Accommodation

In the separate house with other staff members in 4-6-bedded rooms. Volunteers will eat together with children and staff in the canteen. Showers, dry toiltets and sauna are available.

Location

Vihasoo lies in the picturesque Lahemaa National Park, 70km from Tallinn. Surrounded by forest, near to the sea, it is the ideal place for vacations. The nearest town (7km) is Vosu, spa town with about 1000 inhabitants.

Terminal

Airport, harbor, bus & train stations in Tallinn, specially arranged car to Vihasoo.

Special requirements

You have to enjoy working with kids and be really motivated to work with them. This work demands 24-hours commitment and it can be pretty hard at times. Weekend is not free! Experience in work with children is an advantage. We expect active volunteers with the good knowledge of culture of their country and ability to present it.All exciting ideas of activities for kids, games etc are welcome. English and Russian are the camp languages.

Leisure time

Hiking, swimming, sunbathing, sports, games. Excursions to the places of interest in the Lahemaa National Park are foreseen.

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Project

West Estonian archipelago and Vainameri Seashores could easily be called one of the natural wonders of the Baltic Sea. Over 500 bigger and smaller islands, partitioned coast line are home to big range of natural habitats and species. Its landscapes are eye-catching and natural diversity develops hand in hand with peaceful countryside way of life of local people. Estonian Nature Fund – ELF call international volunteers to join their conservation project, which is carried out from 1998 and has two main goals. One is to carry out conservation work in nature parks and protected areas and second is to bring people closer to nature, to promote environment-friendly and sustainable lifestyle. International conservation workcamps are important part of ELF’s conservation holidays project. In these camps ELF always involves local people to work alongside participants from other countries. The benefits in understanding, education and shared cultures can be great and the experience remembered by all. Also this kind of conservation works help to raise awareness of local people about values of local nature and importance of centuries old traditional land management.

Work

The work will be divided between 2 sites. First half will be in Pivarootsi village of the Puhtu Laelatu Nature Reserve. It’s a good place to enjoy West Estonian rural landscape and help to improve it by restoring an alvar by the coast. Second half will be on Vormsi Island that has just over 400 people living on it. While similar in landscapes and nature to mainland Pivarootsi, it has all very different history. Being habited by Estonian Swedes until the middle of the last century, one could still easily feel the Swedish influence in many aspects of island’s life. However in both places the work will take place on coastal meadows and alvars. Practically it consists of the cutting and collection of brushwood, mainly junipers. This is important habitat protection work - preserving the alvar. Alvars can most simply be described as limestone-rich meadows with shallow soil, which generally lack trees and bushes. The thickness of the soil layer is generally up to twenty centimetres, yet in places soil may be almost completely absent and vegetation is then found only in fissures in the limestone and in smaller depressions. Typically you will work 6 hours per day (for example, 9 -12 & 13-16) outdoors. Tools will be provided by Estonian Nature Fund. Some local volunteers will join the camp

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