📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Kysice is a village about 10 km from the city of Pilsen - the regional capital and the European Capital of Culture in 2015. About 900 inhabitants live in Kysice. It is an active village which emphasises cultural and community life and involvement of its citizens. The municipality of Kysice has organized 7 workcamps so far and it was the first one to organize teenage workcamps in the Czech Republic. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet the locals, especially children and youth but also adults who like to take part in different activities connected to the workcamp. The aim of the workcamp is to enrich the cultural and social life in the village, promote volunteering and international cooperation.
💼 What the programme involves
The main aim of this workcamp is to help organize 2 summer programs for local children and teenagers to develop English skills of the youth. You will play games and go on trips together with local youth. You will engage in English-teaching games, quizzes and competitions which you can also help to organize. The summer programs welcome children from 7 to 12 and youth from 13 to 18. Together you will also organize international evenings and a traditional event for children Good-bye, Summer Holidays (31.8.). These activities will take up about 70 percent of the workcamp. The rest of the activities will be manual, such as cleaning the forest and maintaining green areas in the villages. Please bring solid shoes and working clothes that can get dirty or damaged.Study part: Two international evenings will be organized during the workcamp so that local people can learn more about volunteers countries and towns where they come from. There is also a possibility to attend creative workshops or to
🏠 Accommodation on site
In one big room of a local cultural centre. There are showers, toilets, a small kitchen and a common room with a piano. Boys and girls share the same space. Please bring your own sleeping bag and sleeping mat as you will sleep on the floor. Lunch will be provided in a local restaurant and you will prepare your own breakfast, snacks and dinner together as a group (1 kitchen team per day). Shopping is organized by the local partner and campleaders. There is no wi-fi in the building. Please bring simple recipes from your home country.
📍 About the location
The village of Kysice near Pilsen. In the village, there is a cultural centre which will serve as accommodation for volunteers as well as a meeting place during summer camps. Near the cultural centre, there is a multipurpose playground, a small rope centre and a place for a campfire. In the ground floor of the culture centre, there is a local pub, a small convenience store and a gym. In the surroundings, there are a lot of forests, rivers and ponds with educational paths.Leisure time: Various sports, a golf lesson, football or volleyball tournament with the locals, visit to the city of Pilsen (historical city centre, museum, observation tower, science centre, zoo), visit to nearby castles, campfire, movies, swimming or hiking.