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Aufbau eines Spielplatzes
IBG 30 30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP in Kohlberg (Bavaria) 01.07.-23.07.2012 CONS 15vols
PROJECT: This project takes place in cooperation with the municipality of Kohlberg. It is the first time they invite an international workcamp to help with the construction of a local playground.
WORK: The construction includes tasks such as putting up wooden play scheme equipments, plastering the ground, putting up seats and benches and carrying out general improvements. You will support all these working processes and your work will be supervised by a professional gardener.
Besides, some painting tasks on the local soccer field are waiting for the group. ACCOMMODATION: The group will be accommodated in a community centre of Kohlberg. A small kitchen, sanitary facilities and mats will be available.
LOCATION: Kohlberg is situated in the North of Bavaria and has about 1.200 inhabitants. This small village keeps protected some roads from earlier centuries, which are no longer suitable for today's traffic and you are welcome to go there for a walk. On the last Sunday of the camp there will be a local festival in the village and you are invited to join the different events on this day.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Weiden, Amberg
By joining this project you will become a part of the 30th Alliance Anniversary CAMPaign! Almost 80 member and partner voluntary organisations form the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations network from all over the world, organising various voluntary projects during this year. They all have the same aim: promoting intercultural education, understanding and peace through voluntary service! Be one of the thousands of volunteers worldwide who will contribute to this initiative and help to raise awareness about international volunteering and its benefits. Join the party and celebrate the 30th birthday of the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations! Find out more about Alliance at www.alliance-network.eu and about the campaign at http://allianceanniversary2012.blogspot.com
Trockenlegung des Kellers eines Archivs
IBG 04 Meiningen (Thuringia) 08.07.-29.07.2012 RENO 10vols
PROJECT: For the first time, an international workcamp will take place in Meiningen. The local host is the association Lila Archiv working on the collection and archiving of materials about the life of women and men, homosexual people and resistance in the former German Democratic republic. For years they had been searching for a suitable place to set up an archive accessible for the public. Since 2009 they moved most of the materials to Meiningen where they found a house which is now used as archive and hostel. Two women who grow up in the former GDR run the archive and the hostel! They are excited to get to know you!
WORK: The basement where the materials should be stored is humid. So the international group will have to isolate the walls. You will help to remove earth, caulk the walls and put the earth back on. From the inside you will dry up the rooms and paint them. ACCOMMODATION: The group will live in Meiningens Hostel which is situated on the upper floors of the building where you will work. There are rooms with beds for four people; all necessary sanitary facilities are available. On the ground floor you have a kitchen and a room for group activities.
LOCATION: Meiningen is situated in the state of Thuringia. The city with its historic centre has a lot of interesting things to do and see. There a various parks inviting you to hang out. You can have a coffee on top of the church! River Werra passed by, so you can discover the region by canou. Be ready to taste nice regional food on village ftes nearby. Bigger cities like Nuremberg, Leipzig or Weimar can be visited on a day trip.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Meiningen
Renovierung einer Waldhütte
IBG 06 Oestrich-Winkel (Hesse) 17.07.-01.08.2012 RENO 15vols
Adventurous technology-free workcamp for nature lovers!!!
PROJECT: In 1997 there was the first and so far the only one workcamp in Oestrich-Winkel. This year the municipality of Oestrich-Winkel has planned to renovate a forest hut which is used by school children or citizens of the city to spend their week-ends or summer holidays. The hut is apart from everything and it takes around 30 minutes by car to reach the city of Oestrich-Winkel.
WORK: The forest hut needs to be renovated in- and outdoors and to be back in good condition that even more youngsters and travellers could enjoy their stay here. In addition to that there will be various painting jobs and in the end some furniture, like beds, should be build and put inside.
ACCOMMODATION: The group is going to sleep in tents in front of the hut. There is a small kitchen in the hut which can be used for preparing your meals. Toilets are at hand but for taking the shower you have to go to the gym hall to the city. Probably you will have a car or minibus available in order to go shopping and take the shower, but be aware that you wont be able to go to the city every day. These are perfect conditions for volunteers loving to be out in the nature. And of course there will be no internet access in the house.
