📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Tipu Nature School (https://tipulooduskool.ee/en) is a non-profit organization working in the field of nature and environmental education. We offer environmental education programs to schools and kindergartens, organize children and youth camps and offer workshops and hikes.
We offer a wide range of activities to our volunteers – mostly in the field of maintenance and development of the visitor site and the local hiking trail but also related to nature conservation in the National Park area.
The working time each day will be approximately 6-7 full hours which can vary depending on the daily leisure activities and weather conditions. Most of these activities will take place outdoors, but we will take weather conditions into account. The work will be supervised by the head of the organisation and one long-term volunteer.Possible works will be: Garden works and maintaining of attractions, signs and information boards, Taking care of animals, cutting bushes, woodwork.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation is simple, on mattresses on the floor of our small village house and in group-tents outside. There is one small bathroom inside with a shower, elsewhere there are compost toilets and a solar shower outside. There is a washing machine. We will be cooking our own food throughout the camp. The group leader will compile the menu and buy the groceries for the first days, afterwards the participants can make own plans what to cook and groceries will be bought accordingly.
🎒 Leisure activities
More information: https://estyes.ee/en/projects/esc-volunteering-teams-project-at-tipu-nature-school-in-soomaa-national-park/
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Please consider that the work is mainly physical and conditions simple. In exchange you will be staying in beautiful nature and contribute to a great project!
You need to bring working clothes, warm clothes for evenings and nights, which might in this time of the year be already quite chilly, wet weather clothing, sleeping bag and sleeping mattress, swimwear, towel.
No prior experience is needed but rather willingness to stay a lot of the time outside in a natural environment.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2022
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.