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IJGD 76101 OPEN YOURSELF TO NEW WORLDS LOCATION: Berlin Dates: 18/06-10/07/16 Type: SOCI Age: 18 ans. 10 VOLS SPECIAL FEE 50.00 EUR WORK: You’ll be working with your team for the Sozialstiftung Köpenick foundation, in establishments for people with disabilities. Daily working time is around 4 hours. The highlight will be a communal summer festival. Your main task will be helping to prepare for the festival. Here you can be creative and contribute your own ideas and interests, by doing things such as making decorations for the festival or running small musical or theatrical projects. During the third week, a day trip is planned both for people with and without disabilities. ACCOMODATION: You’ll be sleeping on mattresses on the floor at the Boy Scouts’; house in Alt-Tempelhof. During the week, lunch will be provided by the residence. You’ll cook all other meals for yourselves. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH, second language GERMAN LOCATION: Berlin offers a wide range of free-time opportunities for any time of day. In order to accommodate the many different interests of your team, you’ll receive a Cityticket which can be used for all public transport across Berlin, valid for the duration of the camp. TERMINAL: Berlin SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: 50 EUR extra fee for public transport ticket in Berlin REMARKS: 50 EUR extra fee for public transport ticket. Some knowledge of German would be useful IJGD 76111 THE OLD BRICKWORKDS AT GAHLEN – GAHLEN LOCATION: Calau Dates: 24/06-15/07/16 Type: ENVI Age: 18 ans. 12 VOLS WORK: Interform e.V., the integrative environmental education facilities at the old brickworks in Gahlen, is a meeting place and workspace for many different groups of people. As participants of this international workcamp, you can get involved in the following projects: ecological agriculture of vegetables and herbs in permaculture, composting organic waste such as leaves and trees, laying down raised flower beds and shelters using hay bales and loam, planting green roofs, shaping protective hedges, harvesting plants and food, securing seeds for reproduction, garden and landscape art (LandArt) with natural, retro and recycling materials, extending a caravan as well as preparing the harvested food to make your own food during open meetings and projects. ACCOMODATION: You’ll be staying in tents or trailers on site. You’ll cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: You’ll spend your workcamp right in the middle of nature on the grounds which you will help to shape and build. You’re invited to try out every kind of outside activity: swimming in the lake, cycling, playing football and during the evenings, sitting around the camp fire and watching the stars. There’s a lake for swimming nearby that’s easily reachable by bike. And of course, you can spend the evening in the nearby small town of Calau, or cycle around Gahlen, or even travel to Berlin or Dresden at the weekend. TERMINAL: Calau SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: - IJGD 26312 RENOVATION BY A QUARRY POND - INGOLSTADT LOCATION: Ingolstadt Dates: 25/06-17/07/16 Type: RENO Age: 18 ans. 16 VOLS WORK: Together with the local youth group, an ijgd workcamp cleaned up a long-standing empty building by the quarry pond in Ingolstadt in 2012. Since then, this building has been used as a centre focusing on youth work and education for the locals of Ingolstadt, as well as a “green classroom”. Your task will be to develop an attic space within the building, under the guidance of local artisans. You will, amongst other things, lay down flooring and partition walls. Besides this, in the area outside the building, you’ll use historical bricks and tiles to build a bread oven. ACCOMODATION: Your accommodation will consist of camp beds in large tents (4 to 6 people per tent) on the grounds of the quarry pond’s youth centre (around 2km away from the town centre). A kitchen and bathroom facilities are also available. Meals will be a mix of participants cooking together for themselves (for breakfast and dinner) and being catered for (lunch on the building site). LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: The fortified town of Ingolstadt lies on the river Donau and has many historical sights to offer. The old town boasts many splendid churches, castles and town houses. There are also museums and a zoo. You can go swimming in the quarry pond right next to the youth centre, or in the outdoor swimming pool next to the cultural youth centre “Fronte 79”, located 2km away. After 4pm, you can