Educational Centre Kell am See

CODE: IBG 15

PROJECT: The regional youth department of Kell am See runs an educational centre in this village, which offers different environmental educational activities for youth groups and school classes. Also, school classes or youth associations can come here for several days and run own seminars or trainings. The centre was just renovated a couple of years ago and different new outdoor and training facilities were installed. For them it is important to get the support of international volunteer for their centre but at the same time they share the aims of international volunteering and want to offer a nice opportunity to you. By participating in this project, you are supporting education on environmental issues (UN SDG 4 and 13).
WORK: Re-design the chill-out-area and maintain to green areas around the educational centre Kell am See, an important place for youth work in the whole area of Trier! The educational centre is public, non-profit and offers the opportunity for youth groups, associations and schools to spend some days or weeks here, running a seminar or some other projects. One focus of the offer is on environmental education and outdoor activities. You will play a key role in empowering local youth community. There will be two big tasks for you: You will redesign the chill-out area in the basement of the facility. A local graffiti artist will hold a workshop to share ideas and techniques for the redesign, and you will also design and build new furniture yourselves. Use your creativity and together with the local youth, create the best artistic chilling area! You will be working to take care and maintain the green areas around the regional education centre. Your tasks will include cutting the grass and bushes; taking care of the playground and sports grounds; tending the herbs garden and the insect hotel and much more.

LOCATION: Kell am See is a village 30 km from Trier, surrounded by beautiful landscapes. The area is well known for cycling, hiking and other ways of outdoor activities. In Kell, there is a holiday resort, which offers more than 200 holiday bungalows next to a lake (close to the educational centre). In addition, the region offers plenty of historic sites (castles, museums….). You will get the opportunity to come in contact with local associations, e.g. the local voluntary fire brigade. The number of excursions will be limited but you will for sure visit Trier, famous for its Roman sites, its cathedral and for being the birth place of Karl-Marx. The area is not just appreciated by tourists: People from the area also come here for cycling (there is a 45 km cycling path on a former railway roadbed) or to spend a nice day outside.

REQUIREMENTS: Please be aware that ticks can be an issue when you spend a lot of time outdoors in natural areas in Germany - like in this camp. In our General Infosheet you will find suggestions on how you can protect yourself against them. You are also welcome to check whether a vaccination against the tick-borne disease TBE makes sense and is possible in your home country
TRAVEL INFORMATION:
MEETING POINT: You will be picked up from the bus stop in Kell am See. There is the bus No. 230 from Trier to Kell am See every 2 hours. Please inform your campleaders about your arrival time on Sep 13. You can check for connections from anywhere to Kell am See on: www.bahn.com/en.
NEXT INTERNATIONAL TRAIN STATION: Trier
NEXT BUS STOP: Suitable international bus stops are in Trier, Saarbrucken and Luxembourg
NEXT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Luxembourg (LUX)