📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will live and work in a therapeutic village Camphill Rožkalni together with 10 people with special needs, with mental disorders and with 6 coworkers and their families. Volunteers will be engaged in all daily activities, including participation and work in the workshops: tea and herb, cow shed - feeding and taking care of cows, dairy workshop - making cheese, yoghurt and sourcream, paperworkshop - making school excercise books for Waldorfshools. Using a scheduled that will be designed together with volunteers, they will also be engaged in cooking and caring for the house. Both in Rožkalni village and in Renceni there are different cultural events and other activities. We will cooperate with local Rencēni primary school and Rencēni culture house to engage volunteers together with Camphill villagers to take part in these activities and will encourage volunteers to initaite their own activities - possibly language courses and other intercultural evenings and activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will live in a room in our village - farm that consists of two family houses, a culture house, barn, cow sheds. Your daily meals will be offered here on site and there is no necessity to commute to work since you will live on site. The closest village with a shop is 9km away and Valmiera, the closest city is 16 km away. There is public transportation available. You will receive pocket money - 120 euros per month.
🎒 Leisure activities
You will be offered training from our national agency and will be offered online Latvian language lessons.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for self-motivated young people who are willing to work in a farm and are not afraid to perform different tasks, spend time with people with special needs.
Deadline: Application deadline: 25/02/2023
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.