of international 

importance because of its high biodiversity and 

critical role as feeding and roosting site for Bird 

flying toward Siberia. However, the lake begins 

to be dirty by the change in a surrounding 

environment. We aim to revive this lake by 

international volunteer power. 

Work: We will do various types of conservation 

works such as cutting glasses to improve 

ecological richness of the forest, planting trees 

with the villagers for the water quality 

purification. We will also help to prepare, run, 

join and clean up the Student Environmental 

Summit. Part of Greening Asia. 

Study: 100 years plan of the forests and 

sustainable town planning. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Public community center. 

SB! CV 

Language: North of Hokkaido island, in a 

national park North Okhotsk. -20 degree in 

winter and 20 in summer. 

Terminal/Region: Sapporo (5 hours by bus). 

From Tokyo, 13 hours by bullet train or 32 

hours by ship. 

Language: Excursion, exchange parties, one 

night home-stay, etc. 

Qualifications: Motivation to actively work in 

the forests and with local people! 




21, 2008 



Minami-Uonuma 

NICE/6,78 Minami-Uonuma (Niigata) 10/09- 

21/09 ENVI, KIDS, EDUC 10 vols. (5 int.) 

Organized together with Japan National Trust 

since 95. JNT was founded in 1968 and buys 

lands to protect nature and cultural heritage 

such as old temples and trains, beautiful 

beaches, etc. It has been conserving Mt. 

Makihata (1,967m) for 30 years where wild life 

& landscapes have been damaged by tourists 

though still very beautiful. We have activated 

this project as a fresh wind (e.g. some local 

climbers were surprised to see foreign 

volunteers' working and joined cleaning.) 

Work: We will collect seeds, maintain natural 

trails, revive ponds etc. on Mt. Makihata. Part of 

Greening Asia. We will also visit schools to 

raise awareness and actions for the local kids 

to protect nature in their own area and help 

local farmers such as harvesting vesitables one 

day. 

Study: Protection of mountains in each country 


Accommodation: Tents or a mountain hut in 

the 1st week and a community center in the 

2nd. CV. SB! 

Language: Mountainous, agricultural town 

about 170 km north of Tokyo. Famous for the 

best sake and rice! The top you stay in the 1st 

week is a kind of paradise with millions of stars! 


train or 4 hours by slow train) 


Qualifications: You need to be physically 

tough enough to climb up the mountain and 

also to like kids. 




24, 2008 

Topic: Others 


Shintoku 

NICE/11,79 Shintoku (Hokkaido) 10/09-24/09 

AGRI, ENVI, CONS 8 vols. (4 int.) Organized 

together with Kyodo Gakusha since 98, a 

cooperative community where people with 

various backgrounds such as mentally 

disadvantaged, people who are tired of city life, 

who wants to learn farming or just want to live 

in the nature. They have five communities in 

Tokyo, Nagano and Hokkaido and grow 

animals and vegetables in ecological, organic 

way with utilizing bacterium. Their cheese got 

the 1st prize in the global contest! We will 

encourage their practice and share the spirit. 

Work: We will maintain a forest trail and a 

camping site and help construction of men’s 

dormitory with the supervision of the specialists. 

They need us since they are too busy for daily 

works. We will also work in vegetable and 

Japanese noodle fields (taking weeds, planting 

and harvesting). 

Study: Similar types of communities in each 

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country and networking. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: The community (female and 

male are separated). CV together with the 

people. SB! 

Language: Agricultural country side, 120 km 

east of Sapporo. -20 degree in winter and 20 in 

summer. 




Language: School visit, foot ball with local 

teams, exchange parties, etc. 

Qualifications: Interest and motivation to work 

and live in this type of community. Respect to 

their life. They also recruit volunteers for LAMP 

(Long And Middle term voluntary Programs). 




27, 2008 



Hikawa 

NICE/6,81 Hikawa (Kumamoto) 13/09-27/09 

ENVI 8 vols. (4 int.) Newly organized together 

with Satoyama Club Dongorosu (SCD). Though 

70% of Japanese lands are forests, huge 

forests are wasted since imported wood is 

much cheaper. Once we take care of forests, 

it’s better to take care of it for various ecology 

and keeping water than just to leave it. And the 

Hikawa town is getting depopulation, they 

expect our participation and also to involve 

more local. We will try to revive it in the global 

voluntary power! 

Work: We will do various works to take care of 

the forest such as cutting trees, cutting 

branches, maintain the footpath, etc. Physically 

hard. As we will contribute to the nature 

conservation with global voluntary power, our 

movement will eventually lead to a greener 

world. Part of Greening Asia. 

Study: Local participation to protect nature and 

Greening Asia. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Local house. SB! CV 

Language: South west in Kyushu island. 

People are cheerful and many of man like to 

drink sake!! 






exchange with people. 




24, 2008 



Iwami Ginzan 2 

NICE/6,82 Iwami Ginzan 2 (Shimane) 14/09- 

24/09 ENVI 8 vols. (4 int.) Organized together 

with “organization of green and water” founded 

in 1992 since2007. This organization 

establishes in order to appeal about the 

importance of a prairie and forest. Their 

working field is Iwami Ginzann(metalliferous 

mine for silver). It is registered into world 

heritage since 2007. they want to take care of 

the forests and prairie. Once we use the 

forests, it is better to keep taking care of them. 

Otherwise, the heritage will be destroyed by 

increment of bamboo forests. 

Work: We will do various work to take care of 

the forests such as cutting bamboos and 

grasses, maintaining the footpath, etc. Local 

people burn off the field for landscape 

conservation of prairie in march, so we will help 

to take care of it. Physically hard. Part of 

Greening Asia. 

Study: To protect nature and Greening Asia. 

Bring some info. 

