ALLEMAGNE 2008
IJGD 16-26 ans
(attention l'âge
varie selon les projets)
Il
est peut-être encore possible d'obtenir des places sur les
chantiers ci dessous:
Background
and Goals
IJGD
is a non-profit, non-denominational organization which has
been active in international youth work since 1948. Each year
ijgd ganizes about 110 international youth workcamps. In
cooperation with partner workcamp organizations, ijgd also
sends volunteers to workcamps in Europe, Africa and North and
South America.
Ijgd
aims to encourage young people to become aware of existing
social and environmental conditions, enabling them to be
active and responsible participants in a democratic society.
The experiential learning in a workcamp leads to an
examination of one's own cultural norms and values and
consequently helps to break down barriers between people
because of their cultural, social and racial differences. This
development of international understanding is regarded as a
contribution to the furtherance of world peace.
IJGD
General Camp Conditions
·
Generally
each workcamp lasts about 3 weeks
·
Participants
are generally between 16 to 26 years
·
Generally
volunteers work about 5 hours/day, except Saturday and
Sunday (25 to 30 hours a week)
·
Most
groups consist of about 15 volunteers
·
Participants
are expected to contribute to the daily life of the group in
many ways (cooking,
shopping, organizing free-time activities; the running of the
whole event)
·
Accommodations
are generally simple (youth hostels, schools, forest huts or
sometimes tents)
·
Groups
are usually responsible for cooking their own meals
·
Projects
may include renovation, environmental work, play
schemes with children, work with elderly, etc.
Group
Leaders
Group
Leaders of IJGD workcamps are usually similar in age to other
participants. Workcamps
usually have two leaders, trained through IJGD seminars, who
work together as a leader team. Camps are run using the
principle of self-organization.
This means that the leaders should not dominate, rather
be participants themselves who are also responsible for
contact with the project's supporter, taking care of
administrative details and ensuring self-organization of the
group.
After
the Workcamps In
autumn, after the workcamp season is over, ijgd organizes
evaluation meetings with former participants, with group
leaders and staff on a national and international level.
LES
CHANTIERS
2008
Bi
- and Tri - National Workcamps
ijgd
8243
Kieler Foerde
30.08.08 – 20.09.08
TRI / MANU
Project:
Nearby the Kieler Foerde on the coast of the
Baltic Sea
, the camping club “Brahmsee e.V.” organises the
youth-education-venue “Kahlenberg”. The club has taken
charge of it for 3 years and now requires your help with the
beautification of the facilities. A variety of outdoor tasks,
are waiting for you. If it gets too hot during the work you can
cool down in the
Baltic Sea
. As well as your hard work, we also need your creativity, for
example in the construction of recovery-points in the area. Also
planned are some works in the second building of the club close
to the
Brahm
Lake
.
Accommodation:
You will be accommodated in one of the houses of the
youth-hostel “Kahlenberg”, close to the
Baltic Sea
.
Catering:
During the week, food will be provided by the youth hostel, on
weekends the group will cook for themselves.
Location:
Lower Saxony
. You’ll work and live in the outskirts of
Kiel
, approx. 13km from the centre. The city (home to 200,000
inhabitants) provides many leisure time activities: bars,
cinemas, museums, shopping, and so on. On weekends you can take
trips to
Hamburg
and to other cities, or just relax on the beach.
Train-station:
Kiel
Airport:
Hamburg
Age:
16-26
Note:
This camp is supported by the German-Polish youth-organisation.
ijgd 8316
Babenhausen
16.08.08 – 06.09.08
TRI / MANU
Project & work: The beautiful
village
of
Babenhausen
is close to Memmingen and
Ulm
, not far from the
Bavarian Alps
. Under the guidance of an environment-educationist from the
youth-Education-venue “Babenhausen” and the support of local
workers, you will be involved with different tasks, such as
taking care of ecological sanctuaries (Biotopes), rebuilt
natural watercourses and help enlarging the garden of senses
belonging to the youth centre. You will be introduced to the
topic of amphibian life and the importance of water protection;
you will be working artistically and creatively. In your free
time you can make trips to
Lake
Constance
, to
Munich
, to
Ulm
, to
Kempten
, to
Augsburg
, or undertake one of the many hiking-tours
offered in the
Alps
. If the weather is good, you can go swimming in the lake
close-by. In order for you to discover the region, you can
borrow a bicycle.
Accommodation: Shared room in a house, close
to the lake.
Catering: Done by the group.
Location: Bavaria; 120km away from Munich, 40km from Ulm,
60km from Kempten and 90km from Lake Constance.
