Camp Q – Give Greenlandic Children a great Summer

Name: Camp Q – Give Greenlandic Children a great Summer
Start: 2021-06-28
End: 2021-07-27
Location: Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Danish NGO ‘Greenlandic Children’ has been making projects for children and youth in Greenland since 1924. We have been doing work camps every summer since 2014. Association Greenland Children is cooperating with the local community in the town of Qeqertarsuaq. Qeqertarsuaq is situated on the huge Disko Island just west of the very famous Ilulissat. Qeqertarsuaq is a small town located on the west coast of Greenland with 841 inhabitants. 207 of these are children at the age of 0 to 18 years. Despite the size of the town, Qeqertarsuaq is in many ways a well-equipped town with a supermarket, a school, a kinder garden, a church etc. However, in many ways, Qeqertarsuaq is also a very remote place. In 2020 you can only get to Qeqertarsuaq by boat or helicopter. It is quite expensive to go to Qeqertarsuaq. The municipality of Qeqertarsuaq do not get a lot of worldly inspiration, and children are bored and under-stimulated during summertime where the school and the gym are closed.

💼 What the programme involves

Association for Greenlandic Children wants Camp Q to give the inhabitants a fantastic, creative, active, interesting summer. The activities will take place five days a week 12.00-17.00, and will fall into these categories: - Music - Dance - Singing - Games - Sports - Excursions The volunteers will decide which activities to offer during the camp. We will invite the entire population to a social event every Saturday. This could be a night of music and dancing, teaching each other to play an instrument, cooking food from your home country, movie night etc.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Sleeping facilities: The Association for Greenlandic Children ensures that you will get a place to stay. We expect you to stay in a shared bedroom with other volunteers of the same sex. Telephone coverage might be scarcely, and you might not be able to use the internet more than once a week for a very short time. Kitchen + bathroom facilities: All food will have to be transported by ship. Therefore you should be able to adapt to these local conditions or bring a small stock of goods yourself. It can be difficult to be vegetarian or vegan since many meals in Greenland is based on meat and fish. Therefore you will have to bring some stuff yourself if you need a special diet. We will make cooking and cleaning teams. The group is responsible for shopping, cooking, cleaning etc. which is also going to take up some of your time every day. So, you should expect long days.

📍 About the location

We will fly directly from Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq in Greenland. We will stay in Kangerlussuaq from the 29th of June until the 2nd of July. Kangerlussuaq is known as the Arctic Dessert area and is very very different from Qeqertarsuaq. We will stay at the Old Camp Hostel in Kangerlussuaq. In Kangerlussuaq we will get to know each other and do a lot of planning of the camp activities. You will also get the first sight of the Inland Ice when we go on an excursion to the Russel Glacier. On the 2nd of July, we will fly to Aasiaat, and from there we will go to Qeqertarsuaq by boat. The nature in Greenland is in general amazing. In Qeqertarsuaq the area is lush and green, and the weather should be sunny and nice. You can hike, go boat riding etc. in your leisure time. Hiking in the fells is an amazing and unique experience. You can decide to organize a weekly leisure activity going hiking, fishing etc. on Sundays, which is your weekly day off. Hopefully, the gym will be accessible to us around the clock. It will also be possible to play football or other sports with the community.

⚠️ Requirements

OBS! To participate in this Work Camp, we require you to provide: A clean criminal record Travel information A motivational letter - this letter will be received by our Work Camp host who will determine whether you will be accepted to the camp. COVID-19: In regards to COVID-19, it is our ambition to complete our Work Camps this summer, but it is essential for us, that our volunteers feel safe during the time they spend at our camps. This is why we constantly keep ourselves updated on the situation and we follow the Danish government's instructions. Furthermore, we are ready to answer any questions that you might have, and we will keep all our volunteers updated right up until the start of the Work Camp. As of March 2021, there is a few important things to mention: - it is free for foreigners to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival in Denmark - with the current vaccine plan, most Danes will be vaccinated at the end of June 2021 Your Work Camp host will have guidelines on how to handle COVID-19 during your stay, including how to handle isolation and enforcement of government guidelines. English, as a conversational level is necessary. You will be working with kids five-seven hours a day, so you should find joy in spending time with children and know how to be patient with them. Most of the children do not understand English so you should be open to other ways of communicating. English will also be the only language spoken. All participants must be willing to speak English, even though being from the same country or having troubles with the English language. Try your best! We want everybody to feel welcome to join our Work Camp, and that also includes volunteers with disabilities. But we also want to inform you that there might be hills and staircases to/from where you are going to live. Vegetarian food is available, but it can be difficult to obtain the necessary protein, especially if you do not eat fish. Therefore we recommend, that you bring some extra protein and snacks. We do have access to vegetables, that is mostly frozen and other canned food products.

ℹ️ Additional information

You should be fit and an active person, to keep up with the children for so many hours - otherwise this camp can be tough. We expect you to participate in all kinds of activities, both creative and sports.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.