📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Tytuvėnai Regional Park was founded in 1992 in order to preserve the picturesque landscape of hills, marshes and lakes, the historical and urban monuments of iluva and Tytuvėnai, as well as the unique nature and cultural heritage. The territory of Regional Park is spread out at the intersection of Kelmė, Raseiniai and Radvilikis districts.
In year 2015 EVS volunteers of Regional Park organized a work camp, where 15 volunteers lived, worked and had some leisure time in Tytuvenai. Their main task was reed cutting. Reeds are a huge problem in our lakes, because their fast expansion is making lakes to grow older very fast. Separate international work camps were organized in year 2016 and 2017. Volunteers from various countries lived and worked in iluva and Tytuvenai. They were building a little stone wall and fixing a wooden walking path near the lake, cutting reeds and fixing wooden infrastructure in iluva. But not only that – they had some nice excursions and tried out the Lithuanian sauna.
💼 What the programme involves
This year during the camp we’ll have several tasks. volunteers will live in Tytuvenai regional park visitor center and work in Tytuvenai area. Their tasks may include:
• Cleaning of a territory near the lakes;
• Manage the forest near the visitor center;
• Works in rose garden;
• Works at the church and convent complex;
• Cutting reeds in Gilius lake;
• Fixing infrastructure Giliaus lake cognitive path;
• Other similar activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will live in Tytuvenai regional park visitors’ center, where they’ll sleep on the floor, on mattresses. (During the camp cooking will be done by volunteers themselves, a kitchen with cooking facilities will be provided (stove, microwave and a refrigerator). Showers and hot water for bathing will also be available).
📍 About the location
LEISURE TIME: The free time will be organized independently by the volunteers. Possible to visit famous pilgrim places in iluva, play volleyball or basketball, swim in lakes, visit forest museum, Bridvaisis mound, Tytuvenai church and monastery, rent bicycles and take a tour on Tytuvenai bicycle path (it goes around our both lakes), visit other places around and also have some nice evenings nearby bonfire in our yard.
LOCATION: Tytuvenai is a small town with ˜1700 inhabitants. In summer time there are more people, because many are coming to spend their summer vacation here. Municipality center – Kelme – is 18 km. away from Tytuvenai, a famous pilgrim center iluva is only 8 km away, iaulai, the 4th biggest city in Lithuania, is 40 km. away. Tytuvenai has 2 lakes, open basketball and volleyball sites, bicycle/pedestrians sightseeing paths, Tytuvenai pilgrim center and a forest museum.