Train-station: Sontheim
(Schwab)
Airport: Munich
Age: 16-26
Note: This camp is supported by the German-French
youth-organisation
Archaeology,
cultural - historical camp
ijgd 8372
Titz
30.08.08 – 20.09.08
ARCH
Project: How did our ancestors live
2500 years ago? On the traces of the settlers of the Iron Age,
archaeologists from the
Rhineland
landscape association are building a court in Titz, where one
can find the outpost of the Rhenish agency for the preservation
of ground monuments. Under professional guidance you’ll build
an original house with authentic tools. This will give you an
impression of life back then. You’ll work with logs and erect
walls. Also you will be making a roof out of Thatch.
In addition you will produce tools, crockery and
other things of everyday-life in the Iron Age. There will be a
little study, in which you’ll learn about the methods of
finding ancient locations and the accomplishment of
archaeological excavations.
Accommodation: In a hall on the area of the
outpost in Titz-Hoellen, close to the Iron-Age-court.
Catering: Done by the group.
Location: North Rhine
Westphalia
. Titz is placed in the “city triangle” of
Cologne
(40km), Duesseldorf (40km) and
Aix-la-Chapelle
(40km). There are many possibilities for trips to the Lower
Rhine, to
Belgium
and to the
Netherlands
.
Train-station: Dueren
Airport: Cologne/Bonn
Age16-26
Nature
& Environment
ijgd 8374
Ludwigshafen
16.08.-06.09.08
ENVI
Project: You’ll help in the
reconstruction of a donkey enclosure in the wild park. There are
around 200 animals living here. For this, poles must be replaced,
and cross-pieces must be sawn and bolt. Additional you’ll help
at the care of animals and the park: Cleansing of the enclosure,
prepare the food and feed the animals, remove plants and care
for the paths.
Accommodation: You’ll stay in a house,
situated in the area of the wildlife-park.
Catering: done by the group
Location:
Ludwigshafen
is in Rhineland-Palatinate. 5km from Mannheim, 20km from Heidelberg and 70km from
Karlsruhe
In the closer surrounding, there are a variety of
bathing lakes and cites of
Ludwigshafen
and
Mannheim
offer a culture and free time programme.
Also the
university city
of
Heidelberg
with its pictorial castle is worth a trip.
Train-station: Ludwigshafen
Airport: Frankfurt a.M. and Frankfurt Hahn
Age: 16-26
ijgd
8323 Spaichingen
16.08.-30.08.08
ENVI
Project: Together with the nature
conservation office and the environment advisory council there
are a lot of tasks for you. With your help there will be done
nature conservation works. Planned is the creation of a new
“biotope”. With your support, larger stones (25-30cm edge
length) will be placed in the bank of a pond. At existing
“biotopes”, you can cut trees and bushes and reopen water
ditches. Additional there are planned works for fruit trees,
where your help is required. You can learn a lot about nature
protection and biotopes.
Accommodation: An elementary school in
Spaichingen
Catering: Done by the group, and you
can use the school’s kitchen.
Location: Spaichingen is in
Baden-Wuerttemberg, 110km south of
Stuttgart
, 40km north of the
Lake
Constance
. Therefore there are a lot of possible trips, to the
Lake
Constance
, the
Swabian
Mountains
or to
Switzerland
.
Train-station: Spaichingen
Airport:
Stuttgart
Age: 16-26
ijgd 8305 Vaterstetten
16.08.08 – 06.09.08
ENVI
Project:
Vaterstetten
Municipality
has worked with ijgd groups for many years.
Work: This year, you
will help members of the Environmental Department with a variety
of landscape conservation tasks, including wetland habitat
maintenance, grass cutting, irrigation work and the conservation
of hedgerows. You’ll
have bicycles to get you to and from work, and you are welcome
to use them during your free time.
Munich
is close-by and with excellent public transport links, you will
have ample opportunity to explore
Bavaria
’s capital city and its surroundings.
Accommodation: A
comfortably furnished and well equipped youth centre, shower
facilities are provided in a nearby sports stadium.
Catering: Done by the
group.
Location:
Bavaria
; 20 km east of
Munich
Train-station:
Munich
Central Station
Airport:
Munich
Age: 16 - 26
ijgd
8215 Wildemann
18.08.-06.09.08
ENVI
Project: The small town of Wildemann is scenically situated in the Harz
Mountains—offering mountains, stalactite caves, environmental
protection areas, and forests. It is a popular destination for
tourists and day-trippers. Many German fairy tales and stories
originate from this area.
Work: In cooperation with the Lower Saxony Forestry Office you will
carry out various nature and landscape conservation tasks, e.g.
restoration of courses of streams to their natural state, care
and maintenance of young trees and recreation facilities. In
addition to these interesting and diverse tasks you can explore
the Harz region together with the Forestry Office staff.
Substantial hikes, e. g. to the
Brocken
Mountain
, are possible as well. Don’t forget your hiking boots!
