Belgium – VIA BelgiumBegin: July 10, 2005, End: July 23, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BE-VIA-6-1DE WASSENDE MAAN – Deinze near GentDe ?Wassende Maan? is a bio- dynamic co-operative farm, which grows vegetables according to the season and employs about 6 people on a permanent basis. Their aim is to keep the distance between farmer and consumer as small as possible. Work: working in the farm (harvesting, weeding, and planting), little jobs in the farm, small reconstruction work, cooking for the people Accommodation: Accommodation in tents that you have to bring yourself, not accessible for wheelchairs Extra: Vegetarian food, a strong interest in the life on a farm and a good conditionNumber of Volunteers: 7
. Belgium – SCI BelgiumBegin:July 17, 2005, End: July 30, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BE-SCI-6-2Centre de Nature – BorzeeThe nature centre of Borzee is a social tourism centre in a small hamlet of the Ardennes. The centre hosts all year long pupils for their school camp, families on holidays, individuals or associations for trainings and seminars. In the activity program the centre mainly organises nature awareness activities (walks, treasure hunts, observation activities, farm activities, ?) as well as sport and expression activities. Around 40 people work daily in the centre and among them 10 nature guides. The encounter is a priority of the centre throughout all its activities. Work: Volunteers will help with at the construction of an adventure circuit for small children, made out of natural material (adjusting some spaces, conception of skill, balance, awareness and awakening games) Study: How to make the adventure circuit friendly to the environment and respect an environmental balance Accommodation: Group accommodation in the building of the centre Language: English but some basic knowledge will be an asset if you want to communicate with the staff Qualification: To like physical outdoor work Terminal/Region: Borzee is located 2 km away from La Roche-en-Ardennes in the middle of a small valley of the Belgian Ardennes Extra: Not accessible to wheelchairsNumber of Volunteers: 10
. Belgium – VIA BelgiumBegin: July 29, 2005, End: August 12, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BE-VIA-6-2NATUURPUNT BEGIJNENDIJK – Begijnendijk near LeuvenIn the Valley of the Demer, young eco-volunteers are working on a new natural reserve project. An abandoned agricultural zone is being transferred into a more bio diverse zone. Work: cutting foreign dominant trees, mowing the grasslands, opening walking trails and taking care of the sheep. Heavy, dirty, but satisfying work! The camp place is a tent close to an alternative community house of some local volunteers where nature and music are integrated in the everyday life. Basic living conditions!!! (no shower but natural pool, …) There will be also 10 Flemish volunteers on the workcamp. Not accessible for wheelchairs.Number of Volunteers: 15
. Belgium – VIA BelgiumBegin:August 21, 2005, End: September 3, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BE-VIA-6-5NATUURPUNT MOERVAART – Wachtebeke near GentNatuurpunt, the new and very important organisation who stands for the nature in Flandres (Flemish part of Belgium) is founded out of the fusion of vzw Nature Reserves en vzw Wielewaal. They work for nature protection and managing nature, the promotion of nature experience through education, the inventarisation and study of plants and animal, giving advice and doing policy on national and international level. Work: cutting down trees, chopping willows, removing eagles fern and rubbish from the reserve Accommodation: hard work, basic living conditions in tents, interest in nature and the voluntary concept of NatuurpuntNumber of Volunteers: 15
. Belgium – VIA BelgiumBegin:September 4, 2005, End: September 17, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BE-VIA-6-3DE ZONNEGLOED – Oostvleteren near IeperDe Zonnegloed is a educative farm, they organize trainings about nature and human being for children and youngsters. The founders want to promote a more human world with respect for people, fauna and flora Work: painting works in- and outside the farm, work in the farm according to the season, weeding, cooking Accommodation: Not accessible for wheelchairs Qualification: Interest in a more conscious and spiritual way of living, prepared to work hard, a bike can be useful because the farm is quite isolated, a music instrument is welcome.Number of Volunteers: 8
