Work

You will be able to support the work done at Soli Festival. Soli Festival is a festival that tries to raise awareness about solar energy sustainable effects. Concerts at this festival, electricity from solar energy with outdoor activities and workshops for individuals of all ages such as awareness raising and capacity building activities on energy production and similar issues. Many activities are available. If you have the knowledge and experience, this festival will focus on solar energy. You can also organize workshops. The preparation, organization and daily life of this three-day festival. You will be able to participate in the works and participate in the festival.

Partner

We will organize this camp in cooperation with Mezitli Municipality and this year It will be the fifth year of our cooperation. Mezitli Municipality, democratic, social, fair and transparent municipality has proven its understanding with the international awards it has received, social innovation in Turkey and in the world. It has been one of the most influential municipalities in Humanitarian aid for earthquake victims services are available. https://mezitli.bel.tr

Location

Mersin is a coastal city full of historical, cultural and social places where volunteers can spend social time. The host institution, Mezitli Municipality, will do its best to provide you with sufficient opportunities to access activities where you can experience Mersin and Mediterranean culture and spend social time.

Accomodation

Volunteers will stay in Happy Life Village belonging to Mezitli Municipality. It is a facility where social work is carried out for children and young people, national and international volunteers. It supports the social work done here throughout the year. There is bungalow houses for 2-3 people and there is a dormitory for 40 people (20 female, 20 male). Volunteers, depending on the situation and need this bungalow will be placed in houses. Toilet, bathroom, social areas, green space, cafeteria, air conditioning and security is available. Happy Life Village is a social environment that is developing and enriching day by day. Volunteers sometimes eat in the cafeteria of Happy Life Village, sometimes in the soup kitchen, Sometimes they can eat in the municipality and sometimes as food. Ready meals for volunteers will be provided. Sometimes, volunteers will be able to have their meals at the Down Cafe. in this cafe individuals with Down syndrome are employed. Cost of meals eaten by volunteers here It is covered by the municipality and in this way, individuals with Down syndrome are supported, contributes to equal opportunities in life.

Requirements

Volunteers who can produce and implement activities with non-formal education methods. Volunteers with artistic abilities such as music, painting, dance, pantomime.

Meeting point

MERSIN FORUM AVM

Notes:

No extra fee.

Descrizione

The festival is an experience of interculturality manifested in dance and will be held in different locations in Lima, with the purpose of paying tribute to the diversity of cultures in Peru and the world. The Semilla Folk Festival will be, like every year, free access and is aimed mainly at children, young people and people who do not have the opportunity to live a cultural experience.

Work

Our organization has been successfully carrying out 10 editions of the "Semilla Folk" Festival since 2010. The Festival consists of the presentation of traditional dances from each country; in addition to Peruvian Andean Fusions, a mixture of the urban with the Andean. In this new edition we will be accompanied by 4 international delegations: Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Poland, with a total of 150 foreign artists including dancers and musicians.

Partner

Brigada de Voluntarios Bolivarianos del Perú, is a national youth volunteer organization, non- profit, founded 40 years ago, on November 23, 1982. We are one of the most important volunteer organizations in Peru, with representation in 12 regions. We are committed to the International Voluntary Service since 1999, with short, medium and long-term programs and with more than 30 projects of the Erasmus+ program, since 2015.

Location

Villa María del Triunfo, is a district located in the southern area of Lima, it has an extensive territory and population. Likewise, it presents various problems, such as: delinquency and drug addiction (alcoholism, gangs, low self-esteem and depression) affecting mainly children, adolescents and young people, who are dragged into these problems due to lack of family communication, insufficient practice of values, lack of guidance, few job options and the absence of cultural spaces where they can develop activities that help them to better function in society.

Accomodation

The volunteers will be housed in a house with all basic services. It is necessary that the volunteers bring sleeping bag, and the food will be healthy

Notes:

For this workcamp Motivation Letter in english is needed.

