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Tschechien    SDA 201    Eco-Pilgrimage Hartenberg    09.06.-30.06.2012    ENVI   14vols
PROJECT: The Workcamp is organized in cooperation with the local NGO "Hartenberg o.s.", which supports the development of volunteering in Westen Bohemia and takes care of the remains of castle Hartenberg. The castle was purposely set on fire several times and is now in a very bad state. With the help of volunteers it is being gradually reconstructed. Today, parts of the castle (mainly the big courtyard) are being used for cultural, ecological and educational activities.
WORK: The three week project will take place at three different location of North Western Bohemia. You will help with various manual tasks according to your interest and abilities. This can include: recultivation of the landscape, help with renovation of the castle and maintenance of the surroundings, preparation of educational activities for local children. Bring warm clothes, working boots and rain-gear.
LEISURE TIME: You can go hiking in the mountainous countryside, visit some of the famous spa-towns in the region, go canoeing, do some sport activities and play music. During the weekends there will be time to go on whole-day trips, too. Take some games, pictures, musical instruments, films and other items, which represent you and your cultures.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: The accommodation will be very basic; please don’t expect any bigger comfort! You will sleep in different locations of the region, sometimes in a cottage, sometimes in tents. On several days, the toilets and showers will be provided in a container. Take a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat with you. The participants will cook from common resources in a small kitchen. Bring your local recipes.
LOCATION: The castle ruin is situated near the village Hrebeny in western Bohemia and other villages in the region.
NOTE: We are looking for flexible volunteers with respect for the environment. Please take good walking boots, warm cloths and raingear with you.

Tschechien    SDA 102    Volunteers for Mezno    17.06.-30.06.2012    RENO   9vols (no more female)
PROJECT: The little village of Mezno lies about 70 km south from Prague. There are about 250 people living in Mezno and its surroundings. The volunteers will have the chance to experience life in a typical Bohemian village.
WORK: The volunteers will work either in a local forest helping with its maintenance or help with the cultivation of public places in Mezno and some surrounding villages. The work will be manually and physically demanding. Bring working shoes and clothes suitable for outdoor work.
STUDY PART: The second essential part of the project is to meet locals (mainly kids) and introduce the volunteers’ countries and cultures to them.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: The volunteers will be accommodated in a local football clubhouse. No beds and blankets can be provided, therefore the volunteers are asked to bring a sleeping bag and sleeping mattress. Please be prepared for basic living conditions. The volunteers will prepare their breakfast and dinner by themselves. Lunch will be provided in a local restaurant.
LEISURE TIME: In your free time, you can make trips to surrounding towns, the near-by countryside and places of interest. As Mezno is a small village with limited leisure possibilities, bring ideas how to spend your free time (games, music instruments).
LOCATION: Mezno.

Tschechien    SDA 303    Children Summer Camp    28.06.-13.07.2012    KIDS/RENO   12vols (no more female)
Motivation Letter required.
PROJECT: The voluntary project is organized by the NGO “Centre for all”, which organizes free time activities and summer camps for children and youth with and without handicaps. The activities take place in a reconstructed barn with a pretty garden in a small village and in the centre of the organization in the town Nymburk. For more information visit the organization’s website: www.centrumprovsechny.cz
WORK: The volunteers will perform two different kinds of work: Firstly you will help with practical manual tasks indoors and outdoors: gardening, putting up tents and tepees, help in the kitchen, prepare the barn for the arrival of the clients (moving furniture, cleaning, decorating and preparing games and activities for the children and youth), who will arrive at the second week of the project. Secondly the group will work with children and youth with autism and other disabilities, who spend their vacation at the village (general assistance, organization of activities for the clients, going with them on walks outside the centre etc.).
STUDY PART: In the first week you will get a lecture on autism and a workshop on methods how to work with children and youth affected by autism. The group will visit a school for children with handicaps and special needs. You will also learn about the famous Czech author Bohumil Hrabal, who was born in Nymburk.
LEISURE TIME: Tour around the spa town Podebrady, excursions to the castle of Loucen, to a local brewery and to the surrounding countryside are planned. We will also organize an intercultural day/evening in Nymburk.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: Part of the time you will be accommodated in modern tents or in a barn in Jizbice (the village where the children and youth camp takes place). The rest of the time you will sleep in a house in Nymburk that serves as a centre for the organization. Please bring a sleeping bag and a headlamp. You will help with preparing the food, so bring some interesting recipes with you.
LOCATION: Nymburk and the village of Jizbice (8 kilometres from the town Nymburk).
NOTES: Smoking is forbidden while working with the children. Bring working clothes with you that can get dirty! You will need clothes for all kind of weather (raingear and waterproof working boots). A motivation letter sent with the application form is strictly required.

