Vacancy: SDA101-10 Moravian countryside I- International Volunteer Project in a farm in Czech Republic
Company: Concordia
Category: Conservation, Construction & building, Agricultural
Dates: 09/04/2010-26/04/2010
Cost: £180 registration fee-Volunteers fund their own travel. Board and accommodation provided by the host organisation free of charge
Support in place: Pre-departure phone and email support; local project co-ordinators look after the volunteers; host organisation 24 hours full support ; evaluation and feedback once back in the UK.
Age limit: 18+
Placement Details
SDA101-10 Moravian countryside I- International Volunteer Project in a farm in Czech Republic
Programme : STANDARD
Project type : Agricultural Work Construction Environmental
Age : 18 to 70
Places : 8
Country : Czech Republic
Travel terminal : Tvarozna Lhota
Dates : 09/04/2010-26/04/2010
Location : The project will take place in the small Moravian village Tvarozna Lhota, situated in the White Carpathian mountains near the Slovakian border. The region is famous for its folk traditions and beautiful nature.
Background Information . The local NGO “Bile Karpaty” is running a center for rural development and sustainability. The NGO also has a farm with old agricultural lands, which are again beginning to be used for breeding sheep and growing herbs and fruit trees. The areal is currently turning into a retreat for children and tourists – there is a small museum on traditional rural architecture and every year several events take place there.
Work . The work will be manual. The volunteers will help on the farm – mainly repairing fences, making hay, preparing games for children, cleaning works, weeding in the herbal garden. They will also collect herbs from the surrounding meadows, which are used for the production of herbal teas. On the second day of the camp a little festival of typical fruit products „ Oskeruše“ is taking place. The volunteers will help with the technical preparations of the event (putting up stands, etc.)
Accomodation : The volunteers will be accommodated in the “In-Klub”-building in the very center of the village. You will need to bring your own sleeping bag and sleeping mat. Two small bathrooms are available. The volunteers will prepare their meals together – a small kitchen is available in the place of living.
Study : l earn more about local products, local farming, historical and natural potentials of the region.
PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO APPLY VOLUNTEERS NEED TO BE RESIDENT IN THE UK