. Belgium – SCI BelgiumBegin:September 11, 2005, End: September 24, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BE-SCI-6-3Le Fagotin, StoumontLe Fagotin is a didactic farmhouse located in the Belgian Ardennes. It has several objectives : to revive the link between people and nature through genuine contacts, to help children to get to know oneself through active farm activities, to train people to be friendly to the environment but also to help children to develop know-how and mannerliness. Beside ecosystem discoveries, the farm proposes thematic activities on birds, aquatic life, mushrooms, animal tracks, wild cooking, geology. Kids from 2 to 15 years old come all year long in groups with their schools or on vacation. Work: Volunteers will work in the farm, they will do fences repairing, shed building, wall painting, wood cutting and they will host and meet the children coming for the activities. Study: Role of a didactic farmhouse in today s society Accommodation: In the premises of the farm. No shower but sinks. Language: English but some basic knowledge of French would be very good to communicate with the partner and the children. Qualification: To like physical outdoor work, to like being in contact with children and animals. Terminal/Region: Stoumont, a small village in the Ardennes 45 km away from Liège. Extra: Not accessible for wheel chairs.Number of Volunteers: 6
. Belgium – VIA BelgiumBegin:September 15, 2005, End: September 25, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BE-VIA-6-4JNM ZWART WERK – Koersel – Beringen near HasseltThe aim of JNM as a youth organization is to work around protecting nature and environment. This happens by organizing excursions, camps, workshops, and study sessions, environmental actions, working in nature reserves? There will be Flemish people (14) on the workcamp (volunteers from JNM) and 6 international volunteers. Work: hard work in nature, to mow grass without tools, nature management Accommodation: sleeping in a horse stable, primitive living, a bike can be useful, not accessible for wheelchairs, age till 30.Number of Volunteers: 20
. Bulgaria – CVS BulgariaBegin:July 10, 2005, End: July 30, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BG-6-2Dryanovo, Central BulgariaLanguage: Dryanovo Municipality is situated in the central part of the Forebalkan Mountain, Central Bulgaria. P: The project is in cooperation with National scout organization of Bulgaria. It aims to build an youth open-air eco-centre and campsite for education, recreation and tourism. In the place of the centre seminars, trainings and youth summer camps will be held. W?rk: The work camp is for to build the open-air eco-centre and for constructing the ?survival track? attraction near the camp. Accommodation: In tents. Very simple sanitary conditions. The volunteers will cook themselves. Bring your sleeping bag and if you have a small tent bring it too – it will be great. Study: Presentation of the local bio-diversity and cultural heritage. Extra: interests in work with children and youth and environmental protection Language: EnglishNumber of Volunteers: 20
. Bulgaria – CVS BulgariaBegin:July 11, 2005, End: July 24, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BG-6-3Eco-center Vlahi, Southwest BulgariaLanguage: The Vlahi village is situated in the Pirin Mountain very close to Pirin National Park, which part of the Natural Heritage Programme of UNESCO. P: The aim of the project is to build an eco-centre for education and organic agriculture. In the centre seminars and trainings will be held. The work camp is for restoration of the building of the eco-center. The project is part of bilateral project between CVS-BG and SCI-Switzerland, financed by Swiss Agency for development and Cooperation Work: To repair the building of the eco-centre ? which is in a former school. Some skill in building is necessary. Accommodation: Tents. Very simple sanitary conditions. The vols will cook themselves. Primary vegetarian food. Bring your sleeping bag and if you have a small tent bring it too – it will be great. Study: Presentation of the local bio-diversity and cultural heritage. Extra: Be prepared for hard physical work. Language: EnglishNumber of Volunteers: 10
. Bulgaria – CVS BulgariaBegin:August 1, 2005, End: August 14, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BG-6-4Eco-center Vlahi, Southwest BulgariaLanguage: The Vlahi village is situated in the Pirin Mountain very close to Pirin National Park, which is part of the Natural Heritage Programme of UNESCO. P: The aim of the project is to build an eco-centre for education and organic agriculture. In the centre seminars and trainings will be held. The work camp is for restoration of the building of the eco-center. The project is part of bilateral project between CVS-BG and SCI-Switzerland, financed by Swiss Agency for development and Cooperation Work: To repair the building of the eco-centre ? which is in a former school. Some skill in building is necessary. Accommodation: Tents. Very simple sanitary conditions. The vols will cook themselves. Primary vegetarian food. Bring your sleeping bag and if you have a small tent bring it too – it will be great. Study: Presentation of the local bio-diversity and cultural heritage. Extra: Be prepared for hard physical work. Language: EnglishNumber of Volunteers: 10
