ijgd - Workcamps 2015
Placement starts 17. March 2015
Your contact persons are:
INCOMING–Carlotta Schellschmidt
Workcamps in Germany
Languages: English, Spanish
E-Mail:
Tel: +49 228 228 00 12
OUTGOING - Christa Knobloch
Outgoing Placement
Languages: English, Polish
E-Mail:
Tel: +49 228 228 00 11
OUTGOING –Natalie Rossow
Season Help Outgoing Placement
Languages: English
E-Mail:
Tel: +49 228 228 00 13
Office Address:
Ijgd e.V.
Workcamp Department
Kasernenstr. 48
53111 Bonn
GERMANY
Tel: 0049 228 228 00 14
Fax: 0049 228 228 00 10
In General
With our 2015 workcamp program, ijgd welcomes you to send volunteers to our international workcamps in Germany. We offer a wide range of projects in which volunteers get involved in meaningful work and take an active part in the daily decision making processes of group life.
Background and Goals
Ijgd is a non-profit, non-denominational organization which has been active in international youth work since 1948. Each year ijgd organizes international youth workcamps in Germany. In cooperation with partner organizations of the Alliance a worldwide network has been created, so that volunteers can participate in workcamps all over the world. However, this program will focus on workcamps in Germany. Our aim is to encourage young people to become aware of existing social and environmental conditions, enabling them to become an active and responsible participant in a democratic society. This learning process leads (among other things) to the examination of one's own cultural norms and values. Consequently it will help break down barriers between people which have been built on cultural, social and ethnical differences. This development of international understanding is regarded as a contribution to the furtherance of world peace.
ijgd Workcamp Conditions
Each workcamp lasts about three weeks
Participants are usually between 16 to 26 years of age (except Teenage-Camps 14-17 years)
Minors (under 18 years) need written permission (which they must bring to the camp!) from their guardians
Volunteers are expected to work about five hours/day; 25 to 30 hours/week, except Saturday and Sunday
Groups consist of approximately 15 volunteers
Camps are run using the principle of self-organization. Therefore, volunteers are expected to contribute to the daily life of the group by cooking, shopping, organizing free-time activities and day to day running of the whole event
Accommodation is simple (youth hostels, schools, forest huts or tents)
Projects may include renovation,environmental work, play schemes with children, work with elderly, etc.
Group Leaders
Group leaders are usually of the same age as the participants. Usually there are two leaders, trained through ijgd seminars. Due to the principal of self-organization, leaders should not have a leadership role, rather be a participant themselves. They are also responsible for the contact to the project's partners, to take care of administrative details and to ensure self-organization of the group.
Types of Workcamps
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Renovation - RENO
Projects with Kids - KIDS
Social Projects - SOCI
Construction - CONS
Cultural Projects – ART & MEDIA
Teenager Camps - TEEN
Study projects - STUDY
Environmental - TYPE: ENVI
Archaeology – ARCH
Language Camp - LANG
Bi- / tri-laterals - Country abbreviation
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Before and After the Workcamp
Before the workcamp season starts, ijgd organizes a preparation weekend for its German participants, in order to clarify expectations, challenges of workcamps and to sensitize volunteers for intercultural differences.
After the workcamp season in autumn, volunteers and camp leaders are invited to an evaluation meeting. You are more than welcome to give us your personal feedback.
Where are our workcamps – German federal states (Region):
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BLNBerlin
BRBrandenburg
BWBaden-Wuerttemberg
BYBayern (Bavaria)
NWNordrhein-Westfalen
(North Rhine Westphalia)
NSNiedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
RPRheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
SSachsen (Saxony)
STSachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)
SHSchleswig-Holstein
SLSaarland
THThueringen (Thuringia)
HBBremen
HEHessen (Hesse)
HHHamburg
MVMecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg Western Pomerania)
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25301 / Bayreuth / BY / 28.03.2015 / 11.04.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / ART, CONS, ENVI / E / Work can be exhausting.
