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Contact-details
active international e.V.
Bahnhofstr. 26A, 35037 Marburg, Germany
Tel. 06421-9998608, Fax 06421-9998607
eMail: info@active-international.de
http://www.active-international.de
Program 2008
* Exceptions for older volunteers are possible.
Who are we?
active international e.V. is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation which has been founded in 2003 in Marburg (Hessen, Germany), but has been working as an initiative already since the beginning of the Nineties. Since 2007 the main work of active international e.V. means volunteers exchange in the field of international workcamps.
Our aims:
- encouraging and maintaining international contacts, understanding and co-operation
- stimulating personal development, social and intercultural learning as well as global understanding of
young people
- promoting voluntary work and the idea of volunteering
General information about our projects in Germany:
The group: will be international.
Duration: two-three weeks.
The work: will be 20-25 hours per week (Monday till Friday).
Accommodation: will be always in houses with all facilities like sleeping-rooms, kitchen, shower and toilet.
Food: will be prepared on a self catering basis (budget available) - group will cook and clean themselves, by daily changing kitchen-team.
Campleaders: There will be 1-2 campleaders per camp, helping to organise leisure time and excursion, keeping the budget. In the language-projects in some cases the teacher or at least one of the teacher is campleader as well, in other cases the teacher(s) come from "outside".
Camp language: German / English (see description)
Extra-fee: 160 EUR for those workcamps with language-part.
Insurance: will be provided (illness, accident, third liability) for the period of the projects. European volunteers have to bring their European Health Card. The insurance does not cover travel to and from the camp.
Info sheets (including travel information): will be sent to partners approx. 4 weeks before the project is due to start.
Criteria for taking part in our projects
Volunteers:
- have to be 16 years old at least, max. 26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
- (for our workcamps with language-part): have to have already at least basic knowledge of German
Detailed description
AI-1 Marburg 15.03.-29.03. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
AI-2 Marburg 24.05.-07.06. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
AI-3 Marburg 21.06.-06.07. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
AI-4 Marburg 02.08.-16.08. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
AI-5 Marburg 18.10.-02.11. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
Project: Host organisation is the municipality of Marburg. For many years they have organised international volunteer camps already. It is a workcamp including German Language Training. The lectures will be daily, three hours per day (excluding Saturday and Sunday when the group will go on excursions). Main topic during the lectures will be intercultural diversities. So the basis of the lectures will be firstly communication and secondly grammar. The teachers will be native speakers, partly trained teachers, partly students. The language-course won't have the same standard like a professional language-school, but experiences with this concept in the past have shown its success.
Work: Participants are busy doing various manual works to prepare the area (youth-holiday-camp "Freizeitgelände Stadtwald") for (or after) the summer leisure activities of the municipality. It means for example clearing the place, gardening, painting, building up/taking down tents. Time of work will be 4-5 hours daily, excluding Saturday and Sunday.
Accommodation: will be in a house with several-bed-rooms, kitchen, bathroom, shower. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and travel-costs for excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Marburg is a historical and picturesque old university town, 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. It has 80.000 inhabitants, including 20.000 students (from actual 120 different countries). The camp is located in the area named "Stadtwald" in a youth-holiday-camp. It is not located in the centre, but not too far, and there is a good bus-connection.
Terminal: Train-station Marburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-6 MR-Marbach 29.03.-13.04. 16 vols. ENVI/LANG
AI-7 MR-Marbach 13.07.-26.07. 16 vols. ENVI/LANG
Project: Host organisation is an Environmental Organisation - "Nature Friends" of Marburg. For many years they have organised international volunteer camps already. It is a workcamp including German Language Training. The lectures will be daily, three hours per day (excluding Saturday and Sunday when the group will go on excursions). During the lectures there will be two groups: one for those participants who have basic knowledge, and one for the advanced. Main topic during the lectures will be intercultural diversities. So the basis of the lectures will be firstly communication and secondly grammar. The teachers will be native speakers, partly trained teachers, partly students. The language-course won't have the same standard like a professional language-school, but experiences with this concept in the past have shown its success.
