📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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💼 What the programme involves
Are you interested in spending two weeks in an international and artistic environment exploring your creative potential? Then come to Stolzenhagen, where our arts centre hosts a big community kitchen and garden, beautiful dance studios, and a space to gather, exchange and learn together. In this work and dance camp you will experience creativity together with your host, the Ponderosa Artists\' Association. You will take part in daily workshops on dance, improvisation and body awareness. If the desire is there, you will also have the opportunity to create and present performances. The workshops will be facilitated by international artists who are professionals in their field.
Alongside these workshops you will integrate into the community of workers who are contributing to this art space. We aim to merge the creativity we find in the studio into our every day work tasks and we invite you to bring in your youthful spirit and ideas in order to take care of this exciting space. Possible tasks could include helping to run the kitchen and garden, building and painting projects, bike maintenance and making the space around you beautiful.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You cook together. Money for food shopping is provided for you. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any allergies when registering. You will sleep in shared room. Please bring a sleeping bag and a bedsheet.
📍 About the location
There will be bikes available for you to use so that you can move around through the wonderful landscapes in the Oder Valley nature area. There are many opportunities to go swimming in the nearby Brandenburg with its many lakes. There is a local farmers market on Saturdays and sometimes a pop up cafè. On the weekend you could go on an excursion to the dazzling metropolis of Berlin or even plan a trip to Poland.
⚠️ Requirements
Covid Rules (may change depending on the course of the pandemic): 2G+: Only vaccinated and recovered persons can register for the work camp. All participants must arrive with an official negative rapid test (not older than 24 hours) or PCR test (not older than 48 hours). On arrival, this and a vaccination or recovery certificate must be presented, and a self-rapid test must be carried out. Thereafter, the entire group must perform a rapid self-test at least every 72 hours. We will provide self-rapid tests for the arrival and the whole camp period! Subject to changes! You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration and at least 3 weeks before the start of the camp with the specific info sheet for your camp.
ℹ️ Additional information
There is a 395 € extra fee for this camp.
You don’t need to have previous experience with dance, just come with a curious mind to learn more about movement and performance.
