International Volunteer Workcamps - season 2008
Switzerland
	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Switzerland	 WS08F01	SOCI	06.07.2008	19.07.2008	18-30
	description
	CODE: WS08F01 
	DATES: 06.07. – 19.07.2008 
	VOLS: 5
	LOCATION: Fribourg
	TYP: SOCI / KIDS
	AGE: 18-30
	LANGUAGE: German and French
	
	PROJECT
	The goal of the group “fRilingue” is to offer teenagers (age: 13-20 years) a two week language camp with a small 
	budget. The courses will take place in the student centre “Centre Fries” in the town of Fribourg. The aim of 
	“fRilingue” is to combine language courses (French and German) in the morning with free time activities such as 
	sport, music, dance, theatre and cinema in the afternoons. The special advantage of this project is the mixture of 
	adolescents from the French and the German part of Switzerland. Normally there is not so much interaction 
	between adolescents from these two parts despite them belonging to the same country. We call it in German the 
	“Röstigraben”. There will be some special programmes in the nights and on the weekends such as trips to lakes, 
	beautiful villages and other tourist attractions. 
	
	WORK
	Volunteers will support the teenagers during the afternoon programmes and organize various activities in the 
	evening such as karaoke, disco or campfires. There will be around 30 teenagers who speak French or German. The
	 volunteers will not teach the students. This will be done by local students who are finishing university soon. It 
	would be helpful if volunteers know how to prepare a meal for a bigger group, but they don’t have to be 
	professionals. Another task is to prepare and cook lunch for the whole group, for this two volunteers are needed. 
	Three volunteers will be responsible for the afternoon program from 2 to 6. In the evening three volunteers are 
	needed to look after the youngsters. The volunteers are free to decide who they share the tasks. The work will not 
	be very strenuous. 
	
	ACCOMMODATION
	Volunteers will sleep in a private flat near “centre fries”. There will be cooking facilities, toilets and showers. 
	
	LOCATION
	“Centre fries” is located close to the old town of Fribourg. Fribourg is a fun student town of 32,000 inhabitants. 
	
	REMARKS / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
	The volunteers should be interested in leading a group of young people and getting involved in various activities. 
	fRilingue looks for volunteers which are either sportive, creative or have a particular skill to work with adolescents. 
	A short motivation letter explaining why they want to join this camp would be appreciated, but not necessary.
		
	LEISURE TIME / BENEFIT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS
	The volunteers will see the beautiful region of Fribourg. Twice a week, they will accompany the adolescents on an 
	afternoon journey to the lakes and mountains close to Fribourg. On the weekends longer excursions are planned, 
	where the whole group of volunteers is invited to participate. The evenings will involve social events where the 
	volunteers can participate and enjoy. 
	
	TRAVEL / ARRIVAL
	You can reach Fribourg from Geneva, Berne or Zurich airport (and Basel). It takes around one and a half hours 
	from Geneva, 30 minutes from Berne and one hour and twenty minutes from Zurich airport by train.

	LANGUAGE
	German / French
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Switzerland	 WS08F03	SOCI	03.08.2008	16.08.2008	18-30
	description
	CODE: WS08F03 
	DATES: 03.08. - 16.08.2008 
	VOLS: 5
	LOCATION: Fribourg
	TYP: SOCI/ KIDS
	AGE: 18-30
	LANGUAGE: German and French
	
	PROJECT
	The goal of the group “fRilingue” is to offer teenagers (age: 13-20 years) a two week language camp with a small 
	budget. The courses will take place in the student centre “Centre Fries” in the town of Fribourg. The aim of 
	“fRilingue” is to combine language courses (French and German) in the morning with free time activities such as 
	sport, music, dance, theatre and cinema in the afternoons. The special advantage of this project is the mixture of 
	adolescents from the French and the German part of Switzerland. Normally there is not so much interaction 
	between adolescents from these two parts despite them belonging to the same country. We call it in German the 
	“Röstigraben”. There will be some special programmes in the nights and on the weekends such as trips to lakes, 
	beautiful villages and other tourist attractions. 
	
