📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The VJF (Union of Young Volunteers) was founded in March 1990 and is an officially recognised non-profit association for organising youth works, with the aim to expand the idea of international voluntary movements.
The Association organises international youth meetings with short-term projects (workcamps) and long-term projects (European Solidarity Corps, weltwaerts) and takes part in the responsibility considering the engagement in the Voluntary Ecological Year within a period of one year.
Every year we organise around 30-35 international workcamps and bilateral projects in Germany.
More to that, the VJF covers a project and meeting place/ seminar centre in the outskirts of Berlin, which is used for our own or partners seminars and workshops, as accommodation for different groups of young people and a sort of holiday resort for school classes. This is where this workcamp will be accomodatet and have theire lessons.
💼 What the programme involves
In lessons with a German teacher the group will learn probable 3h/ day (exact times will be determined after arrival) in the forenoon. Grammar and communication will be deepened, requirements from the participants will be included, insofar possible.
In the leisure time the participants are requested to speak also in German, so that the subject matter will be deepened.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will live at the centre in heated bungalows with up to 5 other volunteers and an own bathroom with a shower and WC. You wont bring a sleeping bag, bed linen will be provided. There is no washing machine and limited internet access in the centre. You do not have to bring a sleeping bag, a roll mat or bed sheets!
You will have the chance to prepare your own meals in a small kitchen. Feel free to bring your own recipes for our international evenings.
📍 About the location
You will live and learn in the Projekt- und Begegnungsstaette. It is situated in a forest on the banks of the lake Langer See in Berlin. Its a quiet place, a bit far from the centre of Berlin (but there are good public transport connections).
Free time activities will be decided in accordance with the groups wishes. You can use the facilities at our holiday centre to play sports (volleyball, table tennis, kicker). Of course you will be able to enjoy the sights and culture (theatres, clubs...) of Berlin and go for an excursions (e.g. Potsdam). If you have it you can bring an International Student card (ISIC) to get reductions on local transport, museums, etc.
⚠️ Requirements
Important! Minimum level for this camp is A2! The info sheet will be provided in German and the online-confirmation slip needs to be filled out in German as well.
ℹ️ Additional information
We ask the volunteers to make sure that their travel is compatible with the most recent recommendations of health authorities with regards to the spread of the Corona virus. In case you are travelling from or recently travelled through a higher risk area, please check the health recommendations of the country where the project takes place, as restrictions may apply (e.g. ban, quarantine, isolation). We will take the necessary health precautions for our projects, but please contact your sending organisation to get more information in case you have any concerns.