Els camps de treball per a menors d’edat permeten la participació de joves a partir de 16 anys que vulguin ser part d’un voluntariat transformador

La majoria dels camps de treball són per a persones que ja tenen 18 anys. Tot i això, hi ha alguns projectes que accepten també persones joves menors d’edat a partir dels 16 anys. Per trobar-los, només cal que posis el filtre “International volunteers under 18” a l’apartat d’opcions del buscador de camps d’SCI Internacional.

La quota de participació en un camp és de 150€ que inclouen els 100€ en despeses de gestió, formació prèvia i assegurança i els 50 € de la quota anual de sòcia de l’SCI Catalunya.  Aquí tens tots els passos a seguir per inscriure’t a un camp de treball. Abans de participar en qualsevol camp de treball és obligatori anar a alguna de les formacions prèvies. Enguany són els dies 24 i 25 de maig a Mura i el 5 i 6 de juliol a Fogars de Montclús.

Aquests són alguns dels camps disponibles per a menors però pots consultar-ne més al buscador de camps d’SCI Internacional:

SWITZERLAND: Pro Terra Engiadina (27th July – 9th August)

Description: The Foundation Pro Terra Engiadina (PTE) is a cross-sector foundation which aims to maintain and promote the natural and cultural landscape, as well as biodiversity in the Engadin valley. Given its involvement with many sectors, PTE integrates ecological connectivity into the spatial planning which is one of its strengths.
Minimum age: 16 years.

Type of Work: The focus is on the maintenance and promotion of biodiversity in dry meadows, peatlands or community gardens. Other work depends on weather conditions: clearing shrubbery from dry meadows, peatlands and along cultural structures; collecting stones to build cairns or dry-stone walls; retrieving branches and stacking them into piles; maintaining water streams; help in community or school gardens, participating in a Littering Project by collecting litter in an area along the main river in Engadin, the Inn River.

SWITZERLAND: Mountain Farm Loasa Cooperative (3rd – 9th August)

Description: Alpe Loasa is a full-year organic mountain farm in southern Switzerland, at the Italian border. The farm is remote from cities or villages, accessible only by walking or horse riding, with frugal accommodation. The many works are usually done by the tenant and the cooperative by hand. Many helping people are therefore very valuable. In return of the work and the remoteness of the site, we offer an intense community experience. Minimum age: 17 years.

Type of Work: Various tasks are pending: Haymaking, installing cross-cuts (rain gutters), installing new stairs, renovating the house yard. Work tasks can be rotated among volunteers and need to be planned spontaneously according to the weather conditions.

ESTONIA: Family Camp at Kiidi Farm (11th – 17th August)

Description: ProjectFor a decade EstYES promotes camps where parents and children can participate together. The idea is to create a kind of temporary community where adults and children can share the ideas of voluntary activity for the benefit of rural area. The schedule of the camp allows adults to act as volunteers like in any other voluntary camp working 4-5 hours a day for practical tasks. Meanwhile children work as well, in the sense that they take part in the activities helping parents and sharing easy tasks with them.

Type of Work: WorkVarious works in the forest: cutting unwanted trees and bushes, burning old tree brunches and brushwood, preparing firewood for heating the farm; also, some odd jobs around the farm buildings as well as general household work. Most of the work will be outdoors. There can be also some light maintaining works indoors if weather is too rainy.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Back to the Nature for Families (23th – 30th August)

Description: The workcamp takes place in a remote but exceptionally beautiful, hilly area of the Bohemian Forest, near the western border of the Czech Republic. The campsite is isolated from civilization volunteers are welcome to try a basic and active lifestyle in the forest. The main goal is to help maintain meadows in a nature-protected area, maintain the campsite and enjoy nature.

Type of Work: Children and parents will work together when possible (e.g. helping with cooking, collecting wood, harvesting vegetables and gardening). Work will be organized in two groups. The first one will be working in a nature reserve located 3km away from the campsite, their work will consist of mowing grass, raking and collecting grass. The second group will be working on the campsite preparing food, collecting wood, doing maintenance tasks or working in the nearby forest.

SWITZERLAND: Maintain Vitality of Alpine Biodiversity (21st – 28th September)

Description: The Alpes Vivantes association is involved in concrete maintenance activities in the Alpes Vaudoises such as cutting invasive species and green alders bushes. The long-term goal is to enhance the biological richness and ecologically valuable habitats of the Alpes Vaudoises, by managing projects within a regional organisation. Minimum age: 16 years.

Type of Work: The volunteers will take part in a workcamp to remove invasive or undesirable plants such as green alders (Alnus viridis) and to maintain mountain pastures. Thanks to their commitment, the volunteers will work for fragile ecosystems that are home to sensitive species such as black grouse, grouse and deer.

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