📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our aim is to run a "global village garden’’ where people from different backgrounds, generations, cultures can communicate, interact, and share experiences , to ensure exchange , such as the people in the rural areas getting in touch with other cultures and nations and become more open towards these cultural differences, become even able to appreciate it as a valuable element of their life. We create an international network, build a bridge for cultural exchange, youth empowerment, sustainability and inclusion. The activities that we implement can be classified in two main topics – creating a community garden, which includes planning and realizing workshops on various ecological topics, eco cooking courses, cultural events- and art projects with artists international and from nearby as well as festivals. The number and the profile of participants can be quite various depending on the project it might be till several hundreds of people (during big seasonal festivals) or small workshops including 5 - 15 people. We try to involve people with different interests and skills, educational, social and cultural backgrounds that is why the profile with specific age, gender, nationality cannot be more clearly defined.
Unser Ziel ist es, einen ‚globalen Dorfgarten‘ (global village garden) zu schaffen, in dem Menschen mit unterschiedlichem Background, aus verschiedenen Generationen und Kulturen zusammenkommen, miteinander kommunizieren, interagieren und miteinander gestalten und lernen. Diese Erfahrung zu teilen und einen Raum dafür zu bereiten ist gerade für die Menschen im ländlichen Raum wichtig, befördert Weltoffenheit und Aufgeschlossenheit auch zwischen den Freiwilligen die aus verschiedenen Ländern und Kulturen kommen. Wir bauen weiter an einem lokal verwurzelten internationalen Netzwerk, schaffen Brücken für kulturellen Austausch, erzielen Stärkung und Selbstwirksamkeit (Empowerment) bei den jungen Menschen, und arbeiten nachhaltig und inklusiv. Unsere Aktivitäten haben zwei Schwerpunkte: Zum einen die ökologische Kultivierung eines 2 ha großen Gemeinschaftsgartens, was hands-on Workshops zu relevanten Themen einschließt, Kochworkshops, Einführungstrainings für die Freiwilligen. Parallel dazu entstehen schwerpunktmäßig Kulturveranstaltungen, Kunstprojekte und Workshops für Kinder und Jugendliche mit Künstlern werden realisiert. Die Anzahl der Teilnehmenden variiert. Bei den saisonalen Festen kommen jeweils bis zu 1000 Besucher*innen, bei Workshops nehmen 5 -15 Personen teil. Wir beziehen Menschen mit den unterschiedlichsten Interessen, Fertigkeiten, sozialen und Bildungsvoraussetzungen ein. Gerade diese Mischung ist uns wichtig, und macht den besonderen Charakter von LandKunstLeben aus.
💼 What the programme involves
LandKunstLeben with its varied range of activities including community garden, eco life promotion and implementation (LAND), cultural events, creative artistic atmosphere and projects realized (KUNST), experiencing and sharing cultures, skills, energy, including people with different cultural, social, family, religious backgrounds (LEBEN) all coming together to realize the mission of LandKunstLeben, which is to promote eco life, to make the life in the rural area more active and attractive, develop cultural diversity, intercultural communication and dialogue, raise awareness and activeness of involved people (be it a volunteer, project manager, participant...).
Our volunteers will get the chance to work in an ecological garden, assist during workshops, events and cooking courses, get experience in office work (German necessary), project management and social media activities, as well as work with children. Our volunteers will be also supported to do their own projects.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be living in a private well-equipped house with kitchen, living room and bathroom shared with some international volunteers. You will have a nice bedroom, internet access and computer. Buchholz and Steinhöfel are rural areas with beautiful nature, however from the nearest town you can reach Berlin city centre in 40 minutes. There is also a car at volunteers' disposal, and the possibility to ride a bicycle (there is a nice bike-lane) or to take the bus. According to common ESC rules volunteers receive monthly money for food allowance and pocket money.
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers will get two trainings (seminars) from the National Agency, as well as an online language course. During the volunteer year, workshops and projects on different topics will be included.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: -Speaking English fluently and basic German skills.
-Respectful towards all kinds of differences that a volunteer might experience (religious, ethnic, individual....) and also towards nature and art.
-Flexible, motivated, open-minded, independent, reliable, cooperative and willing to learn
-Being interested in our projects, ideas and values and supplement it with your own ideas
-Being able to work in team, but also having the ability to take responsabilities and work independently.
-Able to work in stressful situations
Please send us a motivation letter:
[email protected] Deadline: Application deadline: 16/01/2022
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.