Accommodation. The Manor House complex is managed by a Finnish family with two children, so you will share accommodation with them

The Manor House complex is managed by a Finnish family with two children, so you will share accommodation with them. The volunteers will stay in the separate room of the manor house on beds. Sleeping bag is not needed. Bed lines are provided, volunteers are asked to bring their own towels. Toilet, hot water, shower is available. Volunteers have to make breakfasts on their own while the rest of the meals will be cooked and served by the locals. Volunteers will be asked to help cleaning and washing up.

Location

Ervita is a small village (with around 260 inhabitants) located in Jarvamaa County, Koeru Parish in north-central Estonia. The closest towns are Paide (35 km) and Rakvere (55 km). The whole area has a beautiful nature, and there is real countryside and forests with wildlife around. More information can be found on www.jarva.ee/index.php?page=3& and www.koeruvv.ee

Terminal

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

Special requirements

As the work can be quite physical volunteers have to be in a good physical shape.

This camp is not suitable for volunteers allergic to allergic to dogs and cats.

Leisure time

Sunbathing and swimming, fishing, beach volley on nearby the Lake Vainjarv (300m), trips in the area. Very good camp for nature lovers! Endla Nature Reserve with the possibility of bird watching and hiking is around. (http://www.endlakaitseala.ee/?id=824)

EST 10 KOESTI WATERMILL I VILJANDI 07.07 – 19.07 ENVI/ MANU 10 vols

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Project

The aim of this camp is to help renovation works of the historical watermill Koesti. This watermill dating from the end of 18^th century is an important object of heritage for the local community. The oldest part of the building existing at present was built in the second half of 19^th century. In 1930 the watermill was made two-storied and on the river side the engineering for producing electric power was built. After the Second World War several changes have been made there. Today association managing the watermill put a lot of effort into developing it into a hydroelectric plant, which started to give energy now. And this is a very important step for the local community which goes along with the general plan to raise the production use of energy from alternative sources in Estonia. At present such alternative energy projects have not been developed in Estonia yet to the noticeable extend, therefore Koesti Watermill is an important initiative which should be supported.

Work

The work will involve mainly cleaning up/ recovering of the hydro power station canal and the banks of Koesti creek. This means pretty hard physical work likeremoving mud, stones, branches of trees, etc. Also there may be clearing up of the green areas around the mill and occasionally simple conservation jobs in the building (e.g. cleaning the walls before painting). Volunteers will be working 7-8 hours per day 5 days a week under the supervision of local technical leader.

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