Tschechien    SDA 203    Castle Hartenberg Art    30.06.-21.07.2012    ART   14vols (no more female)
PROJECT: The site of the Workcamp is the ruin of the Hartenberg castle with its neglected park. The castle was purposely set on fire several times and is now in a very bad state. With the help of volunteers and the NGO "Hartenberg o.s"., the castle is being gradually reconstructed. Today, parts of the castle (mainly the big courtyard) are being used for cultural, ecological and educational activities as well as for the support and development of volunteering.
WORK: Between 2006–2010 a total of 5 art projects took place at castle Hartenberg. The participants creatively documented the castle and its surroundings, historically important people and the nature around the castle. The results of the work can be seen at the castle. This year 12 volunteers will have the chance to create their own works and complete some work from the past years. The results of their work will be exhibited for the public at the end of the project. The volunteers will also help to create promotion materials such as leaflets and informational signs.
LEISURE TIME: You can go hiking in the mountainous countryside, visit some of the famous spa-towns in the region, go canoeing, do sport or play music. During the weekends there will be time to go on whole-day trips, too. Take some games, pictures, musical instruments, films and other items, which represent you and your cultures.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: The accommodation will be very basic; please don’t expect any comfort! You will sleep in a cottage near the castle in two common rooms. Take a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat with you. The toilet and showers will be provided in a container. The participants will cook from common resources in a small kitchen. Bring your local recipes.
LOCATION: The castle ruin is situated near the village Hrebeny in western Bohemia, not far from the town Sokolov.
NOTE: We are looking for volunteers with respect for the environment and cultural values. Please take good walking boots, warm cloths and raingear with you.

Tschechien    SDA 310    Build a Fairytale World for disadvantaged kids     08.07.-21.07.2012    KIDS/CONS   15vols
PROJECT: Every year the NGO Andromeda organizes a project for kids from children’s homes and asylum seeker accommodation centres. During four days the kids will stay in a “Fairytale World”, created in a local forest. In this imaginary village they will meet with fairytale figures to which they can adopt and compensate their emotional needs. This special form of experimental education provides the kids with a therapy focused on compensation of their emotional deprivation and supports the development of moral values and social skills. Besides, the kids are supported by long-term therapy, which helps them to overcome traumas and come to terms with the difficult life-situations they find themselves in.
WORK: The workcamp takes place several weeks before the arrival of the kids to the “Fairytale World”. You will help to prepare the adventure for them. This means mainly to extend the “Fairytale World” and build several new wooden huts. Besides, you will decorate the huts from inside and outside and build a micro-version of the famous Stonehenge. Please take good working cloths and boots for the work in the forest with you. As you will work in all kinds of weather, you will also need raingear.
STUDY PART: The volunteers will visit several children's homes, where you will meet with the kids, which take part in the “Fairytale World”, you prepare for them. The meetings with the children give the volunteers the chance to better understand their life situation, the problems they face and their special needs. You will also learn more about the aims and mission of the NGO Andromeda and their engagement for socially disadvantaged children.
During workshops led by psychologists cooperating with Andromeda, you will learn more about the problem of social exclusion of children and the therapeutic approach used during the “Fairytale World”.
LEISURE TIME: The local people are very friendly and open-minded and it will be possible to arrange some common activities such as sports or join local cultural events.
Several trips to interesting places in the surroundings are planned, such as the famous castles Karlstejn and Konopiste and the capital city of Prague. After work there will be plenty of time for relaxing: we can have barbeques, play intercultural games ...
ACCOMMODATION: The volunteers will be accommodated in a local football clubhouse with a reasonable standard in a village close to the place of work. Please take your own sleeping bag and sleeping mat. The meals are being served in a local restaurant.
LOCATION: The project takes place in and around the village of Vsestary u Prahy, which is located about 30 kilometres east from Prague.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: A short motivation letter.

