Group Camp - ART&NATURE
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About the project
Group Camp - ART&NATURE
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Art and nature workcamp is a camp for young people in the natural campsite as an opportunity for personal development and educational experience. It is an environment from which young people can learn and raise awareness on volunteering and it's benefits, notice the importance on the protecting of the nature environment, development of worldwide awareness and positive attitudes in terms of increased intercultural understanding and active participation as well as on art, recycling, and importance of the zero waste attitudes and sustainalbe way of living. It gives space for exploring, using and increasing personal experience and knowledge, mutual understanding, tolerance, team building and civil dialogue among youth.
OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKCAMP:
- To engage participants in a diverse range of activities, such as community and environmental action that will support their social inclusion and integration
- To provide space for participants to contribute the positive change in another country thus to stimulate active and responsible citizenship
- To develop and implement a variety of non formal educational activities in combination with outdoor activities
- To learn and implement various activities regarding: recycling, creating new products from waste, making waste into art, as well activities connected with nature protection: cleaning the beaches, making new forest paths...
- To provide an intercultural exchange of experience for young people
💼 What the programme involves
Workcamp will be split between morning and the afternoon sessions/activities/workshops. In the morning we tend to be more easy going and more community oriented by organizing mutual team building activities, games, implement some visits to the town and the culture of our place, do the hiking, clean the beaches, maintain the camp area and the forest area, do some marks and signs in the nature, help with creating new paths...
In the afternoon we have specialised art and plastics workshops with an artist Tanja Blašković.
Mid afternoons will be free and you'll have a chance to swim in our nice sea, rest and enjoy in the beautiful nature.
Evenings will be organized and implemented together: bonfire nights, movies under the stars, social evening nights, talent shows or anything else that the group will mutually decide.
ART WORKSHOPS
Trash to treasure
Introduction to materials and techniques , experimenting with materials.
Painting but make it plastic
We will explore the material further through classic motifs in art as portrait and landscapes, learn how to take more control of the material and how to use colour and texture in "painting" with plastics.
Size matters
Exploring the impact of size in art trough creating big art instalations.
Trash to product
Exploring the use of learned techniques in making products – fashion accessories, jewlery, home goods etc.
From plastic to fantastic
Recycling the plastic bags and turning them into something completely new.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Sleeping area – a place with modern tent accommodation for participants with sleeping bags, blankets and mattresses
🍲 Food
During their stay participants will have 3 meals per day: breakfast that will be self service, lunch and dinner that will be prepared from Alfa Albona team / by international volunteers / by the participants themselves.
Considering drinks there are no limits for it and participants can choose between water, coffee, tea or soft drinks all the time.
📍 About the location
The campsite is located on the Eastern coast of Istria peninsula of Croatia. This attractive, natural bay, amidst unspoilt scenery and deep blue sea, and offers beautiful woodland and rich vegetation, opportunities to relax and its unspoilt tranquility. Being several kilometres from the nearest busy road, the camp’s visitors can enjoy unbroken peace and quiet. Alfa Albona has 2000 m2 of territory, only 1 minute walking from the sea.
Istria is characterized by a special form of the Mediterranean climate in consequence of the Istrian geographical latitude. Istria attracts the tourists from the entire world with its natural characteristics, its rich cultural heritage, its beauty and tradition. On the Istrian coast the sun shine more than 2400 hours per year and it cen get really hot and dry, during summer months (June - August) temperatures can get to 35 celsius. Owing to the day’s length and plenty of clear days throughout the summer it has the longest isolation with a daily average of 10 hours. Our sunrises and sunsets are like a painting masterpiece.
⚠️ Requirements
HELP LIST OF THE THINGS TO PACK:
- summer clothes (make sure you have some light clothes for the summer including swimming clothes)
- clothes for the time when the sun goes down (you may need long t-shirt or light jacket)
- comfortable sport shoes for the outdoor activities and walking
- flashlight
- personal documents
- things for personal hygiene and towels
- medicines (if you use any)
- anti mosquito cream / sun cream
- umbrella / raincoat
- head pillow for sleeping
- hat to have protection from the sun and for the outdoor activities
🤝 Meeting point
HOW TO GET TO THE CAMPSITE?
The easiest way to come to the campsite is from Pula / Rijeka / Zagreb which can be easily reached by plane and then by bus to Labin.
From Labin there is no local transportation to the camp, so we will help you book a taxi and to arrange a transport.
Additionally, there is a possibility for a taxi van that can pick you up and drive you from Pula to the campsite Tunarica and it's an cheaper and faster option then any other, so if you choose this option we would be happy to organize it for you.
In case you need any help feel free to ask.
ℹ️ Additional information
The fee per participant for each camp is 285,00 EUR for the camp, and it covers the cost of :
food and drinks, paying the rent for the accommodation and activities areas, as well as using all facilities mentioned, other expenses: trainers and facilitators, materials for the activities, trip to Labin and ticket to enter the museum...
WI-FI is provided free close to the reception and Croatia is using type C outlet plug.
Travel insurance is at your expense.
Croatia is using euro as currency.
We have a campsite guards providing us additionally safety during day and night times, as well as emergency tool kit and the possibility to reach the ambulance fast if needed. In the evenings we have sleeping and quiet time from 23 till 07 o'clock as close to us is a touristic camp and we need to make sure we have enough of sleep and rest for each day full of activity. Please notice that it's really important to respect the quiet time in the camp.
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📅 Available sessions
GROUP/ALFALB
05/07/2023 at 00:00 → 13/07/2023 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
16–29 years old
Solidarity donation
285.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Tunarica, Sveti Lovreč Labinski, Croatia
Croatia
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 21:05 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken