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VJF 1.1, Kirch Kogel near Guestrow, 16/08 – 29/08/04, ENVI, 10 Vol
The volunteers’ work will consist of cultivation of a biotope, planting work, clearance of a forest, removing meadows and bushes in the area surrounding Karow. This is a special camp for nature lovers.
Accommodation: in a big old house with several rooms
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin or Hamburg, train station Karow via Guestrow
VJF 1.2, Dreilützow, 16/08 – 29/08/04, ENVI/ART, 15 Vol
You will work around the castle Dreiluetzow, putting up signs on footpaths for the children and youth groups visiting the castle. You will also have the chance to improve the appearance of the paths with decorative wood. Another task in this workcamp will be care for the park behind the castle. The highlight of the workcamp will be the light feast on the last weekend. Here we need your help for preparation and during the feast. We would really appreciate, if you play an instrument, if you could it bring with you.
Accommodation: in a little building next to the castle
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin, a train to Hagenow, then a bus to Wittenburg Rosenstraße
VJF 1.3, Anklam, 16/08-05/09/04, RENO, 15 Vol
Volunteers will be working at the water sports’ club in Anklam. They will have to renew the front of the main house and will do renovation work at the bungalows as well as gardening work (for example to remove weed, to cut bushes and to dig tunnels) in the area. Perhaps volunteers will work also on boats or machines that is repairing, rust removal and painting.
Accommodation: in bungalows
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin, train to Anklam
VJF 1.4, Bröllin, 19/07-08/08/04, CONS, 8 Vol
In this year the workcamp will create a children’s leisure centre in the park and the surroundings of the former court. If the weather is rainy you will work inside of the buildings, renovating the rooms.
Accommodation: in a big room
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin, a train to Pasewalk
VJF 2.1, Frauensee, 05/09-19/09/04, RENO/ART, 20 Vol
You will renovate the rooms of the buildings and you will also clean the surrounding areas of the houses. Another task will be to support the staff organizing the Autumn Party.
The volunteers are also asked to create a circus program for the children who are in the centre.
Accommodation: in little houses
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin, S-Bahn (city train) to Königs Wusterhausen
VJF 2.2, Hölzerner See, 20/09-03/10/04, RENO/ENVI, 15 Vol
The volunteers will renovate various rooms. They will paint playthings and will build new playthings in the forest. Furthermore garden work is planned, e.g. planting of a hedge for the protection of birds.
Accommodation: In guest house „Hasenhaus“.
Terminal: Airport or train station in Berlin, train up to Königs Wusterhausen, then bus (Nr.725, 727) towards Märkisch
Buchholz up to Hölzerner See.
VJF 2.3, Sachsenhausen 1 (first), 12/07-30/07/04, HIST/STUDY/RENO, 15 Vol
VJF 2.4, Sachsenhausen 2 (second), 06/08-24/08/04, HIST/STUDY/RENO, 15 Vol
The main aim of this workcamp is to bring young people from different countries together, to study and deepen the understanding of history and gain the access to the period of National Socialism. The participants will give their assistance to the „Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen“, the former concentration camp. But there are also physical works to be done i.e. gardening, maintenance, and cleaning up of specific areas of the memorial.
Accommodation: In a youth hostel, 2 km away from the memorial
Terminal: Airport or train in Berlin, train up to Oranienburg.
VJF 2.5, Burg, 12/08-03/09/04, AGRI/ENVI, 12 Vol
This is a workcamp in a famous Germany area called „Spreewald“. The volunteers will work about 6 hours per day in a special agricultural area of a biosphere reserve. Do gardening work i.e. working and harvesting in the herb garden.
Accommodation: In youth hostel near Burg.
Terminal: Airport or train station in Berlin, train up to Cottbus, then take a bus from Marienstraße towards Burg or Straupitz/Lübben.
VJF 2.6, Potsdam, 19/07-04/08/04, RENO/HIST, 15 Vol
You will do different clearing and gardening work at the Jewish cemetery and in the historic Russian Colony Alexandrowka. Experts of the department, responsible for the maintenance of memorials in Potsdam will supervise your work. So you will have the possibility to get a deeper knowledge about the history of Potsdam during the last centuries and if you are also interested, especially about the time during and after the Second Word War. Of course we will visit some of the places, which Potsdam is famous for. You will also have to do maintenance and care for the historical monuments in the cemetery.
Accommodation: You will live in a student dormitory in 3-bed-rooms. A kitchen and a common room will be available.
Terminal: Airport or train station Berlin, S-Bahn to Potsdam
VJF 2.7, Ravensbrück, 02/08-18/08/04, HIST/STUDY, 15 Vol
Volunteers are going to work near the area of the former concentration camp Ravensbrück, which was the largest concentration camp for women during the time of fascism. Today at this place there is a memorial museum. It is planned that the group will work in a small unknown special camp near the main area of the women-concentration camp. There are different works: clean the area of the wild growing vegetation, archaeological work, and investigation-works.
There will be many possibilities to learn a lot about the history and background of fascism by visiting other museums and talking to a time witness. A special topic will be the information and discussion about SIEMENS (one of the big war factories). It’s also possible to discuss recent problems of racism and neo-fascism.