Tschechien    SDA 105    Sustainable Rural Development    10.07.-24.07.2012    ENVI/RENO   12vols (no more female)
PROJECT: The project takes place in cooperation with a local NGO. The NGO engages in the field of nature protection, environmental education and a sustainable way of live. It takes care for a nature trail between two local villages and its surroundings. Besides, the organization would like to support the development of volunteering in today’s society.
WORK: You will help to clean a protected forest and some neglected public areas around the village of your stay. Furthermore you will help to cut grass on protected meadows with precious orchids growing there. Finally you will help to clean non-used churches in which the local NGO would like to organize concerts.
STUDY PART: Introduction of the local NGO, guided tour around the sights of the surroundings, workshops on traditional handicraft, excursion to local producers. The volunteers have the possibility to organize an intercultural evening for the locals – so please bring some pictures, recipes, music that represents you and your culture.
LEISURE TIME: You can make trips to the surrounding on foot or by bike. It’s also possible to visit some towns and sights in the farther surrounding region. In the village itself you can play games, sports (volleyball, football...) and spent your evenings by the campfire. You can also attend some of the events organized by the local partner such as a concert in one of the cleaned churches.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: The volunteers will be accommodated either in the local parish house or a school building in the village of Vysoke Veseli. Please bring your own sleeping bag and mattress. Most of the time, you will prepare your own meals, so bring some interesting recipes. Occasionally members of the local NGO will cook for you.
LOCATION: The village of Vysoke Veseli, located in Eastern Bohemia.
NOTE: Bring good working cloths, a raincoat and working boots. If you play any musical instrument, it would be great to take it with you (if possible) – you can use it for example for the intercultural evening or for creating some nice atmosphere at the campfire.

Tschechien    SDA 106    Old brewery Chric    12.07.-23.07.2012    RENO/CULT   12vols (no more female)
Motivation Letter needed
PROJECT: The old brewery is situated in the small village of Chric. Its history dates back to the 14th century and the brewery was built two centuries later. The production of beer had to be stopped with the beginning of the Second World War. The complex has fallen into ruin since that time. But it is an inspiring area, which the NGO "Propolis" wants to change into a vivid place, serving as cultural and community centre. Step by step working rooms for handicapped people and an educational centre offering courses for the public should be build up. The organization would also like to support the reactivation of traditional handcrafts. Sometimes in the future the production of beer should be restored, too!
WORK: The main part of the work consists of manual tasks: The group will do renovation and demolition works in the brewery, cultivate the garden, clean a river and help to prepare the local music and theatre festival “Kric fest”, which will take place the second weekend of the project. The work will be physically very demanding. Additionally the volunteers will create a performance or a cultural program, which they will present together during the festival (the concept is just up to the fantasy and ability of the volunteers). We are looking for motivated volunteers, who are not afraid of physically demanding work and who have an interest in theatre, music, dance and creative art. Bring working clothes that can get dirty or damaged. You will need very good working shoes!! You will work at the weekends, but get at least one day off.
STUDY PART: Get some knowledge about the history of the place, the brewery and the way beer was produced. We inform you as well about our plans for the future and depending on your interest it is possible to visit a nearby museum, where you learn more about local traditions. We can also arrange a visit of a bee-keeper and of other traditional local producers.
LEISURE TIME: Trips to the surroundings: ruins of the castles Krasov, Krakovec, the nature preserve Krivoklatsko, the castle Krivoklat and the museum Marianska Tynice. There will be some bikes at your disposal. The village has a football ground; 5-10 km from the village there is a swimming pool and a river.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: In the living area of the brewery in two separate rooms. Bring a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat. In case of interest you can sleep in tents in the garden (bring your own tent). The local partner prepares the food with occasional help of the volunteers. Take some crucial ingredients or local products to prepare your traditional food for an intercultural evening. The living conditions will be very basic (outside showers, dry toilets, not much comfort or privacy in the sleeping rooms)
LOCATION: The village of Chric (about 200 inhabitants, with a church and a castle in its centre), located in the Western part of Bohemia.
NOTE: A motivation letter sent with the application form is strictly required (max. 1 page A4, please state your motivation to participate in the Workcamp, your experience with manual work, what you can contribute to the festival and if you have some ideas for the performance).

