📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Since 2009, the town hall of Blomberg successfully organize workcamps in cooperation with the local youth center JUZ Blomberg. Previous international volunteers helped a lot with improving the play and sporting opportunities around the local youth center. It is situated at the edge of the inner city and surrounded by play yards and green areas. The perfect place for a youth center, where kids have enough space for noisy outdoor activities This year a group of towns and public institutions of the local district Lippe will organize a joint project called the path of children s rights. Together with creative people and children, we want to make children s rights visible in two places in Blomberg. The aim is to create a place for both young and old, where they can playfully learn about the most important children s rights and expand their knowledge. Similar to a fitness trail, this should be possible for individual use, with family or friends. Daycare centers, schools and other youth institutions from all over the region can use the "places of children s rights" for excursions and projects.
💼 What the programme involves
With the help of international volunteers, the town hall of Blomberg will create two places of childrens rights as contribution to the project path of children s rights. One place is a small amphitheatre in the youth center compound: A real place for the childrens right to express their opinion . This place will already be finished, when volunteers arrive at the workcamp and provides space for being creative in role-plays and music and other activities.The second place will be related to the right for to move ( to rest ( to play. Currently the town hall offers several opportunities for kids to be involved in the decision making process, regarding what exactly should be built there. Whatever it will be, volunteers of the workcamp are invited to make it come true Your creative work will be essential in order to make it nice and you will also work manually outside and with (sometimes heavy) tools. This project is a co-operation with a local employment initiative.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation will be at the glider airfield in Blomberg. In the beautiful nature, there is a small house ( airman home), in which you will find a great barbecue area in the front garden in addition to beds, bathroom and kitchen.
📍 About the location
Blomberg has about 16.000 inhabitants and is situated in the eastern part of North Rhine Westphalia. The region is quite rural and comprises of farms, hills (up to 500 meters) and many forests. Blomberg has a beautiful old town area with half-timbered houses and old alleyways. The old town is also home to a historical castle which now is established a hotel. Near Blomberg there are some bigger cities: Detmold (75,000 inhabitants, distance: 15km) and Bielefeld (330,000) inhabitants, distance 50km) in the west and Hannover (600,000 inhabitants, distance: 70km) in the northeast.In your free time, you can meet young people from the city and get to know each other during nice evenings. A cultural program in Blomberg and the surrounding area will be offered and in the entire district of Lippe. The participants are entitled to 1-2 days off for personal use.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please bring workwear and raincoats, sleeping bag, camping mat, bathing suit, music, your talents and something specific from your country.