Accommodation: In a youth hostel
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin, train station Fürstenberg/Havel
VJF 2.8, Wulkow, 12/07-01/08/04, ENVI, 15 Vol
In our eco-village there are a lot of people who are interested in ECOLOGICAL WORK. So you have to work in this field, for example: taking care of circular beds, elder plantings, the castle park, herb garden, village pond, barefoot path, natural purification system work in the kindergarten and plan and build an outside theatre. Eventually you will work with clay and learn how to use ecological building materials.
Accommodation: In a house called „Dome space“
Terminal: Airport or train in Berlin, train to Berlin Ostbahnhof, then from there train to Frankfurt/Oder then bus up to Booßen.
VJF 2.9, Gut Gnewikow, 06/09-26/09/04, ENVI, 15 Vol
You will work in a big forest. It hasn’t been cleaned for many years. This forest belonged once to the manor owner and was really beautiful. We need your help to get back its old beauty.
Accommodation: You will live in rooms of 4-6 persons. All that you need is there: showers, bed sheets, etc.
Terminal: Berlin, from there by train to Neuruppin.
VJF 2.10, Schloss Gadow, 02/08-15/08/04, CONS, 16 Vol
Your work will take place in the horse farm. You will help to build a place for horse riding.
Accommodation: You will live in rooms of 4-6 persons. All that you need is there: showers, bed sheets, etc.
Terminal: Berlin or Hamburg, from there by train to Wittenberge
VJF 2.11, Petkus Spring, 12/04-25/04/04, ENVI/CONS, 8 Vol
Your work will be divided into two parts. In the first week you will work in Baruth. You will prepare an event in which volunteers will plant trees. You will put in supports of wood and paint them in different colours. You will also help to prepare an exhibition in the old castle.
The next week you will spend working in Petkus. You will build a parking place and fences. Another task will be renovation work in the old manor house.
Accommodation:You will be accommodated in a big, very comfortable room in the Skatehotel.
Terminal: Berlin, from there by train to Baruth + bus to Petkus
VJF 2.12, Helenesee, 20/09-10/10/04, CONS/ENVI, 17 Vol
You will help to make the area more attractive. Your work will mostly take part outside. You will dig ditches to put in electricity and water pipes. Another task will be planting trees. Alternative work for rain will be renovating the accommodations.
Accommodation: You will live in rooms of 4-6 persons. All that you need is there: showers, bed sheets, etc.
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VJF 3.3, Berlin - Maxim, 05/07-25/07/04, RENO, 15 Vol
You will decorate the sanitary facilities of the youth club. The creation will be a mixture of art and handicraft. An artist will support the project.
Accommodation: in the youth club
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin. S- or U-Bahn and finally tram 23/24 to Langhansstr./Behaimstr
VJF 3.4, Berlin - Krimiweg, 21/07-01/08/04, RENO/STUDY, 15 Vol
The volunteers will help to make the project and meeting centre of VJF (Union of Youth Volunteers) more attractive for our visitors. This will include, repairing, renovating, cleaning, garden work and repairing old and second hand bicycles which could be used by our young guests in future.
Accommodation: In the VJF centre, in small houses.
Terminal: Airport or train station in Berlin, train up to Grünau, then tram towards Alt-Schmöckwitz up to Adlergestell/Vetschauer Allee.
VJF 3.5, Video Camp, 06/08-22/08/04, ART, 12 Vols
VJF will celebrate its 15th birthday in 2005. You will help to create a video about the projects organized by VJF. Your task is to work with camera, light and sound. We split the camp in groups. Each team has to visit different workcamps and project places of the Voluntary Ecological Year. They also have to interview the staff members of VJF, volunteers and project leader for the film, and than to cut their material. Finally we put the several takes together.
Accommodation: in the youth club
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin. S- or U-Bahn and finally tram 23/24 to Langhansstr./Behaimstr.
VJF 3.6, Berlin Marzahn, 30/08-19/09/04, AGRI/CULT, 15 Vol
In this workcamp, there will be more to do with environment and farming. You will work in a special farm called „Tierhof Alt Marzahn“, which is an agricultural museum located in a big town and still working by using traditional methods of farm work (19th century). There is cattle breeding in this „Tierhof“ especially for domestic animals in danger of extinguishing and the volunteers are therefore asked to help in the daily work at the farm, i.e. preparing food for animals (rabbits, chicken, sheep, horses, donkeys), clean the cages, and build fences. The second part of the workcamp will be to prepare the annual traditional market (two-day-market) in Marzahn, where farmers offer their goods and artists show performance, which will include construction of the market stalls and decoration. You might probably be needed for clearing work after the closing of the market.
Accommodation: In big house similar to a dormitory.
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin, S-Bahn (city train) into direction Ahrensfelde (stop Marzahn.
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3.7, Kita, 20/07-01/08/04, RENO, 15 Vol
You will work in a kindergarten close to our meeting and project centre. Your work will be divided into two parts. You will renovate the rooms of the kindergarten. Another task will be work in the garden. There you will plant a hedge for little animals and birds. For sure you will get in contact with the children who are attending the kindergarten at this time.