	WORK
	Volunteers will support the teenagers during the afternoon programmes and organize various activities in the 
	evening such as karaoke, disco or campfires. There will be around 30 teenagers who speak French or German. The
	 volunteers will not teach the students. This will be done by local students who are finishing university soon. It 
	would be helpful if volunteers know how to prepare a meal for a bigger group, but they don’t have to be 
	professionals. Another task is to prepare and cook lunch for the whole group, for this two volunteers are needed. 
	Three volunteers will be responsible for the afternoon program from 2 to 6. In the evening three volunteers are 
	needed to look after the youngsters. The volunteers are free to decide who they share the tasks. The work will not 
	be very strenuous. 
	
	ACCOMMODATION
	Volunteers will sleep in a private flat near “centre fries”. There will be cooking facilities, toilets and showers. 
	
	LOCATION
	“Centre fries” is located close to the old town of Fribourg. Fribourg is a fun student town of 32,000 inhabitants. 
	
	REMARKS / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
	The volunteers should be interested in leading a group of young people and getting involved in various activities. 
	fRilingue looks for volunteers which are either sportive, creative or have a particular skill to work with adolescents. 
	A short motivation letter explaining why they want to join this camp would be appreciated, but not necessary.
		
	LEISURE TIME / BENEFIT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS
	The volunteers will see the beautiful region of Fribourg. Twice a week, they will accompany the adolescents on an 
	afternoon journey to the lakes and mountains close to Fribourg. On the weekends longer excursions are planned, 
	where the whole group of volunteers is invited to participate. The evenings will involve social events where the 
	volunteers can participate and enjoy. 
	
	TRAVEL / ARRIVAL
	You can reach Fribourg from Geneva, Berne or Zurich airport (and Basel). It takes around one and a half hours 
	from Geneva, 30 minutes from Berne and one hour and twenty minutes from Zurich airport by train.
	
	LANGUAGE
	German / French
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Switzerland	 WS08T01	AG/AGRI	26.07.2008	09.08.2008	18-30
	description
	CODE: WS08T01 
	DATES: 26.07. – 09.08.2008 
	VOLS: max. 12
	LOCATION: Tobel
	TYP: AGRI / ENVI
	AGE: 18-30
	
	PROJECT
	The assignment of this project has the aim of the appreciaton of assets in the tradition of the buildings. There are 
	three main dimensions:
	
	•	Economical use of the cultural relic and buildings of historic importance
	•	Enlivenment through interactions of different people and organisations who are working together
	•	Holistic experience: thinking and feeling, working and regenerating
	
	The first step is the rebuilding and renovation of the buildings around the ground in the front. The whole area has to 
	get restored and it’s planned to build a heating system. 
	
	WORK
	The main task of the work includes the rearrangement of the weather-beaten and shabby gardens. First of all the 
	volunteers will rearrange the central baroque garden and the vegetable garden. This includes the walls, the fences, 
	small footpaths and last but not least the final planting. 
	
	The work can, depending on the weather, include other works. Volunteers have to be aware to have a good 
	condition to do this kind of work.
	
	ACCOMODATION
	Volunteers will either live in the principal baroque building of the monastery (it’s arranged provisionally) or in the 
	pilgrim house that has been renovated by volunteers in 2006 and 2007. The house was originally built for pilgrims 
	on their way to Santiago de Compostela. In the pilgrim house and in the main building there is a kitchen, showers 
	and toilets. 
	
	LOCATION
	In 1228 the Johannitarian order of chivalry founded the monastery in Tobel. Later the monastery became the 
	centre of a large land holdings owned by the government. Around the monastery Tobel, which is a small village in 
	the canton of Thurgau, has been built. In 1747 the original buildings of the monastery have been replaced by a 
	baroque building. After the closing of the Johannitarian order of chivalry the canton took over the ownerless estate 
	in 1807. From 1811 to 1973 the buildings were used as the state prison.
	
	In the canton of Thurgau there are idyllic, hilly and green landscapes as far as you can see. There are excellent 
	hiking and biking possibilities and you can travel from the lake of Konstanz to Zurich. In the neighbourhood you will
	 also find pubs/ restaurants with its unique Swiss atmosphere. From the train station in Tobel you can reach bigger 
	towns such as Wil (10 minutes), St. Gallen or Winterthur (40 minutes). If you’d like to go to Zurich it takes around 1
	 hour. It takes around 40 minutes to travel to Konstanz.
	
	REMARKS / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
	The project leader of the foundation of the monastery, Mr. Walter Strasser, the project leader of the workcamps, 
	Mr. Simon Sax and Workcamp Switzerland are looking forward to work together with an international group of 
	volunteers and to spend an unforgettable time together.  
	
