Summer in the city - build a playground for kids

CODE: ijgd 25333

Work:

With your help, a playground in Bielefeld will be renovated and redesigned so that it is once again attractive and appealing to the children in the neighborhood. You will refurbish the old play equipment, repair the sandpit and other defective equipment, renew the surface of heavily used play areas, pave paths and install new safety measures to protect the children. In addition, your creativity is also required, as you can redesign this and other playgrounds with paintbrushes and imagination. At the end, there will be a big opening party with the children and parents from the surrounding area, which you will organize.

Accomodation and food

You will be accommodated on an idyllic farm in a hay sleeping area.
You cook together. You will be provided with money for shopping. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any intolerances when registering.

Location and leisure

Bielefeld, a city with 300,000 inhabitants, is located on the edge of the Teutoburg Forest. The city offers you a good range of leisure and cultural activities, e.g. music and theater, cinemas, pubs, etc. The Teutoburg Forest is ideal for hiking. There are excursion possibilities to Hanover, Osnabrück or Münster.
Highlights: There are plenty of restaurants, bars, discos, museums, theaters and cinemas. The pretty old town is small but nice.

Project hosted by

The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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Directions to meeting point

At the accomodation at the latest at 18 h.
From Hannover Airport you should take the S-Bahn S5 in the direction of Hameln to Hauptbahnhof Hannover (main train station).By train: From there you should take an ICE or IC train in the direction of Cologne until “Bielefeld-Hauptbahnhof”. Once you get to Bielefeld station, you still need to walk around 20-30 minutes.Further train and bus information can be found under www.bahn.de or www.efa.de. From the train station to the camp: From Bielefeld train station you should take the STB 1 tram in the direction of “Schildesche” until the last stop, “Schildesche”.There you should get off and continue on with the 27 bus in the direction of Heepen Baumheide until the stop “Heepen Halhof”. The bus stop is directly next to the grounds where you'll be staying.

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