Accommodation: National Mikame youth's 

house. SBN MP 

Language: About 250 km northwest of Osaka. 

Near Japan-sea 




Language: Visiting school, exchange parties, 

home stay. 

Qualifications: Interested in nature 

conservation 




30, 2008 

Topic: Others 


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Kurikoma 3 

NICE/6,85 Kurikoma 3 (Miyagi) 01/10-14/10 

ENVI, AGRI, ARTS 4 vols. (3 int.) Organized 

together with Kurikoma Plateau Nature School 

(KPNS) founded in 1996 since 06. KPNS 

reviews relations of humans and nature, and is 

offering the place where happier life can come. 

They provide various nature-oriented courses, 

eco-tour, kids programs and independence 

support of the student who has difficult 

background. They have the eco-village plan, 

and environment-friendly life is practiced there 

for sustainable society. 

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the KPNS and area such as farming and 

construction work. It will be physically hard 

work. Volunteers will help with activities with the 

youth aged 18-25 years who has difficult 

background. 

Study: Unique nature school in each country. 


Accommodation: Log cabin. SB! CV 

Language: Center of Tohoku area, north part 

of Japan. Kurikoma specified for the quasinational 

park can enjoy the beech wood and 

the alpine plant in all seasons. There is a snow 

of 2 meters in Feb & Mar. 




Qualifications: The site is a no smoking area. 

Volunteers should not have any remarks on 

diet. They are have very motivated to work with 

youth. 




2008 

Topic: Others 


Maki 2 

NICE/11,86 Maki 2 (Nagano) 15/10-28/10 AGRI 

8 vols. (4 int.) Organized together with Maki 

Farm of Kyodo Gakusha (KG) since 00. KG is a 

NPO running 5 organic farming communities in 

Japan where people with various backgrounds 

such as mentally disadvantaged, those who 

want to learn farming, etc. in order to change 

our society from competitive to cooperative. 

Maki Farm has 5-10 members and is located in 

a very isolated area (not accessible for cars 

and we have to walk 4 km in the mountains), so 

once it became an abandon village in 1970s. 

Work: We will help their organic farm by cutting 

thatch, threshing rice, selecting beans, taking 

care of goats and chicken and also carry the 

things from the town, renovate the trails, help 

their house works, etc. Be ready to work for 

quite a long time (05:30-18:00 with some 

brakes) and hard. 

Study: Similar type of communities in each 

country and their networking. Bring some info.! 

Accommodation: Building for volunteers in the 

farm. CV. SB! There are some gas, electricity 

and water! 

Language: Very isolated, but beautiful place 

near “Japanese Northern Alps”. About 900 

meters asl. There are something remained here 

that most of Japanese areas have lost in 

modernization. 

Terminal/Region: From Tokyo, 4 hours by 

express train or 8-10 hours by bus and train. 

Language: Visit to the elementary school, foot 

ball and baseball (optional), exchange party, 

etc. 

Qualifications: Physically strength. Agricultural 

or architectural skills are welcome! Motivation 





2008 



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Begin:January 2, 2009, End: January 13, 2009 



Shirakami 7 

NICE/6,09-01 Shirakami 7 (Aomori) 02/01/2009- 

13/01/2009 ENVI 5 vols. (3 int.) Organized together with 

Shirakami Nature School (SNS). For the background of 

Mt.Shirakami, please see NICE/6,33! They have a 

summer vacation program with 25 kids aged 7-12 where 

they play, cook and live in the nature as they plan to 

grow their independence, sensitivity, group cooperation, 

and want to put global colors which grow understanding 

and passion toward different cultures. We need to be 

ready to spend 24 hours with them during this period 


Work: We will first have an orientation to understand the 

aims and the objectives. Then, we will help and live 

together with kids all the time in the summer program, 

such as supporting activities, teaching songs, sleeping 

and showing your culture, performance. You need to 

respect their ways! 

Study: Life of kids in each country and its activities. 


Accommodation: A very simple house. SB! CV 

Language: The Shirakami Mountains, located in the 

northern part of Honshu Island, is a huge mountainous 

area (130,000 hectares on the border between Aomori 

and Akita Prefectures). 

Terminal/Region: Tokyo (7 hours by bullet train or 10 

hours by bus) 

Language: Excursion of Mt. Shirakami, exchange 

parties, etc. 

Qualifications: Volunteers should love kid and have 

responsibilities, group cooperativeness and motivation! 

Specialist of games, songs, cooks & similar types of 

experience is very welcome. 


1. Korea South - SCI Korea 



Campcode:KR-SCI-6-02 

Mari School Work Camp, Ganghwa-do 

Mari School: It is an alternative school to the public school with “Life 

is heaven” as a motto. The theme of our program is “meaningful 

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labor, culture exchange, history” encircling this community based 

project(work camp). The education system of Mari School is 

unique. It’s well-rounded curriculum includes not only common 

school subjects but subjects that are not popularly taught in public 

school education, such as oriental philosophy, organic agriculture, 

traditional music, environmentology, dance and carpentering. The 

school has also self-discipline and recreation activities for its 

students. There are about 50 students and 15 teachers in this 

school. The students raise vegetables in the garden by themselves 

and teachers farm paddy fields. They make their living selfsufficiently. 

During summer time they want much help especially for 

weeding and gardening. One of the project aims is collaborating 

with village people as well. Ultimately, this summer camp will 

contribute to the development of the school and the community, 

and encourage the students. Project: This project is made to settle 

down the school, improve its image and help the villagers have a 

better school that they can count on in the future. Kang-Hwado, in 

which the school is located is a historical island in Korea. It is one of 

the origin places of the country. And here Koreans fought 40 years 

to save the country against Mongol in 13th century. You can see 

many historic remains and prehistoric dolmens and also beautiful 

landscape of seashore and mountains during camp. All participants 

will have the chance to learn more about history of the place, and 

also to increase their knowledge through intercultural exchange. 