	LANGUAGE
	English
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	SCI	Switzerland	CH- 4.1	CONS	21.07.2008	02.08.2008	18+
	description
	CH- 4.1  HOME FOR THE BLIND „MÜHLEHALDE“ (Zürich)
	21/07 - 02/08 10 VOLS
	Description: CONS, ENVI, DISA
	„Mühlehalde“ (www.muehlehalde.ch) is a home for the blind, located in the city of Zurich. It accommodates around 
	80 mostly elderly women and men who have become visually impaired of blind during their lives. Mühlehalde 
	offers them the required care, support and rehabilitation so that they can live as independently as possible in spite 
	of their visual impairment.
	W: The volunteers will be working in the garden of the home during four days a week. They will continue a project 
	which aims at making a part of the garden accessible by terracing a hillside. Work includes raising the terrain, 
	constructing a path and possibly planting vegetation. A professional gardener will be present to instruct the 
	volunteers. The physical work which is expecting the volunteers requires good health. Please bring appropriate 
	shoes and clothing (also for rainy days).
	On one day a week the volunteers will undertake activities with the residents of the home, e.g. on the Swiss 
	national holiday on the 1st of August. Encounters will also be possible on other days, for instance during shared 
	meals or discussions with the residents. 
	S: People with disabilities, welfare policy.
	A: In the youth culture house „Dynamo“ (see camp CH-9.1), located directly at the Limmat river (www.dynamo.ch).
	