. Bulgaria – CVS BulgariaBegin:August 18, 2005, End: August 31, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BG-6-5Eco-center Vlahi, Southwest BulgariaLanguage: The Vlahi village is situated in the Pirin Mountain very close Pirin National Park, which is part of the Natural Heritage Programme of UNESCO. P: The aim of the project is to build an eco-centre for education and organic agriculture. In the centre seminars and trainings will be held. The work camp is for restoration of the building of the eco-center. The project is part of bilateral project between CVS-BG and SCI-Switzerland, financed by Swiss Agency for development and Cooperation Work: To repair the building of the eco-centre ? which is in a former school. Some skill in building is necessary. Accommodation: Tents in the yard of the eco-centre. Very simple sanitary conditions. The vols will cook themselves. Primary vegetarian food. Bring your sleeping bag and if you have a small tent bring it too – it will be great. Study: Presentation of the local bio-diversity and cultural heritage. Extra: Be prepared for hard physical work. Language: EnglishNumber of Volunteers: 10
. Bulgaria – CVS BulgariaBegin:September 5, 2005, End: September 18, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:BG-6-6Eco-center Vlahi, Southwest BulgariaLanguage: The Vlahi village is situated in the Pirin Mountain very close to Pirin National Park, which is part of the Natural Heritage Programme of UNESCO. P: The aim of the project is to build an eco-centre for education and organic agriculture. In the centre seminars and trainings will be held. The work camp is for restoration of the building of the eco-center. Work: To repair the building of the eco-centre ? which is in a former school. Some skill in building is necessary. Accommodation: Tents. Very simple sanitary conditions. The vols will cook themselves. Primary vegetarian food. Bring your sleeping bag and if you have a small tent bring it too – it will be great. Study: Presentation of the local bio-diversity and cultural heritage. Extra: Be prepared for hard physical work. Language: EnglishNumber of Volunteers: 10
. Croatia – Volunteers Centre ZagrebBegin:July 4, 2005, End: July 18, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:HR-6-8?MURA 2005? (St.Martin on the Mura, Medjimurje)Work: Volunteers will work on inventory jobs, arrangement of educational paths, and the reconstruction of the floating river mill and cleaning of wild garbage disposals. Study: history, heritage and natural beauties of Medjimurje region Accommodation: Fishermen?s house just by the river Mura. Sleeping bags necessary! Toilets and showers available! Language: English Terminal/Region: ZagrebNumber of Volunteers: 15
7. Croatia – Volunteers Centre ZagrebBegin:July 20, 2005, End: August 4, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:HR-6-9?GLOBETKA 2005? (Cakovec, small town in Medjimurje, near Zagreb)Work: Volunteers will work on the arrangement of eco-educational path at the verge of the town Cakovec in the area called Globetka which represents the lungs of the town. The job includes cleaning of the forest, putting of the benches and garbage baskets, the planting of friendship trees. The volunteers will also work in the local eco center and will be helping with the activities connected with the celebration of ?Cakovec Summer? Study: history, heritage and natural beauties of Medjimurje region Accommodation: local kindergarten or school dormitory. Sleeping bags preferable! Language: English Terminal/Region: ZagrebNumber of Volunteers: 12
9. Croatia – Volunteers Centre ZagrebBegin:September 26, 2005, End: October 7, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:HR-6-7"WATER IN PERMACULTURAL SYSTEM" (Recycling Estate in Vukomericke Gorice, near Zagreb)The ?Ecological housing¬ workcamp will take place at a permacultural farm (under construction), on the location of Vukomericke Gorice, 30 km south of Zagreb. The farm is located in a small village Vukomeriæ (cca 40 inhabitants), and has an unfinished wooden house and 0,5 hectare of agricultural land. Work: Vols will work on three project/workshop in connection with building and permacultural designing the lake. Gardening with permacultural principles; building the supportive wall for the lake with used tires and earth (earth ship method) Accommodation: In the wooden house and tents; sleeping bags are necessary, tents preferable! Language: English Terminal/Region: Zagreb Qualification: the workcamp is organized in a place that has very limited infrastructure (no running water, improvised sanitation), and demands hard work. If interested, please send your motivation letters together with application form. Extra: Rough life conditions, hard work. Participation fee 20EUR (because of the lack of the money there will be participation fee that will partially cover the cost of food)Number of Volunteers: 10
Greece – SCI HellasBegin:July 18, 2005, End: August 6, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:GR-6-1Volunteer initiative for recycling?Volunteer initiative for recycling? is a summer workcamp with a double aim: To keep a beautiful and popular beach clean from litter during the summertime, while at the same time the volunteers will inform the people of the local community about environmental friendly ways to dispose their garbage. Nea Makri is a municipality located 35 km out of Athens and a lot of Athenians are using it as a summer resort, since it’s next to the sea. W. Working hours will be Mo ? Fri 9:30 ? 