📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project is organized by Lasten Kesa, an organisation that does preventive child welfare work. During school holidays and on weekends they organize overnight camps for children and adolescents on the shores of a lake near Hameenlinna. The camps offer fun and wonderful experiences and work as high-quality preventive child welfare work that has a positive effect on the well-being of both the camper and their entire family. They also provide meaningful activities in the middle of everyday life. At the camp, the children have the opportunity to do fun activities with secure adults, meanwhile the adults of the family have the opportunity to take a breather at home.
💼 What the programme involves
The participants duties include acting as assistant camp counselors. The volunteers are not solely responsible for the group of children, but act as assistants to the camp counselors in organizing the program. Duties may include for example supervising games and activities, retrieving items, providing basic care for the campers (guiding them in brushing their teeth, distributing food), and generally assisting with everyday activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation is organised in a house on the camp grounds, where the volunteers stay in double rooms. The common area and the bathrooms are shared. It is also possible to use your own tent in the back yard of the house. The volunteers are provided with all meals during the day.
📍 About the location
The camp area is located in a rural area far from nearby towns. The closest city of Hameenlinna is approximately 20km away. During their free time, the volunteers have the opportunity to use the camp center s equipment and facilities. There will be a chance to try a traditional Finnish sauna and to swim in a lake. You can also try rowing a boat or paddle boarding as well as grill by a campfire. There is also a possibility to go for walks in nature or visit nearby villages.
⚠️ Requirements
The volunteers need travel insurance for the duration of their stay. A criminal record extract is required.