📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Since more than 20 years, the municipality of Bernburg has been inviting international workcamps almost each summer! All former camps have been running very successfully in cooperation with a local youth club “Klubhaus der Jugend“, due to experienced and motivated people, lots of leisure activities and good contact to locals.
💼 What the programme involves
The international workcamps in Bernburg (Saale) have already a long tradition. Each year, the local youth department defines together with IBG different actions where they want to improve the living conditions for young people, and ask for the support of international volunteers to realise them. This year\'s workcamp consists of two projects:
• Set up a “bare foot sensory path“ alongside a bicycle path in Biendorf, a district of Bernburg and help children and young people becoming more aware of their senses.
• Support the construction of a kitchen for the large hall in the "Klubhaus der Jugend", as a follow-up project to the two IBG projects for the design of the sanitary facilities according to Hundertwasser. Part of it are for example drywall works, painting works and the assembly of the kitchen furniture.
The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed. You will work around 30 hours per week, somewhere between 8am to 4pm from Monday to Friday with a lunchbreak. You will reach the work place with two mini-busses. In addition you will get bicycles for leisure activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation will be on the first floor of Bernburg’s youth club. It will be basic but with all facilities needed, such as a kitchen, a shower and a bathroom. Participants will sleep on sport mats. Please bring a sleeping bag with you! Your group of volunteers will frequently come in contact with the local youth. During the workcamp, the ground floor of the youth club will be regularly open to them. You can spend your time there as well and move upstairs to the first floor, which is reserved only for the international group, if you want more privacy.
Your group of volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking, washing the dishes and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.
📍 About the location
The town of Bernburg is situated in the eastern part of Germany and it has a history of more than 1000 years. Overlooking the valley formed by the Saale River, there is a medieval castle. There are plenty of possibilities for leisure activities, such as visiting the town, having a drink in a local pub, go on excursions to cities like Leipzig or Magdeburg, canoeing on the river, hiking or simply making conversation with the locals. As you will stay in the local youth club, there will be many options to do some activities with the locals like playing darts or billards, use the outdoor sportsgrounds or barbecue area.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers need to be able to ride a bike.
ℹ️ Additional information
COVID-regulations: On arrival you have to present an actual negative Antigen- oder PCR-Test.