Work

Hungary’s biggest electronic music festival will take place again this year on the shores of Lake Balaton in Zamárdi, between 28 June and 1 July. Now you get the chance to become a volunteer of Balaton Sound with us! Festival Volunteer Center are looking for enthusiastic new volunteers who would like to join an awesome team in an effort to help Balaton Sound Festival become a safer place! As a Safety First volunteer, you will be in direct contact with the safety and health services as well as the visitors. You can either help support the team at 0-24 Safety Points or as patrol personnel in the field. Proficiency in English is a must since it will be the main language of communication. There will probably be around 300 volunteers from Hungary who will work with or near you.

Partner

Festival Volunteer Center organize volunteer programs for the biggest festivals in Hungary. They work with volunteers, with more than 2500+ per year in around 100 possible positions at festivals like Sziget, EFOTT, Balaton Sound, Campus, etc. and also concerts in sport arenas. Over the past 10 years, they have built up a system and shaped it to its present form, which makes it possible for enthusiastic and help-offering volunteers to evolve, for festivals to find motivated workforce, and the joint work ensures countless future opportunities for all parties. They are shaping this process by making use of the diverse, creative, improvisatory ideas from all the participants year by year.

Location

The festival takes place in Zamardi, Hungary right next to Hungary’s biggest lake, the Balaton. Your task is going to take place either in the Safety First point or as a patrol personnel in the field inside the festival. Outside the 6 hours of work per day with your wristband, you can enter the festival as much as you want, or dip in Lake Balaton or just enjoy each other's company. There will probably be around 200 volunteers from Hungary who will work with or near you.

Accomodation

You will have your own place at the staff camping but don’t forget to BRING YOUR OWN TENT! There is a shower in the camping area. You will get one hot meal every day you work. Please send your special needs and they will try to make it.

Requirements

If you become a volunteer of ours you will have to register on our website (where you will get your contract) and take part in a group Google Meet call. Once you arrive to the festival, you have to visit a doctor for a quick and free examination. Also, don’t forget to bring 36 000 HUF or 90 EUR deposit for the weekly ticket you’re going to get. This is a must, without the deposit you can not work with us. At the end of the festival, if you did not break the contract you are going to get your deposit back. Unfortunately, we can only host volunteers from EEA countries. Also, we do not pay your travel expenses. For more information about the festival, visit their website: https://balatonsound.com/en-int/

Meeting point

You need to travel by train from Budapest to Zamárdi. Trains depart every hour from Budapest Déli station. We ask you to catch the train the latest at 16.30 am at Déli Station, so the team can arrive around 6 pm at the festival location. It takes around 1,5 hour from the airport to the train station by bus, metro and metro.

Descrizione

Project goals: ▪ restoration of the historical environment of the city by volunteers ▪ popularization of historical heritage and its preservation among foreign tourists and locals. ▪ to increase town’s attractiveness for the foreign tourist and locals, show its richness of the culture and nationalities ▪ to create and promote town’s branding and identity

Work

Volunteers will work on the construction of the "Weight House", assembling and building it from wooden and carved parts, which will be previously prepared by the foreman.

Partner

Leadership was founded on November 1, 2005, as a youth volunteer organization under the auspices of the public association Leader, a center of civic society initiatives. Leadership is a non-profit organization bringing together young volunteers with the mission of involving youth in civil society through volunteerism, project design, and cooperation both locally and internationally. Our Mission is to involve youth in civil society through volunteerism in cooperation with local and international volunteer projects.

Location

Our volunteer programs are located in the northeastern region of Kyrgyzstan, in the town of Karakol. The town is the administrative center of the Issyk-Kul Oblast. The town is a base for exploring the central Tien Shan Mountain range and Karakol is situated near the pearl of the country – Issyk-Kul Lake.

Accomodation

Volunteers will live in the hostel. Cooking will be done by a hostel.

Requirements

Karakol, Office of Leadership, 138 Lenin St. (crossroad: Koenkozova St). Travel cost from the airport to the meeting point is not reimbursed. Extra assistance with travel can be provided upon request.

