📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp is organized in cooperation with the association Hojnost strives for more affordable local, healthy food and supports local farmers and small producers in the area. From 2019, Hojnost cooperates with the Cistercian monastery Porta Cli in PedklEUUteE where the workcamp takes place. You will work in the monastery complex and the monastery orchards, and help the village with some landscaping activities, you will also help the local farmers and florists. During communism, the building served as an agricultural cooperative and as a storehouse for books. In this workcamp, you are actively contributing toward the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal of Sustainable Cities and Communities (UN SDG11).
💼 What the programme involves
You will work mainly in the monastery complex and prepare some parts of it for reconstruction (for example removing old plaster or pulling out old floors). You will also help in the monastery orchards (removing invasive plants, piling up hay, landscaping, gardening, etc.). The work will be varied and adjusted to the physical abilities of the volunteers. The place of work will always be within 15 minutes walk from the accommodation. You will work about 6 hours a day, depending on the weather from 9 AM to 4 PM, with an hour-long lunch break. If it gets too hot, a longer lunch break or the earlier start of the work might be arranged in agreement with other volunteers.Study part: The Feast of Cultures will be organized during the second week of the workcamp. You will have an opportunity to present the culture and cuisine of your country. You will also go on a guided tour of the monastery and see parts of the monastery where the public is not allowed You will learn a lot about the history of the monastery, which also represents the history of Moravia and the Czech Republic.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the monastery on mattresses but you can bring your own hammock/camping mat and sleep outside. Everyone is required to bring a sleeping bag There is a shower and a toilet inside the building and two more showers and four dry toilets outside. Wifi is available. Because of environmental and ethical reasons this workcamp is vegetarian/vegan. Usually, two volunteers from the team cook a meal for others. Bring your favourite recipes.
📍 About the location
Predklasteri. A small village (1,400 inhabitants) about 30 km from Brno. It is situated in a picturesque landscape and it is considered to be the gateway to the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. The monastery is located in the middle of the village of PedklEUUteE, there is also a shop, a post office, a bus stop, and a 20-minute walk away is the TiUnov train station, where some express trains stop on the Prague-Brno line. GSM signal and WIFI available. Leisure time: Village game - discovering the surroundings of the monastery, board games, themed games created for educational programs in the monastery, hiking in LouAka Valley. We will also organize a guided tour of Brno or a visit to PernUtAjn Castle (you should be ready to pay a small entrance fee).
ℹ️ Additional information
The workcamp takes place in the area of the monastery with a community of nuns still living there, so it is obligatory to behave respectfully, respect the quiet hours at night, and not consume alcohol. You will have an opportunity to enjoy the nightlife during your trip to Brno.Only vegetarian/vegan cuisine.Please bring clothes suitable for work, a hat, sunscreen, and suitable shs.