📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Foundation Pro Terra Engiadina (PTE) is a cross-sector foundation which aims to maintain and promote the natural and cultural landscape, as well as biodiversity in the Engadin valley. Given its involvement with many sectors, PTE integrates ecological connectivity into the spatial planning which is one of its strengths. Members of the foundation board are all municipalities of the Lower Engadin, different environmental protection NGOs, the Swiss National Park, the regional Tourism destination, different sections of the Cantonal administration as well as the Cantonal School for farmers.
💼 What the programme involves
The focus is on the maintenance and promotion of biodiversity in dry meadows, peatlands or community gardens. Other work depends on weather conditions: clearing shrubbery from dry meadows, peatlands and along cultural structures; collecting stones to build cairns or dry-stone walls; retrieving branches and stacking them into piles; maintaining water streams; help in community or school gardens, participating in a Littering Project by collecting litter in an area along the main river in Engadin, the Inn River. Please, note that work can be physically demanding! You can also participate in environmental education events if your language skills allow it or if they are hold in English.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will live in a house for groups. It is nicely equipped and also offers space for after-work activities. For the overnight stays you have to bring a sleeping bag and 1 (fixed) sheet or 2 sheets and 1 pillow case (at least 60cm x 60cm). 1 pillow and 1 woolen blanket per bed are available. Sheets and pillow cases can also be rented for a total of 15 CHF. Toilets and showers are available in the group house. Access to a washing machine can be arranged. There is Wi-Fi in the accommodation.
The volunteers will buy and cook the food on their own.
⚠️ Requirements
You absolutely must bring good waterproof mountain- or trekking shoes. Gym shoes won't do it! The working area might be very steep and slippery.
Please, note that work can be physically demanding.
INCOMING/ADDITIONAL FEE for volunteers applying via Partner organisations & Contacts of SCI: https://scich.org/en/incoming-fee/
ℹ️ Additional information
Max. 3 minor volunteers can be accepted. Workcamp open to volunteers with children: 2 children are accepted additionally to the maximum number of volunteers. Minimal age for children is 7.
Food can be obtained from regional and sustainable resources – we recommend you to limit your meat consumption, so as to contribute to the camp's principle of sustainability. Options for other (food-) shopping or purchasing medical products are limited, due to the distance.
Please either avoid smoking or be extremely careful with the cigarettes in order not to cause fire!
The project partner will give a selection of leisure activities, so you can decide together which activity you prefer.