Tschechien    SDA 304    Fight social exclusion    16.07.-29.07.2012    SOCI   10vols (no more female)
The project is organized in co-operation with the Czech humanitarian organization “People in Need” (Clovek v tisni). Besides development work and other activities, the organization is trying to fight social exclusion in the growing “social ghettos” in the Czech Republic. Site of the Workcamp is Usti nad Labem, a North-Bohemian city with severe social problems. There, People in Need is offering meaningful leisure-time activities for children and youth from underprivileged families and a centre for mothers with children.
WORK: The volunteers will work in the socially excluded locality Predlice, a part of Usti nad Labem. The main work will be the preparation, implementation and coordination of creative leisure activities (especially cultural and sports activities) for children and youth from the locality. The volunteers will be in regular contact with the residents of Predlice. Meetings will be held at the community centre building in Predlice.
STUDY PART: Lecture and seminar about social exclusion in the Czech Republic and about specific problems concerning work with youth from socially excluded areas. At the beginning of the Workcamp the volunteers will be in intensive contact with young people from the locality. During these meetings, with the help of translators, they will exchange their life stories among themselves in order to reach better mutual understanding.
LEISURE TIME: Trips to the surrounding countryside (nature-parks, castles, close-by mountains and historical cities in the whole region). Visit concerts at local clubs. Visit of the county town Liberec.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: At the Drop-In Club “New World” in one socially excluded neighbourhood. The volunteers will prepare their own meals. Please bring a sleeping bag, a sleeping-mattress, good boots for hiking, working clothing and raingear.
LOCATION: Usti nad Labem
NOTE: A motivation letter sent with the application form is strictly required!

Tschechien    SDA 305    Therapeutic Centre Ledovec (Iceberg)    21.07.-04.08.2012    SOCI/RENO   10vols (no more female)
PROJECT: Ledovec is a NGO offering support to people with psychiatric diseases or mental health handicaps. For their clients it works as a “rural training home” and assists them to keep or improve the quality of their everyday lives. As a part of the centre there is a big garden and a farm with goats, sheep and chicken. The centre organizes a number of interesting activities for the public as well. Since 2002 the centre organizes a voluntary project where volunteers from the Czech Republic and from abroad work together with the centre’s therapists to improve the area of an old parish house in the village Ledce where the centre is situated.
WORK: The Workcamp takes place in the centre which is closed for the majority of clients. The volunteers help with the running of the centre at that time (taking care of the animals, the garden and the house). They perform general cleaning of the house and assist at current reconstruction work (reconstruction of the barn, walls, an outside area of the centre). Take working clothes and working boots. Part of the work is to help with the preparation and organisation of the “Traditional Fair Celebration” – a cultural one-day event for the public, where different handcrafts are presented and various kinds of traditional fair entertainment will be seen.
STUDY PART: The volunteers will receive an introductory lecture on the centre’s activities and principles of the psychosocial support offered to the clients. During the project, the centre’s therapeutic workshops will be open for you (weaving, bread making, candle workshop).
LEISURE TIME: The centre will organize trips with their own minibus, often to cultural events in Plzen (Pilsen) – Cultural Capital 2015 or other places of interest. For everyday time off after work the centre provides joggling equipment, 5 bikes, 4 canoes and maps for trips to the surrounding countryside.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: In the main building in beds or on mattresses; bring a sleeping bag. Hot water, a shower and three toilets are available. You will receive homemade food three times a day in the centre (vegetarian dishes available). The volunteers will be involved in preparing the meals.
LOCATION: The village Ledce, about 8 kilometres northwest from Plzen (Pilsen). In the village you find Ledovec in the old parish house in the very centre of the village close to the church. The participants can be picked up at the train or bus station in Plzen.
NOTE: The group will consist of 10 international volunteers – 5 from a partner organization of the centre and 5 international volunteers that will be placed by INEX-SDA. There will be only one shower for the group. The group will be responsible for itself and organize itself under the “supervision” of the centre’s manager.