Work part: Participants will work in the fields with the teachers and 

students, garden the school and do the environmental and 

construction work around the school. You’ll be working averagely 6 

hours per day. Study(Education) part: Cultural-exchange with 

Korean college students. Experience of Korean language, history 

and tradition. You are very welcome to share and spread your own 

culture to other campers, students and villagers. Free Time: 

Historically, Kanghwa-do has been an important place to Koreans 

since Stone Age. There are many historical sightseeing places from 

dolmens to Kanghwa-do Convention in 1876. It will be the time to 

learn Korean history and culture. You can hang out with friends in 

the ocean, in your free time. 

Accommodation: Dormitory of Mari school. Weather: It will be very 

hot and humid(Average 27~33°C) with possibility to rain, so please 

bring sun-block items and raincoat. Participation fee: 

$60(60,000won). Work Camp Location(ab. 60km west of Seoul): 

Mari School, san 281, Dokpo-Ri, Yangsa-Myoun, KangHwa-Gun, 

Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea. Contacts: info@sci.or.kr or 

manager@sci.or.kr Phone Numbers: SCI Korea office +82 (0)2- 

706-0662. Mobile +82 (0)10-7979-2609(Sunny Oh, Office Manager 

of SCI-K). www.scikorea.net / www.sci.or.kr 


1. Malaysia - SCI Malaysia 


Topic: Others 

Campcode:MY-SCI-11-1 

Malaysian Summer Camp - Historical Taiping & 

Penang Peace Run 

Code: MY SCI 11.1 Name: Malaysian Summer Camp - 

Historical Taiping & Penang Peace Run Dates: 2008 

July 24 / 2008 Aug 6 Vol: 10 + 6 Locals Description: 

PVP, RENO, DISA De : The camp will be held over 2 

locations with maintenance work at some historical 

structures in Taiping, and helping in the Penang Annual 

Peace Run for the able and disabled. Follow up work will 

be done at some disabled institutions. Participants will 

get to enjoy the scenic and layback Taiping, and then 

later to the more cosmopolitan and urban Penang. 

Study:As a PVP (Pacifist Voluntary Project) camp . 

Peace Education which includes programs, discussion 

and sharing in the Taiping Peace Initiative, 99 ways to 

Peace and Non Violence Communication (NVC) will be 

arranged. 

Work: A fair bit of manual work covering clearing, 

cleaning, minor restoration and paintwork are expected 

in Taiping, while volunteers are expected to assist in the 

preparation for the Penang Peace Run, and the run itself 

where over 300 disabled would participate. There would 

be follow up support work at some selected disabled 

institutions as well. 

Qualifications: International participants are expected 

to stay for the whole duration. Mixed age 

Accommodation: Simple accommodation with be 

provided. Bring along sleeping bags, light clothing for 

work, swim wear and protection from equatorial 

afternoon sun. Language : English Terminal/Region: The 

KL International Airport is a convenient entry point. An 

express Train costing RM 35/= will take the participants 

to the KL City. More details will be provided for intending 

participants. 

Extra info: Participation fee of Eu 100/= will cover for 

the 2 weeks food and lodging and also all the internal 

travels (except when they are on their own time) For 

more infor- Visit http://www.scimalaysia.org Link to Last 

Year’s camp : 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scimalaysia/sets/72157603 

199568297/ 


2. Malaysia - SCI Malaysia 

Begin:November 21, 2008, End: December 4, 2008 


Campcode:MY-SCI-6-1 

Malaysian Winter Camp -Rural Lenggong & Urban 

KL Exposure 

Code: MY SCI 6.1 Name : Malaysian Winter Camp . 

Rural Lenggong & Urban KL Exposure Dates : 2008 Nov 

21 / 2008 Dec 4 Volt : 8 + 10 Locals Description: PVP, 

ENVI, SOCI De : The camp will be held over 2 exciting 

locations with work with a local community to rehabitate 

an over-mashed lake with lilies in rural Lenggong, and 

general maintenance work at a disadvantaged institution 

in modern Kuala Lumpur. Will get an opportunity to 

experience living and life in the countryside and in a 

cosmopolitan city. 

Study: As a PVP (Pacifist Voluntary Project) camp . 

Peace Education which includes programs, discussion 

and sharing in the Taiping Peace Initiative, 99 ways to 

Peace and Non Violence Communication (NVC) will be 

arranged. 

Work: Clearing of a large man made lake from weeds in 

the interior of Perak state and manual work including 

clearing, gardening, cleaning, minor restoration and 

paintwork in a disabled institution. The camp is timed to 

coincide with a traditional Malay Wedding and 

participants would be required to assist in the 

preparations, and to also to coincide with the Annual 

Disabled Family Day (date of this event may changed) 

Qualifications: International participants are expected 

to stay for the whole duration. Mixed age 

Accommodation: Simple accommodation with be 

provided. Bring along sleeping bags, light clothing for 

work, swim wear and protection from equatorial 

afternoon sun. Language : English Terminal/Region: The 

KL International Airport is a convenient entry point. An 

express Train costing RM 35/= will take the participants 

to the KL City. More details will be provided for intending 

participants 

Extra info: Participation fee of Eu 100/= will cover for 

the 2 weeks food and lodging and also all the internal 

travels (except when they are on their own time) For 

more infor- Visit http://www.scimalaysia.org Link to Last 

Year’s camp : 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scimalaysia/sets/72157603 

199568297/ 


1. Mongolia - MCE Mongolia 



Campcode:MN-MCE-6-4 

Greening Mongolia-Ulaanbaatar and Buhug river 

Work: We will plant trees in Mongolian workCamps 

Exchange`s camp and some other place. This is the best 

season in Mongolia for planting trees. There are 

increasing activities by some organizations to plant trees 

but it takes a hundred or more years to be grown, so we 

should also join this movement by global power! Part of 

Greening Asia 

Study: The future plan of international workcamps in 

Mongolia and Greening Asia. Bring some info.! P: 

Cultural exchange program, excursions, etc. 