	Q: High motivation, social competence. A motivation letter is required.
	L: English, local language is German. To facilitate communication with the residents, a basic knowledge of German 
	will be beneficial.
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-1.1	KIDS	13.07.2008	26.07.2008	20+
	description
	CH-1.1 TRANSIT CENTRE FOR REFUGEES (Volketswil)
	13/7-26/7 8 vols
	Description: KIDS
	Refugees who apply for asylum in Switzerland have to live in so called "Transit Centres" for about 6-12 months. 
	During this time their life is dominated by waiting and uncertainty about their future. They are not sure if they can 
	stay or if they have to leave the country and they are not given a working permission. 
	In the transit centre in Volketswil live around 100 people, among them families with children. The aim of this camp 
	is to organise activities with and for them and to spend an interesting and joyful time with the asylum seekers. The
	 workcamp will take place during the school holidays so the children will be very happy to have you there to 
	organise activities for them. 
	W: activities with the adults, teenagers and children of the centre.
	S:  Refugees, asylum seekers
	A:  an apartment in the transit centre 
	Q: high motivation, ability to take responsibility and doing something on your own initiative. Creative people with 
	artistic and/or manual skills are very welcome. 
	X: minimum age 20
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	SCI	Switzerland	CH-1.2	KIDS	19.07.2008	02.08.2008	20+
	description
	CH-1.2 HOLIDAYS FOR CHILDREN REFUGEES (Vétroz)
	19/07 –  02/08 6 vols
	Description: KIDS
	The asylum sector of the social office of Valais organizes summer camps in the nature for about fifty asylum 
	seekers children between 7 and 10 years the first week and about fifty asylum seekers children between 10 and 14
	 years the second week..
	W: daily organization of a group of around 8 children with the help of an assistant, participation in the creation of 
	different activities, practical participation in the daily camp life 
	A: Tents
	Q: : be motivated, flexible and responsible to take care of the children during the days, the evenings and some 
	over-night watch, appreciate community life, be creative, sportive and take initiatives during the games, activities 
	and bricolage, adapt to the multicultural aspect of the summer camp (different nationalities, languages and 
	mentalities), participate in all of the activities (meetings, cleaning, daily organisation of tools and materials), be 
	fluent in French and send a motivation letter in French
	X: Minimum age 20
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-1.3	KIDS	20.07.2008	02.08.2008	20+
	description
	CH-1.3 TRANSIT CENTRE FOR REFUGEES (Embrach)
	20/07 – 02/08 7 vols
	Description: KIDS
	Refugees who apply for asylum in Switzerland have to live in so called "Transit Centres" for about 6 months. 
	During the time waiting for the decision about their future (do they have to leave the country or not?), they are not 
	given a working permission. Uncertainty about their future and boredom make these days difficult.
	In Embrach are living up to 120 people, mainly single adults but also families with children. Sports and games 
	should bring them some fun and a change to their daily life during the camp.
	W: Organising activities, for adults as well as for children and teenagers.
	S: Refugees
	A: Near the Centre.
	L: A basic knowledge of German is advantageous
	X: Your ability to take responsibility and to do something on your own initiative is very important and indispensable
	 for the success of the camp. Experiences in working with children are very welcome.
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-11.1	CONS	09.06.2008	20.06.2008	18+
	description
	CH-11.1 GENEVE LOISIRS (Laconnex) 
	09/06 – 20/06 5 vols
	Description: CONS, 
	Genève Loisirs is a non-profit association that offers holiday camps for young people between 5 and 15 years old.
	 The camp prices vary and they are open for all the young people of the region. The aims are e.g. to favor the 
	acquisition of different sports and artistic activities and to rise the youngsters awareness of sustainable 
	development.
	W: the installation of the camp makes it necessary to organize the infrastructure (tents, equipment etc.) under the 
	supervision of the responsible. The international volunteers will work with other volunteers in the construction of the
	 camp. Work on weekdays from 8.30 a.m. until 18.00 p.m. with a lunch break. No work with the children.
	A: in tents, camp kitchen and camp toilet.
	L: English; local language: French
	T: Geneva
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	SCI	Switzerland	CH-3.1	CONS	10.08.2008	22.08.2008	18+
	description
	CH-3.1 PEACE VILLAGE (Broc)
	10/08 – 22/08 12 vols
	Description: CONS, ENVI, PEACE
	Broc is situated in the French-speaking part of Switzerland between Fribourg and Lausanne in an agricultural 
	countryside, 700 meters above sea level. It lies near the famous old county of Gruyères and the Lake Gruyère. 
	Since its foundation in 1983, the association “Peace Village” has been working for peace construction. Its focus lies
	 on the following aspects: solidarity, non-violence, intercultural exchange, a simple life style and spirituality. 
	W: mainly renovation work in and around the buildings 
	S: peace and conflict resolution 
	A : dormitories. 
	L: English, French, German. It’s possible to take part with children.
	X: Participation for volunteers with children is possible
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-3.2	CONS	17.08.2008	30.08.2008	18+
	description
	CH-3.2 NO MORE WAR (Ehrendingen)
	17/08 – 30/08 10 vols
	Description: CONS, ENVI, PEACE, STUDY
	The military budgets are rising, new weapons are tested, foreign and interior policy are militarised, intolerance is 
	spreading around the world. SCI Switzerland is offering in the frame of this study camp the possibility to discuss 
	new concepts of peace policy with different perspectives and activists from different organisations.
	The volunteers will live at the co-operative “Gipsgrueb” in Ehrendingen, near Zurich. 
	W: 50% of the time helping the co-operative in helping to work in the biological garden und to bring in firewood.  
	50% of the time is dedicated to the study part.