15203 / Hildesheim Transeuropafestival / NDS / 13.05.2015 / 05.06.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / FEST, STUD / E
25316 / Babenhausen / BY / 24.05.2015 / 07.06.2015 / 15 / 18 / 26 / ART, ENVI, RENO / E / Work will take place outside and can be exhausting. Need to be able to ride a bike.
75123 / Lößnitz-Erzgebirge / SN / 15.06.2015 / 28.06.2015 / 10 / 16 / 26 / CONS, FEST / E
25312 / Ingolstadt / BY / 20.06.2015 / 11.07.2015 / 15 / 18 / 26 / CONS, RENO / E / Interest in handicraft. Work can be exhausting. Need to be able to ride a bike.
75101 / Berlin-Köpenick / B / 20.06.2015 / 12.07.2015 / 10 / 50 / 18 / 26 / SOCI / D
75111 / Gahlen I / BB / 20.06.2015 / 17.07.2015 / 12 / 18 / 26 / ENVI
25337 / Ostbevern / NRW / 23.06.2015 / 14.07.2015 / 13 / 16 / 26 / KIDS
25325 / Krefeld / NRW / 27.06.2015 / 18.07.2015 / 18 / 16 / 26 / CONS
25340 / Wuppertal / NRW / 04.07.2015 / 18.07.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / ENVI
15209 / Wildemann I / NDS / 11.07.2015 / 25.07.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / E / Sponsored by JCI.
25313 / Nürtingen / BW / 11.07.2015 / 01.08.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / ART, CONS, ENVI, RENO / E / Need to be able to ride a bike
25345 / Otterstadt / RP / 11.07.2015 / 25.07.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / CONS, RENO
15233 / Ausacker Husby / SH / 18.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / E / Work can be exhausting. Need to be able to ride a bike.
15240 / Wismar / MV / 18.07.2015 / 08.08.2015 / 16 / 18 / 26 / KIDS / D / Interest in working with children.
25333 / Bielefeld / NRW / 18.07.2015 / 08.08.2015 / 16 / 16 / 26 / CONS
25346 / Burscheid / NRW / 18.07.2015 / 08.08.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / ENVI, KIDS, SOCI / Sponsored by JCI.
75103 / Berlin-Reinickendorf I / B / 18.07.2015 / 09.08.2015 / 15 / 300 / 18 / 26 / ARCH, LANG / E
75120 / Senftenberg / BB / 18.07.2015 / 07.08.2015 / 12 / 300 / 16 / 26 / KIDS, LANG / D
15202 / Nordloh / NDS / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / CONS, RENO / Need to be able to ride a bike.
15204 / Verden / NDS / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / CONS, RENO
15213 / Lemwerder / NDS / 25.07.2015 / 16.08.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / CONS, FEST / Need to be able to ride a bike.
15216 / Hannover / NDS / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / CONS, ENVI, STUD / E / Sponsored by JCI. Need to be able to ride a bike.
15227 / Fahren / MV / 25.07.2015 / 08.08.2015 / 16 / 395 / 14 / 17 / ART, ENVI, RENO, TEEN / E / Need to be able to swim and ride a bike.
15236 / Cluvenhagen / NDS / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / DISA, SOCI, SOCI / D, E / Need to be interested in working with people with disabilities.
15243 / Kiel / SH / 25.07.2015 / 22.08.2015 / 15 / 18 / 26 / KIDS / D / Interest in working with children.
25307 / Ehingen (Donau) / BW / 25.07.2015 / 08.08.2015 / 11 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / E
25326 / Ingelheim / RP / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 14 / 18 / 26 / ENVI
25334 / Schermbeck / NRW / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 18 / 16 / 26 / ENVI
25336 / Wallerfangen / SL / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / ENVI, TRI / TRI D-F-Span
25338 / Essen / NRW / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 11 / 16 / 26 / ENVI, KIDS / JCI, Interest in working with children.
