PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY IN NECKERTAL (BETSCHWIL-GAN

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The "Landschaftskonzept Neckertal" is a project involving three communities to enhance the biodiversity of the landscape by improving the quality of habitats for animals and plants. Since 2006 they have been operatively working together with volunteers, state civil servants and asylum seekers in favor of the project goal. This year they will welcome a group of SCI volunteers for the 7th time.

💼 What the programme involves

To go on with the project, there are various tasks to be done, like cleaning parts of the forest after wood-cutting, opening up meadows in and around the forest to ensure biodiversity. More specifically, you will do activities like e.g. cutting small trees, making piles of the branches, raking cut grass.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be hosted by a SCI member who lives together with his family in a big old renovated house in a nearby village. You will sleep either in the attic of the house which is not heated but well protected from wind and rain or in a beautifully renovated site caravan, please be sure to bring a warm sleeping bag. Please keep the kitchen tidy so the host family feels comfortable. The campsite is located near the mountains, so even in the summertime the nights can be cool. It is possible to use the laundry and there is one room with WiFi.

📍 About the location

The working areas are situated within the communities of Hemberg, Neckertal and Oberhelfenschwil in Eastern Switzerland. The region has deep valleys and steep hills and is quiet and green. You will get to the working place every day with a minibus.

ℹ️ Additional information

The group will cook by itself, so dont forget good cooking recipes. There is a small shop in the village where you get some basic food and you can use some of the vegetables which are growing in the garden.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

CH-SCI 10.5

19/07/2020 → 02/08/2020

Closed

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

16–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Hemberg, Switzerland

Switzerland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Switzerland Franc (CHF / Fr.)

Exchange rate

1 CHF = 1.084507 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:47 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German French Italian