📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The organizer of the camp is Etnokult Culture Association which has been responsible of the organization of Faces Festival several years. Faces is a multicultural festival of music, art, solidarity and peace. The festival will be held 20th time this year. The festival will be a celebration for all minorities and cultures. The international volunteers will be working together with Finnish volunteers to build and create the festival. The work includes cleaning, building, decorating and painting. The work is often heavy, slow and dirty, but also creative and social.
💼 What the programme involves
The purpose of the camp is to participate in building and organizing a music festival . The volunteers will build stages, paint walls and decorations, organize things before the festival and help in selling ticket, guide traffic etc. during the festival, but will also get to enjoy the festival.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be accommodated in simple floor accommodation at a school, sleeping bag needed. Meals will be provided, some self-catering.
📍 About the location
The festival area is around two former ironwork villages which are now populated by artists and artisans providing interesting combination of beautiful scenary, art, design and culture etc. about 80km from Helsinki. http://www.visitfinland.com/article/Fiskars-and-billnas/
⚠️ Requirements
The volunteers need travel insurance for the duration of their stay. Be prepared to heavy work in all weather conditions. Registration fee 30 euros