Work: Participants are busy doing various manual works to prepare the area around the house of the nature-friends. It means for example clearing the place and doing little forest-work. Partly the work could be also at the area of the youth-holiday-camp of the municipality. Time of work will be 2-3 hours daily, excluding Saturday and Sunday.
Accommodation: will be in a house with several-bed-rooms, kitchen, bathroom, showers. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and travel-costs for excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Marburg is a historical and picturesque old university town, 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. It has 80.000 inhabitants, including 20.000 students (from actual 120 different countries). The camp is located approx. 2 km away from the town centre.
Terminal: Train-station Marburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-8 Tringenstein 09.08.-23.08. 14 vols. MANU/LANG
Project: Host organisation is the Regional Government, depart. for Youth. For several years they have organised international volunteer camps already. It is a workcamp including German Language Training. The lectures will be daily, three hours per day (excluding Saturday and Sunday when the group will go on excursions). Main topic during the lectures will be intercultural diversities. So the basis of the lectures will be firstly communication and secondly grammar. The teachers will be native speakers, partly trained teachers, partly students. The language-course won't have the same standard like a professional language-school, but experiences with this concept in the past have shown its success.
Work: Participants are busy doing various manual works to help maintaining the area (youth-holiday-camp). It means for example clearing the place, painting, repairing, doing little forest work. Time of work will be 4-5 hours daily, excluding Saturday and Sunday.
Accommodation: will be in little comfortable houses with bed-rooms. Kitchen, bathroom, showers and more rooms will be in the main building. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and travel-costs for excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Tringenstein is a little village in Hessen, approx. 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. The next town is Dillenburg. The camp is located at the edge of village, almost in the forest.
Terminal: Train-station Dillenburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-9 Dillenburg 26.07.-16.08. 12 vols. ARCH/LANG
Project: Host organisation is the local museums-association ("Museumsverein Dillenburg e.V."). In previous years there have been several workcamps in Dillenburg already. It is a workcamp including German Language Training. The lectures will be on ten days during the camp, three hours per day. Main topic during the lectures will be intercultural diversities. So the basis of the lectures will be firstly communication and secondly grammar. The teachers will be native speakers, partly trained teachers, partly students. The language-course won't have the same standard like a professional language-school, but experiences with this concept in the past have shown its success.
Work: Participants will work at the area of the castle "Wilhelms-tower", in the former underground defensive fortifications (Kasematten), which are the biggest in Europe. It concretely means excavating one of the channels which is still blocked. Time of work will be 5 hours daily, excluding Saturday and Sunday.
Accommodation: will be in a building near the castle with sleeping-place, kitchen/living room, bathroom and shower. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and travel-costs for excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Dillenburg is a small town with 19.000 inhabitants, located in Hessen, approx. 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. The camp itself is loctated in the center of the town, at the area "Wilhelms-tower".
Terminal: Train-station Dillenburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-10 MR-Marbach 27.07.-08.08. 16 vols. ENVI/LANG
Project: Host organisation is an Environmental Organisation - "Sieben-Meilen-Stiefel", based in Marburg. This is a workcamp including a Studypart and German Language Training.
Work: Together we will work on projects in the outdoor education center (Naturfreundehaus) where you are based. This contains planting and other maintenance like painting. Time of work is approx 2 hours daily, excluding weekends.
Besides work, the camp will focus on several methods of outdoor education other than the old climbing rope. We will try out things of course. If you are interested in nature, in adventurous tours through a forest and some less obvious aspects of German society, in speaking and improving your German language - then you are at the right place.
In detail it means:
German language training: Regular language lessons in groups depending on your skills.
Land Art: Creativity with natural materials, sculptures out of wood, how to build miniature landscapes with children, painting with earth colours and others.
Adventure games, problem solving games outdoors: Games and exercises in group-dynamics, scouting games, walks in the nightly forest, walks and hikes with groups, orienteering.
Forest based projects for different age groups: A stone-age project as an example for an integrated approach.
