Holiday care on an adventure & cultural farm

Germany Children Social work Youth activities Children Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Since 2019, a handful of people have been building the Blankenhorn Adventure & Culture Farm (hoblaho) on the edge of the Mecklenburg Lake District. A place with cultural, educational, agricultural and holiday accommodation and care offers is being created. A farm where people, nature and animals live together. https://hoblaho.com/ (unfortunately only in German) 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 are: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education. Follow us: Instagram ijgd_workcamps Facebook @ijgd.workcamps

💼 What the programme involves

Since 2019, a handful of people have been building the Blankenhorn Adventure & Culture Farm (hoblaho) on the edge of the Mecklenburg Lake District. A place with cultural, educational, agricultural and holiday accommodation and care offers is being created. During your workcamp you will support the farm in the holiday care for about 50 to 60 children and youths (6 to 15 years) from the region. For example, you will offer face painting, build and supervise a straw castle, accompany the farm animal times, make bows and arrows together with the children and teens, supervise the shooting at the archery range and much more. In addition, you can give the holiday care an international flair with games, songs and handicraft ideas from your home countries. With your ideas and your desire for creative activities, sports games, music and dance, you will make sure that these days are a great experience for you and the children and teens. If you are interested, you can help to look after the many animals before and after the holiday care. You can help feed the horses, alpacas and goats, muck out the stalls, milk the goats or make cheese for yourselves. Information about the Blankenhorn Adventure & Culture Farm can be find at https://hoblaho.com/ (unfortunately only in German). The workcamp is sponsored by the Janusz Korczak Foundation for Social Youth Work from Wittenberg. The chairman of the foundation will also be present to support you during the entire workcamp.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will live and work at Hof Blankenhorn, an adventure and cultural farm. In the associated accommodation, you will live in shared rooms and have access to a kitchen, a common room and a huge terrace for eating together. You will cook together. Money for food will be provided. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please state any intolerances during registration.

📍 About the location

During leisure time, you can go to the Baltic Sea or Berlin for a long weekend. Or you can simply enjoy the great activities on the farm and in the surrounding area. The farm has a campfire site, hammocks, an archery range and lots of nature. You can also make trips by bike or to the narrow-gauge railway in the neighbouring village.

⚠️ Requirements

You should have a good knowledge of German, be able to ride a bike and an ability to work with children and teens; Please bring some music, dances and some ideas for games from your home country with you. 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

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📅 Available sessions

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30/07/2022 → 13/08/2022

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–26 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

17099 Galenbeck-Sandhagen, Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

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🛡️ Before you leave

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📞 Contact us

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+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German