📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Make new friends helping local people in the heart of EstoniaProjectTarvastu church is dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle and Tarvastu congregation is mentioned in historical records already from 1234 which makes it one of the oldest in Estonia. After suffering damage in wars and undergoing renovations, the church received its current appearance in 1771. Tarvastu St Peters parish belongs to Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. The church and parsonage is managed mostly by voluntary work and donations. The Estonian state does not support the maintenance of the church building nor congregation. This will be the first workcamp there and international volunteers are invited to support local volunteers of the parish. The idea is to support this local community by making some practical work for local heritage preservation as well as to bring international dimension there. Even though the host is Lutheran Church, this camp is not religious. See more about Tarvastu at www.visitestonia.com/en/kiosk/peetri-st-peters-church-in-tarvastu?site_preference=normal and www.facebook.com/tarvastukirik/ .
💼 What the programme involves
General maintenance, green area jobs around church and parsonage, cleaning the yard, painting woodsheds, washing windows, etc. Volunteers will work 6-7 hours a day, 2 days a week are free.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In old vicarage are beds and mattresses in the 4 rooms for 3-4 persons each. Bed-sheets, blankets and pillows will be provided, so you do not need to bring your sleeping bag. Common bathroom are on the corridor. Volunteers will eat together. There is fridge in the kitchen and possibility to make own food. There is hall for free time activities together.
📍 About the location
LocationTarvastu St Peters church and parsonage are located by the Viljandi - Vru highway, at the edge of Mustla, a little town, 30 km south from Viljandi - the administrative center of the county with railway station. Useful links: www.tarvastu.ee and http://www.viljandi.ee/en/web/en/welcome for general information about the county.LEISURE TIMETarvastu is laying in a picturesque landscape. There is a little lake nearby, fields, forests, rivers and unspoiled nature. It is the ideal area for hiking and cycling tours. Excursions to places of interest in Viljandi (est.1283) and around are possible.
🎒 Leisure activities
Tarvastu is laying in a picturesque landscape. There is a little lake nearby, fields, forests, rivers and unspoiled nature. It is the ideal area for hiking and cycling tours. Excursions to places of interest in Viljandi (est.1283) and around are possible.
⚠️ Requirements
Special requirementsYou do not have to be Christian to join this camp. This is not a religious camp But volunteers are expected to have respect for history, cultural heritage and religion. And you should not be afraid of a dirty/ dusty work. Please take working clothes and gloves. English is the camp language.PARTICIPATION FEEDue to lack of communal resources for this camp we ask participants to contribute 30 Euro towards the costs of general administration. This fee has to be paid by bank transfer before the beginning of the camp. If you cannot make bank transfer please contact your sending organization for solution
🤝 Meeting point
Airport, harbour, coach station in Tallinn; train to Mustla.