DE-SCI 6.43 Jena und Unterweißbach

Start Date: 2012-07-21, End Date: 2012-08-04
Number of volunteers: 8, Topic: 6: Environment
International age: 18 - 99
National age: 16 - 99

Introduction "Europäische Projektwerkstatt Kultur im ländlichen Raum" is a non-profit, organising (inter)cultural projects. In the university town of Jena they have recultivated thousand square metres of natural land, used for ecological seminars and other conservational purposes. In Thuringian Forest Natural Reserve, the Projektwerkstatt owns a small traditional dwelling house, serving as temporary accommodation for artists and venue for different cultural projects.

Type of Work: Nature-orientated outdoor jobs, e.g. gardening, tree-cutting, digging and earth moving, making firewood, building sheds, perhaps building a Finnish wood sauna; perhaps some indoor works (bad weather alternative)

Study Theme: Conservation and ecology, encountering limited availability of energy, fuels and water, survival training with experienced trainer, comprising a night out in the woods

Accommodation: Week 1: simple, in tents, sleeping bags/camping mats, no running water, cold shower, compost toilet; week 2: accommodation in a more than 100 year old dwelling house with basic living standard Self-catering. week 1: camp-kitchen, camping stove; week 2: basic kitchen in the house

Requirements: Willingness to do manual work, tolerance towards dirt; humour, improvisational talent

Approximate Location: Two operating locations, relocation after one week! week 1: near the town centre with bars, clubs, student life, culture week 2: remote, near-nature, very quiet, limited infrastructure but: signposted hiking trails, public pool/forest spa, reservoir lake/dam

Notes: No Internet Access in both locations!

Over the weekend, you may visit the "Auerworld" Festival.

DE-SCI 9.98 Koeln-Muelheim (German-French-Chinese-International Workcamp)

Start Date: 2012-07-28, End Date: 2012-08-18
Number of volunteers: 10, Topic: 9: Art, Culture, History
International age: 18 - 99
National age: 16 - 99

Introduction Located in the middle of Cologne by the river Rhine, in the former working-class neighbourhood of Muelheim, Sozialistische Selbsthilfe Muelheim (Socialist Self-help Muelheim) began with 20 people and established a project that became popular far beyond the borders of Cologne. Anybody can join the SSM: it welcomes homeless as well as unemployed, people who have overcome addictions or have a criminal record as well as families with children, people who find it hard to get along with the current system and people who simply don’t want to spend their everyday life between the office and the TV.

Type of Work: SSM has restored an old factory and earns its money by helping people with removals and flat closures. It is involved with various beneficial projects within the local community and helps those in need. Only a few hundred metres from the SSM house,a new project is currently under development: converting a disused warehouse into a second-hand furniture store combined with workshops, a café and a room for activities. During the workcamp you will focus on the respectful conversion of this building considering its preservation order, kitchen work, help with flat closures and removals, gardening.

Study Theme: The history of SSM, community life.

In order to get to know people as well as the project and to socialize with the group, trips and sightseeing in Cologne and the surrounding area will complement the work.

Accommodation: In rooms with up to three beds You will have lunch with the community, breakfast and dinner will be prepared by the workcamp group

Requirements: Interest in teamwork and physical work, initiative and creativity, interest in urban development and social designs

Before you apply, please read the basic info on this site www.sci-d.de/info-for-you first. Here we explain what we expect from volunteers in our camps.

Notes: There will be a guided tour through the district of Koeln-Muelheim, a visit of the EL-DE house in Koeln (Gestapo department and prison during the Nazi regime), a visit of the historic city with Cologne Cathedral and a boat trip; partly reimbursement of travel costs for volunteers from Germany, China and France.

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