IJGD 25327 DO YOUR PART IN EHRINGSHAUSEN Location: Ehringshausen kr. wetzlar
Dates: 15/08-30/08/15
Type: ENVI ,
Age: 16 ans. 14 VOLS
WORK: Your team’s help is needed with various tasks in the Ehringshausen community: one task involves renovating the outside grounds of a day care center. A “dirt hill” will be changed. In the city center, an old estate needs to be renovated for the community. Various craftsman tasks need to be done in and out of the building so the community can use it in the near future. If time remains, your group will work with the forester to undertake maintenance tasks in the woods.
ACCOMODATION: In a school
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Hessen; Giessen 25 km, Marburg 60 km, Frankfurt 70 km
FREE TIME: In Ehringshausen there is a nice pool, and the community is located near the Lahn-Dill-Bergland Nature Park. You can visit nearby Wetzlar, a beautiful historic city with the traditional German “Fachwerk” houses. For day trips, Limburg, Frankfurt, and Marburg are perfect. You can also canoe on the Lahn River.
TERMINAL: Ehringshausen Kr. Wetzlar
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
IJGD 15205 FOREST EXPERIENCE-FISCHBEK Location: Hameln
Dates: 15/08-05/09/15 Type: ENVI , Age: 16 ans. 13 VOLS
WORK: Your team will be undertaking forest and nature preservation tasks near the Oldendorf Forestry Office in Lower Saxony. This will include cutting free newly planted trees so that they have light and space to grow as well as maintenance tasks in new tree areas. Additionally, your team will improve paths, recreational areas, and build or repair a culture gate. Other tasks will include other small jobs that need to be done in the forest. You will work in small, rotating groups and will have the opportunity to discover nature with the forestry workers and learn about the area and the forest habitat. For more information please see http://www.landesforsten.de/Niedersaechsisches-Forstamt-Oldendorf.242.0.html.
ACCOMODATION: In an Evangelical Community Center in Fischbek
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Hanover 50 km, Hildesheim 50 km
FREE TIME: The small Fischbek community is located between the cities of Hameln and Oldendorf, (both about 7 km away). Hameln is known as the “rat catcher city” (www.hameln.de) and invites you for a visit with its historic city center, a glass blowing workshop, games, the “Rats” musical, museums, and shopping. Oldendorf has a pool (www.hessisch-oldendorf.de). There is a grill area in Fischbek and a cave you can visit. For those interested in climate protection and sustainability, a trip to the “Erlebniswald Schoenhagen”, an adventure forest, is well worth a visit (www.erlebniswald.de).
TERMINAL: Hameln
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
REMARKS: Please be sure to bring weather-proof clothes and hiking boots!
IJGD 15215 ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FOREST Location: Goslar
Dates: 15/08-05/09/15
Type: ENVI ,
Age: 16 ans. 14 VOLS
WORK: The forest areas in the Oberharz region are nature preservation and recreational areas. As large, connected forest areas they are important for climate protection. Your team will help with nature and environmental protection tasks, all while doing your part to maintain the habitat of many rare plant and animal species. Tasks will include caring for young trees, keeping bodies of water natural, repairing benches, huts, and hiking signs. You will work in small rotating groups and get a peek into the ecological tasks of a forester.
ACCOMODATION: In shared rooms in a hikers’ inn
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Hanover 100 km, Gottingen 70 km
FREE TIME: The Harz Region with its caves, mountains, mining museums, and forests is a beloved travel and recreational destination. The forester will organize a hike to the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz mountain range. For more information please see www.wildemann.de, www.harzinfo.de, www.brocken-harz.de.
TERMINAL: Goslar
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
REMARKS: You will work 7.5 hours per day, 4 days a week. Fridays are off days.
IJGD 25335 I AM SAILING Location: Gelsenkirchen
Dates: 15/08-05/09/15
Type: CONS ,
Age: 16 ans. 14 VOLS
WORK: This camp is aimed at youth who enjoy sailing and manual tasks. The Erich Kaestner Haus has over five sailboats for inland waters, of which three need to have a general overhaul. The boats, so-called “migratory birds” (about 6 meters) need a new coat of paint, as well as small plank and rigging repairs. Together with young people from Gelsenkirchen and experts, your team will undertake these tasks in order to make the boats useable again for the local children and youth. Along with the manual tasks, your team will also learn basic nautical terms. Plenty of trial trips as well as a sailing weekend are part of the itinerary. The main focus of the camp however is the interaction between the volunteers, cultural exchange, and fun!
