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ESC: Fruits and Campfires: Clay&Play

Code: 42000 Copied

Latvia European Voluntary Service Environment European Voluntary Service Environment Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Fruits and Campfires: Clay&Play

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our aim is to promote sustainable development of society, and to foster cultural and environmental education through youth and adult life long learning and active participation in social processes. Our main tools to achieve this is volunteering and non-formal education Radi Vidi Pats started as an association that works with topics related environmental education for youngsters but slowly and very naturally we have grown into the social sphere as well. Sustainability, alternative and DIY life style is still our fundamentals, and bicycle for many years has been our main tool in communication with the society, especially youngsters. A few years ago we started consciously working with NEET youngsters as socially disadvantaged youngsters have always been attracted to RVP activities. Nevertheless, environmental topics will always be important for the organisation. Five years ago RVP opened a bicycle kitchen – self-service bicycle workshop that also serves as a freak bike creating basis. Another regular activity is up-cycling workshops that RVP facilitates in different parts of the region. For RVP waste is seen as material and sharing this view is an important part of thier work throughout the existence of this NGO. In the Summer of 2017 we moved to a new building that is more opened to different type of activities such as community discussions and learning sessions.

💼 What the programme involves

Have you ever thought of joining a team of volunteers and spending two weeks in a permacultural community in the Latvian countryside? -Help to build a climate-neutral bird house (for goose) using various eco-building techniques and environmentally friendly building materials (clay, straw, wood); -Build new beds in the garden based in permacultural techniques; -Forest work like picking and chopping wood; -Do some manual work and daily tasks on the farm (cleaning, washing dishes, bringing wood from the forest, dealing with compost, collecting water, etc.) -Shoot videos and pictures, decorate the recreation zone of the camp site, plan free time activities in the evenings; -Help locals in the gardens, planting vegetables or fruits or doing other land-based activities; -Plan and prepare result dissemination and visibility activities after the project. @fruits_and_campfires Infopack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAV7QNE8cBnVO7RUccJ2xLPcZmbRo1QH/view?usp=drive_link

🏠 Accommodation on site

Food: 3 meals per day are included. Food will be vegetarian by default. -however, if needed, the volunteers can buy meat and other products by themselves and grill it during the evening (wont be reimbursed). Alcohol use is not allowed in Zadiņi. Transport: The participants will get their tickets (previously checking dates and prices with Gloria) to arrive and depart from Zadiņi, priotritising green travel options. The travelling tickets will be collected during the project and the money will be fully reimbursed up to 1 and a half month after the end of the project.

🎒 Leisure activities

The education provided is based on the priciples of solidarity and learning by doing.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for a person from 18 until 30 years old, who is interested in discovering permacultural constructions methods, gardening and lifestyle; and who is not very picky with the countryside life conditions and is willing to work together with an international team, do community life, share their hobbies and interests and spend a nice time together.
Deadline: 23/08/2024 12:00

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
  • Training before and after the project
  • Health insurance during your project
  • round-trip travel reimbursement
  • accommodation and food
  • pocket money
  • language course
  • Return Week-end
  • Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

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📅 Available sessions

LV42000

04/09/2024 → 21/09/2024

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 23/08/2024

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Launkalne Parish, Smiltene Municipality, LV-4729, Latvia

Latvia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Summer Time

Local time: 21:27 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Latvian Russian Lithuanian