LOCATION: Oestrich-Winkel is a town with approximately 11.000 inhabitants at the border of the Rhine river and they are proud to be the largest wine producer in the region of Hesse. The city has many sights (castle, monuments) and offers a lot of activities for inhabitants and tourists (trips on a passenger ship, hiking trips and wine festival).
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Oestrich-Winkel
Landschaftspflege im Schwarzwald
IBG 07 Lauterbach (Baden-Wurttemberg) 21.07.-11.08.2012 ENVI 12vols
Adventurous technology-free workcamp for nature lovers!!!
PROJECT: This is the fourth time that the community of Lauterbach invites a workcamp. Most of all, the ranger in Lauterbach is very happy to be supported by a workcamp at different environmental and construction tasks in a nature protection area!
WORK: Different tasks are waiting for you to help with: First of all so-called neophytes (invasive non-native vegetation) need to be removed in the nature protection area. You will cut and clear those plants. The international helpers will also work on the maintenance of a geological trail, a nature trail in the forest as well as a panoramic hiking trail which needs to be renovated. Probably you will also repair fences and maintain grasslands with fruit trees. Furthermore, cleaning and clearing of vegetation needs to be done in biotopes like ponds and tarns. The work will be physical! Due to working in damp and steep areas (ponds), rubber boots and/or sturdy shoes are necessary for working effectively!
ACCOMMODATION: Outside of the community in the middle of the forest lies a very cosy and basic blockhouse which will be the groups accommodation for three weeks. There will be a kitchen, living room and two sleeping rooms (sleeping bags and mats have to be brought!). Toilets are at hand and there is a tube with cold water. Showers can be used at a public swimming pool to which each of the participants gets free entry bathing clothes will come in handy. You will have to be flexible and like this kind of adventure - living outside the community this way. Due to the position of the house we remind you that there will not be access to internet and no coverage for mobile phones. Just be prepared to spend three wonderful, adventurous weeks away from your busy and usual everyday life!
LOCATION: Lauterbach is situated in the heart of the Black Forest nature park close to the cities of Schramberg and Rottweil approx. 100 km south of Stuttgart, close to the Swabian Albs (not Alps!!) and the Black Forest in Southern Germany. So there will be a lot of possibilities to hike and experience nature first hand. Just step out of the door and find yourself surrounded by beautiful nature! It will be possible to see some surrounding places of interests and towns/cities you might be curious to get to know. Towns like Rottweil have a long history, astounding architecture and other cultural highlights to discover. Be aware that youll live idyllically yet isolated in a wooden blockhouse outside the community!
NEXT BUS/TRAIN STATION: Lauterbach, Schramberg
Das berichtete die Campleitung 2010.
Renovierungsarbeiten in einem Zentrum für Menschen mit Behinderung
IBG 08 Muehlhausen (Thuringia) 21.07.-10.08.2012 RENO 12vols
PROJECT: The local host is a charity organisation running workshops and schools for disabled. They have been hosting workcamps for many years now. Former workcamps experienced a very warm welcome especially successful camps benefit from a proper exchange between employees/workers at the workshop and the international group.
WORK: Different tasks need to be done: First, several places of the charity organisation needs to be renovated and painted, e.g. holiday houses near to the old train station, the garage as well as the special education centre. Fences have to be built at the farm. The international volunteers will plot a herb garden. You plan out where you will plant the seeds and so on. Within the area of the charity organisation, a small shop will open soon. The international helpers will prepare the official opening of Unser Kleines Ldchen (our small shop). All works will be done together with disabled people. There will be exchanges between international volunteers and the local people who work in or with the charity as well. Bring ideas and be open towards this exchange since it needs your motivation and an open heart!
