📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The local host Jugendfarm Schwarzach is an educational farm offering free space and experiences for children, teenagers and families. The farm is located 100km north of Stuttgart and 50km east of Heidelberg. They have plenty of animals (pigs, ponies, donkeys, goats, rabbits...), and a real village of self-made huts. Children are free to come out of charge. Usually, there is no fixed program, so the kids have the possibility to take care of the animals, help in the stables or build their own wooden hut, just as they wish.There is also a school for children with disabilities or learning problems in the village, which is run by the same organization (Johannes-Diakonie), so you can also find children with disabilities visiting the farm. Get a first impression here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89F24z8KUjk (in German)
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will help with plenty of small tasks: They will maintain the area of the project (e.g.by renovating the goat stable) and they will support the daily work of the educational farm. During the holidays there will be approx. 30-40 children every day, aged 6 - 14 years. Volunteers will support them in their activities (e.g. help children to build their own wooden hut or go for a pony ride with them). Help will also be needed in the outdoor-kitchen to prepare lunch for everybody. All volunteers will be welcome to bring their own ideas which they can offer to the children.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in a local school. Kitchen and all necessary sanitary facilities are provided, and there is enough space to have a bedroom and a separate common room. Either mats or camp beds will be provided.
📍 About the location
: Schwarzach is a village in Southern Germany approx. 100km north of Stuttgart and 50km east of Heidelberg. The village has 3.200 inhabitants and offers a very good infrastructure (public swimming pool, mini-zoo, supermarket, ice-cream shop). The village is surrounded by pure nature and offers many opportunities for hiking. Excursions to Heidelberg or Heilbronn are possible.
ℹ️ Additional information
Additionally to your international group of five, there will be another ten volunteers from Germany and Greece i so the group size will be 15 volunteers in total.