At one with nature and on the right path... towards the Alps
Germany
Teenagers
Environment
Teenagers
Environment
Fixed dates
About the project
At one with nature and on the right path... towards the Alps
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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💼 What the programme involves
Your task will be to help the surrounding communities with mowing fields and collecting hay. Sometimes, the fields are on a slope and are difficult to reach with machines. In nearby orchards, you'll be repairing fences and protecting trees from being gnawed away by sheep. You will also take care of rough grazing land, in order to conserve the habitats of endangered plants and animals.
Another task for you will be to pull out small tree saplings from the meadow in order to prevent them spreading in this particular habitat – therefore learning a lot about conservation in the process. For one week you'll be at the Domberg Hill at Freising, where you'll be working on paths to protect them from erosion and repairing sheep shelters and fences around the meadow.
The working tasks are led by a specialist, who can tell you a lot about the local nature and the significance of your work. The Landscape Conservation Association would like to give you some information about relationships within nature so that you can better understand the meaning and implications of your work.
An absolute highlight for nature lovers!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in a side building of the Youth hostel St. Anna in Thalhausen, which is a former castle close to Freising. It is meant for groups to self-cater, so you will have access to a fully furnished big kitchen and a dining room. You will sleep in rooms with 2 to 4 beds. It is very important that you keep the main areas like the kitchen and the dining area clean. You will cook your own meals together. You will plan the meals, go shopping for ingredients, cook and clean after yourselves. Certain shops in Freising (such as the bakery, or fruit & veg shop) will support your workcamp by providing you with free food and ingredients for cooking.
📍 About the location
By bus or with the minibus you will reach Freising in about 20-25 minutes. From there, the S-Bahn train travels to Munich. In Munich you have the opportunity to visit many museums, the English Garden or the famous Munich Hofbrauhaus. You will be provided with bicycles for the duration of the camp, which means you will not have to rely on cars in order to go to nearby lakes and beer gardens, or to the train station in Freising. There are very good offers for train tickets like the “Schönes-Wochenende” weekend ticket and the Bayern (Bavaria) ticket, which will allow you to spend your free time exploring the whole of Bavaria.
In the area surrounding Munich and in the Alps, you can go hiking and enjoy nature. Due to the close proximity to Hallertau, the largest hop-growing region in the world, there are many typical beer gardens in beautifully preserved villages such as Attenkirchen, Au or Rudelzhausen. You can go swimming in one of the lakes in Freising or in the Freising pool. Furthermore,a trip to Landshut (about 30km away) is also very worthwhile. Landshut has a very beautiful historic old town, as well as the Martinskirche – the tallest brick church tower in the world.
⚠️ Requirements
Covid Rules (may change depending on the course of the pandemic): 2G+: Only vaccinated and recovered persons can register for the work camp. All participants must arrive with an official negative rapid test (not older than 24 hours) or PCR test (not older than 48 hours). On arrival, this and a vaccination or recovery certificate must be presented, and a self-rapid test must be carried out. Thereafter, the entire group must perform a rapid self-test at least every 72 hours. We will provide self-rapid tests for the arrival and the whole camp period! Subject to changes! You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration and at least 3 weeks before the start of the camp with the specific info sheet for your camp.
ℹ️ Additional information
The camp lasts for four weeks. Some weather resistance is necessary for the tasks outside. The tasks may be physically challenging. You must bring ankle high mountain boots/mountain shoes, which you will need for work as well as for hiking! We look forward to meeting you if you enjoy spending time outside in the nature, and enjoy hiking and biking! It is great for this camp’s organization if you enjoy cooking, since the group will prepare its own meals, grocery shop, and even receive free groceries from some local shops in Freising.
Please note: There is a special Teenage Fee of 150€ for international volunteers who applied under 18 in this camp.
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ijgd 22302
30/07/2022 → 26/08/2022
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
16–26 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
93 Regensburg, Germany
Germany
🌍 Location info
Local currency
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🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
German