Notes:

For this workcamp Motivation Letter in english is needed.

Descrizione

You will help the organisers in all phases of the festival. On the first days, the main tasks will be setting up the stage and the campground on the site of the festival. You will also help to create the always charming and handmade decorations of the festival site and help with the disassembly of the whole structure and surroundings on the last day. While the festival is running, you should be available to the organisation and will be asked to assist in different areas: bar, stage, organisation, catering etc. You will work closely with the local people from the association! There is a plan for the build-up of the festival, nevertheless the schedule will be adapted to the always changing logistics of the event and you are expected to be flexible, patient and work autonomously within this plan. Volunteers should be prepared to work long and unusual hours, but also have some time between their shifts, which can be used to explore the festival and enjoy the music! Speaking or understanding basic German will be a plus!

Work

You will help the organisers in all phases of the festival. On the first days, the main tasks will be setting up the stage and the campground on the site of the festival. You will also help to create the always charming and handmade decorations of the festival site and help with the disassembly of the whole structure and surroundings on the last day. While the festival is running, you should be available to the organisation and will be asked to assist in different areas: bar, stage, organisation, catering etc. You will work closely with the local people from the association! There is a plan for the build-up of the festival, nevertheless the schedule will be adapted to the always changing logistics of the event and you are expected to be flexible, patient and work autonomously within this plan. Volunteers should be prepared to work long and unusual hours, but also have some time between their shifts, which can be used to explore the festival and enjoy the music! Speaking or understanding basic German will be a plus!

Partner

IBG is a German non-profit organisation founded in 1965 with the aim of contributing to peace and international understanding through international youth community services. IBG is committed to international understanding, the promotion of respect and openness, the strengthening of democratic awareness through independent and responsible action, the overcoming of disadvantageous social conditions, as well as a lasting positive impact of work camps on the local project communities.

Location

NEXT AIRPORT: Nuremberg, Munich, Frankfurt NEXT TRAIN STATION: Pegnitz

Accomodation

You will stay at the local brewery! It is a small and very basic accommodation not far from the festival site that does not provide much comfort, but a very unique charm. The final ceremony afterwards for all the helpers of the festival will also take place there. During the festival food will be provided by the food stands throughout the day.

Requirements

We ask for a motivation letter to be sent with the application Volunteers who need a visa must apply at least three month in advance.

Meeting point

How to arrive at Pegnitz station: from Nuremberg main station 37 minutes via regional train (RE) to Bayreuth. From Pegnitz station it is only about 1 km to walk to the brewery: https://goo.gl/maps/GVscNqPkSMGtjt2V6

Descrizione

Newstar Drama Group was founded in 1993 at Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC) Nairobi and was registered in 1996 by the Ministry of Culture and Social services. The group is a traveling theatre group that has performed at many high schools, universities, colleges, primary schools, social forums and Kenya National Theatre. Newstar is a member of International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA).

Work

Manual work and Intercultural activities: - Newstar Drama Group office work. - Performing arts training. - Live drama performances. - Mentorship for artistes. - Promotional activities including marketing theatre productions. - Submit Project Report to KVDA.

Partner

Kenya Voluntary Development Association (KVDA) is an indigenous, non-political and membership organization which is non-sectarian and non-profit making started in 1962 as a work camp organization registered under the Societies’ Act. In 1993, KVDA was registered as a Non-Governmental organization by the establishment of the NGOs Coordination Act.

Location

Kisii County

Accomodation

- Volunteers will stay in a house provided by the local people with very basic living conditions. - Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. - KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. - Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. - The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. - Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

Meeting point

Orientation: Will be done on 3rd July 2023 at Nairobi South YMCA Hostel in Nairobi and the team will leave for the project on the morning of 4th July 2023 Airport pick-up services: - The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi - Airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details. - Volunteers will stay at Nairobi South YMCA Hostel at a subsidized fees ahead of their project placement.

