TARTU TEENAGE CAMP

Name: TARTU TEENAGE CAMP
Start: 2019-07-24
End: 2021-08-08
Location: Tartu, Estonia

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Estonia Manual work Teenagers Manual work Teenagers Fixed dates

About the project

TARTU TEENAGE CAMP

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The project is organized by the Tartu Youth Work Center. Its mission is to create an inspiring and educational environment for the youth of Tartu, as well as to promote life-long learning, a healthy lifestyle, and youth personal development. The aim of this project is to introduce the diversity of world cultures and promote voluntary work to the youth and contribute to the development of the local community. International work camp participants will join local youth to work together for the benefit of the local community and to have leisure activities and an intercultural learning experience together. The camp gives the possibility for intensive contact between local youth and their peers from abroad, showing youngsters the diversity of world cultures, broadening their mind and encouraging active communication through games and creative activities.

💼 What the programme involves

Each day of the camp will consist of voluntary work for the benefit of the local community and intercultural learning activities. Before lunch, participants will do light voluntary work in the different institutions in Tartu: Anne, Ilmatsalu, and Lille Youth Center, parks, etc. The work is very varied: painting walls and fences, doing little renovation jobs, cleaning local areas, gardening, etc. Some work will be outdoors, some indoors. Participants will be split into smaller groups. Also, they will help organize events and activities for local kids and youth.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Participants will stay in the Anne Youth Center. Mattresses, pillows and sleeping bags will be provided, but please bring your towels. A group leader will stay with participants in the Youth Center, which is located close to the city center of Tartu. The Center has a big garden and a lot of space for outdoor activities. There is a swimming place with a nice sandy beach about 200m from the accommodation.

🍲 Food

Participants will get three meals per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) according to their dietary requirements.

📍 About the location

The camp will take place in Tartu, the second-largest city of Estonia (also known as the city of youth or the university town of the country). It lies 180 km from Tallinn, the capital, and stands on the shore of the famous Emajõgi (Mother river). In the city, many activities are available to the youth, especially during summertime. There are shopping malls, cafes, cinemas, museums, water parks, playgrounds, sports fields, etc. There are also many beautiful natural places close to Tartu. So, trips outside of the city will be organized for participants in the evenings and on the weekends.

🎒 Leisure activities

Every day after lunch or/and in the evening, participants will take part in group activities run by group leaders or volunteers. Participants can spend free time in the youth center, where there are plenty of fun activities like a PlayStation, board games, a pool, a tennis table, etc. There is a basketball court right outside the center. There are also bikes and electric scooters that all participants are free to use to explore the city or nearby places. If they want to, participants will be able to visit SPA-center in Tartu, Science center AHHAA, adventure parks or to go paddling, riding boats on the lake, etc.

Every evening there will be one nation presentation with its culture, traditions, language, music, songs, cuisine, etc. organized by the participants themselves. On the 6-7 of August, there will be a big youth camp gathering in Elva. Many youth work camps that are taking place in Tartu County will come together (around 300 participants). There will be lots of games and activities as well as a party.

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