also meet local youth in Fronte 79, and even make use of the table football, billiards and internet connection there. There are bicycles available for you to travel the 2km into town. Day trips to Nürnberg, Munich and the Alps are also possible. At the quarry pond itself, there is Minigolf, boat rental, indoor climbing walls, an animal enclosure and an archery range. TERMINAL: Ingolstadt SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You should be able to ride a bicycle. A flair for working with tools is desirable, as well as a passion for physical work. REMARKS: More info on the quarry pond's youth centre: www.sjr-in.de/537. More info on 'Fronte 79' cultural youth centre: www.sjr-in.de/index_fronte IJGD 16233 CONSERVATION IN THE LAUENBURG LAKES NATURE PARK LOCATION: Mölln Dates: 02/07-16/07/16 Type: ENVI Age: 16 ans. 15 VOLS WORK: In this workcamp in the heart of the Lauenburg Lakes Nature Park, east of Hamburg, you will be entrusted with many aspects of nature. You’ll get to know many different ecosystems and will work on renaturation tasks in a forest and on a moor. You’ll also build small dams on the moor, clear heather areas free from growing shrubbery, build fences, get rid of unpopular black cherries from woodlands and create nests for birds. Passionate and experienced nature experts from the project management “Integrierte Station Lauenburgische Landschaften”, WWF, the Lauenburg Lakes Nature Park and the town of Mölln (Uhlenkolk) will be on board to offer support. This workcamp is for true nature lovers, since you’ll be sleeping in wooden huts that aren’t completely closed and will therefore definitely need a warm sleeping bag. Cooking and eating together, as well as many free-time activities, will also take place outside. ACCOMODATION: You’ll be staying in basic wooden huts – bring your thermal mat and sleeping bag. You will cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: Mölln lies in the wonderful Lauenburg Lakes Nature Park , with its unique landscape and appealing lakes, which offer the chance to go swimming or canoeing. Besides this, in your free time you could go on a bat or bird-spotting excursion. The world heritage town of Lübeck and the metropolis Hamburg are also not too far away. TERMINAL: Mölln SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Work clothes and waterproof shoes are absolutely necessary. Fitness for physically demanding work is required, as is the ability to ride a bicycle. REMARKS: More info at www.naturpark-lauenburgische-seen.de and www.moelln-tourismus.de IJGD 16222 MY VERY OWN FILM! FILM WORKSHOP IN BREMEN LOCATION: Bremen Hauptbahnhof Dates: 02/07-16/07/16 Type: ART Age: 16 ans. 12 VOLS SPECIAL FEE 330.00 EUR WORK: Make your own films! That’s what you can try out in this international media camp. “Learning by doing” is the way forward, and in small groups you can do this by gathering and experimenting with new ideas. After an introduction to the technology involved, you can develop a storyline and get the cameras ready to dive straight into filming. Whether a short film with yourselves as actors or a documentary – you can tell your own little story. Your fantasy will be set free and there will be no limits. As well as learning how to handle the camera and how to use various software, you’ll also learn how to edit and add sounds to your films on the computer. Throughout the creative process, you will be supported by an experienced media instructor from Blickwechsel e.V. You will be able to enjoy the finished products online, since they’ll be uploaded to an internet blog. ACCOMODATION: You’ll be sleeping on air mattresses in a small, cosy youth centre. You’ll cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: Your accommodation lies in the trendy neighbourhood in the middle of the city. From there you can visit the 1200 years old town of Bremen - with its many sights, cultural opportunities, nightlife and shopping centres. At the weekends, it’s possible to take day trips to the coast of the North Sea, to Hamburg and to other cities in Germany. TERMINAL: Bremen Hauptbahnhof SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: An interest in cinema, film editing and the technology involved is necessary. REMARKS: 330€ extra fee (to be transferred 2 weeks before the camp begins). More info on Bremen at www.bremen.de Note: Arrivals are only possible on Saturday 2nd July, departures on Saturday 16th July. No exceptions! IJGD 26337 HOLIDAY FUN IN MÜNSTERLAND - OSTBEVERN LOCATION: Ostbevern Dates: 02/07-24/07/16 Type: KIDS , Age: 18 ans. 13 VOLS WORK: In the middle of the Münsterland region lies the Ostberven