KUREMAA BEACH HOUSE

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Estonia Manual work Teenagers Construction Children Manual work Teenagers +2 Fixed dates

About the project

KUREMAA BEACH HOUSE

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The northern shore of Lake Kuremaa, where you find a 250-metre stretch of golden sand, is the only organized public beach in Jogeva County manned by lifeguards. Kuremaa Beach House is a project run by the NGO Oieke, which takes care of the area, promotes sustainable life-style, develops nature tourism activities, offers various leisure activities to public and organizes summer camps for youngsters. Volunteers are invited to help this NGO and locals to take care of the beach house and its surroundings and prepare it for the summer season. Some projects photos can be seen here http://kuremaa.eu/rand/ This camp follows very successful first try of the last year.

💼 What the programme involves

Wide range of activities will be offer to volunteers i mostly in the field of maintenance and development of the visitor site and the territory of the beach and surrounding. It involves: tidying up the area, cutting bushes and straws, weeding; works with soil and stones, landscaping, building a fire place, easier construction work like building benches; painting, preparing fire woods, etc. There may be also some works in horse stables and pastures. The working time is 6-7 full hours a day, which may vary depending on the daily leisure activities and actual weather conditions. Most of these activities will take place outdoors, but weather conditions will be taken into account.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The accommodation will be in Kuremaa guest house in 2-4 bedded rooms. Bed linen, pillows and towels are provided, so sleeping bag is NOT needed. Toilets and showers are available. It is planned to visit Estonian Sauna some days. Food will be cooked and served in the local cafe nearby. Some days will be spent in a local youth centre with a possibility to cook own food, which can be shared then with local youngsters.

📍 About the location

LocationKuremaa rannamaja is located in Kuremaa borough, Jogeva country. Jogeva is situated in the eastern part of Estonia, approximately 180 km from Tallinn. Estonian second largest city Tartu lies 48 km away. Camp venue itself is 13 km away from Jogeva. More information is on the following websites: www.visitestonia.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JC3B5gevaTerminalAirport, bus station, harbor in Tallinn. Bus or train to Jogeva, pick up by camp host.Leisure timeThere are a lot of interesting natural and historical picturesque sights in the area as well as good possibilities for swimming in the lake and hiking in the forest or visiting Kuremaa Castle, Watermill, Stables. On the beach there is a basketball court, volleyball court, barbecue area, camping and recreation area. It is possible to use boats, water bicycles, surfing wheels, paddleboards, balls, etc. There is an opportunity to visit Tartu, the second biggest city of Estonia, which is located just 48 km from Kuremaa and has a lot of activities to offer ( see more on https://visittartu.com/)

⚠️ Requirements

Special requirementsYou have to be open-minded, creative and ready to adapt to simple conditions of the common life in the countryside of Estonia. Volunteers have to be motivated to work outdoors doing physical work under changing weather conditions. You should take clothes for hot summer days and some colder rainy periods as well as working clothes which may get dirty. English is the camp language.Participation feeWe ask participants to contribute 50 Euro towards the costs of general administration. This fee has to be paid by bank transfer before the beginning of the camp. If you cannot make it please contact your sending organization for solution.

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