ACCOMMODATION: The group will be living in the special education centre Janusz Korczak where some of the works will be done. Kitchen, sleeping rooms and sanitary facilities are on-site and much more. There is a big garden around the house with meadow, trees, a pond and a barbecue grill. Next to the workshop buildings you can also find a soccer field. On the roof of the house there is a balcony from where you have a great view on the landscape around. Muehlhausen provides a lot of shopping possibilities and is easily reachable on foot or by bike. LOCATION: Muehlhausen is a very old German town with about 50.000 inhabitants. By visiting the city centre and looking at the old half-timbered houses you can still imagine how Germany must have looked like in former times. Muehlhausen is situated in the beautiful forest of Thuringia in the heart of Germany.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Muehlhausen (Thueringen)
Bau einer Gartenhütte und Ausbau eines Sinnesgarten
IBG 10 Schiltach (Baden-Wurttemberg) 21.07.-13.08.2012 CONS 15vols
PROJECT: Schiltach is a town in Baden-Wurttemberg. It`s the third time a workcamp takes place in Schiltach. After last years successful camp where a sensory garden was created, the city of Schiltach and the social community for elderly are enthusiastic about this follow-up project.
WORK: The volunteers will extend the sensory garden next to the elderly peoples home. This can include digging, painting and constructing different stations where elderly people can sit and spend time. Your own creativity is welcome! Apart from that, a kiosk will be built. These works will be supervised by professionals. At the end of the camp the kiosk will be inaugurated with a garden party which will be planned by the international group. If possible, the group will help out with different work in the nature around Schiltach.
ACCOMMODATION: will be in rooms of the home for elderly people, where a kitchen and sanitary facilities are provided. Sleeping bags and mats have to be brought! Be ready and open for daily contacts and probably common activities with people who work or live in the centre.
LOCATION: Schiltach is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Eastern Black Forest, on the river Kinzig, 20 km south of Freudenstadt. Schiltach has about 4.000 inhabitants and a nice medieval inner city, which is under monument protection and worth seeing, especially the market place including the town hall.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Freudenstadt, Offenburg, Wolfach
Pflege des Grenzdenkmals und Mithilfe bei einem Rockfestival
IBG 09 Hoetensleben (Saxony-Anhaltine) 21.07.-11.08.2012 RENO 14vols
PROJECT: The main project will be to maintain the site of an open-air-museum and memorial of the Iron Curtain. The village of Hoetensleben was situated directly on the eastern side of the German-German border when Germany was divided during the period of the cold war. An association called Grenzdenkmalverein was founded after the fall of the Iron Curtain which maintained four hundred meters of the former frontier protections system as a kind of open-air-museum. Visitors can still experience the different walls and electric fences, the watchtowers and iron barriers and get an impression for the violence of this monument.
WORK: Volunteers will work on the upkeep of this monument. The concrete tasks might include clearing the former path used by border guards to patrol the border from vegetation, painting the lorry barriers, and restore the wall and fences. The workcamp includes several study-parts on this period of the German history with several excursions and activities together with local people. During the camp period there will also be a huge rock festival in the village, you might be asked to give a hand.
ACCOMMODATION: in the former village hall, different sleeping rooms.
LOCATION: Hoetensleben is a little village with approx. 2.500 inhabitants. International workcamps have been invited for some 13 years, so local inhabitants are looking forward to welcome the volunteers and many activities will be done together with local associations e.g. the voluntary fire brigade of Hoetensleben.
Volunteers should be interested in a close contact with the German population and in German history. Therefore, volunteers should add a short motivation letter describing their interest in this special project. Volunteers need to be able to ride a bicycle!
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Helmstedt
Hier findest du den Campbericht von 2011.
Aufbau von Spielgeräten und Renovierungsarbeiten
IBG 11 Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) 22.07.-12.08.2012 RENO 12vols
PROJECT: The Alte Ziegelei is a former brickyard founded in 1900 to produce bricks in industrial manners with big ovens and technical machines. The factory was closed in 1972 and it provides a good insight into European Industrial culture. An association was founded to prevent the destruction of the area and to ensure the maintenance of its character for non profit reasons: now the former industrial place is under heritage protection and used as a centre for social, cultural and artistic activities. More than 50 refugees found home in former factory buildings and different actions are well established such as a school for actors, an ecology group, a kindergarten, a historical museum about the production of bricks, ateliers for artists and educational institutions. The place can be used by the general public for festivals, theatres, having barbecues and celebrating parties.