Tschechien    SDA 206    30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP at Castle Kynzvart    22.07.-05.08.2012    ENVI/RENO   13vols (no more female)
PROJECT: The Workcamp takes place at the site of the famous castle Kynzvart, which belonged to the councillor Metternich in the 19th century. The neo-classical castle has a charming park and an amazing history, which goes back to the 13th century. It is situated in the westernmost corner of the Czech Republic, near the spa towns Karlovy Vary - Marianske Lazne - Frantiskovy Lazne.
WORK: The volunteers will work in the castle park and in the surrounding forest park. They will mainly perform maintenance and gardening tasks such as cleaning paths, weeding, removing fallen branches and leaves, making wood etc.
STUDY PART: 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
LEISURE TIME: Guided tour through the castle Kynzvart. We plan an intercultural evening, so take some pictures and music that represents you and some interesting recipes with you. Different kinds of sports, swimming in the nearby ponds, trips to the nearby spa towns and he surrounding countryside. Take some games for the evenings after work.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: In the castle area in a house. Take your sleeping bag and sleeping mattress. A bathroom and a small kitchen are available. The volunteers will prepare their meals on their own.
LOCATION: Lazne Kynzvart (area of castle Kynzvart), about 11 km from the well known spa town Marianske Lazne.

Tschechien    SDA 108    Sustainable Becov/Nezichov    23.07.-04.08.2012    ENVI/RENO   13vols (no more female)
European project with volunteers from Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria
PROJECT: The Workcamp is organized by two NGOs from Western Bohemia dealing with sustainable rural development, protection of the landscape and preservation of regional cultural sights. It will take place in two communities of the region, which lay just a few kilometres apart: During the first week you will live and work in the tiny village of Nezichov. The second week’s activities will take place in Becov, a beautiful historical town with a famous castle.
WORK: The work will be manual: You will help to preserve the local natural and cultural heritage such as a historical botanic garden. Your work includes to plant trees and other plants, cut grass, remove invasive plants, help with the maintenance of the touristic infrastructure and natural trails. You can also help on an organic farm. The tasks can change according to current needs and the weather conditions. Take good working boots and raingear.
STUDY PART: Meet representatives of the NGOs and the villages, learn more about ecological farming (as you will live on an organic farm during the first week), guided tours to regional historical and cultural sights such as castles and monasteries. Excursions with a lecturer to the protected countryside surrounding Becov and Nezichov are planned.
LEISURE TIME: You can visit famous spa towns in the region (i.e. Carlsbad/Karlovy Vary), make sports and go hiking in the surrounding countryside. It is possible to have a campfire, go swimming and on bike trips, try horse riding and visit some local cultural events such as concerts. Bring also some of your favourite local recipes and games.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: During the first week you will sleep in a pension on an organic farm. The local partner will prepare food. In the second week the living conditions will be basic – you will sleep in a student accommodation in Becov. Please bring your own sleeping bag! The food will be partly prepared by volunteers and partly provided by the local partners.
LOCATION: Becov and Nezichov in Western Bohemia.
Note: Special Czech-German-Central European project. The camp language is English!

Tschechien    SDA 112    Summer in Moravia    28.07.-11.08.2012    KIDS/CULT   7vols (no more female)
PROJECT: The project is organized by the local non-governmental organization Hastera, which organizes and supports cultural and educational activities for the general public as well as for kids and the youth (f.e. traditional folk culture, music, dances).
WORK: The project takes place already for the sixth time. In the last years the volunteers renovated a children club, local monuments, a bus station and a school and helped with the documentation of a Jewish cemetery. This year we are looking for especially creative volunteers: You will assist with the preparation of the “historical celebration of the town”. This involves preparing an afternoon-program for local children and a parade of historical regional and foreign costumes. If you have any traditional costumes from your region, take them with you. Your second task will be also creative: You will work out a concept for the so-called “Chrystal Cave” – a small fairytale world for children, that shall arise in the cellar of the local castle in 2013.
Study part: Get to know the local folk traditions, have an excursion to a traditional wine cellar.
LEISURE: There is much to see in the region: The open-air museum in Straznice, a place of Pilgrimage in Velehrad, castles, the Batuv canal, a big lake for swimming and other sites of interest. You can also go cycling and play games at the sports ground next to the school.
ACCOMMODATION: In the local elementary school in beds. Bring a sleeping bag. In the building there are showers, toilets and a kitchen. The meals will be prepared by the volunteers at the accommodation.
LOCATION: Uhersky Ostroh (a city with 4500 inhabitants), situated at the river Morava in a beautiful area of Southern Moravia, known for its wine. 2 hours by train from Brno, 3 hours from Vienna and Bratislava.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: A motivation letter handed in with the application is strictly required.

