📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp takes place in a 16th century brewery situated in the small village of Chric in cooperation with the local NGO Propolis. The brewery was a ruin until 2009 when Propolis started to renovate it with the help of volunteers. The brewery is an educational centre focused on history and local handicrafts as well as a social and cultural centre. There is a Museum of Daily Life hosting interactive exhibition on traditional rural life. Propolis has recently established a social enterprise producing beer and employing people with mental and physical disabilities. The aim of the workcamp is to help with the ongoing renovation of the brewery.
💼 What the programme involves
The work is manual and will be physically very demanding: you will do different renovation works in the brewery (carrying material, digging, building a stone wall, etc.) and in the garden. Bring warm and waterproof clothes and working clothes that can get dirty or damaged. You will need very good working shoes!! Please note that you may work in a dusty environment.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In one big light room (100m2) inside the brewery. Bring a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat. There is a bathroom, a washing machine and a kitchen. The local partner prepares the food with occasional help of the volunteers. Take some crucial ingredients or local products to prepare your traditional food for an intercultural evening.
📍 About the location
The village of Chric (about 200 inhabitants) in the Western part of Bohemia. It is very isolated and the connection by public transport is poor. In the village you can find a shop, a post office and a church. The locality is not very populated and has beautiful nature.
Study part: Learn some traditional masonry. Get some knowledge about the history of the place, the history and the future of the brewery and the way beer used to be and is now produced here. Learn about traditional rural life from the local Museum of daily life run by Propolis. There is also a possibility to visit the Museum of beer in Pilsen. An intercultural evening with the locals will be organized.
Leisure time: In the afternoons after work or during the free days, you can visit one of the surrounding castles, a nature preserve or go swimming in a nearby river.
ℹ️ Additional information
The workcamp is especially suitable for volunteers who are interested in history and culture. The group will be composed of 6 Welsh, 4 international volunteers and 2 Czech campleaders.