📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp is about dedicated enthusiasm to the work and hospitality of the local communities. The local community has the chance to meet international people and be able to connect with „foreigners” on a different level. Through working together they will achieve an intercultural environment, which is built on their own during the two weeks. The volunteers are going to be together with local people, so they will be able to get to know the real Hungarian culture and traditions. During these workcamps of the last years local people have always enjoyed to be as good hosts for the volunteers as possible.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will have diverse tasks focusing on developing ideas and giving suggestions what would they miss if they were there just a foreign tourist. At the same time the volunteers will do actual work - helping the local school and the local kindergarden with renovation and reparation, collecting garbage, cleaning, painting etc.There is a wide variety of work, physically and mentally too. As the beaches along the Lake Balaton are run by the local municipality, this year the volunteers will also do work at the beaches, e.g. renovating the playgrounds, painting the beach facilities. It’s essential that you have the followings with you: sleeping bag, waterproof clothes, raincoat, warm clothes, torch. Necessary: suntan oil, tick repellent, towels, first-aid equipment.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Local school's classrooms. You will sleep on mattresses, so please bring your sleeping bag along! Breakfasts and lunches will be provided by the local restaurants in rotation, dinners will be served in the school mensa. As our accommodation, the local elementary school lies just 5 minutes by walk from the wonderful Balaton beaches.
⚠️ Requirements
It is important that the volunteers should be flexible, open-minded, motivated and creative who can respect others and are willing to cooperate with each other and the community. We would like to organize an international day, when you can prepare your national food, and introduce your country and culture. If you play on any musical instrument, please, take it with you if it's possible!
ℹ️ Additional information
There will be the possibility to organize intercultural evenings with cooperation with the local kindergarden, and in the camping site in Badacsonytomaj, at the beach of the Lake Balaton.
The region provides millions of possibilities for spending the free time. To swim in the lake, to go for wine tasting, to visit the museums in the village, to go to the Valley of Arts Festival in Kapolcs, visit the famous Hungarian Flea Market in Káptalantóti and to participate at other festivals held in these two weeks.
Those who have sensitive skin, should take along protective things, loose, long dress or a hat. It would be great if you could bring traditional recipes, sweets and treats from your country with you so we could taste several national meals.