ACCOMODATION: In a large villa
Catering: You will cook together with local youth
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: North Rhine-Westphalia; Dortmund 25 km, Cologne 85 km
FREE TIME: In the youth center you can play foosball and billiards, as well as listen to and create music. Excursions to local cultural sites such as the “Zeche Zollverein”are planned. In Gelsenkirchen, you will find pools, museums, and bars. Due to its central location in the region, Gelsenkirchen is an ideal starting place for trips to Dortmund, Bochum, Cologne, and Hamburg, as well as to the Netherlands.
TERMINAL: Gelsenkirchen
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You will need a talent for manual tasks and be prepared to work in a group.
REMARKS: Youth from Gelsenkirchen will be our guests during work and free time.
IJGD 25324 ON THE CELTIC TRAIL Location: Siersburg
Dates: 15/08-05/09/15
Type: ARCH ,
Age: 16 ans. 11 VOLS
WORK: The Rehlingen-Siersburg community is located on the triangle formed by Saar, Lothringen, and Luxembourg. It is located in a beautiful area on the Nied River, one of the cleanest in Germany. This camp revolves around the Celts: grave finds indicate that the region was settled by the Celts well before the birth of Christ. In 2003, an IJGD workcamp began to build a Celt house. In another IJGD camp in 2006, a storage house was built as well as a fence. The land was also designed accordingly. Your task this year will be to build a Celtic burial mound near the “Celtic Settlement”.
ACCOMODATION: In a gym
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Saarland; 40 km northwest of Saarbrucken, 60 km from Trier, Luxembourg, and Metz
FREE TIME: There are plenty of travel opportunities, such as to Saarbrucken, Trier, France, and Luxembourg. Additionally, you can visit a cave in Niedaltdorf, the Roman Museum in Homburg, or the Roman Villa Borg. In Rehlingen there is a bowling arena and a mini golf area. The region is great for hiking and biking.
TERMINAL: Siersburg
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
IJGD 15206 ON AIR WITH RADIO TONKUHLE Location: Hildesheim
Dates: 22/08-05/09/15 Type: STUD ,ART , Age: 18 ans. 12 VOLS
SPECIAL FEE: 260.00 EUR
WORK: Radio Tohkuhle is a public radio for Hildesheim and the surrounding area…a radio station where all can participate! Everyone that wishes can bring in their interests and this creates a diverse, colorful, round the clock program. A series of music stations are dedicated to all genres. Your team will learn to use the radio: using the reporting equipment, question techniques for interviews, studio techniques, and moderation. Your group will plan and create your own ratio program, moderated by you! At the end of the project, your series will then be on air! Expert radio editors will lead the workshop. For more information please see www.tonkuhle.de.
ACCOMODATION: In a Child and Youth Center in the Drispenstedt district
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Hanover 30 km
FREE TIME: You will have lots to do in the youth center, including foosball, table tennis, and the internet. There is also a small sound studio there that you can use for the radio workshop. There is a nice swimming area within walking distance. Hildesheim is an old, historic city. The cathedral and St. Michael’s Church are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. There is a large, free art and cultural scene with all sorts of music, theater, exhibits, and parties. www.hildesheim.de.
TERMINAL: Hildesheim
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Requirement: Good English skills are required for the radio workshop
REMARKS: There is a 260 Euro extra fee. You must have a good knowledge of English for the theater workshop. You must be able to ride a bike.