Accommodation: In the VJF centre, in small houses.
Terminal: Airport or train station in Berlin, train up to Grünau, then tram towards Alt-Schmöckwitz up to Adlergestell/Vetschauer Allee.
VJF 4.1, Sachsen-Anhalt, 22/08-13/09/04, ART, 11 Vol
The project is called TABS – Toleranzförderung in Alltag, Beruf und Schule durch interkulturelles Lernen (Improving of Tolerance in everyday life, at work and in school via intercultural learning). You will live and work in Magdeburg, the capital of the federal state Sachsen-Anhalt. Together with youngsters from Magdeburg you will participate in art workshops. The outcome will be an exhibition, which includes arts, painting, graphics, sculpturing, performance etc.
Accommodation: in an old lord house
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin or Halle/Leipzig, train station Magdeburg
REMARKS: Volunteers have to be very motivated and very interested to take part in such kind of camp. Also they should have skills in the topics fine arts and/or descriptive arts. Volunteers have to be sure, that they can join this project the whole time. Please notice: it’s going to be hard work. VJF acts only as coordinating organisation. Extra sheet of motivation attached to the application form. Decision about application will take a little bit more time then usual.
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VJF 5.1, Gut Gamig, 09/07-01/08/04, AGRI/MENT, 10 Vol
Gamig Castle is an estate consisting of a farm, chapel and a small garden. Some of the Castle’s buildings date back as far as the 16th Century. Nowadays it is used for the rehabilitation and treatment of mentally ill (manic depressive and schizophrenic) people. The patients work on a large organic farm, as well as in art and craft shops. Volunteers are asked to do different gardening work and to help in the agricultural activities such as apple harvesting and cleaning vegetables. Sometimes volunteers will work alongside the patients. It is planned to have talks about methods and aims of the medical treatment of the centre with the doctor. Visits of the different workshops, where patients spend their working day are possible.
Accommodation: in a small old flat inside the castle
Terminal: Airports or train stations in Berlin or Dresden, train station in Dresden, train to Heidenau, then Dohna.
VJF 6.1, Weisbach, 05/07-25/07/04, ARCH, 8 Vol
The volunteers will be asked to help with the excavation work in the fortress with the possibility of doing drawings or helping with the presentation of an exhibition. The village is quite isolated, difficult to reach by public means of transport.
Accommodation: In a community house.
Terminal: Airport or train in Berlin, train to Saalfeld (between Berlin and Munich)
VJF 6.2, Weissensee-Runneburg, 06/08-29/08/04, ARCH/RENO/CULT, 14 Vol
Here you will find one of the biggest Romanic castles of Germany, which was built in the 12th century. The volunteers will be involved in restoration and maintenance. Do some excavation work, but mainly renovation and clearing work in the surrounding area and inside the tower. Additionally you will help to prepare the castle-festival.
Accommodation: In a big room inside the castle or in tents.
Terminal: Airport Berlin or Halle/Leipzig, train to Erfurt, then train to Sömmerda.
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6.3, Jena, 16/08-29/08/04, ENVI, 12 Vol
This is a city with good surroundings and with good possibilities for recreation and relaxation. The volunteers will help the environmentally engaged „Berggesellschaften“ and the local foresters with the renovation and construction of several recreation facilities in the Jena-forest. Probably help painting small wooden huts, repair trails, cut small trees and renovate signs on the educational way through the forest.
Accommodation: In a hostel in the western part of Jena.
Terminal: Airport or train in Berlin, train to Jena-Paradies. From there, you will have to walk for about 40 minutes. Following the signboards, „International Workcamp“, but in case of any problems, don’t hesitate asking the people you meet on the way.
VJF 6.4, Buchenwald, 19/07-01/08/04, HIST, 20 Vol
The volunteers will work in the memorial of the former concentration camp of Buchenwald. They will do several works in the memorial area like cleaning, gardening and restoration in co-operation with the curators of the memorial. Your work will also have to do with the original remains of this former concentration camp. You will get to know more about the time of fascism. Moreover you will see documentary movies and those who would like, may work with materials of the library or the archive.
Accommodation: In the youth centre building situated on the area of the concentration camp.
Terminal: Airport or train station in Berlin, train to Erfurt and then one to Weimar, then bus nr. 6 up to Buchenwald.
VJF 6.5, Mühlhausen, 04/07-25/07/04, RENO, 12 Vol
Besides the buildings for accommodation and the church, which are redeveloped by professional handcrafters, one of the buildings – maybe the nicest one – is planned to offer rooms for meetings and for creative activities. The building has good walls and a new roof, but the interior is desolate. The work camp participants will help to do redeveloping and repair work of floors, walls, ceilings, doors and windows. Timberwork, painting and clay plastering is waiting to be done.
Accommodation:Several rather modest mattress-on-the-floor accommodations are possible in the actually unused buildings of the site or in the backpacker’s accommodation. Terminal: Airport or train station in Berlin or Leipzig, Take hourly trains from Göttingen, Erfurt or Gotha to Mühlhausen train station.
