BIOFARM CAMP

Name: BIOFARM CAMP
Start: 2019-07-20
End: 2019-08-03
Location: Switzerland

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About the project

BIOFARM CAMP

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Volunteers will live and work on the organic farm BuehlmaTêtin Teuffenthal. The farm is run by Edith von Allmen, who lives there with her child and some employees. BuehlmaTêtis also the home and working place of some adults with mental health problems. The project offers those people professional care, work on the farm and a home. There are about five people and a lot of animals (cows, chickens etc.) living on the farm. More than half of the volunteers in this project will be asylum seekers from the Canton of Zurich (Switzerland) and the rest are international volunteers.

💼 What the programme involves

On the organic farm BuehlmaTêtthere is always a lot of work. The volunteer tasks consist of maintenance around the farm and in the forest, depending on the needs of the farm and the weather. They will for example help to cut and prepare firewood for the winter months, to clean the forest.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will stay in dormitories in a small hut close by the farm Buehlmatt. There is a kitchen, a simple toilet and shower outside the house. Its a nice, but very simple accommodation for real nature lovers who want to live away from a big city. The main meals will get prepared by the family and everyone is responsible for the main cleaning and to follow the houses rules of the host.

📍 About the location

Teuffenthal (close to Thun) is located in the pre-Alps. Teuffenthal consists of farm houses spread across the hills. There are only 180 people living there. Thun is a bit more than 10 km away. Thun is a charming little town with stunning view on lake and the mountains. From Thun its only 20 minutes by train to reach Bern, the capital of Switzerland.Every afternoon from 24/7/19 to 28/7/19 the I)MALAIKA REFUGEE THEATERIi organizes a theatre workshop together with the asylum seekers and the international volunteers. For further information visit the homepage of the project: http://www.fluechtlingstheater-malaika.ch In their leisure time volunteers can go for a hike in the nearby mountains. This region is famous for hiking tourists with many hiking trails close by.

🎒 Leisure activities

In their leisure time volunteers can go for a hike in
the nearby mountains. This region is famous for hiking
tourists with many hiking trails close by.

⚠️ Requirements

SPECIAL REMARKS/ REQUIREMENTS
No alcohol and no drugs are allowed inside and around the farm Buehlmatt. If anyone breaks
this rule, she/he will have to leave the camp immediately. The motivation of the volunteers
has to be very high to work outdoors and it can be physically demanding. They should bring
along warm, robust working clothes, sun and rain protection and good shoes to work

ℹ️ Additional information

ACCESS 4 ALL-PROJECT:
Every afternoon from 24/7/19 to 28/7/19 the «MALAIKA REFUGEE THEATER» organizes a theatre
workshop together with the asylum seekers and the international volunteers. For further
information visit the homepage of the project:
http://www.fluechtlingstheater-malaika.ch
TERMINAL
Next Airports: Zurich, Basel, Geneva
LANGUAGE: English, German

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📅 Available sessions

WS19TEUF01

20/07/2019 → 03/08/2019

Closed

1 / 9

♂ 0/4 ♀ 1/5

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–35 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Switzerland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Switzerland Franc (CHF / Fr.)

Exchange rate

1 CHF = 1.084507 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German French Italian