A break from everyday life with an international flair is what the residents of the Edewecht Nursing Home will be experiencing this summer. Your group will help run a summer program for the residents, which will involve excursions, walks, singing, games, and reading and will ensure you a good time together. Suggestions for activities are always welcome as well. Additionally, your group will be building two pavilions and covered sitting areas, as well as two meeting points in a nearby park. Since these will take on a fairy tale theme, your creative side will be needed for this project You will also be showing off your work during at the home's open house.
Accomodation & food:
You will be staying in a school in Edewecht. Meals will be prepared as a group.
Leisure:
Edewecht is a small village in the rural Ammerland region. You will be provided with bikes in order to get to know the area, which is well connected with bike paths. Oldenburg is only 20 km away, and easily reached by public transport. On weekends you can take trips to Bremen and to the North Sea Coast.
Requirements:
You should enjoy working with elderly people.
Age:
16-26
Location:
Edewecht, Lower Saxony; 20 km west of Oldenburg, Bremen 65 km.
« We did a lot of conservation work, building hiking paths, tidying up wooded areas, removing weeds, planting trees, etc. The work was extremely successful and I found it very rewarding. »