Reflection of methods and connecting them to different age groups.
If you wish: The camp will provide you with new ideas and methods for your own outdoor programs at home, to discuss them and to develop new ideas.
Accommodation: will be in a house with several-bed-rooms, kitchen, bathroom, showers. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Marburg is a historical and picturesque old university town, 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. It has 80.000 inhabitants, including 20.000 students (from actual 120 different countries). The camp is located approx. 2 km away from the town centre.
Terminal: Train-station Marburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the study-part including language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-11 MR-Marbach 10.08.-22.08. 14 vols. ENVI
Project: Host organisation is an Environmental Organisation - "Nature Friends" of Marburg. For many years they have organised international volunteer camps already..
Work: We will work on projects in the outdoor education centre where you are based. Time of work will be 4-6 hours per day (excluding weekends). There is a lot to do in terms of landscape gardening, planting and other maintenance work. Besides work, there will be time to explore the area. As far as possible we will do outdoor activities like hikes or explore the town of Marburg. You will have a good chance to get to know some aspects of German every day culture and you will see some of the countries landscape.
Accommodation will be in the house (located in the forest) with several-bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself.
Location: Marburg/Lahn is situated about 100 km north of Frankfurt and is a picturesque old university town with about 80.000 inhabitants (20.000 students). The camp-house is approx. 2 km away from the town centre.
Terminal: train station Marburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Age: 16-26
Language: English
AI-12 Giessen 17.09.-01.10. 15 vols. FEST/THEA
Project: Host organisation is "Nathea e.V." (Organisation for Nature, theatre and alternative education). The main project is to support a theatre festival. The other is to participate in intensive theatre workshops yourself.
Work: We will work on various tasks as staff during, before and after a festival of international student drama groups mainly coming from Eastern Europe. The theatre groups are learners of German who perform in this language. The whole festival will count about 100 participants and will run for one week. Check out on: www.händehoch.org.
This means for you: Work in small groups as staff for the festival for approximately four hours per day. Enough time to attend theatre classes and workshops each day during the festival. Access to each stage production and performance during the festival. Some units on German everyday culture to make you familiar with the town of Gießen and time to learn about the tasks during the festival.
As the theatre plays are mainly in German and the festival language will be German as well, you have many possibilities to practise and speak German. If you are interested in theatre, performance and German language you are at the right place. There will be a huge workshop program on theatre techniques, dance and related subjects. Working hours are scheduled in a way that you may participate in the intensive workshops and possibly afternoon workshops too.
So the activities are:
Maintenance work for the theatre festival as staff for a night café, preparing breakfast and evening meals, caring for festival participants, guiding groups through the town of Gießen, general service including some cleaning stuff.
City projects in Gießen to make you familiar with the place and to get to know some aspects of German every day culture.
Intensive theatre workshops with four hours of classes during most festival days. You may choose between Clowns Play, Contact Improvisation, Theatre of the Suppressed following Augusto Boal, Improvisational Theatre and others.
There will be performances every evening, an outdoor event and at least one huge party. See the complete program on www.händehoch.org.
Accommodation: in a building. Food will be given.
Location: Giessen is situated about 60 km north of Frankfurt and is an university town with about 80.000 inhabitants.
Terminal: train station Giessen; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special remark: Because of the workshops there is an (extra-) fee: 80,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival.
Age: 16-26
Language: English and/or German
AI-13 Eisenach 12.07.-26.07. 12 vols. RENO
Project: Host organisation is the municipality of Eisenach, youth-department.
Work: The group will renovate the youth-club and the surrounding area. Main project will be constructing of a sports field. The time of work is 6 hours except weekends.
Accommodation: The camp will take place in the youth-club. Cooking, shopping and cleaning will be done by the group itself.
Location: Eisenach is a town at the edge of the 'Thueringer Wald'. The landmark of Eisenach is the 'Wartburg'.
Terminal: train station Eisenach; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn or Berlin.