Tschechien    SDA 209    Jewish Holesov    10.08.-24.08.2012    RENO/CULT   10vols (no more female)

PROJECT: The project takes place in Holesov, a small Moravian town, known for its large pre-war Jewish community. The community was wiped-out during the Second World War and has only very few members today. The Workcamp supports the work of the local organization "Olam", which maintains the local Jewish cemetery and organizes a festival of Jewish culture during your stay.
WORK: The volunteers will work on the local Jewish cemetery (about 90% of the working time), where they will liquidate invasive plants and ranking plants. Furthermore, they will help with the technical preparations of the festival “Jewish Culture Week”, which is taking place in Holesov during the Workcamp (10% of the working time). Bring suitable working clothes with you. The work might be physically demanding, weekends are usually working days (because of the festival) but you will get days off during the week.
STUDY PART: You can learn more about Jewish culture and visit concerts, performances and films during the festival. Visit to local monuments.
LEISURE TIME: Trips to the surroundings, free entrance to cultural activities organized by the local cultural centre, free access to the local swimming-pool.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: In the former gamekeeper’s lodge belonging to the local castle. Please bring a sleeping bag. The participants prepare their own meals.
LOCATION: Holesov
NOTE: Volunteers interested in Jewish culture are especially welcome!

Tschechien    SDA 308    Centre for All    17.08.-31.08.2012    KIDS/RENO   12vols (no more female)
Motivation Letter required.
PROJECT: The voluntary project is organized by the NGO “Centre for All”, which organizes free time activities and summer camps for children and youth with and without handicaps. The activities take place in a reconstructed barn with a pretty garden in a small village and in the centre of the organization in the town Nymburk. For more information visit the organization’s website: www.centrumprovsechny.cz
WORK: The volunteers will perform two different kinds of work. Firstly they will assist during a summer camp for youth with physical and/or mental disabilities, which takes place in the village of Jizbice (the topic of the camp is “journey around the world” and even though the clients are handicapped they are able to play and enjoy their stay). The volunteers will provide general assistance and organize activities for the clients. Secondly the volunteers will help to prepare the area of the Youth camp for the winter and to maintain the centre of the organization in Nymburk (gardening, cleaning after the summer season).
STUDY PART: In the first week you will get a lecture on special education and a workshop on methods how to work with children and youth with special needs. You will also learn about the famous Czech author Bohumil Hrabal, who was born in Nymburk.
LEISURE TIME: Tour around the spa town Podebrady, excursions to the castle of Loucen, to a local brewery and to the surrounding countryside are planned. We will also organize an intercultural day/evening in Nymburk.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: Part of the time you will be accommodated in modern tents or in a barn in Jizbice (the village where the Youth camp takes place). The rest of the time you will sleep in a house in Nymburk, that serves as a centre for the organization. Please bring a sleeping bag and a headlamp. You will help with preparing the food, so bring some interesting recipes with you.
LOCATION: Nymburk and the village of Jizbice (8 kilometres from the town Nymburk).
NOTE: Smoking is forbidden while working with the children. Bring working clothes with you that can get dirty! You will need clothes for all kind of weather (raingear and waterproof working boots). A motivation letter sent with the application form is strictly required.

Tschechien    SDA 109    Volunteering in Dysina    24.08.-10.09.2012    ENVI/RENO   10vols (no more female)
For volunteers 18-30 years old.
PROJECT: The project is organized with the municipality of Dysina, a small village in Western Bohemia not far from Pilsen. You will mainly support the community to improve the look of the village and take care of the local green in parks, a bio corridor and in other public places.
WORK: The work will be mainly manual. You will take care of the community green areas. You should be fond of gardening works (cutting bushes and grass, painting works, raking etc.). Secondly you will help with some manual tasks such as the reconstruction of the local church. The village would like to organize a theatre performance for local kids in the time the Workcamp takes place. The volunteers can join the event and prepare some intercultural theatre performance together with the local kids.
STUDY PART: Get familiar with the history of the region and visit some local craftsmen. It’s possible to organize an intercultural evening, so take some pictures and music that represents you and some interesting recipes with you. In the last week of the project the local school starts its new term. It will be possible to prepare some intercultural activities for the local school-kids.
LEISURE TIME: Excursion to Pilsen (European Cultural Capital 2015). You can make trips to the surrounding countryside, or swimming in nearby lakes, or even enjoy the campfire. The village will try to arrange some activities with the local population as well. During your stay a second Workcamp will take place in one of the neighbouring villages – it will be possible to meet with the volunteers and plan some activities together.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: You will sleep either in flats belonging to the village or in a local centre for children – please bring a sleeping bag. It is possible to use the internet for free and wash your clothes. Some of the meals will be served in the school canteen, some will be prepared by the group. Vegetarian diet is possible.
LOCATION: Dysina.