Notes:

For this workcamp Motivation Letter in english is needed.

Work

Hungary’s biggest university party is waiting for you again, where you can be one of the volunteers and enjoy the best of both worlds at the festival! The main duty assigned to festival volunteers is to ensure the cleanliness of the festival grounds by collecting litter, picking up garbage and ensuring that the surroundings are neat and tidy and with the help of you we can maintain a clean environment. By contributing to the event’s eco-friendly atmosphere, they are part of something pretty amazing. Volunteers will mainly be responsible for keeping the festival area clean in the morning, but they will have the opportunity to enjoy their well-deserved free time throughout the rest of the day. There will probably be around 150 volunteers from Hungary who will work with or near you.

Partner

Festival Volunteer Center organize volunteer programs for the biggest festivals in Hungary. They work with volunteers, with more than 2500+ per year in around 100 possible positions at festivals like Sziget, EFOTT, Balaton Sound, Campus, etc. and also concerts in sport arenas. Over the past 10 years, they have built up a system and shaped it to its present form, which makes it possible for enthusiastic and help-offering volunteers to evolve, for festivals to find motivated workforce, and the joint work ensures countless future opportunities for all parties. They are shaping this process by making use of the diverse, creative, improvisatory ideas from all the participants year by year.

Location

The festival takes place in Sukoró, Hungary right next to lake Velence. Outside the 6 hours of work per day with your wristband you can enter the festival as much as you want, or dip in Lake Velence or make friends and just enjoy each other’s company.

Accomodation

You will have your own place at the staff camping but don’t forget to BRING YOUR OWN TENT! There is a shower in the camping. You can choose any kind of special food, we will try to make it. Please let us know as soon as you can. You will get one hot meal every day you work.

Requirements

If you become a volunteer of ours you will have to register on our website (where you will get your contract) and take part in a group Google Meet call. Once you arrive to the festival, you have to visit a doctor for a quick and free examination. Also, don’t forget to bring 22 000 HUF or 55 EUR deposit for the weekly ticket you’re going to get. This is a must, without the deposit you can not work with us. At the end of the festival, if you did not break the contract you are going to get your deposit back. Unfortunately, we are only able to work with volunteers from the EEA countries. Please book refundable plane tickets in case the workcamp needs to be cancelled. Also, we do not pay your travel expenses. For more information about the festival, visit their website: https://tickets.efott.hu/events/efott-2023

Meeting point

The nearest airport is Budapest (BUD) in Hungary. To get to Sukoró from Budapest, you can start by taking the train to Kápolnásnyék and then transfer to a bus that will take you the rest of the way. Trains depart every hour from Budapest Déli station. We ask you to catch the train at the latest at 17.10 pm at Déli Station so the team can arrive around 7 pm at the festival location. It takes around 1,5 hours from the airport to the train station by bus, metro and metro.

Work

Take part in the new edition of the famous Frayse'Toch festival, a popular education event! As every year, the Frayse Domain organises a festival of non-formal education which highlights all the arts, from today’s music to world music, from theatre to pyrotechnics! The workcamp will consist in preparing, animating and closing the new edition of this summer event which is a must for young and old people! Your tasks will be varied! You will be part of the communication team before the start of the festival, help with the setting up and unsetting and the decorating of the festival areas, but also organise workshops on different topics such as interculturality or art.

Partner

Concordia has been in partnership for several years with the UFCV (French Union of Holiday Center) association. The UFCV manages a leisure and holiday centre at the Frayse Domain: the former vineyard has a magnificent 24-hectare park with various sports areas, an educational farm and a vegetable garden gathering people from all ages. For several years now, the Frayse Domain has been hosting one of the most singular youth festival in New Aquitaine: The Frayse'Toch #educpop is an eco-citizen and solidarity festival, on which Concordia volunteers will once again fully be part of the festival's preparation, animation and closing team. For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/fraysetoch/

Location

Located 15 km from Bordeaux at Fargues-Saint-Hilaire, Domaine de la Frayse is at the gateway to the Entre-Deux-Mers region. This region known for its vineyards is located between the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers. Marmande and Langon are to the south, Bordeaux to the west, Libourne to the north and Bergerac to the east. The Entre-Deux-Mers is a region rich in fortified towns and Romanesque churches; you will be charmed by ancient cities, mills and other castles.