Age: 16-26
Language: English
AI-14 Deetz 29.06.-12.07. 12 vols. MANU
Project: Host organisation is an organisation named "Europa-Jugendbaürnhof" (European Youth Farm).
Work: The work will consist of rebuilding a former block of flats and farmbuildings and also the surroundings into an 'European Youth Farm'. Mainly the work has already been done, so there is not much construction work any more. It means mainly working outside, for example to cultivate land, gardening, harvesting, doing some renovation depending upon need. The time of work is 6 hours daily except Wednesdays and weekends.
Accommodation: in a house nearby. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself.
Location: Deetz is a small village with approx. 800 inhabitants in the Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt; it is located 50 km south-east of Magdeburg. It is also not far away from Berlin. The house where the group will live is situated near a lake. Swimming is possible. It is at the edge of a nature reserve.
Terminal: train station Zerbst; within reach from Magdeburg or Berlin; next airport Berlin.
Age: 16-26
Language: English
active international e.V.
Bahnhofstr. 26A, 35037 Marburg, Germany
Tel. 06421-9998608, Fax 06421-9998607
eMail: info@active-international.de
http://www.active-international.de
Program 2008
| Code | Place | Date | Vlt | Type | Age * | Language | Extra-fee |
| AI-1 | Marburg | 15.03.-29.03. | 10 | MANU/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-2 | Marburg | 24.05.-07.06. | 10 | MANU/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-3 | Marburg | 21.06.-06.07. | 10 | MANU/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-4 | Marburg | 02.08.-16.08. | 10 | MANU/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-5 | Marburg | 18.10.-02.11. | 10 | MANU/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-6 | MR-Marbach | 29.03.-13.04. | 16 | MANU/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-7 | MR-Marbach | 13.07.-26.07. | 16 | MANU/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-8 | Tringenstein | 09.08.-23.08. | 16 | MANU/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-9 | Dillenburg | 26.07.-16.08. | 12 | ARCH/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-10 | MR-Marbach | 27.07.-08.08. | 16 | ENVI/LANG | 16-26 | German | 160,00 EUR |
| AI-11 | MR-Marbach | 10.08.-22.08. | 14 | ENVI | 16-26 | English | 0,00 EUR |
| AI-12 | Giessen | 17.09.-01.10. | 15 | FEST/THEA | 16-26 | Germ./Engl. | 80,00 EUR |
| AI-13 | Eisenach | 12.07.-26.07. | 12 | RENO/CONS | 16-26 | English | 0,00 EUR |
| AI-14 | Deetz | 29.06.-12.07. | 12 | MANU | 16-26 | English | 0,00 EUR |
* Exceptions for older volunteers are possible.
Who are we?
active international e.V. is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation which has been founded in 2003 in Marburg (Hessen, Germany), but has been working as an initiative already since the beginning of the Nineties. Since 2007 the main work of active international e.V. means volunteers exchange in the field of international workcamps.
Our aims:
- encouraging and maintaining international contacts, understanding and co-operation
- stimulating personal development, social and intercultural learning as well as global understanding of
young people
- promoting voluntary work and the idea of volunteering
General information about our projects in Germany:
The group: will be international.
Duration: two-three weeks.
The work: will be 20-25 hours per week (Monday till Friday).
Accommodation: will be always in houses with all facilities like sleeping-rooms, kitchen, shower and toilet.
Food: will be prepared on a self catering basis (budget available) - group will cook and clean themselves, by daily changing kitchen-team.
Campleaders: There will be 1-2 campleaders per camp, helping to organise leisure time and excursion, keeping the budget. In the language-projects in some cases the teacher or at least one of the teacher is campleader as well, in other cases the teacher(s) come from "outside".
Camp language: German / English (see description)
Extra-fee: 160 EUR for those workcamps with language-part.
Insurance: will be provided (illness, accident, third liability) for the period of the projects. European volunteers have to bring their European Health Card. The insurance does not cover travel to and from the camp.
Info sheets (including travel information): will be sent to partners approx. 4 weeks before the project is due to start.