Accommodation: GER (Mongolian traditaional tent) 

and Youth hostel. Very warm sleeping bag! CV? 

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Language: Ulaanbaatar. One third of population in the 

country (2.4 millions) live in this capital city. The 

tbemperature will be about 10-20 C, But be careful 

sometimes wheather will be changed lot. Sunny, 

sometimes rainy and windy Buhug river is located 45 km 

far from Ulaanbaatar. 

Terminal/Region: Ulaanbaatar (MCE will kindly pick 

volunteers up at the airport!) 

Qualifications:To like planting work and simple 

nomadic life. Mongolian speakers are welcome! 

Extra info: The additional fee of 140 Euro should be 

paid on your arrival directly. 






Green heart-1-Buhug 

Work: We will work on out side facilities of 

Base camp and some small construction work 

in side of houses 

Study: The informations and KNOW HOW for 

how to improve Camp condition. Bring some 

info P: Cultural exchange program, excursions, 

etc. 

Accommodation: GER (Mongolian traditaional 

tent) and Youth hostel. CV? 

Language: Ulaanbaatar. One third of 

population in the country (2.4 millions) live in 

this capital city. The temperature will be about 

15-25 C, But be careful sometimes wheather 

will be changed lot. Sunny, sometimes rainy 

and windy Buhug river is located 45 km far from 

Ulaanbaatar. Beautiful hilly area and real 

nomadic life 

Terminal/Region: Ulaanbaatar (MCE will 

kindly pick volunteers up at the airport!) 

Qualifications:To like construction work and 

simple nomadic life. Mongolian speakers are 

welcome! 

Extra info: The additional fee of 140 Euro 

should be paid on your arrival directly. 






Green heart-2-Buhug 

Work: We will work on out side facilities of 

Base camp and some small construction work 

in side of houses 

Study: The informations and KNOW HOW for 

how to improve Camp condition. Bring some 

info P: Cultural exchange program, excursions, 

etc. 

Accommodation: GER (Mongolian traditaional 

tent) and Youth hostel. CV? 



this capital city. The temperature will be about 

15-25 C, But be careful sometimes wheather 

will be changed lot. Sunny, sometimes rainy 

and windy Buhug river is located 45 km far from 

Ulaanbaatar. Beautiful hilly area and real 

nomadic life 



Qualifications:To like construction work and 

simple nomadic life. Mongolian speakers are 

welcome! 








Orphanage’s farm-1 -Buhug river 

Work: We will work together with the orphans 

aged 12-15 to remove the weeds in the field 

like last year. Quite tiring but let's enjoy it with 

them! 4 groups of 30 kids come here for each 2 

weeks in July and Aug. 

Study: The future plan of international 

workcamps in Mongolia and the orphanage. P: 


Accommodation: Mongolian traditional tents 

which is GER (traditional tent). SB! CV with a 

local staff. 

Language: 45 km from Ulaanbaatar. Place 

name is “BUHUG”. The sight is just 

unbelievably beautiful, typical Mongolian plain. 



Qualifications: To like kids and be flexible/ 

adaptable. Mongolian speakers are welcome! 








Orphanage’s farm-2 (Buhug river 

Organized together with NICE (Never-ending 

International workCamps Exchange) and CCM 

(Childcare Center of Mongolia) since 2001. 

Childcare Center of Mongolia is the only, 

national Orphanage where about 300 kids who 

have no parents live and study together. They 

get much less financial support by the 

government than socialism age. CCM has a 

simple residential building and a big field where 

they produce vegetables such as carrots, 

radish, onions, etc. just enough for their meals 

all year (they keep it 4 meter under the ground 

for one year that is a quite magic!) The 

vegetables are very purely organic and very 

tasty and kids are very nice! 











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local staff. 















Orphanage’s farm-5 (Buhug river) 























local staff. 















Kids camp-3 (Khandgait) 

Before 90, Mongolia had many kids summer 

camps, but decreased a lot. In somecases due 

to the financial situation it become difficult to 

run summer camp. We start helping these 

summer camp from Childcare Center of 

Mongolia who has been cooperating a lot each 

other and need our works! So we will help to 

run summer camp. To organize many kind of 

activity with kids and help to take care kids etc. 

We will support also financially by the budget of 

MCE and the workcamps. 

Work: We will organize many kind of cultural 

and sport activity with kids. Also we will help 

everyday’s work of Kids camp and take care 

kids. Also, some actions of Greening Asia 

(Asian action to protect forests)and Bracelet 

project (Asian action to decrease kids 

prostitution) may be organized. 


workcamps in Mongolia and the kid’s summer 

camp P: Cultural exchange program, 

excursions, etc. 

Accommodation: Summer camp house. SB! 

MP 

Language: 40 km far from Ulaanbaatar, Place 

name is KHANDGAI 

Terminal/Region: Beautiful forest area! 



Qualifications: Special skills working with kids 

are not necessary, but still welcome. To like 

kids and be flexible/ adaptable. Mongolian 

speakers are welcome! 








Orphanage’s farm-6 (Buhug river) 

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School-1 (Ulaanbaatar) 

Will be organized together with MCE 

(Mongolian workCamps Exchange) and one of 

the secondary school in Mongolia. Mongolia 

has 11 years Secondary school system. Until 

1990 kids/students were study only Russian as 

a second language. But since 1990 we 

changed our political and economical system. 