Accomodation

You will be accommodated in individual tents and a shared room will be available for cooking and group activities. You will have access to toilets and shower near the campsite. Wifi available, handwashing of laundry. The park will provide you with outdoor lounges to enjoy your free time in the sun. You will also have the opportunity to enjoy outdoor activities in and around the domain in the nature. For more info visit: http://www.domaine-de-la-frayse.fr/.

Requirements

Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for them, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country. This project is supported by the program European Solidarity Corps (ESC) for young people between 18 and 30 years. It is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria. The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en - volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets; - volunteers need to enrol in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then Concordia France will organise their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project; - volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 6€/day, once they arrive on the project in France; - volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal

Meeting point

The meeting point will be at BORDEAUX - Saint-Jean train station, exit #3 named “Belcier”, on the 10th of July in the late afternoon. The exact time of the meeting will be communicated with the infosheet, which will be sent 4 weeks before the beginning of the workcamp. Regular trains leave from PARIS - Montparnasse train station to BORDEAUX - Saint-Jean. The journey lasts from 2 to 3 hours. If possible, please consider using low-carbon emissions’ transportation (train and bus rather than airplane) for a sustainable international workcamp. The trains are open to booking about 4 months before the departure dates, accessible on the following website: https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/ If you are coming first by plane to PARIS, remember that you will need some time to commute from the airport to the train station, therefore we recommend that you arrive early enough for you not to rush and have a stress free travel.

Notes:

Bring a sleeping bag for cold weather, thick sleeping matt, work clothes, sports shoes, warm and rain clothes, a torch lamp, a swimsuit and sunscreen. You can also bring traditional recipes from your home country/region, an instrument of music and games.

Work

We are looking for volunteers to help run the festival through the preparational work of the festival during 10/07/18 – 14/07/18. It will be construction work, drilling/heavy objects/etc can be expected. Work equipment will be provided. After the preparation work you are free to enjoy the festival and take part on all events. The earliest departure is 16th July anytime.

Partner

Bánkitó is Hungary’s biggest independent, socially conscious, cultural and community festival with a wide range of programmes throughout its three days (13-15 July) in the summer from music through theatre to contemporary art. The festival is located in the countryside and hosts 8000 visitors each year. It offers concerts, theatre performances, exhibitions, civil initiatives, workshops, and round-table discussions about social justice issues, human rights, and the experiences and cultures of minorities. It takes place at Bánkitó, a small Hungarian village 60kms away from Budapest. The programme of the festival is always organized around a common theme. In 2023, the topic will be Adaptations. It’s not cool to organise a festival in 2023 in the same way as before. In a world where people have less and less money, we don’t want to be fancy. DO NOT: unnecessary ostentation, wasted energy, musicians flown in from thousands of miles away. DO: partying and dancing, a range of cool local and foreign music, theatre, a lot of surprises and a shared reflection on the changes around us that affect us all.

Location

Bánk is a tiny village in Nógrád County with its not-so-tiny Lake Bánk in the middle. It has everything a tiny village built around a lake could need: a small store, a tobacco shop, a pizza place, a pub, some hotels, motels and a lakeshore eatery. Plus the extremely friendly locals. Bánkitó Festival has been in town for 12 years, mostly around the Lakeshore and the Camp, though throughout the years, we ventured out to settle around the Reeds and the Meadow. Besides the lake, the small wooden cabins and the venues hiding around small clearings throughout the enclosing forest make Bánkitó the festival it is.

Accomodation

Volunteers live in tents during the festival, volunteers are asked to bring their own tent. We provide 3 meals/day for our volunteers (hot meals for lunch and diner). Vegetarian option is available. We provide all equipment needed to fulfil your tasks.