	S. Peace Policy, antimilitarism & globalisation, Human Rights. Meetings with different representatives of NGOs.
	A: Simple, in the barn or in tents
	X: Please write a motivation letter
	T: Oberehrendingen
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-6.1	AG/AGRI	29.06.2008	14.07.2008	18+
	description
	CH-6.1 JARDINS DE COCAGNE (Geneva) 
	29/06 – 14/07
	8 vols
	Description: AGRI, ENVI, 
	The «Jardins de Cocagne» (dreamland gardens) are a consumer-producer cooperative founded in 1978. Their aim is
	 to provide their members (400 families) with organic vegetables through collective farming of the land. The 
	cooperative is involved in many development projects and in farming training with African countries, advocating 
	the right of food sovereignty in both the North and South.
	W: work in the fields with about 20 different vegetables, hoeing, weeding, planting, sowing, harvesting, irrigation, 
	maintenance of the nearby environment (hedge, forest), work in the vineyard and the apple plantation, organisation
	 of the vegetables distribution. 
	A: the volunteers will sleep in their tents (to bring). There is tap water, toilets are outside. 
	Workcamp language: English
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	SCI	Switzerland	CH-6.2	ENVI	20.07.2008	02.08.2008	18+
	description
	CH-6.2 FOUNDATION LANDSCHAFT UND KIES (Belp)
	20/07 – 02/08 8 vols
	Description: ENVI,
	The foundation “Landschaft und Kies” was founded in 1976 by the Bernese gravel industry and is still carried by 
	them. The main tasks of the foundation: formation in ecology, public relations for promoting the worth of the nature
	 in gravel pits, practical work within the gravel pits (constructing a maintaining of ecological areas, protecting of 
	seldom animals and plants). Taking care after protected areas owned by the foundation. 
	W: To remove undesirably plants, which are causing problems to the ecological system, like the Canadian 
	Goldenrod. 
	U: House for groups in Belp
	S: Ecology and economy
	T: Belp 
	X: Hard work
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-6.3	ENVI	27.07.2008	02.08.2008	18+
	description
	CH-6.3 ADULT EDUCATION CENTRE HERZBERG (Asp)
	27/07 – 02/08 10-12 vols
	Description: ENVI, CONS, RENO
	The “Herzberg Centre” on the Jura hills above the town of Aarau had been founded 70 years ago in order to have 
	adult education according to the Scandivian model. Almost as traditional is its co-operation with SCI Switzerland. All
	 over the year, the Centre is organising events on topics like Nature, Philosophy, Culture and Politics. Another 
	focus is music weeks.
	W: Creation of a herb spiral and other elements,  to cut wood, possibility to take lessons in felting
	A: In bedrooms of the centre
	L: English; local language is German
	X: Especially suitable for volunteers with children, and for handicapped people!
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-6.4	AG/AGRI	27.07.2008	09.08.2008	18+
	description
	CH-6.4 BELLE ETOILE (Souboz)
	27/07 – 09/08 12 vols
	Description: AGRI, CONS
	Belle Etoile is a biologically run farm in mountains of the Jura (1000 m above see level). The surrounding is very 
	beautiful, the place is remote: The next village, Moutier, is a 3 hours walk away from the farm. The farm is owned 
	by a family. They are specialised on mother cows. 
	W: Construction of a pond for amphibians, fixing of solarpanels, interior works
	S: Ecology and agriculture
	T: Moutier
	A: In the house, in the caravan and eventually in a Tipi
	X: Suitable for children
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	SCI	Switzerland	CH-6.5	AG/AGRI	03.08.2008	24.09.2008	18+
	description
	CH-6.5 CHESTNUT CULTIVATION ALMA (Breno)
	3/08 – 24/09 10 vols
	Description: AGRI, CONS
	The farm „Alma“ is situated in Italian speaking part of Switzerland. The project “Alma” tries to find new ways against
	 the difficult situation, in which a lot of farmers in Europe’s mountains find themselves. The main aim is to produce
	 in a sustainable way on the meadows of the Alps. The farm is bringing up Scottish highland cows and is using 
	horses to transport material to the Alps. Another important activity lies in cultivating the chestnut trees and their 
	fruits.
	W: Working on the meadows and in the valley: cultivating the chestnuts; ameliorate the roads, reconstruction of a 
	fountain
	S: Alpine economy, chestnut
	A: At the Alps in barns, in the valley in a civil protection building
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-6.6	AG/AGRI	17.08.2008	07.09.2008	18+
	description
	CH-6.6 COOPERATIVA PIANTA MONDA (Menzonio)
	17/08 – 07/09 10 vols
	Description: AGRI, CONS
	Since more than 10 years now, the cooperative “Pianta Monda” is gradually realising its vision of a communitarian 
	and ecological lifestyle on a formerly abandoned alpage in the Vallemaggia (Ticino Alps). Their main activities are: 
	renovation the buildings and preservation of the environment, with growing organic vegetables and herbs, and with 
	ecological tourism. 
	W: Renovate stone walls for terraces, clean the site from bushes, various building and renovating tasks in houses 
	and paths, cutting wood, haying and garden work (some of it is physically hard work)
	A: In one of the houses, very simple conditions (cooking on fire, ecological toilet, no hot water, no electricity).
	L: English; the project people speak German, English, French and Italian. local language is Italian
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	SCI	Switzerland	CH-9.1	CONS	03.08.2008	16.08.2008	18+
	description
	CH-9.1 YOUTH CULTURE HOUSE DYNAMO (Zurich)
	03/08-16/08 8 vols
	Description: CONS, SOCI
	The Youth Culture House Dynamo is a centre for different culture activities. There are different events and offers
	 taking place there: Dance, theatre, concerts, workshops for media and web design, metal constructions, jewellery 
	making. If you want to get an insight view into an institution for youth cultural work, which should have a 
	preventive and integrative effect, this is the right camp for you. 
	W: Construction and cultural work
	A: In the centre
	Q: technical interest, interest in youth culture
	T:  Zurich
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Switzerland	WS08F02	SOCI	20.07.2008	02.08.2008	18-30
	description
	CODE: WS08F02 
	DATES: 20.07. - 02.08.2008 
	VOLS: 5
	LOCATION: Fribourg
	TYP: SOCI / KIDS
	AGE: 18-30
	LANGUAGE: German and French
	