IJGD 25344 YOUTH CREATES CULTURE Location: Fulda
Dates: 22/08-05/09/15
Type: ART ,
Age: 16 ans. 14 VOLS
WORK: The Youth Cultural Factory (Jugendkulturfabrik) is a youth center with a band rehearsal room, sound studio, hip hop and music center, art studio, climbing area, wood workshop, café, and a meeting area with foosball and a legal graffiti wall. Your creative, musical, and artistic abilities are needed here! Please bring dances, music, and recipes from home with you. At the end of camp, there will be a festival where you will present your final projects. The youth center will be open during the camp, so you can meet local youth from the center and work together towards the festival. It is desired that you involve the local youth and do not stick to your team. The workshops will take place in the afternoons, so you will have time in the mornings to do things and work in the workshops from 14:30-18:00.
ACCOMODATION: In a school
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Hesse; Frankfurt 100 km, Wurzburg 100 km, Giessen 100 km
FREE TIME: In Fulda, you can swim, shop, visit cafes, and see the theater. The youth center offers plenty of leisure activities and workshops; boredom is not a problem here! Local travel opportunities include Frankfurt, Kassel, Wurzburg, Marburg, Mainz, and excursions to the Roehn.
TERMINAL: Fulda
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: A knowledge of English is required. A knowledge of German is desired.
REMARKS: Alcohol is not allowed in this camp.
IJGD 25342 NATURE PRESERVATION IN THE RUHR Location: Wesel
Dates: 22/08-12/09/15
Type: ENVI ,
Type: 16 ans. 12 VOLS
WORK: Together with a local organization, the Regionalverband Ruhr, your term will undertake various nature preservation tasks in the Nature Experience Area Uefter Mark. The tasks are very diverse and include building and taking down fences, cleaning streams, and cutting paths free. Additionally, you will cut branches with handsaws, set up protective baskets for larger plants so that the animals do not eat them, and do maintenance work on plants. A further task is removing traffic fences. Since you will be living a scout hut, you will also get to know the work the Boy Scouts do.
ACCOMODATION: In a scout hut in Schermbeck
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: North Rhine-Westphalia; Wesel 18 km, Dusseldorf 65 km, Munster 70 km
FREE TIME: From Schermbeck, you can hike, bike, and canoe on the Lippe River. In the area you can visit the Colonia Ulpia Traiana, the third largest Roman city north of the Alps and Germany’s largest archeological open-air museum. Cities such as Essen and Dortmund are well worth a visit, as is Munster. The Hanseatic city of Wesel also has lots to offer.
TERMINAL: Wesel
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
REMARKS: The tasks may be physically challenging at times.
IJGD 15212 NATURE PRESERVATION AND SURVIVAL Location: Bassum
Dates: 23/08-05/09/15
Type: ENVI ,STUD ,
Type: 14 ans. 23 VOLS
WORK: If you enjoy being outside in nature, spending your evenings around the bonfire, discovering the forest with peers from all over the world through adventure tasks, and doing practical work in the forest with a forester, then you are in the right place here! The project will take place at the Hahnhorst Forest Educational Center. During the study part of the camp, your team will learn how to navigate in the forest, recognize edible plants, make fire without modern help, and build a night camp out of natural materials. Additionally, you will work together with foresters and forest workers on various nature preservation tasks in the forest, doing your part to improve the habitat of rare plant and animal species. The tasks will be done in the morning (with an early wake up call!), and the survival workshops will take place in the afternoon.
ACCOMODATION: In shared rooms at the Forest Educational Center. Your team will help in the center.
Catering: Meals will be provided, but your team will help in the kitchen.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Lower Saxony; about 50 km from Bremen.
FREE TIME: Some afternoons will be available to you for free time, where you can take part in activities such as biking, having an international buffet, sitting around the bonfire, going to the swimming pool, etc. One the weekend, a trip to Bremen is well worth it, where you can sightsee and shop.
TERMINAL: Bassum
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
IJGD 75116 HAVE A GREAT TIME AT FELIXSEE LAKE! Location: Spremberg
Dates: 23/08-11/09/15 Type: CONS , Type: 16 ans. 12 VOLS
WORK: A youth center run by the Social Pedagogic Institute in the Felixsee community, 15 km from Spremberg, is located in a forested area near the Felixsee Lake. It is complete with a lookout tower. Here, children and youth find the ideal spot to spend their free time and vacation time, while being active in games and sports outside. This workcamp is taking place for the 14th time! On your itinerary is preparing and running a large game in the form of a world quiz, which will later be used by the children and youth. You can also be active outside, carve figurines out of soapstone, as well as help maintain and beautify the building and the outside grounds. You will also have the opportunity to get to know the land and the people, as well as support various events.