Requirements

You should be fit enough for physically demanding work. No special documentation is necessary. No COVID-19 vaccine requirements. No language requirements, but we require a way to communicate with the organizers in Hungarian or English. Please bring clothes that you won’t regret getting dirty during construction, your sleeping bag and personal medicine. Please send us a motivation letter focusing on why you would choose to work on the festival, and what kind of related skills or previous experiences you have had at the chosen field. You do not need any special skills to volunteer at the festival. Please book refundable plane tickets in case the workcamp needs to be cancelled.

Meeting point

You need to travel by train from Budapest to Vác, and from Vác by bus to Rétság where the host can pick you up. Trains depart every hour from Budapest Nyugati station. We ask you to catch the train at 10.00 am at Nyugati Station together so the team can arrive around 12 am at the festival location. It takes around 1 hour from the airport to the train station by bus and metro, plus 1,5 hours to Rétság.

Notes:

About the Festival Music – Progressive, contemporary, constantly renewing. These are the words we could use to describe the philosophy behind Bánkitó’s yearly music lineup. The formula remains unchanged but with the addition of bands, the festival’s programme is better than ever. Our goal is to bring together neighbouring artists and showcase the freshest and most exciting bands of the Hungarian music scene. Civil society and culture – The civil/cultural programmes at Bánkitó always poke at an important, actual and sometimes risky topic. Like in the past years, we will work towards understanding issues of world and society together with activists from NGOs, musicians, actors and artists. Theatre – As an independent theatre showcase festival, Bánkitó wants to present those contemporary Hungarian theatre pieces that tell us something about ourselves, the people around us and our society as a whole. Those pieces that everyone has to see, whose effects will linger on with the audience long after their end. Last year, the theatre tent had great success running full house throughout the festival. Art – A contemporary art exhibition on 80,000 square meters of land. It’s hard to create a space where artists, their art, the message and the audience exist together at the same place, at the same time, with thousands of people. Bánkitó is such a space. Hungary’s most exciting contemporary artists will transform the shores of Lake Bánk into an art exhibition once again. Nonprofit Festival – Bánkitó is not just entertainment. We look at our festival as a social enterprise that is capable of bringing attention to unduly neglected topics and raising awareness in the public’s consciousness. We provide appearance to a number of NGOs so that thousands of people can get to know causes to stand behind as conscious citizens. All this around the picturesque Lake Bánk, a one-hour car ride or half-day bike trip away from Budapest.

Descrizione

Volunteers will help with the "Suito-sai" (water festival) in Tokushima and support “clean up activities" and running an Eco station!

Work

1) Supporting organize water festival. 2) Organizing the Eco station where visitors come to separate garbage in festival. 3) Cleaning up river activity.

Partner

NICE was founded on the 1990 Feb. 4th by the unknown 7 youth who had joined IVS projects abroad with the strong initiative of KAIZAWA Shinichiro (Kai) who joined the international workcamp in Poland during his one year break from the university. In 1990 Sep., the first international workcamp of NICE was held at the foot of the Mt. Fuji in Japan.

Location

Tokushima city, Tokushima pref. Experiencing Japanese cultural dance Awa Odori (Awa-Odori is the one of the most famous “Bon-Odori”, originated in Tokushima prefecture and has the 400-year history) Interactive party with locals.

Accomodation

Sharing house(renovated apartment) in Tokushima city. All meals will be prepared by volunteers by turns. Lunch and dinner during the festival will be provided from local. Sleeping bag is necessary.

Requirements

Positive attitude, a willingness to work hard and communicate with Japanese local people. No visa needed for the Short Term Volunteering below 90 days.

Meeting point

The nearest int'l airport is Kansai (Osaka). From Osaka to the meeting point in Tokushima, it takes 3 hours by highway bus.

Notes:

For this workcamp Motivation Letter in english is needed.