📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The work camp is a joint initiative of several local partner organizations working together on introducing the spirit of volunteerism, developing and improving rural and eco-tourism in Trsi263; (www.kamp-trsic.org.rs). For the first time this year we will organize a workcamp together with a home for elderly care Carski Konak . This will be the ninth time that we organize Eco camp Trsic. The first 8 camps gave great results A lot of volunteers from many countries got to work together in a relaxed atmosphere with a lot of space to get to know each other and the Serbian culture.
💼 What the programme involves
The activities will be mostly spending quality time with the elderly (take them out for walk, playing games and organize creative workshops). All activities will be planned together with the professional staff of the elderly home.The volunteers will also work on clearing the vegetation and reconstruction of the walking paths which connect Carski Konak with the heart of the village Trsic. One day during the workcamp we will clean garbage on the walking paths in the forest.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in a fully equipped house, only 50m away from Vuk s house (www.trsic.co.rs), built in the same traditional style but at the same time very technologically advanced in the heart of the ethno village. No sleeping bags needed.
📍 About the location
Trsic is a small village famous because it is the birthplace of Vuk Karadzic, the reformist of Serbian language and orthography, who is considered the father of the modern Serbian language. Beside beautiful and preserved nature, green glades, thick forests and bounty of streams, this landscape offers an idyllic atmosphere of traditional Serbia of 18th and 19th century. Trsic is situated close to Loznica in the western part of Serbia. The village has been turned into an ethnographic park, centred on a recreation of the Karadzic family home. Excursions to important cultural and historical points will be organized, together with visits to museums.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers should be lovers of nature and culture with an interest in social activities.
ℹ️ Additional information
Participation fee: 10euro fee is used as an addition to the workcamp budget, for additional excursions and soft drinks.