📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The “Children and Youth Office“ of Weil der Stadt, close to Stuttgart, organizes a summer-camp for kids every year. Each summer, about 95 children participate in this program. They can join for one week or both. The purpose of the program is to give every child the chance to have a fun vacation time while at the same time, supporting working parents during the first part of school summer break, which lasts for 6 weeks in total. International volunteers have been supporting the summer activities and the local community for two years already (UN SDG 11 sustainable communities).
💼 What the programme involves
Support a summer free-time program for children aged 6-12 years old together with a group of German volunteers in Weil der Stadt! In the first two weeks of summer holidays, the children who participate in this summer free-time program get picked up in the morning; they spend their day at a holiday house and return in the afternoon at 5pm. On Fridays, there\'s one overnight-stay and a common breakfast with the children. Saturday afternoons and Sundays are free. The summer camp is located next to a forest and a sportsground which allow for many outdoor adventures for the children, such as building huts or playing sports. But there will also be many opportunities for creative workshops. You are welcome to bring your own games, songs and ideas!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in the “Children and Youth Office” in Weil der Stadt. In the building, there is a big room where you will be sleeping. Camp beds are provided but please, bring your own sleeping bag! Inside the building you will find sanitary facilities and a kitchen. During the week, you will eat your lunch with the children and don’t need to cook. At night and during weekends, you will take turns for cooking, washing the dishes and cleaning. Groceries will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.
📍 About the location
Weil der Stadt is a town with almost 20.000 inhabitants. It has a very nice historical centre and is located at the outskirts of the Black Forest – perfect for hiking, if you’re up to it. Public transportation is good, so you can easily reach the regional capital Stuttgart, as well as Karlsruhe or Pforzheim. The team in Weil der Stadt can support you in organizing weekend trips or activities.
⚠️ Requirements
Please attach a Motivation Letter with your application! We would like to know about your motivation to work with children, if you have any experience in this field, and if you speak (a bit of) German. In addition, since you will be working with children, you will be required to provide a certificate of good conduct before the start of the camp.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all volunteers need to be either fully vaccinated (2 to 3 shots of one of the following vaccines: BioNtech/Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson&Johnson) or recovered (date of infection must be at least 28 days old and max 90 days old).
ℹ️ Additional information
It is not necessary to speak German in order to participate, however it is a big help for sure. The children usually don’t speak English but some of the kids have an international background so you might be able to communicate with some of them in your mother tongue.