Since this time we have chance to study 3rd 

language . But English studying is still very poor 

and MCE is always focusing to improve it. 

Work: The main work will be to teach English, 

song, game to the kids that can be advantage 

for them to find jobs and also to exchange with 

international volunteers, in the future. Also 

some renovation works. We may also do some 

workshops with them for Asian common actions 

of NVDA for forests and kids prostitution. 


workcamps in Mongolia and the orphanage. 

Bring some info.! P: Cultural exchange 

program, excursions, etc. 

Accommodation: Youth hostel. SB! CV, 

Shower will be available every days. 



this capital city. Don't worry about the weather, 

we will work and live in a warm inside. 






should be paid on your arrival directly 




2008 



School-2 (Ulaanbaatar) 

Will be organized together with MCE 

(Mongolian workCamps Exchange) and one of 

the secondary school in Mongolia. Mongolia 

has 11 years Secondary school system. Until 

1990 kids/students were study only Russian as 

a second language. But since 1990 we 

changed our political and economical system. 

Since this time we have chance to study 3rd 

language . But English studying is still very poor 

and MCE is always focusing to improve it. 

Work: The main work will be to teach English, 

song, game to the kids that can be advantage 

for them to find jobs and also to exchange with 

international volunteers, in the future. Also 

some renovation works. We may also do some 

workshops with them for Asian common actions 

of NVDA for forests and kids prostitution. 


workcamps in Mongolia and the orphanage. 

Bring some info.! P: Cultural exchange 

program, excursions, etc. 

Accommodation: Youth hostel. SB! CV, 

Shower will be available every days. 



this capital city. Don't worry about the weather, 

we will work and live in a warm inside. 






should be paid on your arrival directly 


1. Tajikistan - Youth of 21th Century Tajikistan 



Campcode:TJ-YOU-6-1 

The Healthy Lifestyle of teenagers - Yarzob, 

near Duschanbe 

"Youth 21" is an NGO based in Dushanbe. Our 

main activity is mobilizing youth in remote areas 

in the South of Tajikistan and we organize 

youth camps every year. This year we are 

organizing "Healthy Lifestyle and Debates" 

youth camp in cooperation with UNICEF in 

Tajikistan. The camp will be held in Varzob 

near Dushanbe, in a resort with mountains and 

famous "Varzob" river. The main aim of the 

camp is to raise awarenness among youth 

about Healthy Life style and enable them to 

debate on these issues. There will be about 40 

young people in the camp during ten days. The 

camp consists of various activities like 

sessions, workshops, presentations, debates 

and cultural activities. 

Study: Volunteers will learn about the lives of 

the youth, will have the chance to hike in the 

mountains and get to know Dushanbe and its 

history. Before the start of the camp, they will 

spend some time in Duschanbe, in order to get 

aquainted with Tajik history and culture. 

Work: Volunteers will support the trainers, 

conduct seminars, organize workshops and 

organize cultural events. Volunteers are also 

encouraged to take initiatives to organize other 

activities and small projects. 

Accommodation: Volunteers will be living in 

the resort building of Varzob sharing a room 

with one more person in each room. 

Qualifications: Volunteers should have 

experience working with youth or be very 

motivated to work with them. 

Extra info: Camp participants understand 

English but the knowledge of Russian is an 

advantage. Extra Fee: there is an extra fee of 

100 Euros for the camp to be paid on arrival. 


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Campcode:TJ-YOU-6-2 

Ecological Summer school - Dushanbe, 

Karatag mountains or Romit reservation 

Ecological Leadership Summer Camps have 

traditionally been a means for the most active 

and talented youth from the “Green Patrol 

Movement” to increase their capacity of 

education, skills and experience in ecological, 

leadership and volunteerism issues. Summer 

Schools in 2008 are planned for the leaders of 

25 districts of Tajikistan. It is expected that 220 

young people from all regions of Tajikistan will 

take part in four consecutive Summer schools. 

This year, for the first time, we are inviting 

interested volunteers from abroad, in order to 

exchange knowledge and skills in conducting 

ecological educational programs. 

Study: Ecology: common global aspects and 

current situation in TJ, ways of resolving 

ecological problems; Advocacy: how to pan 

ecological action and succeed in it? Renewable 

sources of energy & energy saving; New 

leadership programs: new educational 

approach; Ecological journalism: how 

literally/tactfully to bring information to the 

officials/key persons responsible for decision 

making process? Suggestions of volunteers??? 

Work: Preliminary preparation for providing the 

Summer School Programs; Educational, 

interactive and sportive preparation for the 

Summer School: Assisting the organizers to 

prepare the materials & information about 

European experiences of preserving 

nature/ecology and rooting that experience to 

the educational programs of the School The 

organizers request the volunteers to work out a 

program for one day of the School (conducting 

a seminar, lecture, entertain games or other 

actions) and submit their program to the 

organizers in advance 

Accommodation: Simple living conditions in 

the summer school camps. In the period 

between beginning and the ending of the camp 

shift the volunteers will be accommodated in a 

Hotel at the NGO ‘Youth 21’ expense. 

Qualifications: Experience of working in 

ecological and adjoining programs; skills in 

conducting advocacy campaigns in Europe; 

collaboration in working with youth ecological 

organizations; good knowledge in 

communicative Russian language; also there is 

volunteers activity and creativity to work with. 

What to bring? Handouts/materials for 

conducting the seminars, photo/visual 

presentations and interactive games and 

actions; Warm clothes, sneakers, sleeping bag, 

swimming costume, medicine for common and 

specific diseases 

Extra info: Extra fee: there is an extra fee of 

100 Euros to be paid on arrival 


1. Thailand - Greenway Thailand 



Campcode:TH-GRE-6-07 

COST 2 Ranong 

The Ranong district coastline was badly hit 

during the 2004 Tsunami; the Natural park and 

the Scientific centre linked to it very damaged. 

