📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp takes place in a small village of Chlebovice in cooperation with a local branch of the Czech Association of Beekeepers which is focused on beekeeping and it is also very active in organizing public events and environmental education activities for youth. They also host summer camps for children, take care of a unique museum of beekeeping and offer excursions to tourists. The Association runs The Bees Education Centre (a renovated historical building with a nice garden and apiary). This year s workcamp will be the 5th. The goal will be to help with the renovation of the Bees Education Centre and organization of an educational event for children and parents.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will take part in maintenance activities in the Bees Education Centre which can include: cleaning and maintenance of exhibits in the museum, painting of rooms, fences and benches, reparations, or gardening. Volunteers will also prepare and organize a small educational event for children and parents with a campfire at the end. Please bring working clothes that can get dirty.Study part: Presentation of the activities of the Bees Education Centre, getting to know beekeeper s work (introduction to the acquisition of bee products and their impact on human health, work in colonies), trip to a beekeeping farm.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In the building of the centre. Volunteers will sleep in 1 room with beds. There are toilets in the building; showers are located 5 mins away at the football ground. Volunteers will prepare meals as a group in the kitchen in the centre.
📍 About the location
Chlebovice (800 inhabitants), Northern Moravia. The village itself is located 3km away from the city of Frydek-Mistek (60,000 inhabitants) and 25km from Ostrava (3rd biggest city in the country) which is known for its museums of hard industry and mining industry. The region is also famous for the Beskydy Mountains.Leisure time: Various activities can be planned that include trips, workshops or hiking. Volunteers can go on a trip to Pustevny (in the mountains), Panorama observation tower, Hukvaldy Castle, Frydek Castle, Ostrava or go to the Tarzanie outdoor centre. There is a possibility to use the local sports area.