📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This camp is organized by Helsinki City Youth Department and their youth workers will lead the camp. The City of Helsinki owns the Bengtsar island where the volunteers will stay and work for most of the camp. The island is located about 100 km from Helsinki near a town called Hanko.
💼 What the programme involves
In this camp the volunteers will work with practical maintenance tasks such as hay cutting, woodwork and other similar activities on the Bengtsar Island. The island is a protected environment area that has a very varying nature. The first night of the camp will be in a youth centre in Helsinki, the next six nights we will stay on the Bengtsar island and for the last two nights we will return to Helsinki. You will get a chance to get to know Finnish culture and Helsinki also. In this camp you will meet youth from Finland and other countries and get to learn about the nature and sea.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation on the island will be in tents with wooden floors and bunk beds. In Helsinki the accommodation will be in the youth centre and the volunteers should bring sleeping bags and mats (e.g. yoga mats). Volunteers will prepare meals together and on some occasions the food will be provided by the camp host.
📍 About the location
Bengtsar is a beautiful island located outside Hanko about 100km from Helsinki. Pakila youth centre is situated in Helsinki and is reached by public transport from the airport. During the camp there are several summer activities such as sauna and swimming, campfire evenings, different sports and exploring the beautiful surrounding nature on the island.
⚠️ Requirements
The volunteers will need to take travel insurance for the duration of their stay.