📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp will take place in the small Moravian village of Tvarozna Lhota, situated in the White Carpathian Mountains, near the Slovak border. The region is famous for its folk traditions and its beautiful countryside. In the outskirts of the village, the local NGO “INEX-SDA Bile Karpaty” runs a small centre for rural development and sustainability called Cottage Travicna. The centre also hosts an outdoor museum with traditional cottages, some farm animals, a herbal garden and traditional fruit trees, showing how rural life in the mountains used to look like there in the past. The aim of the workcamp is to maintain the Cottage Travicna to be ready for annual event for children called “Ethnosalas”.
💼 What the programme involves
The work will be manual and outdoor. The tasks will include reparation of fences for animals and gardens, reparation of traditional houses and parts of play structures for children, general maintenance of the surrounding area, decorating. These tasks will vary according to the current needs. For the event Ethnosalas (the last Sunday of the camp), you will help with organization and will prepare activities for the local kids. If the weather conditions allow, you will also collect herbs in the surrounding meadows and in the nearby forest, herbs which will be used for the production of organic teas. Please note that the weather can be sometimes very hot and that you may have to work in the sun. Bring protective creams and a hat.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In the attic of a building in the very centre of the village. You will need to bring your own sleeping bag and sleeping mat. Two small bathrooms are available. Please be prepared for basic living conditions as the house is very small. You will prepare your meals together – a small kitchen is available in the living area. Bring your national recipes.
📍 About the location
Tvarozna Lhota (bus stop in the village, next train stop Straznice). The nearby bigger cities are Straznice (5 km distance) and Uherske Hradiste (30 km). The region is famous for its folk traditions and beautiful countryside.
Study part: A guided tour along the nature-trail „Oskeruse“ (traditional regional fruit). Learn more about local products, organic farming, the history and natural potential of the region. Workshops on batik with traditional colours are planned. You can take part in some folkloric events that will be organized in the village and try on traditional folkloric dresses.
Leisure time: Trips to various sights of the regional cities of Straznice, Uherske Hradiste and Skalice, trip to Bata canal, games and activities in the outdoor adventure park in the cottage Travicna and trips to the close-by countryside and sights; swimming in the lake.
ℹ️ Additional information
This project is realized with the support of Johnson Controls, Inc.