WORK: This year they have planned three main tasks for you. Firstly, from the past there are still a lot of bricks left and now they would like to use them for creating rubble flora in one part of the area. Secondly, the kindergarten will get new playground equipment and you are going to help with setting them up. Furthermore a special arranged wall for lizards has been destroyed and your task will be to repair and improve it. Your work will be supervised by professionals.
ACCOMMODATION: in a building on the area. Several rooms including all facilities are provided. Lots of other people will be around on the area, so volunteers should be open for contact with local people!
LOCATION: Mainz is the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate with over 2000 years of history. It was an important domicile under the Holy Roman Empire and previously it was a Roman fort city. It is located on the banks of the Rhine River. Mainz is a very beautiful and interesting city with lots of places of interest within its own boundaries as well as in its vicinity.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Mainz
Bau eines Trimm-dich-Pfades und Landschaftspflege
IBG 13 Heilsbronn (Bavaria) 28.07.-11.08.2012 CONS 13vols
PROJECT: After the success of the projects in the last four years the town of Heilsbronn is anxious to host another workcamp this year. There will be different environmental and constructional goals to be achieved by the workcamp group around the beautiful town in Bavaria.
WORK: The responsible person in charge of the workcamp in the town hall is a big fan of workcamps and international groups and has already convinced other neighbour cities by workcamp idea. As in previous years they are very happy to have a group of volunteers supporting them in environmental tasks like maintenance of a fitness trail called Trimm-Dich-Pfad. Apart from that they are planning to rebuild municipality kindergarten and construct a viewpoint inside of the building.
ACCOMMODATION: In the local youth club with all necessary facilities. The local youth who normally occupy the club will welcome you and are looking forward to get to know the group.LOCATION: The town of Heilsbronn is located in the idyllic Bavarian region called Franken. Typical for the small town with its 9300 inhabitants are the old half-timbered houses. Heilsbronn also has some unique sights to offer, for example the monastery and the cathedral. Nature friends can find several hiking trails in the beautiful landscape around the city. Remarkable above all is that the Way to St. James also known as Camino de Santiago leads through Heilsbronn. For this reason the region is adorned by many old churches and frequently visited by tourists as well as pilgrims.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Heilsbronn
Was geschah in Heilsbronn 2011? Lies hier mehr!
Renovierung eines Kinderspielplatzes
IBG 15 Singen (Baden-Wurttemberg) 28.07.-12.08.2012 RENO 14vols
PROJECT: After already seven successful workcamps in the last years the municipal council of Singen invites international volunteers another time to help with the renovation of a local playground.
WORK: Every year the volunteers are taking care of one playground which needs to become nicer, friendlier and equipped with new swings or slides. The work will include the renovation of a playground for example the construction of different tools and the playground borders. Also there will be an opportunity to be creative by painting the tools of the playground. The neighbouring families are asked to send their ideas and wishes for the concept of the playground and some fathers have already signalled their willingness to support you.
ACCOMMODATION: The building of the fire brigade will be your accommodation. Volunteers will sleep in a big classroom where new fire fighters are educated. A kitchen and sanitary facilities are available in the same building. The building is located in the city centre and you will have plenty of shopping facilities and leisure time possibilities there.
LOCATION: Singen has about 44.000 inhabitants and it is a city in the very south part of Baden-Wurttemberg in southern Germany. It lies close to the border to Switzerland and near the Lake Constance, which offers lots of nice excursions and hiking trips.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Singen
Sanierung einer Sporthalle und Pflasterung eines Sportplatzes
IBG 29 Massenbachhausen (Baden-Wurttemberg) 05.08. - 19.08. RENO 15 vols
PROJECT: This is going to be the third time for the municipality to invite a group of international volunteers to help them with some renovation tasks for the local gym hall and on the sports field.
WORK: You are going to have two main tasks. First of all the local gym hall needs new colours and the municipality already organises some weekend activities and invites the citizens of the town to start with the renovation, but there will be also enough painting tasks left, therefore much creativity and your ideas are welcome! Secondly, you are going to lay a new paving stone path for the local sports field. The work will be supervised by professional workers who will explain what to do.
