📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
VanhamEki Foundation organizes camps and recreational days for different groups around the topics of horse riding, sports and organic farming. VanhamEki has an organic farm and produces different kinds of canned goods, berry powders and green powders. There is also a forest activity park that is aimed for everyone. During its over 100-year history VanhamEki Wellness center has operated as a center for poor and disabled people, hospital, home for elderly people and as a youth center. Today the foundation is also running a private childcare institution. Throughout the years the aim has remained the same ( operate as the center for wellness and common good.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will participate in the work of the farm. The tasks include particularly activities of the early farming season, such as planting and seeding. During their free time, the volunteers can go to the sauna, spend evenings by the fire, swim, do sports and go caning. The camp is suitable for families with children over 10 years old who can take part in the daily program with their parent.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In shared rooms, with separate spaces for men and women. Beds and sheets are provided for the volunteers. Lunch and dinner will be served by the camp host but volunteers will prepare their breakfast, possible snacks and weekend meals by themselves.
📍 About the location
Suonenjoki, Eastern Finland
ℹ️ Additional information
Covid-19: Due to the possible changes in the coronavirus situation, we will confirm the camp 4 weeks before the starting date. Please don t book your travel tickets before the camp is confirmed.Additional Fee: Many SCI workcamps will have an additional fee of aO50.00. This will cover eg. local hosting costs and amp; international insurance costs of the volunteer. If you apply through an SCI branch the fee will be included in the fee you pay to your sending branch. If you apply through a partner organisation you will pay the fee on arrival direct to the hosting branch or through a PayPal transfer system. When accepted on the project the host branch will give you more details. Check branches and amp; partners here: https://sci.ngo/about-us/our-movement/where-we-are/