Live and work in the forst!! | ijgd 24326 | 2024-07-27 - 2024-08-24 | ENVI | Age: 18 - 26

The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education. Follow us on Instagram ijgd_workcamps Facebook @ijgd.workcamps

Work: Highlights of this camp: comfortable accommodation, numerous excursions at the weekend: Frankfurt, Cologne, Mainz and much more. Group feeling in the middle of the forest! Are you a nature lover? Then this is the perfect workcamp for you! Here you will have the opportunity to spend almost 4 weeks working and living in the forest. Your main task will be to plant trees as part of an active contribution to conservation! You will also be helping out with several other conservation tasks, such as forest maintenance, constructing and repairing protective fences, and preserving the biotopes in the area. By working on these activities, you will also learn a lot about the ecosystem of a forest!

Accomodation and food: Some of your meals will be prepared for you by the accommodation team. You will cook your evening meals together as a group. Money for the food shopping is provided to you. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any allergies when registering. You will be living in the leisure centre, which is located in the middle of an idyllic forest.

Location: CityforestIngelheimRhinelandPalatinateKoblenz45kmMainz60km

Location and Leisure: You will be living in a beautiful accommodation building in the middle of the forest, where you can barbecue together in the evening and sit around the campfire. There will be a minibus available for your group, so that you can get to know the beautiful surroundings and drive to local attractions such as the swimming pool, the animal park or the climbing area. You will also be able to take trips to the river Rhine, to Koblenz, to Mainz or to Frankfurt during the camp. The nearest town to your accommodation is Bingen, which also offers several different sights and attractions. Location of the camp: City forest Ingelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate; Koblenz 45km, Mainz 60km

Airport: FRA

Train/Bus station: Frankfurt international, Nearest Station: Bingen We would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus or caresharing, that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward.

Since there is no direct bus route to your accommodation, you will be picked up from the train station in Bingen main station at the following times: Saturday – 14:00h and 18:00 h

Language: eng

Extra Fee: 0 EUR