Pitayasuwan Foundation brought about 400 

volunteers in the region in relief projects and 

stayed active until now. In 2008 we will 

continue to support the activity of the National 

park and its Coastal Research Centre. 

Work: Different environmental activities, like 

cleaning some of the Parks areas, work in the 

mangrove zone and participate to the 

environmental education campaign they 

operate to the local population 

Study: The volunteers will receive information 

about the impact of the Tsunami in the region, 

its environment and population. 

Accommodation: Basic conditions, stay in one 

of the houses built after the tsunami. Sleeping 

bags required. 

Terminal/Region: Bus terminal: Ranong, Train 

terminal: Chumpon. International Air terminal: 

Bangkok or Phuket. 

Extra info: Extra fee 6500 Thai Baht 


2. Thailand - DALAA Thailand 



Campcode:TH-DAL-6-1 

KaoPra, SONGKHLA 

Khao Pla is a rural area of Songkhla province, 

South Thailand, near Malaysia. We will join a 

group who try to take care of the forest, and 

save the water, make natural shampoo... They 

have also a learning center for their activities. 

They would like volunteers to help them running 

their activities and also who could bring them 

new ideas. The main work will be to make a 

trail in the forest together with the villagers, with 

sign as well as boards for visitors. We hope our 

involvment will give them more spirit to continue 

this important environmental work. Getting 

more awareness about environment is very 

important in Thailand. 

Accommodation: we will stay together in a 

local house 

Food: 6500 Bahts (about 140 Euros) 






AKHA 2 Chiang Rai 

The Akhas are part of the Golden Triangle hilltribe 

cultures. Like in the neighbouring countries 

where they also live, they face in Thailand 

strong difficulties to be recognised and to value 

their particularities. The AFECT organisation 

contributes since 1981 to the defence of their 

rights, youth empowerment, elders support and 

cultural preservation and study. In 2008, they 

will build the first Communitarian Traditional 

Akha Medicine centre in the world and wish to 

involve International Volunteers in its 

construction, together with the local villagers. 

Work: construction of the Medical centre, with 

traditional and natural materials (Wood, stone, 

natural cement…). Cultural exchange between 

the Volunteers and the local villagers. 

Study: AFECT campaigns and discover the 

Akha culture, lifestyle, particularities and 

problematic situation in Thailand from the inside 

and from Akha people themselves. Akha and 

Thai language lessons will be given to the 

volunteers. An introduction to the Akha 

traditional medicine, related to the Chinese one, 

is also foreseen. Leisure Time: Akha cuisine, 

massage and specific handicraft. 

Accommodation: very basic, hosted by the 

villagers. 

Terminal/Region:Chieng Rai region (Northwest 

Thailand). More infos about the region: 

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/provinces/chi 

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Terminal/Region: Chieng Rai region (Northwest 



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UBON 4 Ubon Ratchatani 

Ubon Ratchatani is one of the main cities of the 

Isan region, in the North East of Thailand, close to 

the borders with Cambodia and Laos. If it remains 

among the most traditional areas of the country, it is 

also the poorest and less developed part in terms of 

infrastructure or industry; creating a huge rural 

exodus and migration from the Isan inhabitants to 

Bangkok. The Khueang Nai District administration, 

in cooperation with Pitaya Suwan Foundation, 

wants to dynamics the Ban Thai rural areas and 

stimulates English learning through the Volunteers’ 

presence. 

Work: animate English language courses and 

workshops in the local primary and secondary 

school. Assist local villagers, farmers, artisans and 

the town-hall responsible in some of their daily 

tasks. 

Study: The volunteers will learn about the culture 

of rural Thailand in general and the traditions and 

specificity of the Isan region. Thai language lessons 

will also be given to the volunteers. 

Accommodation: Basic conditions, hosted in a 

traditional Isan house inside the village community. 

Qualifications: A correct level of English language 

and the will to teach it to kids is obviously 

necessary. Being motivated to discover Thai 

culture. 

Terminal/Region: More information about the 

province: 

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/provinces/ubon_ 

ratcha.html 





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FLOT 3 Ratchaburi 

Capital city of the province of the same name, 

Ratchaburi is an important town in the history of 

Thailand. It’s organised around the Mae Klong 

River and dozens of man-made channels, 

hosting the biggest floating market of the country: 

Damnoen Saduak. The district administration 

wants to sensitize the inhabitants of the sector 

about the environmental protection of this 

important historical, economical and tourist place 

and support the linguistic development of the 

population of this area. 

Work: being part of the environmental campaign 

of the Damnoen Saduak district administration in 

contributing to the cleaning of the Klongs 

(channels) around the old floating market, 

together with the locals. Hold English language 

courses and workshops for the main primary and 

secondary school of the zone. 

Study: The volunteers will learn about the history 

of the city and historically relevant province. The 

life around the channels and floating market is 

very specific and interesting. Thai language 

lessons will also be given 

Accommodation: Basic conditions, in a 

traditional Thai house on the channels close to 

the floating market. Sleeping bags required. 

Qualifications: A decent level of English 

language and the will to teach it to kids is 

obviously necessary. The volunteers need also 

to be motivated to discover Thai culture and to 

present the one of their country of origin. 

Terminal/Region:More information at: 

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/provinces/ratc 

haburi.html and 

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cultural preservation and study. The volunteers 

will learn about their culture and problematic 

situation and contribute to AFECT projects and 

the daily life of the Akha villages. 