community. The youth office is looking forward to your help with summer holiday games for around 150 children between 8 – 12 years old. Together with the supervisors on site, you’ll co-ordinate sports, games and crafts activities with the children. After an introduction and communal preparations during the first few days, you will then work with the children for 2 weeks, trying out the different types of activities. Please bring ideas for sports, games and crafts with you. We’re excited to have capable and committed volunteers, who can try out their ideas with the children. During the holiday games, you’ll be working for 8 hours a day, with a communal break. ACCOMODATION: You’ll be staying in the youth centre. You’ll cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: There are numerous free time activities available. In Ostbevern there’s a skate park, a BMX park, a swimming pool. Within the youth centre itself there’s a billiard table, table football and many other games. You can also visit the beautiful towns of Münster and Osnabrück. A day trip to the Netherlands would also be possible. TERMINAL: Ostbevern SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: All participants should have a flair for pedagogical activities as well as a desire and interest to work with children. REMARKS: Experience with art, creativity, manual work and sport are all an advantage. IJGD 26328 CONSERVATION WORK AROUND THE RESERVOIR LOCATION: Siegburg Dates: 09/07-30/07/16 Type: ENVI Age: 16 ans. 15 VOLS WORK: In collaboration with the employees of the Wahnbach reservoir management authority, you will be undertaking various conservation projects around the reservoir. Firstly, the touch-me-not around the tributaries must be removed, to avoid it driving out other local plant species. Secondly, you’ll be building birdhouses and repairing the barriers all around the Wahnbach reservoir. If there’s time, you’ll be checking over the sign posts along nearby paths and renewing them if necessary. ACCOMODATION: You’ll be staying in an idyllic but remote scouts house in rooms with several beds. You’ll cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: The camp is in a very nice region of Germany: rural, but also with big cities like Cologne, Bonn and Düsseldorf all nearby. It’s therefore very easy to go on many different day trips during the camp. In the town of Much (10km away) there is an outdoor swimming pool, and the scouts house has large outside grounds with a camp-fire area. Other cities along the river Rhein include Koblenz and Mainz. TERMINAL: Siegburg SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: - REMARKS: In this camp you can learn many things about the supply of drinking water and the prevention of water pollution in Germany. IJGD 26343 IF IT CAN BE BETTER, THEN LOCATION: Saarburg Dates: 09/07-30/07/16 Type: ENVI , Age: 16 ans. 17 VOLS WORK: The municipality of Trassem is located within the border triangle of France, Germany and Luxembourg, and therefore in the heart of Europe itself. With your help, we will continue building on the various components of our natural history station „Walderlebniszentrum Trassem„ (Trassem’s forest experience centre). You can expect to work together with young people from the local region on the restoration of an old “Kelterstation” (cider press) as well as other diverse tasks, such as building dry-stone walls with natural stones, maintenance work on the forest experience path and on the attractive free-ride/mountain bike trails. Not only can you experience many things to do with forests and nature and a wide spectrum of nature-related activities, but you can also be strongly involved with the organisation and design processes. This year we would also like you to co-operate and work together with the young people of the nature conservation association, der Deutschen Waldjugend. Through introducing you to people from the region, we see a real chance for us to give you a better understanding of our regional and cultural specialities. The larger town closest to us is Trier. As the oldest town in Germany, it was even the imperial city of residence during Roman times and has therefore earned its title as “The Rome of the North”. Particularly worth a visit! ACCOMODATION: You will stay in the local Trassem community centre. You’ll cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: Trassem is in the wonderful wine town of Saarburg, with its historical castle ruins and picturesque old town, complete with waterfall. As well as interesting sights, there are also numerous free time opportunities in Saarburg, such as the street cafés, an outdoor