Accommodation: Wildemann hiking cottage
Catering: done by the group
Location: Lower Saxony, 20 km to
Goslar
, 7 km to Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Train-station:
Goslar
Airport:
Hanover
Age:
16 - 26
Special
requirements:
weatherproof clothing and hiking boots!
ijgd
8309 Kloster
Ensdorf
23.08.-06.09.08 ENVI/ KIDS
Project: The old Benedictine monastery
of Ensdorf lies on the river Vils in the Upper Palatinate
between
Regensburg
and Amberg. In 1920, the order of Don Giovanni Bosco, an Italian
saint, moved to Ensdorf, and following the interests of its
founder, the order serves to support young people find their way
in life, and helps them realise the possibility of building a
worthwhile future. Commitment and involvement go hand in hand
with the search to make sense of this life, the issues
concerning the future of society, and the questions surrounding
how to best live one’s own life and our place in the natural
world. The monastery’s motto, “Schoepfungs-Erleben Kloster Ensdorf”, shows the order’s
intention to give visiting school children, young people,
families and teachers the opportunity to experience nature and
the wonders of creation. In recent years, new biotopes were
created, such as orchards, a monastery garden and ponds by the
river Vils. These, together with the local forests, dry
grasslands and water meadows, create a varied nature study area
which needs to be sympathetically managed.
Work: Your tasks will include the
maintenance of biotopes, green spaces and forests, the
renovation of rooms in the Learning Centre and some work in the
Centre grounds.
Accommodation:
You’ll stay in
dormitory-style accommodation in the Meeting House (Haus
der Begegnung) within the monastery grounds, where you’ll
prepare your own meals (paid for by IJGD) and share the
housework. The “special treat” of this camp is the vast
choice of leisure activities: beach-volleyball court, cool-water
fun park, Gruene Kapelle
(“green chapel”), Klanghaus
(“house of sound”), rope garden, musical instruments,
bicycles, canoes, lots of indoor games (football tables, table
tennis, billiards etc.).
Location:
Bavaria
; between
Nuremberg
and
Regensburg
.
Train
station: Amberg
Airport: Frankfurt a.M., Frankfurt
Hahn or
Munich
Age: 18 – 26
Special
requirements: English or
German knowledge are mandatory
ijgd
8229 Edewecht
11.10.-25.10.08
ENVI
Project: This autumn, the
small town of
Edewecht
in the beautiful Ammerland district would like your help to
convert an area of agricultural land into an environmental
conservation project.
Work:
There is a variety
of outdoor tasks for you supported by local expertise. Your work
will involve planting, the maintenance of existing young plants,
designing information boards and building a wooden observation
platform. You’ll have the opportunity to take part in small
group excursions to learn about local flora and fauna, and
during these two weeks you could gain a lot of knowledge about
nature conservation and countryside maintenance. And of course
this is a great opportunity to spend time outdoors before the
winter sets in. With a bit of luck you’ll have two weeks great
weather due to an “Indian Summer“. In your free time, you
could explore the region’s excellent cycle lane network
(bicycles are provided), visit the lovely university town of
Oldenburg
(20 km by public transport)
or, at weekends, take a trip to
Bremen
or the
North Sea
.
Accommodation: In a school in Edewecht
Catering: cooking
done by the group
Location: Lower
Saxony,
Oldenburg
is 20km away and
Bremen
65km
Train-station:
Bremen
,
Hamburg
,
Hanover
Airport:
Bremen
,
Hamburg
Age: 16 - 26
Social
Services & Game Activities
Work
& Study
ijgd
8301
Berchtesgaden
16.08.08 – 06.09.08
STUDY/ENVI
Project: Work and explore nature in the fascinating alpine
countryside of
Berchtesgaden
National Park
. Since many years we are offering this camp with lots of
success.
Work:
During the first two weeks you will help the national park staff
to remove roots and branches from alpine meadows. Through this
‘forest-pasture separation’, the alpine pasture should
return to its natural state,
instead of one designed for human use.
Study:
The third week of your camp will be spent on hikes and
excursions with mountain experts. You will learn a lot about the
alpine ecosystem and the work of looking after a national park.
Accommodation:
A simply equipped self-support hut in the national park without
showers but with water, no telephone or electricity, but within
the beautiful mountainous area of the
Alps
.
Catering:
Done by the group.
Location:
Bavaria
; 150km south-east from
Munich
and 20km northern from
Salzburg
. The park is situated close to the German-Austrian border.
During your free-time you can hike in the beautiful mountains or
go shopping in
Munich
or
Salzburg
.