Work: cultural exchange between the 

Volunteers and the local villagers. Renovation of 

some communitarian spaces or field works and 

farming with the villagers. The exact nature of 

the work will depend of the needs of the village 

at the moment of the project 

Study: the volunteers will learn about the 

AFECT campaigns and discover the Akha 

culture, lifestyle, particularities and problematic 

situation in Thailand from the inside and from 

Akha people themselves. An introduction to 

Akha and Thai language is foreseen. Leisure 

Time: Akha cuisine, massage and specific 

handicraft 


villagers. 




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Extra info: Extra Fee: 6500 Thai Baht 


1. Vietnam - VP Vietnam 



Campcode:VN-VPV-4-20 

Ba Vi Orphanage, Ha Tay 

Ba Vi Orphanage was founded in 1979 with the 

aim to provide good shelter and care for children 

with disabilities and orphan. At this moment, 

there are about 150 children who are 

abandoned or who are from very poor families 

who cannot afford caring for the treatment of 

disabilities. The orphanage is providing housing, 

education and basic care for the children, as 

well as providing vocational training with the 

hope that children can stand on their own feet 

with a job in the future. VPV is working with the 

orphanage to start up an organic garden with 

the aim to provide extra food for the children, 

and at the same time provide opportunities for 

labor rehabilitation for them. 

Work: Volunteers will help with clearing the site, 

preparing soil, weeding, planting vegetables and 

fruit trees, cleaning a fish pond and redecorating 

the flowers in the garden. Additional activities 

may include planting trees, moving bricks for 

construction, collecting garbage and playing 

with the children or exchanging with local 

volunteers or staff. 

Study: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam 

Accommodation: Shared rooms in project site. 

Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. 

Food prepared by vols with support from local 

people. 

Language: Thuy An, Ba Vi, Ha Tay. 

Terminal/Region: Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive to 

the west. 

Qualifications: Interest and motivation working 

with children in difficult situation 

Language: Vietnamese Day, International Day, 

self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. 

Qualifications: In VPV20-08, volunteers will 

prepare for the International Children’s Day. In 

VPV52-08, volunteers will prepare for the Xmas 

and New Year Festival for the children. P 

Food: VN Dong 3,000,000 (about 140EUR) 






Viet Tri Welfare Center, Phu Tho 

Viet Tri Welfare Center was established in early 

1990s to support children who were abandoned 

or disabled. At this moment, there are about 

110 children who have different types of 

deformities and about 20 of them are 

abandoned babies. Some of them are victims of 

Agent Orange (a chemical used by US Army 

during the Vietnam War). Most of the children 

stay in the Center where they are provided 

housing, medical care, basic education and 

some vocational training. They are aged 

between 8-17 years old. 

Work: Volunteers will spend time playing with 

the children, organizing games and other 

activities for them. Volunteers will also help 

taking care of the babies, redecorating the 

houses and classrooms or cleaning the area. 


Accommodation: VPV’s Dormitory with 

modest condition. Shared rooms. Sleeping on 

floor. Showers and toilets available. Food 

prepared by vols with support from local 

people. 

Language: Duu Lau, Viet Tri, Phu Tho 

Province. 

Terminal/Region: Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive 

to the north. 





Qualifications: VPV41-08: Volunteers will 

prepare for the Full Moon Festival for the 

children. P 







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Ha Cau Orphanage, Ha Noi 

Ha Cau Orphanage was founded in 1997 as an 

NGO to support children in difficult situation. At 

this moment, there are about 70 children who 

are orphan, abandoned or disabled. The 

orphanage is providing housing, education and 

basic care for the children, as well as providing 

vocational training with the hope that children 

can stand on their own feet with a job in the 

future. However, the resource for the 

orphanage is limited. 

Work: Volunteers will spend time teaching 

English for the children, organizing games and 

other activities for them, making handicraft for 

fundraising with the children. Volunteers will 

also help redecorating the classrooms where 

necessary, and improve their library by 

collecting/buying books from home country or in 

Vietnam. 


Accommodation: VPV’s Peace House with 




people. 

Language: Ha Cau Orphanage is located in Ha 

Dong Town, Ha Tay Province. It is quite close 

to VPV’s Peace House in Tay Mo, Tu Liem, 

Hanoi Capital (western end of the city). 

Terminal/Region: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive. 




self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. P 







Viet Tri Welfare Center, Phu Tho 

Viet Tri Welfare Center was established in early 

1990s to support children who were abandoned 

or disabled. At this moment, there are about 

110 children who have different types of 

deformities and about 20 of them are 

abandoned babies. Some of them are victims of 

Agent Orange (a chemical used by US Army 

during the Vietnam War). Most of the children 

stay in the Center where they are provided 

housing, medical care, basic education and 

some vocational training. They are aged 

between 8-17 years old. 

Work: Volunteers will spend time playing with 

the children, organizing games and other 

activities for them. Volunteers will also help 

taking care of the babies, redecorating the 

houses and classrooms or cleaning the area. 






people. 


Province. 


to the north. 







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Phu Tho SOS Village, Phu Tho 

Phu Tho SOS Children's Village was built in 

Viet Tri City in 1999 following the model of the 

famous SOS International. There are now 

about 168 orphans living in 15 families with the 

care from the village mothers and staff. The 

orphans come from 5 different provinces in the 

north of Vietnam at the ages between 1-18 

years old. They are provided with housing, full 

care and education. Being orphan/abandoned, 

children are quite shy and they need more 

confident to be involved with regular life in the 

community as normal children. 

Work: Volunteers will spend time with the 

children and help improving their English, 

organizing games and other activities for them. 

Volunteers will also help redecorating the 

houses and classrooms, planting vegetable, 

cleaning the area. Volunteers will also join the 

families to get closer to the children’s life and 

try to build up wider horizon for the children and 

encourage them to learn better for brighter 

future. 






people. 


