📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Tiszadob is a small, isolated village in the bank of Tisza river, with nice surroundings and noticeable cultural heritage. Currently In the Child Protection Centre, where the camp takes place there are about 90 youngsters living together from various age groups, mainly teenagers of gypsy origin. For more than a decade there is an SCI camp organized in the children's home every summer, which is always preceded by great enthusiasm and high expectations. For the inhabitants the camp is a unique opportunity to get in contact with people from abroad.
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💼 What the programme involves
The physical part of the work will be mainly gardening and cleaning, doing small arrangement jobs in the surroundings of the children's home, together with the youngsters. Sometimes the granary building and conference rooms are used to organize workshops, last year there was a drug prevention workshop organized by the volunteers. The volunteers will be spending the most of the time and will work together with the local, disadvantaged youngsters. The other important purpose of the camp is to show the youngsters an example of disciplined and labor-of-love inspired work and use of a foreign language. The volunteers will be also going to Tiszalök, a village nearby, where they will be working in the garden of the home of mentally disabled kids.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be staying in the building of the children's home. The food will be provided by the workers of the children's home.
📍 About the location
Tiszadob is located in Eastern-Hungary, near Miskolc. The main sight of the village is the Neo-gothic Andrássy Castle which used to be the building of the Child Protection Centre from the 50's till 2008.
⚠️ Requirements
We expect to the volunteers will have motivation and interest in working with disadvantaged children. It is important that the volunteers should be open-minded, creative and flexible who can adapt to changes and who like to work in a group. Please note, during the camp will be in close touch to children and youngsters, therefore the consumption of any drugs, alcohol or tobacco is forbidden!
ℹ️ Additional information
Cultural and national evenings will be organized when the volunteers can present their countries/costumes/dishes to the youngsters. Don’t forget to bring your enthusiasm and unique qualities to brighten the summer of these youngsters!
There will be a one-day excursion (destination will be chosen by the volunteers) together with the children, and optional shorter city tours for the volunteers as well. The river is nearby, it is possible to swim in it or to rest at the sand beach.