Train
station:
Berchtesgaden
with transfer to the national park
Airport:
Salzburg
(
Austria
) or
Munich
Age:
16
- 26
Note:
this camp will be rustic – be prepared to leave your everyday
comforts at home! Don’t forget to bring sturdy hiking boots.
ijgd
8106 Berlin-Spandau
23.08.08-14.09.08
LANG / DISA
Projekt:
This
workcamp takes place at the
Spandau
branch of the “Mosaic Workshop for the Disabled” and
includes twelve different workshop areas, such as industrial
assembly, laundry, joinery, home-grown produce, canteen etc, and
providing work for 260 mentally disabled people. The facility
also provides care, support and education.
Study:
In
addition to working at the Mosaic workshops, this camp gives you
the opportunity to learn and improve your German. During week
one, you’ll have four to five hours of language tuition per
day. Your tutors are experienced teachers of German as a foreign
language and also participate in this workcamp. During the next
two weeks, you’ll spend about four hours each day in the
workshop areas, where you can practise and improve your newly
acquired knowledge of German. An hour’s German tuition
straight after work should help to ensure that you retain
whatever new words and phrases you learned that day.
Work:
During
the following two weeks you will work for about 4 hours in the
mosaic workshop. Your work will include to rearrange the
surrounding area, to plant flowers and to arrange sitting areas.
Furthermore you will have the chance to gain an insight view
into the work of this workshop. If you want you can help and
learn how to cooperate with disabled people.
Accommodation:
You’ll
stay at the Grunewald centre, in the middle of the Grunewald
forest and close to
Lake
Grunewald
.
Catering
some
meals will be prepared by the group and some will be prepared by
the centre.
Location:
The
centre of
Berlin
is within easy reach by public transport. You will receive the
tickets for it. The 3 hectare big area
is big enough for camping, built an outside theatre, for BBQ,
and to play football.
Train-station:
Berlin
Airport:
Berlin
Age:
18-26
NOTE:
This
camp is for participants with a basic knowledge of German
EXTRA
FEE: € 300,-
ijgd
8101 Berlin-Koepenick
23.08.-10.09.08
STUDY/FEST
Project:
In the Koepenick district on the outskirts of
Berlin
, within close proximity to two rivers, lakes and extensive
forests, is a home for mentally handicapped people run by the
social foundation “Koepenick”.
Work: Your
main task will be to organise and run a summer fete together
with the residents. We would hope that the preparation of decorations, games, entertainment (for example,
music and theatre) and food would mirror the varied cultural
backgrounds of the participants. Other tasks are the creation of
a herb and vegetable bed for each of the groups living in the
home, and take day trips with the residents. Most of the
residents work in workshops until early afternoon and you will
need to be flexible in arranging your working time and be
prepared to work in the afternoons.
Accommodation:
In
rooms belonging to the protestant parish of
Berlin-Oberschoeneweide
Catering: cooking partly
done by the group
Location:
Berlin
Train-station:
Berlin
Airport:
Berlin
Age:
18 - 26
Playground
Construction
ijgd 8366 Gevelsberg
16.08.08-06.09.08
CONS
Project: the city Gevelsberg is located in the beautiful
valley of the Ennepe. With your help, playgrounds will be
renovated and rearranged in order to make them more attractive
for kids.
Work: You will rearrange the area and overwork toys.
Afterwards the area should be greener, with more flowers and
colourful toys.
Accommodation: You’ll stay in circus
wagons.
Catering is done by the group
Location: Gevelsberg is in North Rhine-Westphalia, 15km
from
Hagen
, 30km from
Dortmund
, 65km from
Cologne
. The city offers a broad cultural program. In the youth centre
you can play billiard and mini-golf, and there’s an adventure
swimming-pool. There are possibilities for trips to
Dortmund
,
Bochum
and
Cologne
.
Train-station: Gevelsberg
Airport:
Dortmund
Age: 16-26
Construction
& Renovation
ijgd 8307 Vestenbergsgreuth
16.08.08-06.09.08
RENO
Project: The youth
camp
Vestenbergsgreuth
has existed since 1995 and has accommodation and two tent areas.
International Workcamps have a long tradition in the youth camp,
as young people from all over the world already helped at the
building of the youth camp and the enlargement of the floors.
Work: The building shall be renovated in parts. The open
air stage shall be renewed and parts of the fences shall be
replaced. An existing wooden hut shall be rearranged as a
living-room. You will help at the drywall construction and lay a
wooden floor. The youth organisation Erlangen-Hoechstadt will
support you concerning the free time programme. Meeting young
people from Erlangen-Hoechstadt is also planned.
Accommodation: in the youth camp
accommodation (4-bed rooms; www.kjr-erh.de )
Catering is done by the group
Location:
Bavaria
. Vestenbergsgreuth,
Erlangen
,
Nuremberg
with its documentary centre, the Old City of Bamberg (world
cultural heir), and the former imperial city Forchheim offer
many possibilities. You can go climbing in the Franconia
Switzerland and get to know many monuments of the region.
Train-station:
Erlangen
with transfer to the youth camp
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