L’Arche Experience and Solidarity Project

Work will be mainly manual and will include grouting, painting a timber dried fruit dryer, painting of rooms and wooden structures (pergola, benches, tables), paving a brick sidewalk, treatment of slopes in the garden, planting herbs and trees, compost repair, planting bushes, preparing wood for the winter, cleaning of the premises, herb processing, production of jams and compotes. None of the work will be too physically demanding. It will be possible for volunteers, if interested and by prior arrangement, to take part in activities related to the care of people with disabilities, especially escorts and leisure activities, always with the support of a social worker. The work will take place in the area of ​​the village of Modletí­n, especially outside, so please bring rain boots and a raincoat. Please bring clothes that can get dirty or damaged. Study part: Volunteers will have the opportunity to meet the local community in the form of a snack & bite happening: the neighbors will bring their own food and taste what the volunteers have prepared. Of course, the organization will be introduced to volunteers, including a concert by the band BeneBend. During the excursion of the workshops, the volunteers will get acquainted with the traditional crafts that Benediktus operates: fruit drying, work with wood and ceramics, production of decorative wreaths, processing of natural products.