ACCOMMODATION: The accommodation will be in a gym hall. You will sleep on sport mats and facilities like kitchen, showers and bathrooms are provided.
LOCATION: Massenbachhausen has approximately 3600 inhabitants. The town is situated in the western part of Baden-Wurttemberg. Leisure time activities can be a boat trip on the river Neckar, hiking tours or excursions to cities like Heilbronn, Heidelberg or Stuttgart. The people of the town are looking forward to welcome the new workcamp. Many of them are really interested in the participants so that contact to locals can be guaranteed and you should be open for this!
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Heilbronn, Schwaigern
Arbeiten rund um ein Schloss und Landschaftspflege an einem See
IBG 18 Giebelstadt (Bavaria) 05.08.-26.08.2012 ENVI 15vols
PROJECT: Giebelstadt is located close to Wuerzburg, which is a university city at the Main River and the capital of the region Lower Franconia. Its the second time the community is going to invite a workcamp. They are very happy and excited to have international help for three weeks in August.
WORK: The municipality has a lot of different tasks for you. The main project is based on conservation work of the country side which belongs to a castle in the middle of the town. The work will include cutting grass, brushwood and small trees and the maintenance work of the castle garden. Probably there will be works to be done in the castle itself, like decluttering rooms. The group will also clean a lake near to Giebelstadt. Furthermore you will support the preparation of a holiday programme for the children of Giebelstadt, which will take place in an adventure playground during the workcamp. Work will be supervised by professionals.
ACCOMMODATION: In a gym, all necessary facilities like kitchen and bathrooms are available.
LOCATION: Giebelstadt is surrounded by fields characterized by a rolling landscape. It has a population of about 5,000 people, and has the largest volunteer fire department in its area. In the twentieth century, Giebelstadt hosted a military airfield operated first by the German Luftwaffe in World War II. Giebelstadt supported 5,786 soldiers and their families during the U.S Army 62 year history until its closure along with the U.S Forces drew down of Wuerzburg area in 2006.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Wuerzburg
Hier geht's zum Campbericht.
Bau von zwei Gärten für die Bewohner eines Altersheims
IBG 17 Roedental (Bavaria) 12.08.- 01.09.2012 RENO 15vols
PROJECT: It is the first time that the city of Roedental together with the home for elderly people invite an international group! The home for elderly people is situated in the heart of the city and has several smaller parks next to the home. In order to make these green areas more attractive to the elderly people and to the younger inhabitants of the city, the local architect worked out a plan to change them.
WORK: Two parks are waiting for your hands: First, one garden of encounter should be created: Many things need to be done here: You will construct the paths and make the accessible for people in wheelchairs. You will prepare the ground, pave it and put stones at the wayside. Equipments for children to play and for elderly people to exercise will be set, too. There is a huge bush which will be cut from the inside to form a den in which children can play. In the second park, a course for elderly people will be set up: You will put up equipment for them to train balance and fitness. A alley where inhabitants of the city can play skittles will be renewed: You will construct the path and maybe cover it with concrete. You will help to kill weeds.
ACCOMMODATION: In one of the citys holiday home, to be confirmed.
LOCATION: Roedental is a small city in the federal state of Bavaria. It is situated in beautiful nature: The surrounding woodlands are hilly. Around the community traces of former times, like medieval castles and abbeys, can be found and enjoyed. You are almost in the heart of Germany: Day trips to bigger cities like Frankfurt, Nuernberg or Leipzig are possible.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Roedental-Mitte
Instandsetzungsarbeiten und Mithilfe beim Jahrmarkt
IBG 21 Schwanfeld (Bavaria) 13.08.-25.08.2012 ENVI 12vols
PROJECT: The community of Schwanfeld is the oldest village in Germany. Some years back proof of a former settlement outside of the present village from presumably 5500 B.C. was found. Schwanfeld is happy to show their treasures of the olden days to international volunteers and invite a group to get to know more about the south of Germany. This is the third time a workcamp will take place in Schwanfeld and everybody will be very welcoming and excited to meet the new volunteers after the success of last years.