	PROJECT
	The goal of the group “fRilingue” is to offer teenagers (age: 13-20 years) a two week language camp with a small 
	budget. The courses will take place in the student centre “Centre Fries” in the town of Fribourg. The aim of 
	“fRilingue” is to combine language courses (French and German) in the morning with free time activities such as 
	sport, music, dance, theatre and cinema in the afternoons. The special advantage of this project is the mixture of 
	adolescents from the French and the German part of Switzerland. Normally there is not so much interaction 
	between adolescents from these two parts despite them belonging to the same country. We call it in German the 
	“Röstigraben”. There will be some special programmes in the nights and on the weekends such as trips to lakes, 
	beautiful villages and other tourist attractions. 
	
	WORK
	Volunteers will support the teenagers during the afternoon programmes and organize various activities in the 
	evening such as karaoke, disco or campfires. There will be around 30 teenagers who speak French or German. The
	 volunteers will not teach the students. This will be done by local students who are finishing university soon. It 
	would be helpful if volunteers know how to prepare a meal for a bigger group, but they don’t have to be 
	professionals. Another task is to prepare and cook lunch for the whole group, for this two volunteers are needed. 
	Three volunteers will be responsible for the afternoon program from 2 to 6. In the evening three volunteers are 
	needed to look after the youngsters. The volunteers are free to decide who they share the tasks. The work will not 
	be very strenuous. 
	
	ACCOMMODATION
	Volunteers will sleep in a private flat near “centre fries”. There will be cooking facilities, toilets and showers. 
	
	LOCATION
	“Centre fries” is located close to the old town of Fribourg. Fribourg is a fun student town of 32,000 inhabitants. 
	
	REMARKS / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
	The volunteers should be interested in leading a group of young people and getting involved in various activities. 
	fRilingue looks for volunteers which are either sportive, creative or have a particular skill to work with adolescents. 
	A short motivation letter explaining why they want to join this camp would be appreciated, but not necessary.
		
	LEISURE TIME / BENEFIT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS
	The volunteers will see the beautiful region of Fribourg. Twice a week, they will accompany the adolescents on an 
	afternoon journey to the lakes and mountains close to Fribourg. On the weekends longer excursions are planned, 
	where the whole group of volunteers is invited to participate. The evenings will involve social events where the 
	volunteers can participate and enjoy. 
	
	TRAVEL / ARRIVAL
	You can reach Fribourg from Geneva, Berne or Zurich airport (and Basel). It takes around one and a half hours 
	from Geneva, 30 minutes from Berne and one hour and twenty minutes from Zurich airport by train.
	
	LANGUAGE
	German/ French
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Switzerland	WS08S1	ARTS	10.08.2008	24.08.2008	18-30
	description
	CODE: WS08S1 
	DATES: 10.08. – 24.08.2008 
	VOLS: 15
	LOCATION: Solothurn
	TYP: ART
	AGE: 18-30
	
	PROJECT
	The “interkulturelle Kreativwerkstatt” Solothurn (intercultural creativity workshop Solothurn) is the name of a small 
	union of local artists, working in the region of Solothurn. There is a writer, a photographer, a painter, a guitarist and 
	from time to time some other artists working together on different projects like performances and sculpture 
	expositions.
	
	The idea is to take texts written in different languages and to paint them on canvas in order to create written 
	paintings. The point is to let yourselfe be touched by the art and to start an intercultural dialogue between the 
	international volunteers, the artists and the local public.
	
	WORK
	Volunteers will paint their texts using various techniques on canvas. 
	The volunteers will also offer workshops for local schools. The teachers and the students are looking forward to 
	meeting international volunteers in the workshop and working with them.
	At the end of the Workcamp, volunteers will organize an exposition in Solothurn and show their art to the public. The
	 paintings will be sold and the money will be used to initiate further projects aiming to enhance intercultural dialogue.

	ACCOMMODATION
	Dorms in the “Steinhauerhaus”, that is a traditional farmhouse in St. Niklaus, Solothurn.
	
