Traditions, nature and gardening in Äijälä

Name: Traditions, nature and gardening in Äijälä
Start: 2019-07-22
End: 2019-08-03
Location: Finland

Finland Farming Children Social work Farming Children +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

ÄijälàFamily Home is situated near Jyväskylàin Central Finland. The community’s aim is to support its residents and other clients in their everyday life and life management. The community works with organic gardening and it has a charming old farmhouse which has been renovated to be a home for disabled people. ÄijälàFamily Home also offers supportive work activities for long-term unemployed people and preserves traditional culture and working methods. Äijälàhas been hosting KVT workcamps since 1980.

💼 What the programme involves

The camp has two parts; firstly the volunteers will help organising a camp for local children with the topics of nature and traditions. The volunteers will assist the children and run the activities with the support of the camp leaders and camp host's workers. The camp language will be English, though the children may have varying level of English. Secondly, the volunteers are going to help the community mainly with gardening tasks. Work is going to be, for example, gardening, planting trees and plants, cutting grass, harvesting and chopping firewood. The volunteers will also work in the kitchen and do some house chores. Work will be done together with the residents and other clients and workers of the community.

🏠 Accommodation on site

In shared rooms in a 200-year-old wooden farmhouse, the main building of the farm.

📍 About the location

Jyskä, near Jyväskylä.

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📅 Available sessions

FI-KVT 13.1

22/07/2019 → 03/08/2019

Closed

0 / 0

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Finland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 21:52 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Finnish Swedish