WORK: Different tasks are waiting for you: Around the villages museums and other public buildings, maintenance and beautification works need to be done. You will also help to prepare Schwanfelds annual fair where you will get in touch the inhabitants and local traditions. Furthermore, hiking trails and cycle tracks within beautiful nature are lacking signs. So, the international helpers will put these signs up. Your works will be supervised by professional workers.
ACCOMMODATION: The group will live in the local gym hall next to the school. Toilets and showers can be found there. A kitchen can be used in the nearby community centre.
LOCATION: Schwanfeld is situated in Bavaria, close to the city of Wuerzburg. Around 2.000 people live in the community. The very motivated and active mayor of the village is looking forward to show the volunteers around and inform them about the historical and regional specifics of Schwanfeld. Besides from the villages own sights and events (museum, church, local annual fair which was the highlight of last years workcamp) there is the surrounding nature and close bigger cities like Wuerzburg and Frankfurt to discover.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Waigolshausen
Hier geht's zum Campbericht 2011.
Instandsetzung eines Naturpfads, Landschaftspflege
IBG 22 Kehl (Baden-Wurttemberg) 18.08.-02.09.2012 ENVI 10vols
PROJECT: For the past nine years the municipality of Kehl has asked international workcamps to help with environmental protection in their town. This workcamp attaches high value to organic, natural and regional food and gives you the possibility to think about Eating Quality and improve it within your workcamp (e.g., do you know how to prepare CO2 free breakfast?). For example the volunteers will have the opportunity to buy fresh products from local farmers at the city market and to produce jam on their own. You are more than welcome to bring your ideas or habits and new trends from your country.
WORK: There are three tasks to fulfil, explained by professional supervisors. In the first week your tasks will be rebuilding and renovation of a nature trail in the wetlands of the river Rhine and cleaning of a biotope and a pond, which needs to get cleared from rubbish, grass and bushes to prevent the town from flooding. This place is one of the most important green areas of the citys residential zones. Definitely volunteers will learn a lot about typical vegetation and its ecological richness. In the second week you will help the German Society for Nature Conservation (NABU). They are taking care of a fortification of Sundheim, which was build in the 19th century to protect the city of Strasbourg and needs to be cleaned from time to time. You will clear the banks of the moats, cut the bushes and construct some water bodies for the amphibians. You will work with machines and it may be physically hard and muddy. This is a good project to learn about nature protection and conservation.
ACCOMMODATION: Even if it is already autumn months and weather, the group will be accommodated in big tents in the garden of a youth centre. You can use all facilities in the youth centre - a kitchen and different rooms to stay and spend time in. In case of very cold nights you can move into the house. You should be prepared for this and the best what you can do - bring a warm sleeping bag and warm clothes! Be open to get in touch with the local youth since they are your hosts and neighbours throughout the workcamp!
LOCATION: Kehl is a medium sized town at the bank of the river Rhine facing the French-German border. The Alsatian town of Strasbourg is situated on the other side of the river Rhine. It will be interesting to visit the beautiful town of Strasbourg, crossing the border to France. The youth centre is only a five minutes walk from the inner city of Kehl. Other interesting outings can be the Black Forest, Heidelberg, Baden-Baden, Freiburg and the nature of the southern area in general.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Kehl
So erging es den Campleitungen 2011.
Bau einer Grillhütte und eines Zaunes
IBG 23 Niederheimbach (Rheinland-Pfalz) 19.08.-08.09.2012 RENO 12vols
PROJECT: Niederheimbach is located at the banks of the famous Rhine River and belongs to the World Heritage cultural landscape of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. The local host is the municipality of Niederheimbach and this is the first time for them to invite an international workcamp to help with different working projects.
WORK: Firstly, the workcamp will help with the renovation and extension of a barbeque area. They are planning to build a new BBQ hut and install a new public toilet. Secondly, volunteers will remove old wooden fence of the local kindergarten and build a new one. Third task will be more creative and volunteers will paint the railway underpass. In addition to that there will be some small tasks to be done such us cutting grass and bushes and putting up traffic signs. Working places are located in different parts and its possible that volunteers will split in smaller groups for the different tasks.
