📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
This project is a team volunteering for 16 young people from Lithuania, France, Serbia and Kosovo in a small village of Boževce, Kosovo. Each national team is formed from 4 participants. The theme of the project is sustainability, ecology, natural and community living together with other same minded people. Volunteers will be involved in many different learning opportunities, from basics of carpentry, green roofs (collecting and planting wild plants),building a bread oven from earth, sand and straw and finishing work in a straw bale kitchen. All those activities will be held on the location of the project, as an example for visitors and future volunteers of natural building settings.
Tasks of the volunteer:
Learning about Natural building,being involved in theoretical and practical sessions on sustainable housing from foundations to roofs and permaculture.
🏠 Accommodation on site
- living in a common dormitory (10 - 12 people) or in tents that will be located on the property.
- all the meals are prepared together with other volunteers and coordinators. There is an outdoor summer kitchen with all the necessary items. Cooking will be done on a gas and/or wood-burning stove or open fire. The food is vegetarian and vegan.
- each national team travels to/from the project location together, green way of travelling (as environmentally friendly as possible)
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🎒 Leisure activities
Training during the activity on the following:
- History of natural building and different techniques
- How to use basic tools
- How to prepare and test earthen plasters for houses
- Basics of permaculture thinking
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: - 18-29 years old
- interested in the topics of sustainability, environment, healthy lifestyle
- not afraid of physical and manual work
- willing to try themselves in a lifestyle of a community
Deadline: Application deadline: 10/06/2022
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.