swimming pool and a park for birds of prey. You also have the opportunity to canoe along the Saar river and to climb the steep cliffs of Saartal. Because our project ”Walderlebniszentrum Trassem” has been running for many years, you will be able to admire the efforts of previous workcamp participants. Alongside a large seminar building (a log cabin with an annex), a forest workshop, an outdoor barbecue area and various establishments of the “Walderlebnispfades Trassem”, the “Waldklasszimmer” (Waldarena) has also been finished. With your enthusiasm and energetic efforts, you too can leave your mark on our facilities during this year’s workcamp. Besides this, there are many opportunities during the workcamp for excursions to Trier, Saarbrücken, Luxembourg and France. TERMINAL: Saarburg SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: - REMARKS: This camp is kindly supported by Johnson Controls. More information about the Walderlebniszentrum Trassem at www.wez-trassem.de IJGD 26301 SLEEPING UNDER THE STARS LOCATION: Erlangen Dates: 10/07-30/07/16 Type: CONS Age: 16 ans. 12 VOLS WORK: Following the motto – sleeping under the stars – 4 overnight cabins will be built on the grounds of the youth camp in Vestenbergsgreuth. The special thing about these cabins is that they have glass rooves, through which the stars in the sky above the camping area can be seen. During the workcamp, we’ll be decorating the cabins with wood and putting down the flooring. Also, with your help, the youth overnight cabins will be renovated with a new color scheme, making them look more attractive. We’ll choose the colours together, then we’ll redecorate all of the rooms with environmentally-friendly paint. Outside, we would like to have a stone mosaic in front of the entrance to the kitchen. Note: Arrival on Sunday 10.07. Transfers from Erlangen train station at 14:00 and 18:00. Departure on Saturday 30.07. 10:00 transfer to Erlangen train station ACCOMODATION: 4-bed rooms in an overnight house. More info at www.kjr-erh.de. You’ll cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: We, the local youth association, will support you with the organisation of your free time. You’ll have a minibus for excursions to nearby places. The towns Erlangen, Nürnberg, Bamberg und Würzburg offer numerous possibilities. Besides this, we would like to go climbing with you in Franconian Switzerland and to get to know the charming historical monuments of the region. In Vestenbergsgreuth there is a summer toboggan run with a beer garden, in the house where you’ll be staying there are games, table football, table tennis and an internet connection. There are also some outdoor swimming pools nearby. TERMINAL: Erlangen SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Manual labour, sometimes strenuous, strong shoes necessary, very rural area, bad public transport connections REMARKS: Manual labour, sometimes strenuous, strong shoes necessary, very rural area, bad public transport connections IJGD 76102 REMEMBERING THE PAST AS A TEAM- BERLIN-HEILIGENSEE LOCATION: Berlin Dates: 15/07-29/07/16 Type: ARCH Age: 15 ans. 15 VOLS SPECIAL FEE 150.00 EUR WORK: At the Heiligensee cemetery, north-west of Berlin, you and your team will be helping with maintenance work on the graves of war victims. There are both German and non-German soldiers and civilians, for whom a war grave cemetery was created. Together with your team you’ll be helping to mow and restore grassy areas and, amongst other things, cleaning gravestones and concrete frames. Besides this, you’ll be repairing fencing surrounding one section of the cemetery. You will only be working 4 days per week, so will therefore have the opportunity to not only enjoy Berlin’s wide range of free-time activities, but also to take advantage of walking tours related to this topic (culture, history, East-West Germany and Berlin...). ACCOMODATION: You will be staying in the Berlin-Tegel castle. You’ll cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: The accommodation is near to the “Tegeler Fließ” nature reserve, therefore your group has many opportunities for outdoor games and walks. This is also true of the wider surrounding area, where you can easily reach both Mecklenburg and Rheinsburg lakes, the Spree forest and the Oder river, as well as many more beautiful landscapes. The city centre of Berlin is just 30 minutes away, so you’ll receive a Cityticket to use on all public transport across Berlin for the duration of the camp. TERMINAL: Berlin SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: - REMARKS: 150€ extra free is for the Cityticket, for public transport