📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project takes place in a little village of Mezno, about 70 km south from Prague. It is organized by a local NGO Mezenak in cooperation with the municipality of Mezno. Mezenak aims at creating opportunities for local people to meet, to get closer to each other and to the place where they live by organizing different non-formal, cultural and leisure-time activities (both for children and adults). This year, the workcamp will be held in Mezno already for the 9th time. The aim of the workcamp is to present different cultures of volunteers and the idea of volunteering to the local community, to do different activities with children and to help with maintenance of public spaces in the village.
💼 What the programme involves
Your work will prepare interactive presentations to local children and adults about yourselves, your culture and volunteering. You will prepare international evenings for locals in 2-3 close-by villages (and probably also in local schools) and organize a summer celebration for children. Together with local children, you will also work on your own project. You will present the outcome to the locals at the end of the workcamp. You will also help to clean a water tank and beautify public areas in the village. During the whole workcamp, you will write a blog on the community website.Study part: You will have the chance to get to know a small village and learn a lot about local culture, history and lifestyle. There will be a possibility to visit local farmers. You can also take part in a wire art or quilling workshop or cook with locals in their homes.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a local football clubhouse. You will sleep on mattresses, but you need to bring your own sleeping bag. Toilets and showers are available. Please be ready for very basic living conditions. Wi-fi connection is available. You will prepare your breakfast and dinner together as a group. Lunch will be provided on working days, during weekends, you will prepare it together. There will a be a small kitchen at your disposal.
📍 About the location
Mezno. It is a small village (about 180 inhabitants). There is a shop, a doctor, a post office and a restaurant. There are also some sports facilities. It is located about 20 km from the historical town of Tabor.Leisure time: Possible free-time activities include a visit of the historical town of Tabor and other sights according to your own interest, trips in the surroundings on bikes provided by the local partner, swimming in a natural quarry or a pond, etc. You can also play football or tennis in the village.