📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The theme of the ESC camp is roots and local identity. Harma, the area where the camp will take place, is famous for its strong local identity and the local people feel that they have strong roots in their home villages. These roots create a lot of grass root activity in the form of restoration of old buildings, taking care of old traditions and running the local theatre, maintaining the nature path and many other things. The local host organisation Aisapari has organised the work sites with local cultural history association Harma-Suera and otherl associations.
💼 What the programme involves
Alaviitala was a typical farmhouse where the local court assembled once in a while a hundred years ago. The house was empty for many years and now it has been renovated. There is still some building and tidying to do at the site. Kotiseututalo is also a traditional farmhouse that has been renovated and transformed into a museum and a meeting place. The old house, farm buildings and the yard also require some maintenance. One of the former Finnish presidents, J.W. Snellman, used to live in Alaharma. The place is now a memorial site, which needs some gardening. All of these sites have fascinating history and a strong connection to the identity of the region. The participants can also write short presentations about the sites in their own languages.
Harmankylan Nuorisoseura is an association with an active community theater. Every summer, dozens of volunteers put on a play. They need some help with setting up the open-air auditorium, cafeteria and the stage.
Saturday 12.6. will be a national theme day for rural villages. Alaharma village will also take part in that event. The camp participants help organise the events and produce content for different social media platforms. This year the event will be organised mainly online.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The shared accomodation is organised close to the work sites, the volunteers should bring their own sleeping bags. There are shower facilities and kitchen. The participants will prepare their own breakfast and dinner.Lunch will be served at the working sites.
📍 About the location
Alahama village is part of the city of Kauhava. It is situated in Western Finland. The nearest bigger cities are Seinajoki and Vaasa
More info: http://www.visitkauhava.fi/en/visit_kauhava
The local associations will organise free time activities such as games and visits to local places of interests so that the volunteers can interact with local people. The aim of the project is to promote volunteering and increase intercultural communication and understanding of diversity.
ℹ️ Additional information
This project is funded by the European Solidarity Corps and open for residents and citizens of Finland aged 18-30 (later possibly for other EU countries)