Rural community centers in Długosiodło
Description: Workcamp takes place in Długosiodło, a small village located in eastern Poland. The project will be organised by the Stowarzyszenia Tradycyjnie Nowoczesnych dla Wsi (Traditionally for modern villages association) , in partnership with several local groups. Together, they organise various workshops and activities, bringing together communities and spending time together.
Type of Work: The association will provide a bus that will take volunteers on tours around community centres and school clubs, where they will run workshops and activities for children from nearby villages and towns. Workcamp volunteers will be paired with local volunteers and will work together at different centres and venues. The activities will encompass cultural exchange, sport activities and others.
Study Theme: rural lifestyle, community building
Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated at a school run by the association, where they will sleep in one of the rooms. Mattresses will be provided but participants must bring their sleeping bags and pillows.
Language: English, Polish
Requirements: interest in working with children, interest in running workshops and activities, flexibility
Approximate Location: Długosiodło, 85 km east of Warsaw
Notes: lease remember that the insurance from SCI is not valid during your trip to and from the workcamp and it covers ONLY the period of the camp! Volunteers from EU must bring their European Health Insurance Card. Please kindly note that there is an additional incoming fee of 50 Euros for all volunteers applying through Partner organisations or Contacts of the SCI network. Check the status here: https://bit.ly/3vhBD5J. This fee covers hosting costs, insurance, a small travel fund to enable disadvantaged volunteers to join projects and administration costs and is to be paid on arrival at the project or online directly to the hosting branch. For volunteers coming through SCI Branches and Groups there is no additional incoming fee.