International Volunteers Camps around the Lake Baikal

  Russia

• All Other Areas: 
Irkutsk,  Ulan-Ude

Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks

Description: GBT is always happy to welcome you as a volunteer, and we will always find work for you that is tailored to your individual knowledge and skill set.

Our organization almost exclusively depends on the work of volunteers. We therefore offer many different volunteer opportunities. We highly appreciate the activities of our volunteers and are very grateful to all of them for their hard work and dedication.

Volunteers are people who work for free in social and ecological programs around the world.

Volunteers are not only pure altruists; working as a volunteer also allows you to gain experience, specific skills and knowledge, as well as expand your social network. In many organizations, people start their careers as volunteers. Often, a volunteer internship opens the door to the world of paid jobs, because offers the opportunity to demonstrate and improve your skills. Former volunteers sometimes even go on to establish their own organizations or implement their own projects based on the experiences and ideas they gained during internships.

Furthermore, for non-profit and non-governmental organizations, volunteers constitute an important labor base, and make it possible for these organizations to achieve their social and ecological goals.

Highlights: GBT is involved in developing ecotourism round lake Baikal. GBT organises summer trail building projects in different beautiful places around the lake, in parks, nature reserves, etc. Russian and international volunteers spend 2 weeks together by the lake, sleeping in tents and building or maintaining trails. The volunteers also visit museums, go on hikes, play games and generally have a great time! After those two weeks everyone becomes such great friends that they never want to say goodbye!

Main Areas of Volunteer Activity within GBT include:

Working at the summer project camps (trail building and reconstruction, construction of small bridges, resting places and other necessary infrastructure, gathering of garbage, etc.);

Helping in the office (recruit new volunteers for the summer work camps, social networking, activities with the weekly GBT club, participating in social projects within Irkutsk, gathering information, translation, etc.)

Participating in educational programs (teaching in schools, elaborating upon and conducting GBT seminars, participating in exhibitions and conferences, etc.)

Participating in other projects (tree planting, gathering garbage, etc.)

Cost in US$: 300 $

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Russia in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 15

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Great Baikal Trail Asociation's Mission Statement: Great Baikal Trail is an international non-profit organization, with a mission to promote local sustainable development of Lake Baikal and surrounding areas through low-impact ecotourism.

Year Founded: 2003