	LOCATION
	Solothurn offers everything what you can expect from a small Swiss town: an old town with historical and 
	picturesque buildings, lively activities for young people and hiking for those who love to spend time in the nature.
	
	REMARKS / REQUIREMENTS
	You will spend most of your time with the people in charge at the Intercultural creativity workshop.
	
	Volunteers applying for this project need to be creative and talented. Experience in creating arts is an advantage.
	 
	All volunteers are required to send a MOTIVATION LETTER showing their interest, experience and knowledge in the 
	field of art. 
	
	TERMINAL
	Closest Airport: Zurich or Basel
	
	LANGUAGE
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Switzerland	WS08T02	AG/AGRI	16.08.2008	30.08.2008	18-30
	description
	CODE: WS08T02 
	DATES: 16.08. – 30.08.2008 
	VOLS: max. 12
	LOCATION: Tobel
	TYP: AGRO / ENVI
	AGE: 18-30
	
	PROJECT
	The assignment of this project has the aim of the appreciaton of assets in the tradition of the buildings. There are 
	three main dimensions:
	
	•	Economical use of the cultural relic and building of historic importance
	•	Enlivenment through interactions of different people and organisations who are working together
	•	Holistic experience: thinking and feeling, working and regenerating
	
	The first step is the rebuilding and renovation of the buildings around the ground in the front. The whole area has to 
	get restored and it’s planned to build a heating system. 
	
	WORK
	The main task of the work includes the rearrangement of the weather-beaten and shabby gardens. First of all the 
	volunteers will rearrange the central baroque garden and the vegetable garden. This includes the walls, the fences, 
	small footpaths and last but not least the final planting. 
	
	The work can, depending on the weather, include other works. Volunteers have to be aware to have a good 
	condition to do this kind of work.
	
	ACCOMODATION
	Volunteers will either live in the principal baroque building of the monastery (it’s arranged provisionally) or in the 
	pilgrim house that has been renovated by volunteers in 2006 and 2007. The house was originally built for pilgrims 
	on their way to Santiago de Compostela. In the pilgrim house and in the main building there is a kitchen, showers 
	and toilets. 
	
	LOCATION
	In 1228 the Johannitarian order of chivalry founded the monastery in Tobel. Later the monastery became the 
	centre of a large land holdings owned by the government. Around the monastery Tobel, which is a small village in 
	the canton of Thurgau, has been built. In 1747 the original buildings of the monastery have been replaced by a 
	baroque building. After the closing of the johannitarian order of chivalry the canton took over the ownerless estate 
	in 1807. From 1811 to 1973 the buildings were used as the state prison.
	
	In the canton of Thurgau there are idyllic, hilly and green landscapes as far as you can see. There are excellent 
	hiking and biking possibilities and you can travel from the lake of Konstanz to Zurich. In the neighbourhood you will
	 also find pubs/ restaurants with its unique Swiss atmosphere. From the train station in Tobel you can reach bigger 
	towns such as Wil (10 minutes), St. Gallen or Winterthur (40 minutes). If you’d like to go to Zurich it takes around 1
	 hour. It takes around 40 minutes to travel to Konstanz.
	
	REMARKS / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
	The project leader of the foundation of the monastery of Tobel, Mr. Walter Strasser, the project leader of the 
	workcamps, Mr. Simon Sax and Workcamp Switzerland are looking forward to work together with an international 
	group of volunteers and to spend an unforgettable time together.  
	
	LANGUAGE
	English
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	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Switzerland	WS08T03	AG/AGRI	06.09.2008	20.09.2008	18-30
	description
	CODE: WS08T03 
	DATES: 06.09. – 20.09.2008 
	VOLS: max. 12
	LOCATION: Tobel
	TYP: AGRO / ENVI
	AGE: 18-30
	
	PROJECT
	The assignment of this project has the aim of the appreciaton of assets in the tradition of the buildings. There are 
	three main dimensions:
	
	•	Economical use of the cultural relic and building of historic importance
	•	Enlivenment through interactions of different people and organisations who are working together
	•	Holistic experience: thinking and feeling, working and regenerating
	
	The first step is the rebuilding and renovation of the buildings around the ground in the front. The whole area has to 
	get restored and it’s planned to build a heating system. 
	
	WORK
	The main task of the work includes the rearrangement of the weather-beaten and shabby gardens. First of all the 
	volunteers will rearrange the central baroque garden and the vegetable garden. This includes the walls, the fences, 
	small footpaths and last but not least the final planting. 
	
