📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp will take place in Chudenice, a small town in Western Bohemia, in cooperation with the local municipality. It was founded by an old Czech aristocratic family in 12th century and has now a lot of natural and historical sights (museum, old English park, watchtower, arboretum). The municipality is active in renovation and maintenance of these sights. In collaboration with a local NGO called Otisk (“Footprint”), there are many culture events organized in Chudenice (theatre plays, concerts, etc.). There have been so far 4 workcamps in Chudenice, the aim of this year’s workcamp is to renovate an old stone staircase from 18th century and to stabilize a stone wall that used to be part of a castle but is now surrounding a kindergarten where it presents a safety hazard for kids.
💼 What the programme involves
The work will be manual. Work on the staircase: cleaning the layers of clay using different tools (hoe, pickaxe) and putting new stones. Stone wall: removing dangerous stones – the wall will be lower by around 50 cm and we will rebuild it again. Please note there are still negotiations been held with the heritage authority to get a consent that this intervention on the wall can be done. Please bring good working shoes and clothes that can get dirty.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a building of a former kindergarten (kitchen, bedroom with mattresses, 2 showers and 2 WC, cloakroom available). Please bring your own sleeping bag! You will cook your own meals.
📍 About the location
A small town Chudenice (741 inhabitants). Nearest bigger towns are Klatovy (11 km) or Pilsen (40 km).
Study part: You can get involved in an amateur theatre play called the “Goat War” that is inspired by the local history. Other possibilities include: guided tour around the Bolfanek Watchtower, Museum of Joseph Dobrovsky (a famous writer and poet), visit of the arboretum “American Garden”, guided tour around the Czernin castle, football match with local youth, pedig workshop (making baskets) and international dinner.
Leisure time: There are plenty of opportunities of spending free time – local sports grounds, a swimming pool, visiting the nearby town of Klatovy, etc. Chudenice is surrounded by a beautiful nature – you can go for walks.
ℹ️ Additional information
The workcamp is especially suitable for volunteers who like working with stone (or want to try it :-), enjoy nature and theatre. Bring good mood and ingredients for your favourite traditional meal.