ACCOMMODATION: The group will be accommodated in a sports hall in the former school building, which is now used as a town hall. Mats will be provided as well as a kitchen and sanitary facilities.
LOCATION: The small municipality of Niederheimbach with its 700 inhabitants, due to its location in the Middle Rhine Valley, offers a lot of charm and mystery to discover and see. From earlier times Niederheimbach is still famous for fairy tales and figures and walking through fields, vineyards and forests you can still meet Hansel and Gretel, Frog King or Little Red Riding Hood.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Niederheimbach
Mithilfe bei einer Kinderferienfreizeit und in Kindergärten
IBG 24 Wangen (Baden-Wurttemberg) 25.08.-08.09.2012 KIDS 12vols
PROJEKT: Schon zum fuenften Mal laedt die Stadt Wangen zu einem Workcamp ein, das bei den lokalen Ferienspielen und -aktivitaeten fuer Kinder unterstuetzen soll. Innerhalb der zwei Wochen findet die Spielstadt Mini-Wangen statt. Zur Kinderspielstadt sind Kinder im Alter von 7-10 Jahren eingeladen. Ungefaehr 120 Kinder werden bei Mini-Wangen dabei sein. Spaß, Spannung und viel Spiel ist garantiert! Wahrscheinlich wird ein Teil der Workcamp-Gruppe in den staedtischen Kindergaerten helfen.
ARBEIT: Die Teilnehmer des Workcamps helfen die Kinder bei verschiedenen Aktivitaeten der Spielstadt zu unterstuetzen in den Bereichen Sport, Spiel und Handwerk. Die Freiwilligen arbeiten gemeinsam mit lokalen Betreuern zusammen, um das Programm innerhalb und im Außenbereich des Jugendhauses und in der Stadt zu beaufsichtigen. Das Programm laeuft taeglich von 8 Uhr bis 15 Uhr. Die andere Aufgabe koennte sein, die Kinder in einem staedtischen Kindergarten bei einem Ferienprogramm zu betreuen.
UNTERKUNFT: Die Gruppe lebt in einem gut ausgestatteten Selbstversorgerhaus (Kueche und Sanitaeranlagen sind vorhanden) einem Gruppenhaus neben dem idyllischen Kloster der Stadt. Die Moenche sind sehr gastfreundlich und freuen sich auf den Austausch.
UMGEBUNG: Wangen ist eine schoene, alte Stadt in der Region, die sich Allgaeu nennt. Sie liegt nahe den Alpen und den Laendern Schweiz und Oesterreich. Die Umgebung ist vielseitig und laedt zu vielen Naturerlebnissen (zum Beispiel Bodensee und Alpen) ein. Doch auch die Stadt Wangen selbst hat mit ihren Fachwerkhaeusern und der langen Geschichte, die bis ins Jahr 815 zurueckgeht, viel an Kultur und Sehenswuerdigkeiten zu bieten. Spannende, abenteuerliche zwei Wochen warten auf dich!
NAECHSTER BAHNHOF: Wangen
Hier ein Bericht aus dem Camp 2010 in Wangen.
Landschaftspflege auf einem Panormaweg
IBG 25 Bad Kreuznach (Rhineland-Palatinate) 09.09.-29.09.2012 ENVI 12vols
PROJECT: Bad Kreuznach is a very nice spa town in the valley of the river Nahe. On the hillsides of this valley you can find vineyards and orchards still used ones and abandoned ones. A hiking path called panorama view path is leading through these yards overlooking the beautiful town and the valley. The abandoned vineyards became overgrown in the past years. For the first time the city council of Bad Kreuznach invites an international workcamp to help them to clear the vegetation on this hillside so that vegetation typical for this area (dry grassland, orchids...) can reappear.
WORK: You will cut the existing vegetation which mainly consists of small bushes and trees approx. 1 1,5 meter high. The hill can be quite steep and there are also some dry-stone walls leading through. You will bring the cut wood to the panorama view path where it will be collected. The work can be physically demanding and the weather can be sunny and hot or rainy and quite cold. In case of longer period of bad weather or as addition to the mentioned environmental task you might also restore a small pavillon on the top of this hill.