in Berlin IJGD 26330 LEND A HAND - NEW TOYS FOR THE LOCAL FAMILY CENTRE LOCATION: Beckingen Dates: 16/07-30/07/16 Type: CONS Age: 16 ans. 14 VOLS WORK: Next to the German-French border, in the Beckingen community, lies the family centre that stands open as a point of contact for all children, young people and adults. This is where your help is needed: the outside grounds should be revamped to be more appealing for children, so that they have more opportunities to play outside. Firstly, the slope behind the centre should be freed from vegetation in order for new things to be planted, and a sloped ramp with a rope should be built, that the children will be able to use for climbing. Secondly, you will construct a climbing wall and some benches by the small boules pitch. ACCOMODATION: Your accommodation will be in a building near to the family centre, as well as in the centre’s sports hall. You will cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: From your accommodation, you could visit the nearby historical cities of Saarbrücken, Trier und Luxembourg. In the Merzig-Wadern area itself there are also many things to see, such as the outdoor wolf enclosure, the Roman Villa Borg, the Cloef outlook, the Garden of the Senses etc. During the camp, it’s almost certain that one or two regional events will also be taking place, which you could go and visit. TERMINAL: Beckingen SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: - IJGD 26340 SPECIES PROTECTION IN THE MARSCHEIDER FOREST LOCATION: Wuppertal Dates: 16/07-30/07/16 Type: ENVI Age: 16 ans. 14 VOLS WORK: The town of Wuppertal needs your help with reptile conservation. In the Marscheider Forest, you’ll be working along a route on a heath in order to increase biodiversity in the area again. For this, you’ll be cutting ferns and collecting and removing wood, thereby creating light and space for the microorganisms. Besides this, you’ll be building a deadwood shelter for the animals. In the forest educational centre, you’ll build bird and bat boxes. Additionally, excursions into the forest itself and the Burgholz arboretum are planned. ACCOMODATION: You’ll be staying in rooms with multiple beds in the YMCA home. The building is in a remote location. It is well furnished, but there is nothing outside reachable on foot. You’ll cook your own meals together. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOCATION: Wuppertal is a city in a very green area. There are numerous cafés, bars, shopping opportunities, a zoo, an outdoor swimming pool and the only suspension railway in the world! You can go on excursions to Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn and the Ruhr area. Even a day-trip to the Netherlands would be possible. TERMINAL: Wuppertal SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: - REMARKS: The work can sometimes be physically demanding. The accommodation is in a very remote location. IJGD 16201 LIVING UTOPIA - HECKENBECK LOCATION: Kreiensen Dates: 16/07-31/07/16 Type: ART Age: 16 ans. 15 VOLS SPECIAL FEE 260.00 EUR WORK: “Die Weltbühne” (The Global Stage), is a cultural centre with a large theatre hall in a former village inn in Heckenbeck, a small village with only 450 inhabitants. Every year, the villagers look forward to an international theatre project – for 2 weeks long, you and the rest of your group are therefore invited to the village as guests, to get to know the local community and to develop your own international theatre piece, under the guide of a drama teacher. “Living Utopia – forming a community” is the theme of this production. The small Heckenbeck community is a brilliant example with which to explore this topic. But your group itself will also try out communal living and investigate various advantages and pitfalls of cohabitation. At the end of the camp there will be an interactive performance, during which you will present your findings to the spectators from Heckenbeck and the surrounding region. In Heckenbeck there is an exciting mixture of traditional and experimental rural life, of traditional residents of rural areas and people who move to the countryside from further afield. There is an organic grocery store, organic vegetable patches, crafts workshops, an independent school and many clubs to enjoy. The “KuK” club, a club for culture and communication is one such possibility and has been using the former “Zur Linde” village inn as a cultural centre since the end of 2000. The club offers a high-calibre evening programme in the main hall of the building, with many notable artists a very intimate atmosphere. 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