Tschechien    SDA 110    Volunteering in Kysice    24.08.-10.09.2012    ENVI/KIDS   10vols (no more female)
PROJECT: The project takes place in Kysice, a tiny village in Western Bohemia located just 4 km from Pilsen, European Cultural Capital 2015. You will mainly support the local community to improve the look of the village and organize activities for the local kids.
WORK: Firstly, the volunteers will help to maintain and improve the village. The main task is to dismantle the fence around the local town hall, plant a hedge instead and clean the area in front of the town hall.
Secondly, the volunteers will help to organize a day of activities for local children at the end of their summer holidays. They will prepare an afternoon full of games and competitions for children aged from 3 to 12 years. Every participant should prepare games and competitions for children that are typical for their regions of origin. Bring anything special you may need for the preparations and which could be unavailable in the Czech Republic. Musical instruments are also very welcome.
STUDY PART: An excursion to the Brewery Museum in Pilsen or the Pilsen brewery itself is planned. You will also learn more about the history of the village Kysice from a local historian and visit an exhibition of historical photographs. It’s possible to organize an intercultural evening, so take some pictures and music that represents you and some interesting recipes with you.
LEISURE TIME: There are plenty of activities the volunteers can do during their free time: have a campfire or a barbeque; do sports such as volleyball, foot tennis and handball; go hiking and cycling in the surroundings (bicycles will be provided by the village); visit of the zoo. During your stay a second Workcamp will take place in one of the neighbouring villages – it will be possible to meet with the volunteers and plan some activities together.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: separate private house - two rooms available for sleeping, plus a common room, bathroom, toilet, kitchen. The volunteers will sleep in sleeping bags on mattresses. Bring your own sleeping bag. Lunches will be prepared by the locals, the volunteers will prepare their own breakfast and dinner.
LOCATION: Kysice.
NOTE: Regarding the fact that the volunteers will stay in a private house of a family with three children, the volunteers should be out-going personalities and non-smokers.

Tschechien    SDA 404    Back to nature    27.08.-14.09.2012    ENVI   14vols
PROJECT: The project is organized in co-operation with the Czech national section of EUROSOLAR. This organisation is dealing with the promotion of renewable energies and direct ecological education in the nature. It takes place in an abandoned but exceptionally beautiful, hilly area of Cesky les (The Bohemain Forest), near the western border of the Czech Republic. The campsite is totally isolated from civilization (the nearest Czech village is about 11 km away). This project is recommended to volunteers that are fond of trying out a basic life within nature and do not mind longer walks.
WORK: The volunteers will work in a nature reserve about 4 km from the camping place, as well as directly on the site where they will be lodged. The main work will consist of cutting grass on protected meadows, raking grass, collecting biomass and maintenance works on the camping place such as preparing wood, cleaning the surrounding area, constructing a fence for a tree garden and similar manual work. As the meadows can be very wet, bring waterproof working shoes (or rubber boots) and rain-gear.
STUDY PART: A lecture and seminar about the environmental conditions in the formerly closed boarder area (Iron Curtain area), where the camp is located. If conditions allow we can try out beaver-watching and observation of other wild animal directly in nature. As you are living in close contact with the nature you will improve your camping skills as well.
LEISURE TIME: Hiking in the surrounding nature, excursions to an old military watch tower, nearby villages and small towns. As the project is situated directly at the boarder to Germany, a trip to Germany can be included as well. In the free afternoons, you can play games and try our artistic work with wood. If you have an EU-driving license, bring it with you as well.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: In tee-pees (Indian tents with a fire place in the middle) on wooden pads. You will cook for yourself from provided resources at freestanding cooking places inside and outside the tee-pees. The food is ONLY vegetarian and vegan, bring a bowl/plate for eating, cutlery and a cup. The consumption of alcohol is not allowed at the camp side. The nights in the forest are cold, so bring a very warm sleeping bag, a sleeping mat and an extra blanket or a cover for a hey-mattress. You will wash yourself in a small stream with quite a cold water which flows through the camp. The consumption of alcohol and drugs is forbidden!
LOCATION: Stoupa, an isolated part of the village of Lesna in the Czech forest. The nearest town is Tachov.