ACCOMODATION: In wooden bungalows. There is a grill, table tennis, and beach volleyball nearby. Please bring a sleeping bag!
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Brandenburg; 120 km south of Berlin
FREE TIME: You can swim in the Felixsee Lake, and use the countless sport and leisure activities the center has to offer. You will have internet access and bikes. In Spremberg, you will find a pool, a movie theater, a bowling alley, a disco, and much more. A high ropes course is also located nearby, as well as horseback riding and boat rentals.
TERMINAL: Spremberg
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Participants under the age of 18 must bring a permission slip from their parents in order to be allowed to swim. The swimming area is unsupervised.
REMARKS: Please bring a sleeping bag.
IJGD 15214 BE ACTIVE IN THE WOLFSBURG FOREST! Location: Wolfsburg
Dates: 29/08-12/09/15
Type: ENVI ,
Type: 16 ans. 12 VOLS
WORK: The Wolfsburg City Forest is a beloved destination for joggers, bikers, walkers, and hikers. It is also a habitat for many, including rare, plant and animal species such as orchids. The forest is also your work site and you will support the forester with various tasks, such as building paths, maintaining recreational areas, and removing invasive, foreign species such as black cherries, that take the space of domestic plants. Of course, you will get a peek into the diverse tasks a forester does as well as the forest ecosystem. Your accommodation is not far from the forest, so you can walk to your work site.
ACCOMODATION: In the youth rooms of the Stephanus community, in the Wolfsburg district of Detmerode
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Lower Saxony; Hanover 75 km, Braunschweig 30 km, Magdeburg 65 km
FREE TIME: Internationally known Wolfsburg attractions include the castle and art museum, the “car city”, and the VW car museum, the VfL Wolfsburg soccer team, and the “phaeno” science museum. The VW pool is one of the prettiest pools in the region. The St. Stephanus community hosts a youth meet on Thursdays. You can use everything the nearby youth center has to offer in Detmerode. More information can be found at www.wolfsburg.de
TERMINAL: Wolfsburg
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Fitness for physically challenging tasks
IJGD 25339 ON NATURE’S TRAIL Location: Runkel
Dates: 29/08-19/09/15 Type: ENVI , Type: 16 ans. 15 VOLS
WORK: The small cities of Runkel and Villmar are located in the beautiful Lahntal Region. The area is famous for its fortresses and castles, for a picturesque city center, and for its central location between the Westerwald and Taunus regions. There, both cities and the Weilmuenster Forestry Office have several nature preservation tasks for your team. Your team will work in a European Nature Preservation Site and undertake various mowing and clearing tasks. Additionally, your team will help renew a forest experience trail. Working on wetlands and cutting back plants, as well as other nature preservation tasks, also are on the plan with the forester.
ACCOMODATION: In a Town Hall
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Hesse; Frankfurt 80 km, Koblenz 60 km, Giessen 50 km
FREE TIME: Feel free to go on canoe tours on the Lahn River, and the nearby area has lots of trails for hiking and biking so you can see the fortresses. You can also take day trips to nearby cities such as Frankfurt, Koblenz, Limburg, and Giessen.
TERMINAL: Runkel
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
IJGD 25328 CREATE ADVENTURE SPACE FOR KIDS Location: Recklinghausen
Dates: 02/10-17/10/15 Type: CONS , Type: 16 ans. 11 VOLS
WORK: Youth and young adults from all over the world will meet at this farm to create new adventure space together. Your team will work five hours per day on climbing and playground equipment for the children here. When your team isnot working, there’s plenty of time to get to know the other members of your team! Through cooking together, you will find out what a culinary world trip is like!
ACCOMODATION: At the Adventure Yard
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: North Rhine-Westphalia; Munster 75 km, Dortmund 35 km, Amsterdam 200 km
TERMINAL: Recklinghausen
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
REMARKS: -
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