📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project is co-organized by social organization of cultural, educational and exchange programs for youth "MIR TESEN". "MIR TESEN" was established in 1999. Supported by Committee of youth policy and relations with NGOs of Government of St Petersburg since in the some years since 2003. “Mir Tesen”- the Partner of Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations since 2004, the associated member of CCIVS since 2012.
"MIR TESEN" is located in great Saint-Petersburg, cultural capital of Russia. St.Peterburg is the city with the rich history and the enourmous heritage. White nights, the Neva river, wonderful architecture, romantic courtyards, e.g. are ingridients of marvelous capital, well-known every person of our huge world. Don't miss possibility to enjoy the beauty of city of Peter the First!
💼 What the programme involves
Study part, based on learning Dostoevsky's novels, will be joined with other physical works. At first during the camp there is garden festival: the volunteers will be engaged in planting flowers and bushes, care about plants etc. At second the volunteers will help with repair old historical building, where “Mir tesen” is situated.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Host organization provides a basic condition accommodation and food in downtown St-Petersburg (Vasil’evskiy Ostrov) in the special room for volunteers for 6 persons . The shower with hot water, equipped kitchen and the common room are provided. Volunteers will cook by themselves.
📍 About the location
Location: historical centre of St.Petersburg.
The main idea of this project is to allow volunteers improve their Russian by taking lessons in informal study. So volunteers will have daily classes of Russian with professional teacher. The methodology of teaching base on using of linguistic-cultural component. Because volunteers will live in the downtown they will be able to watch the bridges raise. Also volunteers will have an opportunity to visit numerous museums, theatres, galleries and exhibitions, country residences of Emperors, Grand Princes and grandees: Peterhof – city of fountains, Lomonosov, Tsarskoye Selo, Pavlovsk and just restored palace in Gatchina. Moreover at this time of the year, the city hosts a variety of festivals, concerts and folk events. So volunteers will be able to take part of it. Besides volunteers will be able to rent bikes or boats to have little trips. Meeting with local people and evenings of international cuisine will be organized, so it would be great if volunteers bring their traditional recipes, food and information about their country, photos, music, songbooks, games, flags, musical instruments.
⚠️ Requirements
In Russian camps insurance is not provided. Volunteers should bring their own insurance. The museums fees and local transport expenses aren't going to be covered, volunteers will have to pay on their own.
ℹ️ Additional information
Because the main goal of this workcamp is to introduce of Dostoevsky's novels and learning Russian volunteers should specify their language level. Our workcamp doesn't provide any certificate. Also volunteers should bring student cards (ISIC).