ACCOMMODATION: You will stay in a public building near the leisure area of Bad Kreuznach (with playgrounds and barbecue area nearby...). This gives you the chance to spend evenings outside and to enjoy your free time. All necessary facilities will be provided (kitchen, showers, camping beds). The place is outside of the city centre in the nature. You will have to walk 15 minutes to the local bus stop and use the bus to go in the city centre. There will be lots of opportunities to get in contact with local youth and population.
LOCATION: Bad Kreuznach has 45.000 inhabitants and offers many touristic sights and many opportunities to spend the free time. The town is well known for the historic city centre and the old bridges. Many tourists visit the city for spa and wellness activities. In the valley walking paths and cycling trails wait for active people. Directly next to your accommodation you can also find an adventure high rope. Excursions e.g. to Mainz will be possible, but it is up to you and the other volunteers to decide how to spend the free time.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Bad Kreuznach
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IBG 4M Kaltenstein (Baden-Wurttemberg) 19.08. - 01.09.2012 CONS 15 vols
4-Motors-Workcamp!! For special partners only!
PROJECT: Following the success of last years' projects, Baden-Wurttemberg again invites young people from the Four Motors regions Baden-Württemberg, Catalunya, Lombardia, Rhône-Alpes for a workcamp. The fundamental aim is to allow young people to meet and exchange. This way they contribute to intensifying the Four Motors partnership. Due to close contact with the local population the idea of the Four Motors is passed on to the population of the town hosting the project.This year's project will be carried out in a cooperation with a Christian Youth village association (CJD Schloss Kaltenstein e.V.), which is a modern institution situated in the castle of Kaltenstein and offers different education, training and support programs, social and professional help for approximately 1800 youngsters.
WORK: This autumn they are planning to open a kindergarten and therefore your support is needed. You are going to help with the reconstruction of a garden which is going to become a playground for children and probably with the renovation of some future kindergarten classrooms. The work will contain different tasks such as levelling the ground, putting up play equipments, painting parts of the playground tools. Furthermore, they are thinking to construct a new barefoot path integrated into the garden. Your work will be supervised by an experienced professional worker of the association who will explain the tasks and who is looking forward to getting to know international helpers.
ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation will be in a hotel of the association, in the castle, where trainees are usually living during their studies. Sleeping rooms with beds, a kitchen, a room for leisure activities and all sanitary facilities are provided.
LOCATION: The Castle of Kaltenstein was built in the 11th century and is towering over the surrounding hill and the town of Vaihingen. The place is surrounded by vineyards. Vaihingen is a medium sized town at the bank of the river Enz and has approximately 28.000 inhabitants. Without a doubt you will find enough to do locally - having barbecue with workers and trainees of the association or visiting the medieval town centre of Vaihingen and discovering its restored half-timbered facades and the narrow streets. Hiking in the nearby nature as well as excursions to Stuttgart or Ludwigsburg are possible. In Vaihingen/Enz has also been a concentration camp during the Nazi-Period. You can also visit the memorial site. The castle Kaltenstein itself has been a prison in this period.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Vaihingen (Enz)
IBG 27 Fischbachau (Bavaria) 15.09. - 30.09.2012 RENO/CONS 15 vols
PROJECT: The local host is the municipality of Fischbachau and also a local association taking care of youth and families. This association is also a new owner of a previous school youth hostel, which is out of use since 2006 and needs to be renovated, before this place will be reopened to the public, school pupils and youth groups.
WORK: The road leading to this house also needs to be maintained or renovated in some parts and this is going to be main task for you. Please be aware that the work can be physically demanding and you should bring water proofed shoes with you - ideally rubber boots! Work will be supervised by professionals.
ACCOMMODATION: in a building of the association, directly next to your working place. Sanitary facilities and a kitchen are available.
LOCATION: Fischbachau with its 5.400 inhabitants is a typical Bavarian community, which is known as a resort place and not in vain- it lies in a valley and is surrounded by beautiful nature and lakes. Excursions to other nearby cities like Munich or Miesbach can be organized.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Fischbachau
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