📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
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💼 What the programme involves
The city forest at Wolfsburg enjoys huge popularity amongst joggers, cyclists, hikers and people who enjoy walking. Besides this, it is a habitat for many – even rare – species of plants and animals, such as orchids, for example. The park will also become your operation site, as you'll be supporting the district forest service in many different ways, such as taking care of the forest, repairing recreational facilities, removing non-native plants (neophytes), which could displace local species. Of course, during this time you will also get a great insight into the work of a district forest service employee and into the ecosystem of a forest. Your accommodation is not so far away from the forest, so you can easily get there on foot. You will be working 4 days per week, each day for 7.5 hours. You will therefore have free time on Fridays.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You'll be staying in rooms for young people at the Saint Stephen's Community Building in Wolfsburg. Here, there are 2 large rooms for sleeping, a large living space, a kitchen and a party room available. You will be sleeping on air beds (rather thick air mattresses). The community building is located directly next to the market in the district of Detmerode. All places to go shopping for food ingredients are easily reached on foot.
Meals will be prepared and cooked in small groups.
📍 About the location
The best known attractions in Wolfsburg are the castle, the art museum, the “Autostadt” (car city) and the Volkswagen Musem, the VfL Wolfsburg football team and the “Phaeno” experiment landscape. The VW-Pool is the most beautiful outdoor swimming pool in the region. In the Saint Stephen's Community Building, there is a youth club every Thursday.
For more information, visit: www.wolfsburg.de
⚠️ Requirements
You have to be fit enough for physically demanding work – you will work 7.5h on 4 days, Fridays are off.
ℹ️ Additional information
You have to be fit enough for physically demanding work – you will work 7.5h on 4 days, Fridays are off.