WORKCAMPS IN AUSTRIA

In 2007 OIKOS organises in collaboration with YAPA Österreich (prima Perpetuum Mobile International), a local non-profit organisation, several workcamps in Austria.

The fee of participation (including the annual membership-card of OIKOS) is 80,00 Euro and has to be paid when applying for a camp. 
The camp-fee (including board and lodging) is from 30,00 Euro to 70,00 Euro and has to be paid to the camp-coordinator on arrival in Austria.

YAPA Austria is an organisation involved in youth activities. It provides opportunities to young people wishing to go abroad to work in a social project. YAP Austria also offers short time projects in Austria, and  offers to host people from abroad to work in these projects. The aim of the ‘outgoing’ program is to enable young people as well as adults to learn and understand other cultures and languages to promote peace through intercultural tolerance and understanding among people. The aim of the ‘incoming’ program is to offer similar opportunities to young people to come to Austria in order learn about the culture and to live and work with Austrians. This promotes local tolerance to foreigners, as local people come into contact with them as well as to provide the ‘real  insight’ about the reality of ’developed Europe’ to people from eastern Europe and other countries from other continents.

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Work:  In 2007 will be a meeting of the NPT Comitte because of existence of 50 year of IAEA (International Atomic energy agency). There we plan to have a workcamp next to the UNO in Vienna.

The project is in cooperation with an german organisation ‘Friedenswerkstatt (manufactury of peace)’ and the europen Youthnetwork BanG (Ban all nuclear weapons Generation).

We will have workshops on different topics to atomic energy furthermore we will have conference days and work on different action to the topic for example planting sunflowers, have some street action, being part of the conference (if it is possible)….  So the main aim of the camp is to raise awareness to the topic atomic energy

Accommodation: Your accommodation, food and travel costs to the work (within Vienna) are covered

Notes: You need to bring with you a sleeping bag and mats (we will sleep on the floor), working clothes, working shoes, raincoat.

Camp language: English/German                                

Fee: EUR 50,00

Work: The workcamp will take place in Eschenau close to St. Pölten from July 7. – 27. We will work with children from homeless families. We will help to renovate the house where they are living. Twice a week there is a fleemarket in the neighbourvillage and we will help to do handicrafts with the children to sell this afterwards on th emarket. We will show the children different cultures with international games, etc. We will work five days a week but we will also make excursions with the children on the weekend.At the end of the workcamp we will try to organize a little fairwell party.

Accommodation: We will be hosted in the “Kinderbauernhof (childrensfarm)” where the children also stay. We will cook for ourselves. (Please inform us whether you require a special diet or vegetarian.)

Notes: You need to bring with you a sleeping bag but we have beds for everybody, we don’t sleep on the floor!!! Working clothes, working shoes, raincoat, swimming suit, sun protection. If you require any medicaments (e.g. because of an allergy), don’t forget to bring them with you.
Motivation letter is needed!!!!

Camp language: English/German

Fee: EUR 50,00

Work: We will renovate an old stonewall. Work will start on Monday 30^th of July. We will work five days a week, approximately six hours a day. We will work together with local volunteers. The whole camp will be integrative, that means, that we live and work together with people with mentally handycaped handicapped persons.

Location: The workcamp will take place in Alberndorf, which is a small village in the north of Austria, next to the Czech boarder near to Linz

Accommodation:elemententary school, lavatories, kitchen
 
Notes: Special requirements: speaking english, adequate working clothes

Camp language: English/German

Fee: EUR 30,00

YAPA04

29.07.2007 -18.08.2007

Vienna

Work: The workcamp will take place in Vienna from July 28.7. – 18.8.2007. We will renovate a part of the a famous public park located in Vienna. For example we will plant trees and creating a wodden oak sculpture. The work will start on Monday 30th of August.

We will work five days a week, approximately six hours a day. Apart from our work, the volunteers can participate in different creative workshops.

We will work together with local youth groups and local volunteers. Moreover, you will work with handicapped people. We want to offer them the possibility to get to know people from all over the world. In this way we want to set an example of integration.

During the weekends, we will plan different activities to get to know the city of Vienna and a little bit of Austria.

At the end of the workcamp we will try to organize a festival including the official inauguration of the park – you will have the chance as well to work on the design of the festival.

Accommodation: We will be hosted in a youth centre in Vienna. 5er Haus, Grünwaldgasse 4, 1050 Wien. We will cook for ourselves. (Please inform us whether you require a special diet or vegetarian.)

Notes: You need to bring with you a sleeping bag and mats (we will sleep on the floor), working clothes, working shoes, raincoat, swimming suit, sun protection. If you require any medicaments (e.g. because of an allergy), don’t forget to bring them with you.
Motivation letter is needed!!!!

Camp language: English

Fee: EUR 70,00

YAPA05

12.08.2007 - 02.08.2007

Kirchberg

Work: The workcamp will take place in Kirchberg (close St. Pölten) from August 12 – September 2^nd 2007.  The project is in cooperation with the municipality. We will work with people with disabilities but also with a children group from the village. We will work on a theater play close to Shakespeares ‘Midsummerdream’

The group will  organize a youth festival for the final presentation with the playing of the theatre piece and different dance performances of youth groups at the festival. 

Beside the theatre playing the group will also renovate a part of a social organisation.

Moreover, you will work with handicapped people. We want to offer them the possibility to get to know people from all over the world. In this way we want to set an example of integration.

Accommodation:We will be hosted in a house close the church BUT please keep in mind that we will use the showers in the school (ca. 10 min by walk) toilets are in the house where we are sleeping. We will cook for ourselves. (Please inform us whether you require a special diet or vegetarian.)

Notes: You need to bring with you a sleeping bag and mats (we will sleep on the floor), working clothes, working shoes, raincoat, swimming suit, sun protection. If you require any medicaments (e.g. because of an allergy), don’t forget to bring them with you.
Motivation letter is needed!!!!

Camp language: English

Fee: EUR 50,00

YAPA06

09.09.2007 - 21.08.2007

Finstergruen

Work:The project is in cooperation of us with the castle of Finstergruen, which officially belongs to the Protestant Youth of Austria, but is no religious project. The castle of Finstergruen – that means “dark green”, like the forests around – is a youth hostel nowadays, located in the Southern Salzburg state, in the middle of the Alps. All volunteers live in one room in the castle and also get their food from the cantine.  

Your mentors are volunteers from Grenzenlos. They will help you with any kind of personal needs and organize a frame programme of activities.

The programme includes free days with options to hike, visit an old mine, sports, etc.

Don’t expect urban life - pls be aware that the place is in a remote area. At the Finstergruen castle itself, you get all you need, but in a circle of some 50 kms you find only mountains and narrow valleys with villages and some small old towns.The Finstergruen castle is on a hill in a walking distance from the village Ramingstein which has one railway station, a supermarket, two pubs, a church and some more houses; the next small towns are Tamsweg and Murau, each 15 km from Finstergruen.

Accommodation: Castle; bath room, common sleeping room, dining hall, courts and surrounding meadows for leisure time. We will cook for ourselves. (Please inform us whether you require a special diet.) Address: Burg Finstergrün Wald 65, 5591 Ramingstein, Austria

Notes: You need to bring with you a sleeping bag and mats (we will sleep on the floor), working clothes, working shoes, raincoat, swimming suit, sun protection. If you require any medicaments (e.g. because of an allergy), don’t forget to bring them with you.

Camp language: English

Fee: EUR 50,00

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