Criteria for taking part in our projects
Volunteers:
- have to be 16 years old at least, max. 26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
- (for our workcamps with language-part): have to have already at least basic knowledge of German
Detailed description
AI-1 Marburg 15.03.-29.03. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
AI-2 Marburg 24.05.-07.06. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
AI-3 Marburg 21.06.-06.07. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
AI-4 Marburg 02.08.-16.08. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
AI-5 Marburg 18.10.-02.11. 10 vols. MANU/LANG
Project: Host organisation is the municipality of Marburg. For many years they have organised international volunteer camps already. It is a workcamp including German Language Training. The lectures will be daily, three hours per day (excluding Saturday and Sunday when the group will go on excursions). Main topic during the lectures will be intercultural diversities. So the basis of the lectures will be firstly communication and secondly grammar. The teachers will be native speakers, partly trained teachers, partly students. The language-course won't have the same standard like a professional language-school, but experiences with this concept in the past have shown its success.
Work: Participants are busy doing various manual works to prepare the area (youth-holiday-camp "Freizeitgelände Stadtwald") for (or after) the summer leisure activities of the municipality. It means for example clearing the place, gardening, painting, building up/taking down tents. Time of work will be 4-5 hours daily, excluding Saturday and Sunday.
Accommodation: will be in a house with several-bed-rooms, kitchen, bathroom, shower. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and travel-costs for excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Marburg is a historical and picturesque old university town, 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. It has 80.000 inhabitants, including 20.000 students (from actual 120 different countries). The camp is located in the area named "Stadtwald" in a youth-holiday-camp. It is not located in the centre, but not too far, and there is a good bus-connection.
Terminal: Train-station Marburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-6 MR-Marbach 29.03.-13.04. 16 vols. ENVI/LANG
AI-7 MR-Marbach 13.07.-26.07. 16 vols. ENVI/LANG
Project: Host organisation is an Environmental Organisation - "Nature Friends" of Marburg. For many years they have organised international volunteer camps already. It is a workcamp including German Language Training. The lectures will be daily, three hours per day (excluding Saturday and Sunday when the group will go on excursions). During the lectures there will be two groups: one for those participants who have basic knowledge, and one for the advanced. Main topic during the lectures will be intercultural diversities. So the basis of the lectures will be firstly communication and secondly grammar. The teachers will be native speakers, partly trained teachers, partly students. The language-course won't have the same standard like a professional language-school, but experiences with this concept in the past have shown its success.
Work: Participants are busy doing various manual works to prepare the area around the house of the nature-friends. It means for example clearing the place and doing little forest-work. Partly the work could be also at the area of the youth-holiday-camp of the municipality. Time of work will be 2-3 hours daily, excluding Saturday and Sunday.
Accommodation: will be in a house with several-bed-rooms, kitchen, bathroom, showers. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and travel-costs for excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Marburg is a historical and picturesque old university town, 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. It has 80.000 inhabitants, including 20.000 students (from actual 120 different countries). The camp is located approx. 2 km away from the town centre.
Terminal: Train-station Marburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-8 Tringenstein 09.08.-23.08. 14 vols. MANU/LANG
Project: Host organisation is the Regional Government, depart. for Youth. For several years they have organised international volunteer camps already. It is a workcamp including German Language Training. The lectures will be daily, three hours per day (excluding Saturday and Sunday when the group will go on excursions). Main topic during the lectures will be intercultural diversities. So the basis of the lectures will be firstly communication and secondly grammar. The teachers will be native speakers, partly trained teachers, partly students. The language-course won't have the same standard like a professional language-school, but experiences with this concept in the past have shown its success.
Work: Participants are busy doing various manual works to help maintaining the area (youth-holiday-camp). It means for example clearing the place, painting, repairing, doing little forest work. Time of work will be 4-5 hours daily, excluding Saturday and Sunday.
Accommodation: will be in little comfortable houses with bed-rooms. Kitchen, bathroom, showers and more rooms will be in the main building. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and travel-costs for excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Tringenstein is a little village in Hessen, approx. 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. The next town is Dillenburg. The camp is located at the edge of village, almost in the forest.
