International Volunteer Workcamps - season 2008
Greenland
	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Greenland	GR-MS1	RENO	27.06.2008	25.07.2008	18+
	description
	GR-MS1 – GRENLAND WORKCAMP MANERMIUT - 27-30.06- 25-28.07.08 - 10 vol RENO/KIDS  EXTRA FEE: 250
	 EURO 
	Due to the limited possibilities of transport, arrival and departure dates are flexible. This means that volunteers 
	should arrive between the 27th to the 30th of June and should leave between the 25th to the 28th of July.
	The project consists in preparing for summer camps for children/youngsters and thereafter participating in these 
	summer camps. The camps will take place in the abandoned settlement of Manermiut. The idea is to give the 
	youngsters who go to Manermiut and meet with the workcamp participants an active summer holiday. The activities
	 will be arranged in collaboration between workcamp participants, different associations/clubs in Aasiaat and 
	employees from Aasiaat Municipality. The weeks you will spend with the children/youngsters will have different 
	themes. The youngsters will be from around 9 to 18 years old. *Week one* will be used to establish the camp in 
	Manermiut: To clean and fix the houses to be used by the children.
	WORK: You will work with things like putting up shelves in the kitchen, mending doors, setting up tables for 
	washing in the entrance hall, grinding the floor and painting it afterwards. *On week two* the children/youngsters will
	 arrive. Activities will be such as: orienting race, school about nature, and the building of a turf house and will 
	continue during week three. *Week four* will also be with the children/youngsters. The activities will be cultural: 
	Music, theatre, magic tricks and the like. Suggested spare time activities include: Hiking and fishing on the Island 
	of Manermiut named Saqqaliup Nunaa which is around 35 by 10 km. It will probably also be possible to arrange 
	kayak rental or kayak trips in Aasiaat. The previous years, the Manermiut camps have also visited Ilulissat on a 
	several day trip. Ilulissat is situated in the middle of a big glacier where the icebergs break from the inland ice cap 
	and sail out to sea. Experiencing the big ice glacier of Ilulissat is like taking part in scenery so beautiful that it is 
	almost impossible to describe. The trip from Manermiut/Aasiaat to Ilulissat is also a very beautiful 10-hour journey 
	where you cross the big Disko Bay by boat or coastal ferry. 
	ACCOMMODATION: The volunteers will live in an already renovated building in Manermiut. It will be quite basic, as 
	there will only be primitive "bag toilets" and no electricity. But, at the same time, there will be a stove to keep the 
	house warm at night, bunk beds with mattresses and a basic kitchen with both gas burners and a gas oven. You 
	won’t miss electric light, as artificial light is only needed for a few hours each night because of the midnight sun.
	LANGUAGE: English.
	NEAREST AIRPORT : Assiat - Please note that you have to arrange the travel by yourself all the way to Assiaat. 
	Only possible way is to go by flight to Kangerlussuaq and from there you can take a domestic flight to Assiaat. 
	The domestic flight are operated by Air Greenland http://www.airgreenland.dk/ other flight companies operates to 
	Kangerlussuaq, eg www.sas.dk 
	LOCATION: The abandoned settlement of Manermiut, 25 kilometres south-west of the town of Aasiaat in the Disko 
	Bay on the West Coast of Greenland. Aasiaat is known as "Town of the Whales". This is due to the many whales 
	you can experience when sailing in the sheltered waters of the archipelago around Aasiaat. The most frequent 
	visitors are fin whales, the lesser rorquale and humpbacks, and sometimes it is possible to spot killer whales. It is 
	also often possible to spot seals in the waters around Manermiut, and cod fishing from open boat is an activity well
	 rewarded at the same time as it is suited to supplement the daily diet in the camp. On the big island, Saqqaliup 
	Nunaa, where Manermiut is situated, you find snow hare, foxes and musk oxen. Because of the sheltered waters 
	of the archipelago, Aasiaat is a region of Greenland where kayaking in recent years has become a big thing. Placed
	 at the mouth of the Disco Bay, according to the prevailing currents, you have big icebergs from the Ilulissat 
	glacier passing Aasiaat and Manermiut – a truly beautiful sight. The town of Aasiaat has around 3100 inhabitants, 
	settlements of the municipality not included. This makes Aasiaat the second largest town in the Disco Bay. It is a 
	modern town with all modern facilities and - as for all cities in Greenland - fishing plays a big part in the economy. 
	Aasiaat has a shrimp and crab factory and also a shipbuilding yard plus a number of service institutions. The town 
	is the education centre of Northern Greenland with institutions such as high school and a school for handicapped. 
	Links: Municipality of Aasiaat: www.aasiaat.gl/english/defaultUK.htm. Aasiaat Tourist Service: www.greenland-
	guide.gl/aasiaat-tourist/default.php. Greenland-guide: www.greenland-guide.gl. 
	SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Motivation letter required. Participants must be 20 years or above. 
	Work and residence permit is required for this workcamp. Residents from the following countries need a work- and 
	residence permit to participate: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Rumania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech 
	Republic, Hungaria and from non-EU countries (e.g. USA, South Korea, Japan, Morocco, Jordan)
	EXTRA FEE: 250 EURO
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