📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The community of Grafenhausen, located in the Black Forest, invites an international workcamp for the 5th time. It is a village with about 2.100 inhabitants in the South of Germany that has a lot to offer: e.g. the very interactive "Black Forest Museum", a public pool, and a sculpture park (where the international group of 2015 worked). In previous years, international volunteers have taken many actions to help with the sustainable development within the community (UN SDG 11): they have worked on a sculpture park, built a water playground, an adventure trail and last year another playground in front of the school building.
💼 What the programme involves
On this workcamp, you will be helping with the renovation of the Black Forest House of the Senses and the local secondary school. Much of this work is on the outside of these two buildings. It includes updating of earthworks, erection of small walls and benches. Depending on the weather you might also help out with other various tasks in the community. There’s always a lot to do, so just prepare yourself to work outside manually, fulfilling constructional/renovation/ environmental tasks.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in a beautiful group house where showers and a kitchen are provided. Please bring your own sleeping bag. The group house is in the middle of the village, so you can easily walk to a bakery/café and the local supermarket.
📍 About the location
Grafenhausen is a very nice village within a beautiful landscape. The surrounding area is perfect for hiking trips: There are lakes close-by and it is not even half an hour by car to the Feldberg (the highest German mountain outside of the Alps). Also, the famous beer "Tannenzaepfle" is brewed in Grafenhausen and you might be able to visit the brewery. The village is in a very rural area, so be prepared for two calming weeks in the Black Forest and far away from big city life. To go shopping and for excursions, the community will lend you a bus, if it’s more convenient. There are regular train connections to Freiburg (a university city) and Lake Constance. Grafenhausen is located at about 1.000 meters altitude; therefore the weather in autumn is a bit unpredictable: Be prepared for warm and sunny temperatures, as well as coldness and rain.
ℹ️ Additional information
In previous years, international volunteers have already taken many actions to help with the sustainable development within the community (UN SDG 11): they have worked on a sculpture park, built a water playground, an adventure trail and last year another playground in front of the school building. This year, by helping with the restoration of a forest in the community that was destroyed by bark beetles during the hot summers of 2018 and 2019, you are actively supporting climate action (UN SDG 13) and life on land (UN SDG 15).