Terminal: Train-station Dillenburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-9 Dillenburg 26.07.-16.08. 12 vols. ARCH/LANG
Project: Host organisation is the local museums-association ("Museumsverein Dillenburg e.V."). In previous years there have been several workcamps in Dillenburg already. It is a workcamp including German Language Training. The lectures will be on ten days during the camp, three hours per day. Main topic during the lectures will be intercultural diversities. So the basis of the lectures will be firstly communication and secondly grammar. The teachers will be native speakers, partly trained teachers, partly students. The language-course won't have the same standard like a professional language-school, but experiences with this concept in the past have shown its success.
Work: Participants will work at the area of the castle "Wilhelms-tower", in the former underground defensive fortifications (Kasematten), which are the biggest in Europe. It concretely means excavating one of the channels which is still blocked. Time of work will be 5 hours daily, excluding Saturday and Sunday.
Accommodation: will be in a building near the castle with sleeping-place, kitchen/living room, bathroom and shower. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and travel-costs for excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Dillenburg is a small town with 19.000 inhabitants, located in Hessen, approx. 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. The camp itself is loctated in the center of the town, at the area "Wilhelms-tower".
Terminal: Train-station Dillenburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-10 MR-Marbach 27.07.-08.08. 16 vols. ENVI/LANG
Project: Host organisation is an Environmental Organisation - "Sieben-Meilen-Stiefel", based in Marburg. This is a workcamp including a Studypart and German Language Training.
Work: Together we will work on projects in the outdoor education center (Naturfreundehaus) where you are based. This contains planting and other maintenance like painting. Time of work is approx 2 hours daily, excluding weekends.
Besides work, the camp will focus on several methods of outdoor education other than the old climbing rope. We will try out things of course. If you are interested in nature, in adventurous tours through a forest and some less obvious aspects of German society, in speaking and improving your German language - then you are at the right place.
In detail it means:
German language training: Regular language lessons in groups depending on your skills.
Land Art: Creativity with natural materials, sculptures out of wood, how to build miniature landscapes with children, painting with earth colours and others.
Adventure games, problem solving games outdoors: Games and exercises in group-dynamics, scouting games, walks in the nightly forest, walks and hikes with groups, orienteering.
Forest based projects for different age groups: A stone-age project as an example for an integrated approach.
Reflection of methods and connecting them to different age groups.
If you wish: The camp will provide you with new ideas and methods for your own outdoor programs at home, to discuss them and to develop new ideas.
Accommodation: will be in a house with several-bed-rooms, kitchen, bathroom, showers. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself. Like in each workcamp, accommodation, food and excursions are free as well as materials/copies needed for the lectures.
Location: Marburg is a historical and picturesque old university town, 100 km north of Frankfurt/Main. It has 80.000 inhabitants, including 20.000 students (from actual 120 different countries). The camp is located approx. 2 km away from the town centre.
Terminal: Train-station Marburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special requirements: Participants must be able already to communicate in German, at least on a level which ensures simple communication; this course is not for absolute beginners. Participants also must be willing to communicate with each other during the camp in German and not in English or own mother tongue for the whole time, not only during the lectures. This is one important part of the concept.
Special remark: Because of the study-part including language-course there is an (extra-) fee: 160,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival. Official confirmation for participating in the language-course will be given at the end of the camp.
Age: 16-26 (exceptions for older volunteers are possible).
Language: German
AI-11 MR-Marbach 10.08.-22.08. 14 vols. ENVI
Project: Host organisation is an Environmental Organisation - "Nature Friends" of Marburg. For many years they have organised international volunteer camps already..
Work: We will work on projects in the outdoor education centre where you are based. Time of work will be 4-6 hours per day (excluding weekends). There is a lot to do in terms of landscape gardening, planting and other maintenance work. Besides work, there will be time to explore the area. As far as possible we will do outdoor activities like hikes or explore the town of Marburg. You will have a good chance to get to know some aspects of German every day culture and you will see some of the countries landscape.
