Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg is the biggest river island in Europe and an ever-changing multicultural part of the city. Many different kinds of projects and events both big and small, such as the Hamburg international building exhibition (IBA), the Hamburg international garden show (igs) and Dockville/Artville have partly influenced the many different places, people and themes of the Wihelmsburg district. Even the current intensified accommodating of refugees is keeping the people of Wilhemsburg busy. Within the structure of this media workshop, your task is to use film to represent what is so particular about Wilhelmsburg and how people who live and work in the district deal with the socio-cultural and social changes and challenges in the area. Led by an experienced media pedagogue, you will develop your ideas for interviews, learn different camera techniques and how to cut and edit scenes. At the end of the project you will show your finished product in a self-produced programme, that will be shown in the TIDE TV television channel in Hamburg. In contrast with other ijgd media workshops, we are already providing you with the topic for filming. Have a look at the websites listed and think about whether you would like use film to represent how projects, events, and socio-cultural and social changes can influence a district. We would ask of you to capture many different voices and pictures, to promote the idea of giving a voice to people, who are usually very seldom heard. http://www.hamburg.de/wilhelmsburg/ http://www.iba-hamburg.de/en/iba-in-english.html http://www.hamburg.de/igs-2013/ http://en.msdockville.de/ http://www.wilhelmsburgonline.de/
Accomodation & food:
You ll be staying in a modern youth centre on air mattresses. The media education centre is 5 minutes away. You ll cook your own meals together.
Location & leisure:
You ll be staying in the youth centre and working in the media education centre in the Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg. From there you can easily get to know the second largest city in Germany with its many tourist attractions. At the weekend, it s worth taking a trip to the Nordsee or Ostsee lakes.
Requirements:
A good knowledge of English, as well as an interest in film, is needed for this camp.
You ll be helping the surrounding communities with mowing fields and collecting hay. Sometimes, the fields are on a slope and are difficult to reach with machines. In nearby orchards, you ll be repairing fences and protecting trees from being gnawed away by sheep. You ll take care of rough grazing land, in order to conserve the habitats of endangered plants and animals. You ll also be pulling out small tree saplings from the meadow in order to prevent them spreading in this particular habitat i therefore learning a lot about conservation in the process. For one week you ll be at the Domberg Hill at Freising, where you ll be working on paths to protect them from erosion and repairing sheep shelters and fences around the meadow. The work assignment will be led by specialist Tobias Oehmen, who will be able to share his knowledge about nature and the benefits of your contribution. An absolute highlight for nature lovers is a 4-day trip to the Alps, where you can go hiking, so bring your hiking bootsNote about the project: If you are someone who wants to spend time amongst nature, enjoys walking, hiking and can ride a bike, then we can t wait to work with you When working amongst nature, some resistance to weather conditions is necessary. The desire to cook is also an advantage when applying to this camp, because you ll be cooking your own meals and shopping for your own ingredients, including some free packages from certain shops in Freising.
Accomodation & food:
Cosy, self-catering house for nature lovers, 7km outside of Freising in an idyllic hillside location. You will cook your own meals together.
Location & leisure:
You can reach Freising by bike along the river Isar. From there, the S-Bahn train travels to Munich. In Munich you have the opportunity to visit many museums, the English Garden or the famous Munich Hofbrauhaus. In the area surrounding Munich and in the Alps, you can go hiking and enjoy nature. Due to the close proximity to Hallertau, the largest hop-growing region in the world, there are many typical beer gardens around. It s also possible to go on hiking tours with the river Amper tour guides of the Friesing district.
Requirements:
You must be able to ride a bike. Ankle-high hiking boots and warm, waterproof clothing are absolutely necessary, since you ll need them for not only working, but also hiking
The Holznagelhausen adventure playground is a holiday activity in the Veitshochheim area. For 2 weeks, together with other volunteers, you ll be looking after 200 children between the ages of 7 and 13 i split into 14 groups - across a large outdoor area. You ll build wooden huts, offer sport and other workshop activities to the children (from football to baseball, backing pizzas in a stone oven to crafts and pedagogical games). You ll be able to have a lot of fun together. A highlight is the overnight stay in the huts complete with a night-time walk. During the camp you ll be able to contribute your own ideas and skills, learn how a youth project is carried out, experience working in a big team, learn new languages and make many new friends The Holznagelhausen adventure playground holiday activity has been running for over 30 years and therefore is a long and successful tradition in the Veitshochheim area. The activity is led by the community-based youth work in Veitshochheim, which itself has been around for 25 years. You ll be working at the adventure playground Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 14:00. During the overnight stay and night-time walk, you ll be working late into the evening (until around 02:00). The children will then stay at the camp, but you will sleep as usual in the Friends of Nature House. On your last evening, there will be a farewell party with the other supervisors on site.
Accomodation & food:
You ll be staying in rooms with multiple beds in the Kalten Brunnen Friends of Nature House. You ll cook your own meals together.
Location & leisure:
Veitshochheim is a community with around 10,000 inhabitants and lies on the bank of the river Main near to Wurzburg (which is the capital of Lower Franconia in Bavaria). In Veitshochheim there s a very nice outdoor swimming pool, boat tours along the river Main and lots of nice people to get to know. You can get to Wurzburg in about 10 minutes on the train, where you can enjoy its many sights (castles, chapels, residences) as well as shopping opportunities, cinemas, cafes and night-life. In the surrounding areas there is a climbing area, a leisure park, a go-kart track, all kinds of youth clubs, relaxing areas, cycle paths and skate parks. Everything that can be found in a large city (and indeed much more) can also be found in Nurnberg and Frankfurt. So come and have a look
Requirements:
Good knowledge of German and pedagogical skills are absolutely necessary, as is a desire to work with children.