Province. 


to the north. 







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Hanoi Street Children, Ha Noi 

Cau Moi Street Children Club was founded in 

2006 by a group of university students with the 

aim to help street children having better care 

and education. The group is running a class for 

the children in which volunteers come to help 

with the lessons. Beside the lesson, the group 

also organizes many activities for the children 

to provide them with more life skills with the 

hope that they can have some more happiness 

that a normal child should have. There are 

about 10-25 children, who themselves are 

working very hard to earn their own living in the 

city, joining the club every day after their work 

in a small classroom. 

Work: Volunteers will spend time with the class 

and help teaching English for the children, 

organizing games and other activities for them. 

Volunteers will also help redecorating the 

classrooms and if possible, enrich their book 

store (by collecting/buying books from home 

country or in Vietnam). 


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people. 

Language: Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital 

(western end of the city). 







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30, 2008 



Viet Nam Friendship Village, Ha Noi 

Vietnam Friendship Village is a treatment/care 

centre for Agent Orange victims located in Ha 

Tay Province, which was opened in 1993 to 

treat children and veterans suffering from the 

effects of Agent Orange (The children, whose 

fathers or grandfathers were exposed (causing 

chromosomal damage) or who were 

contaminated from their mother’s milk, suffer 

from a range of difficult conditions. While 

staying in Vietnam Friendship Village, children 

and veterans are nourished and are provided 

with free medical care. The children, who may 

stay there for several years, receive not only 

basic education, but also some forms of job 

training. The Organic Gardening Project was 

launched in 2004 with the goal of creating 

islands of a harmonious approach to agriculture 

within areas of environmental and human 

devastation--increasing awareness of the 

consequences of war and, at the same time, 

demonstrating positive strategies for healing 

and living. At this moment, the farm is providing 

about 60% of the village’s consumption of 

vegetable. It is expected that it will cover all the 

need and there are products left for sale to 

raise fund for the village. 

Work: Volunteers will help with clearing the 

site, preparing soil, weeding, planting 

vegetables and fruit trees, cleaning a fish pond 

and redecorating the flowers in the garden. 

Additional activities may include planting trees, 

moving bricks for construction, collecting 

garbage and playing with the children or 

exchanging with local volunteers or farmers. 






people. 












2008 



Ha Cau Orphanage, Ha Noi 

Ha Cau Orphanage was founded in 1997 as an 

NGO to support children in difficult situation. At 

this moment, there are about 70 children who 

are orphan, abandoned or disabled. The 

orphanage is providing housing, education and 

basic care for the children, as well as providing 

vocational training with the hope that children 

can stand on their own feet with a job in the 

future. However, the resource for the 

orphanage is limited. 

Work: Volunteers will spend time teaching 

English for the children, organizing games and 

other activities for them, making handicraft for 

fundraising with the children. Volunteers will 

also help redecorating the classrooms where 

necessary, and improve their library by 

collecting/buying books from home country or in 

Vietnam. 






people. 

Language: Ha Cau Orphanage is located in Ha 

Dong Town, Ha Tay Province. It is quite close 

to VPV’s Peace House in Tay Mo, Tu Liem, 

Hanoi Capital (western end of the city). 










2008 

Topic: Others 


Volunteer Festival, Ha Noi 

The “Beauty in Diversity Day” is an annual 

event organized by UNDP in cooperation with 

many local and international organizations in 

Vietnam to celebrate 3 special days together: 

the World AIDS Day (1 December), the 

International Volunteer Day (3 December) and 

the Day for People with Disabilities (5 

December). The event will take place in the 

wide public in Hanoi City. It is dedicated to 

recognizing the diversity of individuals living 

with or affected by disability, those living with or 

affected by HIV/AIDS, together with wide-range 

of individuals that volunteer their time and 

energy to contribute to the community's needs. 

Work: Volunteers will Volunteers will prepare 

for the information corner with materials 

collected from different sources on the themes 

of HIV/AIDS prevention, disability and 

volunteering. The work will include designing, 

erecting, decorating and preparing games and 

activities for the event. Prepare a lot of ideas for 

this. Bring related materials from your country. 

Volunteers will also organize discussion with 

university students on the themes above. 

Study: Volunteerism in Vietnam, HIV/AIDS, 

Disability 





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Ba Vi Orphanage, Ha Tay 

Ba Vi Orphanage was founded in 1979 with the aim to 

provide good shelter and care for children with disabilities 

and orphan. At this moment, there are about 150 children 

who are abandoned or who are from very poor families 

who cannot afford caring for the treatment of disabilities. 

The orphanage is providing housing, education and basic 

care for the children, as well as providing vocational 

training with the hope that children can stand on their own 

feet with a job in the future. VPV is working with the 

orphanage to start up an organic garden with the aim to 

provide extra food for the children, and at the same time 

provide opportunities for labor rehabilitation for them. 

Work: Volunteers will help with clearing the site, preparing 

soil, weeding, planting vegetables and fruit trees, cleaning 

a fish pond and redecorating the flowers in the garden. 

Additional activities may include planting trees, moving 

bricks for construction, collecting garbage and playing with 

the children or exchanging with local volunteers or staff. 


Accommodation: Shared rooms in project site. Sleeping 

on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by 

vols with support from local people. 

Language: Thuy An, Ba Vi, Ha Tay. 

Terminal/Region: Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive to the west. 

Qualifications: Interest and motivation working with 

children in difficult situation 

Language: Vietnamese Day, International Day, selforganized 

city tour and excursions, etc. 

Qualifications: In VPV20-08, volunteers will prepare for the 

International Children’s Day. In VPV52-08, volunteers will 

prepare for the Xmas and New Year Festival for the 

children. P 



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