25343 / Enkenbach-Alsenborn / RP / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / Sponsored by JCI.
55430 / Altenburger Land / TH / 25.07.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 16 / 16 / 26 / ARCH, RENO
75102 / Berlin-Heiligensee / B / 25.07.2015 / 08.08.2015 / 15 / 150 / 15 / 17 / ARCH, TEEN / E
15201 / Heckenbeck / NDS / 01.08.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 15 / 260 / 16 / 26 / ART / E / Need to be able to ride a bike.
15210 / Wrisbergholzen / NDS / 01.08.2015 / 15.08.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / ARCH, TRI / E / TRI D-CZ-Japan
15220 / Hamburg-Fischbek / HH / 01.08.2015 / 22.08.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / Work can be exhausting.
25302 / Freising / BY / 01.08.2015 / 30.08.2015 / 10 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / E / Work can be exhausting. Need to be able to ride a bike.
25304 / Alzenau / BY / 01.08.2015 / 16.08.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / ART, CONS, ENVI, FEST, TRI / E / TRI D-ESP-PL
25309 / Veitshöchheim / BY / 01.08.2015 / 16.08.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / CONS, KIDS, SOCI / D
25319 / Rimpar / BY / 01.08.2015 / 23.08.2015 / 24 / 16 / 26 / ART, CONS, ENVI, RENO / E / German language is advantage. Work can be exhausting.
75104 / Berlin-Reinickendorf II / B / 01.08.2015 / 23.08.2015 / 15 / 300 / 18 / 26 / ARCH, LANG / E
75113 / Rangsdorf / BB / 01.08.2015 / 23.08.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / Need to be able to ride a bike.
75117 / Potsdam / BB / 01.08.2015 / 23.08.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / E
25300 / Deggendorf / BY / 05.08.2015 / 23.08.2015 / 12 / 18 / 26 / KIDS, SOCI / D / Handicraft and educational skills needed.
25331 / Pfälzer Wald Hahnenhof / RP / 06.08.2015 / 26.08.2015 / 13 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / Sponsored by JCI.
15221 / Göhrde / NDS / 08.08.2015 / 29.08.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / ENVI, STUD, TRI / E / TRI D-EST-KOR
15222 / Bremen / HB / 08.08.2015 / 22.08.2015 / 12 / 310 / 16 / 26 / ART, STUD / E
15225 / Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg / HH / 08.08.2015 / 22.08.2015 / 12 / 380 / 16 / 26 / ART, SOCI, STUD / E
25317 / Ursensollen / BY / 08.08.2015 / 30.08.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / CONS, ENVI, RENO / E
75114 / Gahlen II / BB / 10.08.2015 / 30.08.2015 / 12 / 18 / 26 / ENVI
15205 / Fischbeck / NDS / 15.08.2015 / 05.09.2015 / 13 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / E
15215 / Wildemann II / NDS / 15.08.2015 / 05.09.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / E
15229 / Edewecht / NDS / 15.08.2015 / 29.08.2015 / 16 / 16 / 26 / CONS, KIDS / E / Need to be able to ride a bike.
15234 / Flensburg / SH / 15.08.2015 / 29.08.2015 / 12 / 280 / 16 / 26 / ART, STUD / E / Need to be able to walk every day 2,4km/30min to studio.
25324 / Rehlingen-Siersburg / SL / 15.08.2015 / 05.09.2015 / 11 / 16 / 26 / ARCH
25327 / Ehringshausen / HE / 15.08.2015 / 30.08.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / ENVI
25335 / Gelsenkirchen / NRW / 15.08.2015 / 05.09.2015 / 14 / 16 / 26 / RENO / Interest in handicraft.
