📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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💼 What the programme involves
Your help is needed in the historical town of Linz am Rhein, with its many colourful old town houses. You will help with various gardening and maintenance work in the community, e.g. in the park, in the historic cemetery and in other green spaces in Linz. The municipality of Linz is holding an international work camp for the second time and this camp is also very much about international exchange within the group. The community will also make some offers so that you can get to know the city and the surrounding area. The work camp group, who spent their summer 2019 here, felt very comfortable and happily accepted all the offers from the community
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying in the town hall, in the centre of town. You cook together. Money for the food shopping is provided to you. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any allergies when registering.
📍 About the location
Linz is in a beautiful spot along the river Rhine and you have numerous possibilities for excursions in the surrounding area. You will have a tour through the beautiful old town of Linz, which has several cafes and restaurants. Besides this, there is also a nice outdoor swimming pool. You can also take trips to the nearby cities of Bonn, Koblenz, or Cologne.
⚠️ Requirements
Covid Rules (may change depending on the course of the pandemic): 2G+: Only vaccinated and recovered persons can register for the work camp. All participants must arrive with an official negative rapid test (not older than 24 hours) or PCR test (not older than 48 hours). On arrival, this and a vaccination or recovery certificate must be presented and a self-rapid test must be carried out. Thereafter, the entire group must perform a rapid self-test at least every 72 hours. We will provide self-rapid tests for the arrival and the whole camp period!
Subject to changes! You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration and at least 3 weeks before the start of the camp with the specific info sheet for your camp.
ℹ️ Additional information
Work can be physically demanding.
Please note: There is a special Teenage Fee of 150€ for international volunteers who applied under 18 in this camp.
