Volunteering in social therapy village for people with special needs
Volunteering in social therapy village for people with special needs
Camphill nodibinājums Rožkalni
Rencēnu pagasts, Valmieras novads, Latvia
The application deadline has passed.
Activity description
Volunteers will live and work in a therapeutic village Camphill Rožkalni together with 10 people with special needs and with 6 coworkers and their families. Volunteers will be engaged in all daily activities, including participation and work in the workshops: tea and herb workshop, cow shed - feeding and taking care of cows, dairy workshop - making cheese, yoghurt, soft cheese and sourcream, paperworkshop - making school excercise books for Waldorfshools. Using a scheduled that will be designed together with volunteers, they will also be engaged in cooking and caring for the house. Both in Rožkalni village and in Renceni there are different cultural events and other activities. We will cooperate with local Rencēni primary school and Rencēni culture house to engage volunteers together with Camphill villagers to take part in these activities and will encourage volunteers to initaite their own activities - possibly language courses and other intercultural evenings and activities.Ordninger for innkvartering, mat og transport
You will live in a room in our village - farm that consists of two family houses, a culture house, barn, cow sheds. Your daily meals will be offered here on site and there is no necessity to commute to work since you will live on site. The closest village with a shop is 9km away and Valmiera, the closest city is 16 km away. There is public transportation available. You will receive pocket money - 120 euros per month.Training during the activity
You will be offered training from our national agency and will be offered online Latvian language lessons.Participant profile
We are looking for self-motivated young people who are willing to work in a farm and are not afraid to perform different tasks, spend time with people with special needs.Activity dates
Totalt 52 uke(r) i perioden 01/02/2023 til 31/05/2024
Activity location
Rožkalni, LV-4232 Rencēnu pagasts, Valmieras novads Latvia
Looking for participants from
Østerrike, Bosnia og Herzegovina, Belgia, Bulgaria, Kypros, Tsjekkisk Republikk, Tyskland, Danmark, Estland, Hellas, Spania, Finland, Frankrike, Kroatia, Ungarn, Island, Italia, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Nederland, Norge, Polen, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sverige, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraina, Storbritannia, Grønland
Activity topics
Social challenges
Helse og velvære
Deadline for applications
Søknadsfrist: 12/11/2022