Attention: This project is only for volunteers who like simple life and enjoy the nature!

NEXT AIRPORT: Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), Luxembourg (LUX) Frankfurt (FRA)

NEXT TRAIN STATION:Trier or Türkismühle

MEETING POINT: Hermeskeil bus stop

IBG 04 Waldenburg (Baden-Wuerttemberg) 06.05. - 20.05.2016 FEST/KIDS 10 vols

PROJECT: The Albert-Schweitzer-Children’s Village in Waldenburg was found in 1957. A Childrens’s Village exists of several houses where the kids live like in a small family together, because they don’t have the opportunity to live with their parents. The goals of this association are to respect the personality and feelings of every child, to bring forward individual skills and creativity as well as to make a good physical and mental development possible. This summer in May, they will be hosting the KidoCup with over 300 kids for one weekend. It is a big sports event for children and teenagers from Children’s Villages all over Germany. The organizers are very happy to get the help of an international workcamp to realize the KidoCup 2015 and they are looking forward to organise various leisure activities like city sightseeing, camp fire evenings or canoeing for you.

WORK: You will help the organizers of the KidoCup in all phases of the event. Before the event starts, you will set up everything in the Children’s Village. You will prepare the accommodation for the guests, set up the sport venue and take over many logistical tasks. The weekend during the KidoCup you will supply the guests with food and drinks. This is a great opportunity to get in contact with the children and teenagers, who are participating in the event. Afterwards you will help to clean up the area.

ACCOMMODATION:The volunteers will be accommodated in the guest house which is placed directly in the Children’s Village. You will stay in double rooms (or with three beds) and have a well equipped kitchen and a nice living room.

LOCATION: Waldenburg is a hilltop town in southcentral Germany, famous for its castle and some hilltop churches. You can enjoy amazing views over the forests and neighbouring villages as well as a good climate. The nature reserve with its special plants offers many walking and hiking trails. In only 20min by train you can reach Schwaebisch Hall with its picturesque old town.

NEXT AIRPORT:Stuttgart, Nürnberg, Frankfurt

NEXT TRAIN STATION: Waldenburg (Württ)

IBG 05 Hoetensleben (Saxony-Anhalt) 20.05. – 12.06.2016 FEST/CONS 12 vols

PROJECT: 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 of the violence that took place here.

WORK: This year there will be the 1000-year-anniversary in Hoetensleben. During one week there are different events and activities. Before the event starts you will help to set everything up and also during the event you will help to prepare the different locations and activities. Of course there will be time for you to join the party as well. Another task will include maintenance and repair work at the historical memorial itself. Also note that the workcamp includes several study-parts on this period of the German history with several excursions and activities together with local people. The highlight of these might be your excursion to Berlin where you will visit the Bundestag (German Parliament)!

ACCOMMODATION:You are staying in the former village hall that is renovated now. There are different sleeping rooms with beds provided and a good equipped kitchen as well.

LOCATION:Hoetensleben is a little village with approx. 2,500 inhabitants. International workcamps have been invited for some 14 years, so local inhabitants are looking forward to welcoming the volunteers. Many activities will be done together with local associations e.g. the voluntary fire brigade of Hoetensleben. Volunteers should be interested in German history because there will some trips to historical places and other activities in relation to the German history. Therefore, volunteers should add a short motivation letter describing their interest in this special project.

NEXT AIRPORT:Hannover, Berlin

NEXT TRAIN STATION: Helmstedt

REQUIREMENTS: Please include a motivation letter with your application.

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