📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project is organized by social organization of cultural, educational and exchange programs for youth "MIR TESEN". "MIR TESEN" was established in 1999. Supported by Committee of youth policy and relations with NGOs of Government of St Petersburg since in the some years since 2003. “Mir Tesen”- the Partner of Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations since 2004, the associated member of CCIVS since 2012.
💼 What the programme involves
Study part, based on learning Dostoevsky's novels, will be joined with preparation host organization office for the summer workcamps: the volunteers will be engaged in repairing work (outside and inside) of old historical building, where the organization “Mir tesen” is situated. There are a lot of various work that don’t require any special qualifications: decorating rooms, painting walls and windows frame, taking care about territory around building.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Host organization provides a basic condition accommodation and food in St-Petersburg in the special rooms for volunteers for 6 persons . The shower with hot water, equipped kitchen and the common room are provided. Volunteers will cook by themselves.
Volunteers should bring working clothes, gloves and sleeping bags or sheets.
📍 About the location
The main idea of this project is to allow volunteers improve their Russian by taking lessons in informal study. So volunteers will have daily classes of Russian with professional teacher. The methodology of teaching base on using of linguistic-cultural component.
By the way during the camp are a lot of holidays in Russia like Easter (the 1st of the May) and Victory Day (the 9th of the May). At night of the Victory Day volunteers can look at the big firework from the downtown. Volunteers will have an opportunity to visit numerous museums, theatres, galleries and exhibitions, country residences of Emperors, Grand Princes and grandees: Peterhof – city of fountains, Lomonosov, Tsarskoye Selo, Pavlovsk and just restored palace in Gatchina. Also at this time of the year, the city hosts a variety of festivals, concerts and folk events. So volunteers will be able to take part of it. Besides volunteers will be able to rent bikes or boats to have little trips. Meeting with local people and evenings of international cuisine will be organized, so it would be great if volunteers bring their traditional recipes, food and information about their country, photos, music, songbooks, games, flags, musical instruments.
⚠️ Requirements
In Russian camps insurance is not provided. Volunteers should bring their own insurance. The museums fees and local transport expenses aren't going to be covered, volunteers will have to pay on their own.
ℹ️ Additional information
Because the main goal of this workcamp is to introduce of Dostoevsky's novels and learning Russian volunteers should specify their language level. Our workcamp doesn't provide any certificate. Also volunteers should bring student cards (ISIC).