📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Loimaa Evangelical Folk High School (LEKO) (www.leko.fi) is a private educational establishment with 80 years long history. It works in the field of education, social work, hospitality services and spiritual work locally, regionally and internationally. The upper basic education programs for adults (with in main target group of immigrants up to 90 students ) dominates in the profile of school. As well, there is accommodated program of 10th grade; local and international professional development courses; activities for development of interests; dormitory and camping services; the social services for individuals and families and 3 blocks in Child welfare institution for local and immigrant clients. LEKO works together with local partners such as Loimaa town and local organisations. In this project you are working to progress the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by supporting biodiversity of nature (SDG 15 Life on Land) and building stronger communities (SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities).
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will have a wide variety of tasks such as work with children, environment, Finnish culture, as well work on self-development and presentation of their home countries. Summer is the time for children camps and volunteers will help mainly in outside activities with kindergarten and younger school age kids. There will some environmental tasks such as improving green areas by cutting bushes, cleaning the park etc. The volunteers will explore nature, cook and taste Finnish food and get a glimpse into the sauna culture and Finnish lifestyle. Volunteers will have some activities together with local youth and arrange an open international night.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated in the LEKO hostel. Volunteers will take part in cooking their meals.
📍 About the location
Loimaa is a small town in south-west Finland about 150 km from Helsinki. There are lot of things to do and explore in Loimaa and because the town is small, volunteers can use bicycles for moving around.