📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
www.hoelzerner-see.de
💼 What the programme involves
International volunteers are invited to improve the grounds of the centre. Tasks are likely to include construction, gardening, maintenance and renovation works. It is planned to create corners relaxation, to paint playground equipment, to maintain the water playground and similar tasks. Other environmental and construction works are possible. Please be aware that you will not work with children!
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation:
You will live in small bungalows. Bed linen will be provided. The sanitary track with showers, toilets and a washing machine is situated next to the bungalows. Close to the sleeping place you will have your own common room, a place to meet and relax in the evening.
Food:
All meals will be provided in the centre. The catering is well organised, with set meal times for the different groups accommodated at the same time. Furthermore, you should know that the centre provides food which is usually intended for children.
📍 About the location
Area:
The "KiEZ Hölzerner See" is situated at the shore of the Lake “Hölzener See” in Dubrow south of Berlin. The nearest town is Königs Wusterhausen. The "KiEZ" is a recreation centre e.g. for children and teenagers. Here you can find more information and pictures of the centre: www.hoelzerner-see.de.
You will live and work in a place with many children’s groups. If you smoke, please ask the host or leader where you are allowed to smoke. Please refrain from smoking in front of children. Please check with the host regarding alcohol consumption and if you choose to drink please be responsible and only do so during free-time.
Leisure Time:
There are bicycles and boats which you can use, a hobby room, a disco hall and table tennis hall. There are possibilities to visit places of interest:
Nearby:
· Kindertierpark Frauensee
· Spreewald
Further afield:
· Capital city Berlin and its famous sights for example, German Parliament (Bundestag), Zoo, Museums and Theatre.
· Potsdam’s castle park of Sanssouci and the Film Park Babelsberg
⚠️ Requirements
This project is composed of a volunteering team, supported by the European Solidarity Corps program of the European Union. Compared to the usual workcamp participation scheme, some main financial and administrative differences must be underlined:
ATTENTION PLEASE: This project is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
- Volunteers do not have to pay any fee (no sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project
- Volunteers need to enroll in the PASS, the European Solidarity Corps Portal; We will organize your matching in the portal with the volunteering project.
- Volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of the rate of our country: 5€/day, once they arrive on the project in Germany
- Volunteers will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets.
- Volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.
ℹ️ Additional information
Prepare at home information about your home country to inform at an evening-event at the workcamp. Your presentation: 1-2 hours. Besides your presentation you could bring things for visualization or small souvenirs for every participant.
Please be fully vaccinated or recovered.