Tschechien    SDA 405    New Forest II     02.09.-15.09.2012    ENVI   16vols
PROJECT: The project is organized in cooperation with the local NGO Cmelak - Friends of Nature Society, whose activities are focused on the support of a sustainable way of life, practical nature protection and environmental education. The aim of their projects is to restore the natural forest on specific pieces of land and to save endangered tree species. The Workcamp takes place in one of those pieces of land in a mountainous area around the city of Liberec (Northern Bohemia, close to the Polish and German borders).
WORK: The main aim of the project is to support the NGO Cmelak with its manual work outdoors in the mountainous area. The volunteers will plant seedlings of trees and clean branches after cutting down trees in the area. This will allow the growth of a mixed forest which should resemble to the natural state of a forest. According to the current needs this work could be replaced by similar tasks (help with growing seedlings) in a tree nursery. This project is designed for people who are willing and able to do hard manual work and who are prepared to work outdoors in all types of weather (in the mountains it will be cold, rainy and windy). Water-proof clothes and very good working boots are necessary.
LEISURE TIME: You can go hiking in the beautiful surrounding landscape and make trips to Liberec, a town that offers many cultural events like concerts or theatre performances.
STUDY PART: During the project you can learn a lot about nature protection in one of the most beautiful forest areas in Bohemia. It will be possible to organize discussions with pupils from a high-school in Liberec, visit the seat of the NGO Cmelak and have excursions with a lecturer to the forests owned by the organization.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: The volunteers will sleep in beds in a basic accommodation at the outskirts of Liberec. A common room, a kitchen, showers with hot water and toilets will be provided. The group will prepare the meals on their own. Bring a sleeping bag, a sleeping mattress and slippers with you!
LOCATION: Outskirts of Liberec and the surrounding mountains, Northern Bohemia.

Tschechien    SDA 111    Experiential Education    16.09.-02.10.2012    RENO/CULT   12vols
Motivation Letter needed.
PROJECT: The project is held in Osinalice, a small village in Western Bohemia situated in a beautiful countryside with the famous Machovo Lake and the Bezdez Castle. The project is organized by the association "DoNitra" which runs an organic farm on which experiential educational courses (art, handcraft, self-awareness) are held. The courses focus on the development of skills and abilities which lead to self-sufficiency, self-awareness, courage and a deeper contact with the nature.
WORK: The aim of the Workcamp is to teach the participants how to manage and carry out your own project. There will be three construction projects proposed to the volunteers (greenhouse/multi-purpose woodshed/garden) and one programme project (garden festival). The volunteers will choose one of the construction projects to be carried out together within two weeks. They can be assisted by a professional stonemason, bricklayer or carpenter. At the final weekend, the volunteers will have the opportunity to prepare the garden festival. This event is held regularly for friends of the "DoNitra" association, the village of Osinalice and participants of the courses given by "DoNitra". There will be also different theatre and music performances. The event starts on Saturday and ends on Sunday afternoon.
STUDY PART: Arts workshops (stone carving, forging, wood carving), international evenings organised by the volunteers, workshops and activities with local children are planned.
LEISURE TIME: Cycling (there are 10 bicycles available), hiking, arts workshops, relaxing at a public swimming pool.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: In a reconstructed farm building. Bring your own sleeping bags. The volunteers will prepare their own meals from common resources.
LOCATION: In the tiny village Osnalice in the middle of the protected landscape Kokorinsko.
NOTE: We prefer, if the volunteers are non-smokers and have a creative spirit (it would be great if you are fond of arts, music, circus, theatre). As we would like to learn about your motivation for taking part in the project, a motivation letter sent with the application form is required!