📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Pilistvere is very small village in the center of Estonia. Although small it is full of life in summer: several activitites make local people busy, and all visitors are warmly welcome to participate! Village is known for the rich history, beautiful landscape mixed pure nature: forests, springs, rivers and small riverlakes. The aim of the project is support life in a countryside through diversity of culture and experience. Also we hope to encourage understanding between different cultures and pass strong message about voluntary service around. Local community - young people and adults - of this rural area will be involved to the project for work, leisure and (inter)cultural activities. This will be achieved by doing some practical work for community together with local people and by assisting in the short activity camp ran for kids from socially disadvantaged families. The theme of this camp is I am international!
💼 What the programme involves
Practical manual work will include landscaping, clearing and tidying up green areas and places/ objects of local importance in the village, possibly light repair and renovation jobs. The working day will be 5-7 hours, 6 days. Work will be done under supervision of local technical leaders. Work is mainly physical and outdoors. Local young people will be joining international volunteers for work and leisure time. Work with kids will involve running various activities for them together with local staff, creating friendly environment for intercultural learning and language practices. For most of the kids it will be the first experience of meeting foreigners in real. The age of kids is 7 -12. We expect up to 40 kids in this camp taking place on 14.-16.08.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Work and accommodation will take place in Pilistvere Pastorate which also acts as camp and seminar centre. Volunteers will sleep in beds but please bring your sleeping bag or bed-sheets. Toilets and showers are available, as well as kitchen with necessary equipment for cooking. Volunteers will have to make breakfast on their own while the rest of the meals will be cooked and served by the local staff. We ask you to bring some snacks for the international evening if possible.
📍 About the location
Location
Pilistvere, a village of Viljandi County, lies in central-Estonia, half way from Tallinn to Tartu, where the main road turns to Viljandi. Distance from Tallinn is 140km, from Tartu - 70km, from Viljandi - 40 km. More information: www.viljandimaa.ee , www.visitestonia.com
Leisure time
Swimming in lakes and rivers, hiking to marshes, playing ball games with local youth, partying, joining local festivities. It is planned to visit some Estonian towns around. This camp is absolutely suitable for people who enjoy rural life and want to learn more about history and culture of Estonia staying right in the heart of it!
ℹ️ Additional information
Make new friends helping local people in the heart of Estonia!