Location. The charm of Haanja Uplands in South Estonia lies in its lovely hilly landscape, winding roads and numerous lakes

The charm of Haanja Uplands in South Estonia lies in its lovely hilly landscape, winding roads and numerous lakes. Most of its ancient villages, special dialect, handicraft, and customs have been preserved until today. The whole area, called Vorumaa, is an area of outstanding beauty. It is famous for its diverse and very well preserved nature. Untouched forests with wildlife, deep valleys, hills, 170 small lakes with extremely clean water, rivers with caves in the steep banks - you can find everything there. Farm is situated 16 km south of Voru, capital of the County, which has a population of 14 000 people and lies about 250 km south-east of Tallinn, very close to the Latvian and Russian borders. More information about Estonia www.visitestonia.com; South-Estonia www.werro.ee, www.southestonia.info

Terminal

Airport, harbour, bus or train station in Tallinn; bus to Voru.

Special requirements

The camp is open for young people who is interested in organic farming and is ready to get real experience of it. Please be prepared to the simple conditions of Estonian country side. Volunteers have to be motivated to work outdoors doing sometimes quite physical work under changing weather conditions. English is the camp language.

Leisure time

The camp takes place in the area of outstanding beauty. There are many possibilities for leisure time, especially for those who love nature: acquaintance with nature of the area, hiking, swimming, etc. Excursions to the historical places of the County of Voru are planned as well. Some free time activities will be organized for participants as a day trip and excursions in the area. Some of them will be free of charge while others might require a little financial contribution.

EST 05 PARIISI FRA RAKVERE 25.06 – 15.07 KIDS/ TEACH 3 vols

Project

Do you want to spend three weeks working with kids in the village of Paris in Estonia? Then this camp is for you! The camp is organized for kids and teenagers by the Association of Teachers of French in Estonia. The main aim of the camp is to provide intensive experience of learning and practicing French for kids and teenagers outside school curriculum using facilities of children camp Pariisi. The camp program includes games and activities, performances in the open air, hikes, excursions and visits, talks and discussions in the working groups. Naturally the language of this camp is French – what else would you speak in Pariisi?

Work

Activating kids and teenagers, providing cross-cultural learning experience for them as well as French language environment. It will be done through the games, drama, sport activities, excursions, discussions, etc. Volunteers along with local coordinators will be responsible for the whole program of the camp. The work can be pretty hard involving long working hours some days, requiring high commitment and responsibility for the camp program. At the same time it is a good chance to practice different teaching methods and try out working in team starting with planning process to realizing real activities. There will be two shifts during the period of camp. The first one will involve kids aged 8-10, the second one – teenagers aged 11-13. There is going to be around 40 participants in each shift. In addition to teachers there will be local young volunteer assistants in the camp.

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