SDA 101 Moravian countryside Spring

SDA 101 Moravian countryside Spring

ENVI/RENO

25/04– 07/05

Vols: 7 + 2 team leaders

Age: 18+

Project: The workcamp will take place in the small Moravian village of Tvarozna Lhota, situated in the White Carpathian Mountains, near to the Slovak border. The region is famous for its folk traditions and its beautiful countryside. In the outskirts of the village, the local NGO “INEX-SDA Bile Karpaty” runs a small centre for rural development and sustainability called Cottage Travicna. The centre also hosts an outdoor museum with traditional cottages, some farm animals, a herb garden and traditional fruit trees, showing how rural life in the mountains used to look like there in the past. Every year several public events take place there.

Work: The work will be manual. Firstly, volunteers will work in the outdoor museum, mainly repairing fences, making hay, cleaning, and weeding the herb garden. Secondly, volunteers will collect herbs from the surrounding meadows, which will then be used for the production of herbal teas. At the beginning of the workcamp (on 26^th April) a small festival of typical fruit products called “Oskeruse” will take place. The volunteers will help with the technical preparations of the event (i.e. installation of an exhibition, cleaning up afterwards) and are invited to attend the celebration.

Study part: Apart from the celebration mentioned above, there could be other folkloric events during the workcamp, such as erection of the maypole (central point of the village made of tall decorated wood). There will be many opportunities to learn about local products, local farming, the history, traditions and potential of the region.

Leisure time: Trips to the countryside and to folklore events, visits to touristic sights in the surrounding towns and villages will take place.

Accommodation/Food: In a building in the very centre of the village. Volunteers will need to bring their own sleeping bags and sleeping mats. Two small bathrooms are available. Please be prepared for basic living conditions as the house is very small. Volunteers will prepare their meals together – a small kitchen is available in the living area. Bring your favourite recipes.

Location: Tvarozna Lhota, Southern Moravia (bus stop in the village, next train stop Straznice and Veseli nad Moravou)

Дата добавления: 2015-11-04