📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
There are SOS Children's Villages world-wide, where children, young people and families in need find help. The SOS Children's Village Saar in Merzig is one of them. The children, who live here, are placed in SOS Children's Village families, because their biological parents cannot look after them. In the last couple of years, new help programs, such as assisted living facilities, community meetings, afternoon care etc. have been added. This is your chance to help out in the Children's Village by organizing and carrying out the holiday program for the children in the village. You will take trips together, play games, carry out arts and crafts activities, contribute your own ideas for games, dances and songs. For the second project craftsmanship skills are wanted! The table tennis hall for the children and youths has to be redesigned. With the support of an expert, the hall will be modernized, renovated and turned into a cozy place the children can use for their free time activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in the big hall of he community centre on the premise of the SOS Children's Village. You will cook together.
📍 About the location
There are plenty of free time activities: You can go for a cycle, go to the open-air swimming pool or the climbing park. You can also take a sight-seeing trip to the cities of Saarbrücken, Trier, Metz and Luxemburg. There is also plenty to see in Merzig-Wadern: The wolves outdoor enclose, the Cloef, the famous Saarschleife etc. From there it is only a short trip to castle Montclair, which is the object of lots of legends and myths. If you want to get sporty, you can pack your swimming clothes and cycle to the reservoir in Losheim. If you like a relaxed evening, spend a bit of time in the old town of Merzig.
⚠️ Requirements
You have to have basic German language skills, be interested in working with children and enjoy being around them. It also helps if you are creative, sporty and/or have craftsmanship skills.
ℹ️ Additional information
You have to have basic German language skills, be interested in working with children and enjoy being around them. It also helps if you are creative, sporty and/or have craftsmanship skills.