Accommodation will be in the house (located in the forest) with several-bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself.
Location: Marburg/Lahn is situated about 100 km north of Frankfurt and is a picturesque old university town with about 80.000 inhabitants (20.000 students). The camp-house is approx. 2 km away from the town centre.
Terminal: train station Marburg; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Age: 16-26
Language: English
AI-12 Giessen 17.09.-01.10. 15 vols. FEST/THEA
Project: Host organisation is "Nathea e.V." (Organisation for Nature, theatre and alternative education). The main project is to support a theatre festival. The other is to participate in intensive theatre workshops yourself.
Work: We will work on various tasks as staff during, before and after a festival of international student drama groups mainly coming from Eastern Europe. The theatre groups are learners of German who perform in this language. The whole festival will count about 100 participants and will run for one week. Check out on: www.händehoch.org.
This means for you: Work in small groups as staff for the festival for approximately four hours per day. Enough time to attend theatre classes and workshops each day during the festival. Access to each stage production and performance during the festival. Some units on German everyday culture to make you familiar with the town of Gießen and time to learn about the tasks during the festival.
As the theatre plays are mainly in German and the festival language will be German as well, you have many possibilities to practise and speak German. If you are interested in theatre, performance and German language you are at the right place. There will be a huge workshop program on theatre techniques, dance and related subjects. Working hours are scheduled in a way that you may participate in the intensive workshops and possibly afternoon workshops too.
So the activities are:
Maintenance work for the theatre festival as staff for a night café, preparing breakfast and evening meals, caring for festival participants, guiding groups through the town of Gießen, general service including some cleaning stuff.
City projects in Gießen to make you familiar with the place and to get to know some aspects of German every day culture.
Intensive theatre workshops with four hours of classes during most festival days. You may choose between Clowns Play, Contact Improvisation, Theatre of the Suppressed following Augusto Boal, Improvisational Theatre and others.
There will be performances every evening, an outdoor event and at least one huge party. See the complete program on www.händehoch.org.
Accommodation: in a building. Food will be given.
Location: Giessen is situated about 60 km north of Frankfurt and is an university town with about 80.000 inhabitants.
Terminal: train station Giessen; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn.
Special remark: Because of the workshops there is an (extra-) fee: 80,00 EUR - to be paid upon arrival.
Age: 16-26
Language: English and/or German
AI-13 Eisenach 12.07.-26.07. 12 vols. RENO
Project: Host organisation is the municipality of Eisenach, youth-department.
Work: The group will renovate the youth-club and the surrounding area. Main project will be constructing of a sports field. The time of work is 6 hours except weekends.
Accommodation: The camp will take place in the youth-club. Cooking, shopping and cleaning will be done by the group itself.
Location: Eisenach is a town at the edge of the 'Thueringer Wald'. The landmark of Eisenach is the 'Wartburg'.
Terminal: train station Eisenach; next airport Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt-Hahn or Berlin.
Age: 16-26
Language: English
AI-14 Deetz 29.06.-12.07. 12 vols. MANU
Project: Host organisation is an organisation named "Europa-Jugendbaürnhof" (European Youth Farm).
Work: The work will consist of rebuilding a former block of flats and farmbuildings and also the surroundings into an 'European Youth Farm'. Mainly the work has already been done, so there is not much construction work any more. It means mainly working outside, for example to cultivate land, gardening, harvesting, doing some renovation depending upon need. The time of work is 6 hours daily except Wednesdays and weekends.
Accommodation: in a house nearby. Cooking, cleaning, shopping etc. will be done by the group itself.
Location: Deetz is a small village with approx. 800 inhabitants in the Bundesland Sachsen-Anhalt; it is located 50 km south-east of Magdeburg. It is also not far away from Berlin. The house where the group will live is situated near a lake. Swimming is possible. It is at the edge of a nature reserve.
Terminal: train station Zerbst; within reach from Magdeburg or Berlin; next airport Berlin.
Age: 16-26
Language: English
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