Landscaping the surroundings of a new youth hostel in Thuringia

  Germany

Erfurt

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: August 2 - August 23, 2008

Description: In the National Park Hainich with a Jungle-Life-Camp, a new hostel of the Thuringian German Youth Hostel Association is under construction. For the last three years, international volunteer groups have worked on this project.

Your help and your creative ideas are required. Many interesting and diverse tasks are waiting for you. These include building a park, planting flowers, setting pathways and creating a play area.

The volunteer project takes place in Mihla, Thuringia, situated about 15 km north of Eisenstadt, and is famous for its Wartburg castle.

Cost in US$: $290 US

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: motivated to work voluntarily within an international youth team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit

Age Range: 16 - 26 years

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Germany Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.