📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Grenzenlos is an Austrian NGO based in Vienna. It is independent of religions and political bodies. Grenzenlos is a non-profit association. Its main purpose is to promote world peace and respect between people through intercultural non-formal education programmes abroad which combine cultural integration with engagement at non-profit initiatives worldwide. The German word Grenzenlos means no boundaries and also no limits. The word explains the basic mission of Grenzenlos: to promote the personal development of individuals (no limits) and inter-cultural understanding through international encounters, trainings, intercultural living and work experience (no boundaries). Grenzenlos offers a variety of international mobility programmes. These programmes are dedicated to world peace through the promotion of inter-cultural exchanges. Traditionally, Grenzenlos organizes volunteering programmes (individual as well as in the frame of international camps). As an exchange organization, we send volunteers abroad and host volunteers in Austria The Inclusion approach is a high priority for Grenzenlos: special attention is given to promoting the participation of people with disabilities in all our volunteering projects as well as trainings and educational programmes.
💼 What the programme involves
The "Naturkindergruppe am Himmel - GatschhEpfer is a small outdoor kindergarten in the hills around Vienna, totally embedded in nature. It is a non-profit organization run by the parents of the children attending the kindergarten. The idea of the organization is based on a humanistic philosophy. We live diversity, are open minded to different cultures, religions, and rainbow families. The main targets of the teachers are to build up an individual relationship with the kids and to respect and take the individual needs of the kids. Our meaning of education is more to accompany the children and help if they need it. Each child is accepted as an individual, encouraged to develop self-consciousness and self-confidence. The main focus of our kindergarten is on being in nature. The kids spend most of the time outside, in the woods and fields around or in their own kindergarten "garden". The kids have a Mongolian yurt where they can have shelter in case of heavy rain or cold weather.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be provided with a ticket for the public transport in Vienna. You will receive pocket money and a monthly food allowance. You will stay in a single room at a flat or student dorm, sharing facilities like kitchen and bathroom with others.