Participation fee

As EstYES does not receive funds to support your participation in this camp neither from the state nor from private sponsors, you are asked to contribute towards cost of board and lodging, local transport, leisure time program, etc. The fee has to be paid by volunteers upon arrival to the camp, and it is 100 Euro per every adult and every child older than 5.

EST 27 RISTITEE FARM I HIIUMAA 18.08 - 31.08 ENVI 7 vols

EST 32 RISTITEE FARM II HIIUMAA 22.09 - 05.10 ENVI 7 vols

Project

Hiiumaa according to the Nordic sagas emerged from the Baltic Sea as a small islet more than 10 000 years ago. The island of Hiiumaa was first mentioned in historical documents as a deserted island called Dageida in 1228. The first inhabitants settled down at the end of the 13^th century. Hiiumaa is the second biggest island of Estonia: its area is 965 sq. km, population around 10 000. It has many historical and nature sights, and there are kind people known for their hospitality and good sense of humor. The island is referred as a remote area of Europe, so EstYES feels particularly proud developing international voluntary projects for dozen of years there. Also, for years EstYES has been cooperating with farms all over Estonia for solidarity, respect and practical support to local people who work in agricultural sector keeping traditional life style and developing new eco-farming despite of all difficulties. Ristitee Farm is one of such projects. Ristitee farm is situated on the small island Kassari (19 sq. km) which is linked to Hiiumaa. The farm has over 100 horses and it specializes in eco-tourism in Kassari and horse riding for tourists. Indeed the area provides a lot of possibilities for this - with its beautiful sand dunes, pine woods and the high coastal junipers Kassari Island is ideal for hiking, picnics, camping, sunbathing and swimming. Kaina Bay between Kassari and Kaina and the numerous islets form a bird sanctuary with 70 different species - ideal place for bird watchers and nature lovers. In addition to farm activities, Ristitee Farm has another important task of taking care of coastal meadows which are international birds’ migration area under protection of NATURA Program. And the aim of the camp is to assist the protection of this environmental object - coastal meadows, unique in Europe.

Work

Volunteers will mainly work on preserving NATURA protected areas. This work will include cleaning and tidying up, cutting unwanted grass and bushes, deleting plants not typical for the area. This is an outdoors work in the very wet area. Another work will be to collect apple harvest in the orchards. The working day is 6 -7 hours. One day will be free.

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