programm - deutschland

Seit über vierzig Jahren werden von IBG internationale Freiwilligendienste organisiert. Auch die Workcamps in Deutschland sind immer international besetzt. Die Campsprache ist Englisch. Damit bilden die Workcamps in Deutschland die günstigste Variante, internationale Campluft zu schnuppern.
Herzlich willkommen ist auch jede/r, die/der in Deutschland ein Workcamp betreuen möchte. Mehr Informationen dazu gibt es hier. Übrigens: Die Betreuung eines Workcamps wird bei vielen Studiengängen als Praktikum anerkannt.

Hier gibt's eine Erklärung der Abkürzungen.

Infos zu Teilnahmebedingungen und das Anmeldeformular gibt es hier.

Camp-Code  -  Name -  Ort/Region  -  Zeitraum  -  Projektart  -  Teilnehmerzahl
(Das weltweite Programm für Winter/Frühjahr zum runterladen.)

IBG 01 Marbach am Neckar 22.03. – 10.04.2009 CONS 10 vols
On 10th of November 1759 (250 years ago) Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was born in Marbach am Neckar. Schiller was a famous poet, philosopher, historian and dramatist, friend of Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Famous pieces are for example The Robbers, Mary Stuart, Intrigue and Love, William Tell or Don Carlos.The city of Marbach will celebrate the 250th anniversary during the whole next year. To attract lots of people it is planned to build up 25 huge books in different places in the town with titles of Schiller’s famous pieces on it. The books should be marvelled from spring to autumn. Work: You will help to build up the 25 books. One book is about 3m high and 2m long and its material is cement for the ground and wooden panels for the surface. Each book needs more than 600 screws to be stable. You will work for about 30 hours a week from Monday to Friday. The work will be supervised by professionals. Location: Southwest of Germany, Swabian Region, North of Stuttgart and located at the Neckar river. Marbach am Neckar has about 15.000 inhabitants and a picturesque centre with several churches and many historical houses. Accommodation: You will be accommodated in the youth club “planet-x” in Marbach. All facilities are provided. Next airport: Stuttgart. Next train station: Marbach am Neckar, (30min from Stuttgart).

IBG 02 Rangendingen (Baden-Wurttemberg) 02.05.-16.05.2009 RENO 12 vols
Rangendingen is a small and active community situated close to the black forest and the Swabian Alb which is heading towards a large project in 2009. There is a lake in the village which is used for bathing and swimming in summer. The surrounding area of the lake is planned to be renovated and to improve leisure activities. Next to the lake a beach volleyball court and play ground as well as a nature trail are going to be developed. A group of international volunteers is invited to help in spring time to accomplish the first steps of this large project. Work: First task will be to build up the beach volleyball court so that it is ready for the summer visitors. This task includes amongst other things setting up the ground layer of the court (shovelling sand and straightening the ground) and furthermore the corresponding equipment. Some smaller works must be done on the intended water playground that is going to be set up next to and in the lake. Accommodation: You will live in the community house where beds, kitchen and sanitary facilities are at hand. In the gym hall (2 minutes walk) showers can be found. The accommodation lies in the central of the beautiful community and is only a 5 minutes walk away from the working place. Location: Rangendingen lies close to the black forest and the mountain chain called Swabian Alb in southern Baden-Wurttemberg and therefore offers many possibilities for hiking and enjoying the blossoming spring nature in general. For more cultural events you can find sights as the university town Tuebingen and the Constance Lake and an ancient Roman settlement. Also many old castles and (Hohenzollern, domicile of german emperors) and towns (Rottenburg) lie close to Rangendingen and are worth visiting to get an impression of the history of southern Germany.  Next train station: Hechingen, Horb am Neckar. Next bus station: Rangendingen. Next airport: Stuttgart

About IBG
IBG is a German non-profit organisation founded in 1965. Our aims are to promote international understanding and to facilitate and organise voluntary work coordinating closely with our local partners. IBG is a registered charity and does not have a political, religious or institutional affiliation. IBG receives funds from the European Union and from the German Ministry for Youth. We mainly organize workcamps in Germany.

About our Workcamps
Age limit: 18–26 years old (exceptions for older volunteers can be made)
Age limit teenager camps: 16-17 years old
Age limit senior camp: 35-75 years old (exceptions can be made)
Camp language: English. It is important that volunteers speak at least basic English.
The work: Usually volunteers will work about 30 hours a week (for example six hours a day about five days a week). Exceptions are mentioned in the descriptions.
Accommodation: Will be in schools, youth centres, scouts huts or something similar. In general there are basic conditions but all facilities like kitchen, toilets and showers are provided. If not, it is mentioned in the description.
Campleaders: Usually our camps have one or two campleaders who will help to organise free time activities and keep and account for the money for food, drink and excursions. Apart from these responsibilities they are volunteers like the others.
Food: Food will usually be prepared by two members of the camp on any given day. Everyone will take turns cooking.
Contact with the local population: Establishing contact with the local population is one big aim of IBG. Of course the level and intensity of local contact depends entirely on the possibilities and cannot be forced. Volunteers should be open for contact to the local population.
Insurance: IBG provides all insurances (accident, illness, third liability), only within the official camp dates. European volunteers have to bring the European Health Card (former E111). We strongly recommend (Non-EU) volunteers who plan to travel beyond these dates to take out their own insurance.
Official invitations: Probably embassies will ask for an addition of the paragraphs 66-68 (former 81-82) to our official invitations (“Kosten für Rückbeförderung und Lebensunterhalt”). As in the past we would like to mention that it is NOT possible for IBG to meet the conditions and that we can not add these paragraphs to our official invitations.
Volunteers with special needs: International workcamps should be open to everyone. If you have volunteers who need individual support to join a workcamp (more information, special support during the camp...) please contact us. We will do our best to find a way to host them.

IBG – What do we stand for ???
IBG is a non-profit association, founded in 1965, that has organised more than 800 international workcamps for more than 10 000 volunteers.
IBG is independent of every kind of institution, association and political party and is recognised sponsor of education beyond school-room. To finance the camps IBG receives subsidies from the Ministry of Women and Youth. Local sponsors also help to support the various IBG projects.
IBG´s aims in our daily lives we rarely have the opportunity to come into direct contact with foreign people. As a result of this their behaviour often seems to be inexplicable and sometimes mysterious to us. An international workcamp is a unique possibility to live and work together with people from different cultures in an international team. So we can begin to understand each other better.
IBG ´s wish .is that people who take part in a workcamp are TOLERANT, OPEN-MINDED and COMMITTED.
The success of a workcamp depends on the volunteer being prepared to take responsibly for her/himself. The volunteer should not only be able to work independently but also, and in this case, more importantly, be able to work well as a part of the group. To take part in a camp also means to organise the camp TOGETHER.
CAMP LIFE When you join a camp you will be among people from all over the world. Apart from working together you will cook, celebrate, eat, discuss and make excursions together as a group. You will also have the best possible opportunity to get in contact with "the natives" and to experience the country.
Every workcamp has an IBG campleader who will explain the general set-up and help you (should the need arise). The campleader is not, however, wholly responsible for organising your free time - that is just as much your own responsibility. To create a "lively camp life" we need you to involve yourself and to contribute by your ACTIVITY.