Workcamps in the Czech republic
Draci vrch, near Liberec
CZ-DUH
6.1
20 vols (5 Hungarians, 5 Polish, 5 Czechs, 5 Slovaks)
The project focuses on an environment protection of the euroregion Neisse-Nisa-Nysa, the cross-boarder region between Germany, Czech Republic and Poland belonging particularly to the Protected natural reservation Jizerské hory. The main topic is an ecological education. Participants will gain an overview about the natural conditions of the region and its threats.
Work: Volunteers will help the local ecological organisation with weeding nursaries with different species of authentic and endangered trees of Jizerské mountains (red beech, white fir, wych elm, sycamore, etc.).
Study: Enter the world of non-governmental organisations and learn how to plan your own project!-all during excursions, games and discussions.
Accommodation: at a big “sahara” tent in the middle of the forest, a stream flows nearby, showers possible as well, but two kilometres far from the place. Volunteers will cook for themselves, a hut with kitchen available, dry toilet in the area. Bring sleeping bag. No wheelchair access
Language: English
Meet the freak, Beroun
CZ-DUH
9.2
13/8-29/8, 40 vols
Meet the freak is an amateur art project which wants to bring together 40 young people 16-25 from Europe to focus on developing our artistic skills in four main groups: dance, theatre, grafiti/painting, music/Djing. We will work in separate groups in order to develop the final performance at the end of the project which will be presented to locals. We want to invite the local youth for the last three days and organise workshops for them on attractive youth work. Around 20 locals can be involved in our four groups, but more workshops can be develop during the project (rope games, juggling, pottery, painting on textile,etc.). Learning by experience and fun could be the motto of the project.
Study: attractive youth work
Accommodation: at the camp in huts and rooms, showers available. We will have two cooks cooking for us.
Language: English
Brusov, near Litomerice (North Czechia)
CZ-Duh
6.3
14/8-27/8, 15 vols
Expedice Natura is an organisation running the tourist camp base situated in the natural protected area in North Bohemia region in the area with Volcano Mountains (no volcano has been active for last few thousand years). Workcamp is taking place at the camp base where the summer camp for children are organised. The camp base is surrounded by the forrest.
Work: Volunteers will maintain the buildings and surrounding area. Volunteers will also help with cleaning a natural reserve nearby, especially a forest. Work can be hard, experiences with manual work more than welcome!
Accommodation: At small huts, two people in each, showers and bathroom are in a separate building.
Language: English
X: Ticks and mosquitos can appear in this area, better to bring repelent, wheelchair access difficult
Karlštejn, near Beroun
CZ-Duh
11.4
Renovation
2/9–11/9, 12 vols
Background: Iuridica, a local section of a Czech youth organization called Duha (Rainbow), has rented a house in Karlstejn and adapted it into a Naturefriends house which serves for bacpackers as a cheap accomodation centre, trainings and summer camps are organised here as well. Karlstejn is a small village with few hundred inhabitants about south-west from Prague in the valley of the Berounka river, in a marvellous hilly landscape dominated by a famous medieval Czech castle.
Work: Volunteers will cut wood for the winter, do small adaptations in the house as painting furniture and clean the surroundings in the Natural protected landscape.
Accommodation: in the Naturefriends House, where several rooms have been arranged as dormitories; beds are available, but own sleeping bag needed. Bathrooms and toilets are in the house as well as cooking facilities.
Others: exploring surrounding nature in the protected landscape area called Czech Karst, visiting the castle, canoeing on the river, one-day excursion to Prague.