	The work can, depending on the weather, include other works. Volunteers have to be aware to have a good 
	condition to do this kind of work.
	
	ACCOMODATION
	Volunteers will either live in the principal baroque building of the monastery (it’s arranged provisionally) or in the 
	pilgrim house that has been renovated by volunteers in 2006 and 2007. The house was originally built for pilgrims 
	on their way to Santiago de Compostela. In the pilgrim house and in the main building there is a kitchen, showers 
	and toilets. 
	
	LOCATION
	In 1228 the Johannitarian order of chivalry founded the monastery in Tobel. Later the monastery became the 
	centre of a large land holdings owned by the government. Around the monastery Tobel, which is a small village in 
	the canton of Thurgau, has been built. In 1747 the original buildings of the monastery have been replaced by a 
	baroque building. After the closing of the johannitarian order of chivalry the canton took over the ownerless estate 
	in 1807. From 1811 to 1973 the buildings were used as the state prison.
	
	In the canton of Thurgau there are idyllic, hilly and green landscapes as far as you can see. There are excellent 
	hiking and biking possibilities and you can travel from the lake of Konstanz to Zurich. In the neighbourhood you will
	 also find pubs/ restaurants with its unique Swiss atmosphere. From the train station in Tobel you can reach bigger 
	towns such as Wil (10 minutes), St. Gallen or Winterthur (40 minutes). If you’d like to go to Zurich it takes around 1
	 hour. It takes around 40 minutes to travel to Konstanz.
	
	REMARKS / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
	The project leader of the foundation of the monastery of Tobel, Mr. Walter Strasser, the project leader of the 
	workcamps, Mr. Simon Sax and Workcamp Switzerland are looking forward to work together with an international 
	group of volunteers and to spend an unforgettable time together.  
	
	LANGUAGE
	English
_________________________________________________________________________

	Network	Country	Camp code	Type	Date start	Date finish	Age limit
	Alliance	Switzerland	WS08TH	CONS	09.08.2008	23.08.2008	18-30
	description
	CODE: WS08TH 
	DATES: 09.08. – 23.08.2008 
	VOLS: max. 12
	LOCATION: Thunersee / Beatenberg
	TYP: CONST/ AGRI
	AGE: 18-30
	
	PROJECT
	The project meeting point pilgrim path wants to protect the unique landscape with its many ecological and cultural 
	figures along a part of the pilgrim path. Pilgrims from everywhere are walking along the pilgrim path that takes 
	them to the grave of the holy St. Jakob in the pilgrimage site Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The part along the 
	lake of Thun is one of the nicest parts along the way. It takes the pilgrims through forests and along lush 
	meadows. Pilgrims and hikers who love nature can get a view over the lake of Thun and the stunning panorama of 
	the alps.  
	
	WORK
	Volunteers will break down and rebuild a mouldered part of the dry stone wall along the pilgrim path. An expert, who 
	knows his craft of building dry stone walls will instruct the volunteers. 
	
	The work along the dry stone walls might be physically demanding. Volunteers need to be strong and patient. It’s 
	useful if they have craftsmanship. They will work outdoors, even if it’s raining. The working time is 6 hours a day 
	from Monday to Friday. The weekends are off. 

	
	ACCOMODATION
	The group of volunteers will sleep in the house of an organisation called nature friends in the village of Beatenberg.
	 Beatenberg is situated on a sunny terrace over the lake of Thun. From there you can see the alps of Berne with 
	it’s majestic Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. These mountains are up to 4000 metres and very famous. The volunteers
	 will take a mountain train from Beatenberg and will walk to the place where they will work. 
	
	LOCATION
	The region around the lake of Thun offers many possibilities for nice hikes. In the close by little town of Thun with 
	an impressive old castle and picturesque old town it’s great to stroll around and have a nice cup of coffee. From 
	Thun you can reach Berne, which is the capitol of Switzerland and UNESCO- World Cultural Heritage in 20 minutes 
	by train. 
	
	REMARKS / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
	The volunteers will carry a lot of heavy stones. Volunteers who want to apply for this workcamp shouldn’t have 
	health problems as the work can be physically demanding. Everyone has to bring his own equipment. This 
	includes: good and weather proof working clothes, robust gumboot, tracking shoes, a robust rain coat and old 
	clothes. 
	
	AIRPORT
	Next airport: Berne. Other airports: Zurich, Basel, Geneva
	
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