💼 What the programme involves
The South-East Brandenburg branch of the SozialpEdagogisches Institut (Social Pedagogy Institute) foundation operates the BergschlEsschen intergenerational centre in the city of Spremberg. This year will be the 18th time that an international workcamp takes place there. There are refurbishment tasks within the holiday resort in the neighbouring community to be completed. It has been planned for the workcamp to start to prepare this project (dismantling work), for which we will need your energetic support. In the city of Spremberg you will have the opportunity to get to know a bit about intercultural work with refugee children, adolescents and families and to enrich this work with your ideas ( such as with childcare, for example. You will experience the traditional local festival in Spremberg up close and will help to organise the childrens party with us. You can also actively support the Spremberg film nights on the open-air stage in the city. Besides this, you will have the opportunity to be creative and artistically engaged. There will be numerous opportunities to get to know the local landscape and people during this camp. There is an additional administration fee of 50 aO for participants who are not from Germany.
📍 About the location
You will be staying in a B B in the centre of Spremberg. The central location of our BergschlEsschen centre offers a variety of diverse leisure activities, such as using the media and youth rooms, creative projects and sports. In Spremberg itself there is an outdoor pool, a cinema, a skate park, various tourist attractions, well-established cycle paths (there will be bicycles available for you). It is also possible to go on trips as a group to the nearby regions. The unique Spreewald region is a paradise for boat tours and caning. Spremberg is in the region of Brandenburg, around 120km away from Berlin and 20km away from Cottbus (both reachable by train). There are buses that run within Spremberg itself. Upon your arrival at Spremberg train station, you will be picked up with a shuttle bus which will take you directly to your accommodation. More info at: www.spremberg.stiftung-spi.de