Gardening and connecting across social borders

Name: Gardening and connecting across social borders
Start: 2026-07-05
End: 2026-07-18
Location: Jyväskylä, Finland

Finland Social work Manual work People with disabilities Social work Manual work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Mainly physical gardening with local community workers, volunteers and local assisted camp participants. Also clearing the new garden plot area of the community farmhouse. The farm grows root vegetables, berries and other vegetables. During the camp, the volunteers will spend activity time together with local camp participants. The íijälä community aims to offer a tranquil environment for its visitors, which aligns with the work of the camp. This means that some of the camp days might be a bit slower in pace.

🏠 Accommodation on site

In shared rooms (women and men separately), in a 200-year-old wooden farmhouse, which is the main building of the farm. Beds, bed linen and pillows will be provided to the volunteers. Washing laundry is possible on-site. Volunteers with physical disabilities are also warmly welcome, but should be aware that moving around the house or garden may require some assistance (there are, e.g. doorsteps, sand & grass in the garden). Mealtimes are shared with local camp participants in a theme of shared, equal community meals.

📍 About the location

The nearest big city, Jyväskylä, can be reached by public transport and visited for sightseeing during the volunteer's free time.

⚠️ Requirements

A free-formatted invitational letter is required. Volunteers should express in their own words why they want to participate in the camp and how they can benefit from the volunteer tasks.

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