📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp will take place in Schwarzerden, which belongs to Freisen, a local community of 8 villages. Freisen is situated in the north of Saarland in a rural area. You can find many interesting places in Freisen: a historical railway, cultural and natural sights, a small zoo, a spa bath (but only few of them in Schwarzerden). The local villagers are already looking forward to getting to know you and will welcome you at the local village festival. We will do our best to arrange excursions with the support of locals, but due to the poor public transport, they will for sure be limited. The project is perfect for volunteers who enjoy being outside and in nature.
💼 What the programme involves
You will support the local community in different tasks: 1. You will renovate a wooden hut used as shelter for hikers: Work will be demanding in parts and volunteers with experience in manual work or work with wood are especially welcome. 2. You will improve the surroundings of your accommodation. This will include landscape gardening and renovation work. Some other smaller tasks to improve the community infrastructure will be added. The group of volunteers will be split up to work in the two different tasks simultaneously every day. You will also support the local festival team during the village party. And finally ( but not confirmed yet ( we try to arrange shared activities (work and leisure) with a social initiative for kids with special needs.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation provided is the former centre of the sports club of Schwarzerden. It is now in public use for bigger events in this village. All necessary facilities are provided, but there is no public internet. Attention: This place is quite isolated; the village of Schwarzerden is 1km away. Next to the accommodation, you can find the sports ground; you can use it whenever you want. You will have a beautiful view over the valley as you will be surrounded by forests and meadows. Just light a campfire and enjoy nature.
📍 About the location
The workcamp will take place in Schwarzerden. The village has a pub and a very small little shop (open only in the mornings). The village belongs to the local community of Freisen, together with 7 other villages. Freisen is situated in a 4km distance in the north of Saarland in a rural area. You can find many interesting places in Freisen: a historical railway, cultural and natural sights, a small zoo, a public swimming pool (a 3km walk from the accommodation). The local villagers are already looking forward to get to know you and to welcome you at the local village festival. The villagers will do their best to support some excursions by organising the transport (maybe to the famous sights of Trier or to Idar-Oberstein, the German centre of gemstones). But this cannot be guaranteed yet. The project is perfect for volunteers who enjoy being outside and in nature.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please make sure to arrive in St. Wendel before 20.25 p.m. to reach the last bus of the day to Schwarzerden.