The Museum Island Hombroich is an art museum. It distinguishes itself through its free-standing exhibition pavilions and renovated buildings, which are located in a restored park on the bank of the River Erft. In the style of Paul Cezanne, the museum s motto is Art is parallel with Nature . You ll be revitalising the course of a river in the park grounds. To do this, you ll need to remove sludge from ditches, get rid of branches in the water and also build small ramps and steps so that the water can flow again. In addition to this, you ll build 2 weirs. If there s still time, you ll be building fences around the horse paddock, or carry out maintenance work around the park.
Accomodation & food:
You ll be staying in the guest house, which is in a remote location (the next town is 25 minute away on foot). You ll cook your own meals together.
Location & leisure:
From the museum grounds you can reach the train station in 25 minutes on foot. From here you can go on many different trips: you can visit Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, the Ruhr area or even the Netherlands. You ll receive a guided tour of the museum park. You ll be staying in a remote, but comfortable guest house. Neuss is the nearest town, which has cafes, swimming pools and shopping centres.
You ll be helping to redesign and renovate the outdoor play area of a youth centre. As a group, you will develop ideas for the redesign of diverse playing equipment, a seating area as well as a climbing area, and together with the help of the Parks Commission employees on site, will then implement these ideas. During the project, you will also be accompanied and supported by the manager of the youth centre. As well as physical work, creative thinking will also be very useful here. Communal activities with young people from the local area of Krefeld are also planned.
Accomodation & food:
You ll be staying in the youth centre. You ll cook your own meals yourselves.
Location & leisure:
The widely diversified culture scene in Krefeld goes a lot further than the usual large town: art museums, theatres, a zoo, outdoor swimming pools, sport and skate parks, cafes, a bowling alley and pubs all count towards a very comprehensive free time programme. There are also good opportunities for day trips to the Lower Rhein, to Cologne, Bonn, Dusseldorf or the Ruhr area. Thanks to the great location of the youth centre, you can also reach the shopping district of Krefeld in just a few short minutes. The transport links are also very good and allow spontaneous outings to the different districts in the town, as well as neighbouring areas
Together with the Wesel Biological Station, you ll be undertaking many different conservation tasks. You ll be helping on a project which is supported by the LIFE European Conservation Fund, by preserving historical oak forests, moors, heaths and sand grassland. Amongst other things, this project is about removing invasive, non-resident plant species so that the natural community of species can be restored. Depending on your interests, the Biological Station can organise guided nature tours such as a boat trip or an observation of bats.
Accomodation & food:
You ll be staying in a simple house which is in an idyllic, but remote, location in the forest. You ll cook your own meals together.
Location & leisure:
You ll be living in the middle of the forest, where you ll be able to sit together around a camp fire in the evenings and have a barbecue. The nearest town (Schermbeck) is about 25 minutes away on foot (1.5km). From there you can go on hikes, bicycles tours or canoeing on the Lippe river. In the surrounding areas you could visit the Colonia Ulpia Traiana i the third-biggest Roman town north of the Alps and Germany s largest archaeological outdoor museum. You can go on day-trips to the cities of Essen, Dortmund, Cologne, Dusseldorf or Munster. The Hanseatic town of Wesel also offers many free-time opportunities. In the first weekend of August there is a large city festival with a lot of live music and fairs taking place.
Die Jugendhilfe Essen (Youth Welfare in Essen) is the youth farm s provider. Here, children and young people have the opportunity to experience responsible working behaviour when dealing with nature. Around 100 animals live on the huge farm and want to be looked after and fed by young people and children. In summer, holiday activities take place. These involve working with the animals, in the farm s garden (maintaining and harvesting crops) and working with children. There will also be some manual work - last year, for example, participants built a goat pen and an insect hotel. There could also be other ecological projects. Tasks will be assigned daily to participants.
Accomodation & food:
You ll be staying in a room on the grounds of the youth farm. All participants will sleep in one room. You ll cook your own meals together.
Location & leisure:
The convenient location of the camp in the Ruhr area means you can visit other interesting towns nearby, such as Dortmund or Munster. Koln and the Netherlands are also easily reachable. On the grounds of the youth farm, you can play football, volleyball and table tennis. A canoe trip is also available.
Requirements:
An interest and desire to work with animals, in nature/gardens/with children. Knowledge of German is an advantage. You should be flexible and enjoy working outside.
Together with the Ruhr regional association, you ll be completing various conservation work projects in the Ufter Mark area. You ll be working in different areas of forestry for 5 hours a day from Monday to Friday. You ll build cultivation fences, in order to later sow acorns there, mark out riding paths and clean other existing signs. As well as this, you ll be making protective baskets for some of the larger plants so that they don t get bitten off by wild animals, and also taking care of existing growing plants. Further tasks are the taking down of protective fences and the repairing of leisure facilities. From spending time with the forester, you will learn many things about the forest and its inhabitants.
Accomodation & food:
You ll be staying in small cabins in Schermbeck. You ll cook your own meals together.
Location & leisure:
Schermbeck is in a very rural area, you therefore need to be well-organised in order to plan your excursions. Your project partner will support you with this and put on free-time activities. In the surrounding areas you could visit the Colonia Ulpia Traiana i the third-biggest Roman town north of the Alps and Germany s largest archaeological outdoor museum. You can go on day-trips to the cities of Essen, Dortmund, Cologne, Dusseldorf or Munster. The Hanseatic town of Wesel also offers many free-time opportunities. In the first weekend of August there is a large city festival with a lot of live music and fairs taking place.
Requirements:
Strong shoes and waterproof clothing are absolutely necessary and must be brought with you
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