13:30. The vols will be responsible to collect the litter from a specific beach in the area and put them into garbage cans, and also run an info campaign for the public. According to a rotation system, every day some of the volunteers will be responsible to prepare the food for all the others. Weekends will be free. S. The participants will have the chance to learn some environmental friendly ways to dispose garbage, in order to be able to pass their knowledge to the people of the local community. A. In a newly built school, where the volunteers will have mattresses on the floor. There will be a fully equipped kitchen inside the building and toilets. The volunteers can bring also their sleeping bags. Basketball court and facilities for table tennis are existing in the school. L. English. T. Closest airport is ?Eleftherios Venizelos? in Athens. From there the volunteers can take the orange bus to Rafina. Further instructions will be given to the selected volunteers before their arrival.Number of Volunteers: 12
2. Greece – SCI HellasBegin:September 4, 2005, End: September 19, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:GR-6-4PAKEFYKA 1PAKEFYKA is a center for the promotion of Natural or Do-Nothing Farming, an agricultural method based on the teachings of Masanobu Fukuoka. According to Fukuoka, a Japanese ex-plant pathologist, human knowledge is limited and imperfect, in contrast to mother Nature. Therefore, the goal of farming should be to serve and imitate Nature and to avoid human intervention, with chemical or ?biological? means. Proponents of this method claim that, through mixing and sowing a large variety of seeds and avoiding any extra intervention (plowing, weeding, fertilizing etc), one can cultivate or reforest large areas with minimum costs and effort. W. mainly helping in the preparation of seeds for sowing fields and reforestation areas and in sowing fields. Possibly collect seeds. Location: PAKEFYKA is situated on an abandoned camping ground about 10 km from Edessa, a picturesque small town in Northern Greece. A. In the buildings of the abandoned camping site. No warm water and rather basic conditions. S. Learn the techniques of Natural Farming. Discussion on mainstream and alternative farming methods. There will also be workshops on self-sufficiency (bread, jam making etc). An interest in the issues is necessary. Read about last year’s workcamp: [url=http://www.sci.gr/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10Number]http://www.sci.gr/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10Number[/url] of Volunteers: 8
3. Greece – SCI HellasBegin:September 18, 2005, End: October 1, 2005 Topic: EnvironmentCampcode:GR-6-5PAKEFYKA 2PAKEFYKA is a center for the promotion of Natural or Do-Nothing Farming, an agricultural method based on the teachings of Masanobu Fukuoka. According to Fukuoka, a Japanese ex-plant pathologist, human knowledge is limited and imperfect, in contrast to mother Nature. Therefore, the goal of farming should be to serve and imitate Nature and to avoid human intervention, with chemical or "biological" means. Proponents of this method claim that, through mixing and sowing a large variety of seeds and avoiding any extra intervention (plowing, weeding, fertilizing etc), one can cultivate or reforest large areas with minimum costs and effort. W. mainly helping in the preparation of seeds for sowing fields and reforestation areas and in sowing fields. Possibly collect seeds. Location: PAKEFYKA is situated on an abandoned camping ground about 10 km from Edessa, a picturesque small town in Northern Greece. A. In the buildings of the abandoned camping site. No warm water and rather basic conditions. S. Learn the techniques of Natural Farming. Discussion on mainstream and alternative farming methods. There will also be workshops on self-sufficiency (bread, jam making etc). An interest in the issues is necessary. Read about last year’s workcamp: [url=http://www.sci.gr/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10Number]http://www.sci.gr/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10Number[/url] of Volunteers: 8
Lithuania – AUSTEJA Lithuania
Begin:July 11, 2005, End: July 24, 2005
Topic: Environment
Campcode:LT-6-1
Zagare
This workcamp is organised in Regional Park in Zagare. The purpose of the project is to involve youth into ecological activities and at the same time the volunteers will be involved into a life of friendly town community. Zagare is the oldest town in Lithuania with rich cultural and nature heritage. Zagare has 2500 inhabitants. The regional Park in Zagare was established in order to preserve the valley of the river Svete and the landscape of Zagare forest, natural ecosystem and cultural heritage. Simultaneously the volunteers will have a possibility to get to know the Zagare cultural and natural heritage and the life of community in little town. In the end of the camp there will be a great festival in Zagare.
Work: cleaning the nature of the regional park in Zagare. The main activity for the volunteers will be to clean the river and its valley, also – to help the ecologist in monitoring.
Terminal/Region: approximately 270km from Vilnius ? the capital; 70 km from Siauliai and 90 km from Ryga (Latvia)
Accommodation: in the house in the centre of the town. You will need sleeping bag. Food: Volunteers will prepare the food by themselves.
Number of Volunteers: 9