📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The youth association Jaunatne smaidam / Youth for Smile is a non-profit non-governmental youth organization established in 2005. Our Mission - We are a strong and values-based youth organization that gives opportunities to create, experience, and be together.Our goals are:Creating - enabling local communities to learn, participate, and self-realize;Experience - to provide experience at the local and international level to promote the personal development of young people;Being together - creating an environment where young people develop their competencies for the growth of the local community.The tasks of the organization are:1.To develop and promote youth initiatives, creating favorable conditions for their intellectual and creative development;2.To provide young people with the opportunity to acquire the skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary for life through non-formal education;3.Provide young people with an opportunity to make good use of their leisure time;4.Provide young people with access to relevant information for their development needs.Our target groups.Our main target group is children and youth (age group 7-30) in the Bauska region. We are working for all communities as such.
💼 What the programme involves
The work camp is part of Jaunatne smaidam / Youth for Smile new initiative growing up from a project we started in 2010 - Outdoor education center. We are inviting international volunteers to work on environmental sustainability. By developing a sustainable farm(training center, our organization is looking to create a platform through what could be spread information and knowledge about sustainability. Within the camp, we will implement a holistic approach to everyday life. According to the weather and real need, volunteers will have tasks in different fields ( agriculture, farming, restoration of natural areas, traditional buildings, etc.Volunteers will have possibilities:Work on the creation of permaculture garden, take care of existing garden and greenhouse. Take care of animals on a farm (sheep, goats, rabbits, etc.), build pasture paddocks, and prepare food for winter.Restore natural meadows by removing them from bushes and purifying the river from overgrowth.Creating a nature path in the forest by removing bushes and planting trees.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Living conditions are very basic. Volunteers will be accommodated on a rural farm. Sleeping will be on the mattresses or beds. There will be two common rooms for sleeping. Toilets and washing facilities will be provided. Cooking will be done by volunteers themselves in the kitchen. Volunteers should bring their sleeping bags. Do not forget some traditional or typical food from your home country for the international evening. There is no possibility of to separate sleeping places
📍 About the location
A work camp will be organized in BArbele village, Bauska municipality. The farm is located in a rural area around 6 km from the village. The nearest bus stop is 3 km away. The administrative center of the municipality is Bauska located 60 km from RA)ga (capital city of Latvia). More information about the region - https://www.tourism.bauska.lv/en/. More about Latvia - https://www.latvia.travel/en.During a work camp, we will have possibilities to visit different cultural and historical places. Volunteers will have a possibility to organize intercultural events, etc.