15206 / Hildesheim-Radiowerkstatt / NDS / 22.08.2015 / 05.09.2015 / 12 / 260 / 18 / 26 / ART, STUD / E
25342 / Üfter Mark / NRW / 22.08.2015 / 12.09.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / ENVI
25344 / Fulda / HE / 22.08.2015 / 05.09.2015 / 14 / 16 / 17 / ART, CULT, CULT, TEEN, TEEN / E, D
15212 / Schwafördern / NDS / 23.08.2015 / 05.09.2015 / 23 / 14 / 17 / ENVI, STUD, TEEN / Need to be able to ride a bike.
75116 / Felixsee-Bohsdorf / BB / 23.08.2015 / 11.09.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / RENO
15214 / Wolfsburg / NDS / 29.08.2015 / 12.09.2015 / 12 / 16 / 26 / ENVI / E
25339 / Runkel-Villmar / HE / 29.08.2015 / 19.09.2015 / 15 / 16 / 26 / ENVI
25328 / Recklinghausen / NRW / 02.10.2015 / 17.10.2015 / 11 / 16 / 26 / CONS
IJGD Germany WORKCAMPS 2015
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
- Camps are usually for volunteers aged between 16 and 26 (No expectations for older volunteers)
- Volunteers need to reach the age at the beginning of the camp, due to insurance reasons. Should the requested age not be reached at the beginning of the camp, we will have to reject the volunteer (even after confirmation) -> Please check before sending the application!
- Volunteers who need a visa have to send with their application their passport number! Please check before sending the application!
- We need an emergency contact from all MINOR volunteers! Please check before sending the application!
IJGD 25301 BUILD A MEADOW LABYRINTH- BAYREUTH GARDEN SHOW LOCATION:Bayreuth central station
Dates: 28/03-11/04/15Type: ENVI ,CONS ,FEST ,ARTAge:16 ans. 12 VOLS
WORK: In 2016, the cultural and university city of Bayreuth will host Bavaria’s State Garden Show. Together with the Lindenhof Environmental Preservation and Information Center, a meadow labyrinth and pavilion will be built, under expert leadership. This will serve as a ‘green classroom’. Creativity is as necessary as working together for this project! Children and youth will enjoy this quiet oasis and area for games and discovery. Please bring all-weather clothing including rubber boots and sturdy shoes, as tasks will take place outside. As a thank you, the volunteers in the 2016 workcamp will receive free entry to the show and be able to will be able to see your groups work! More information about the Bayreuth State Garden Show 2016 can be found at and at their own facebook site at For more information about Bayreuth please see
ACCOMODATION: In a boarding school. There will be single and shared rooms, showers and restrooms, as well as a common area. You will be located next to your site of the garden show.
Catering: Meals will be provided at the boarding school.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Bavaria, Bamberg 65 km, Nuremberg 80 km, Hof 55 km
Free Time: Bayreuth is home to 70,000 residents and is known as an artistic, cultural, and university city. It is located in the center of the Nuremberg Metropolitan area and offers plenty of diverse free time activities. Feel free to visit the Bayreuth Festival Hall with its Richard Wagner Festivals, the Opera House which is also a World Heritage Site, as well as other cultural and active activities in Bayreuth and the area. The cities of Bamberg, Nuremberg, and Hof are well worth a day trip.
TERMINAL: Bayreuth Central Station
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Tasks may be physically challenging at times.
IJGD 15203HELP ORGANIZE THE 2015 TRANSEUROPA FESTIVAL!LOCATION:Hildesheim
Dates: 13/05-05/06/15Type: STUD ,FEST ,Age: 16 ans.12 VOLS
WORK: The TransEuropa 2015 Festival is the eighth European festival for performing arts in Hildesheim. Under the question “how do we want to work (in the future)”, TransEuropa 2015 dedicates itself to social impressions of work as well as present work conditions in performing arts. With this question in the background, the festival will present a program with guest performances, its own productions and projects involving others’ participation. The festival takes place from May 27-June 1, and is organized by students from the University of Hildesheim. Together with the organizing team, your will help with preparations for the festival and then be an active part of the program. Exchange with the local students and artists of the festival will be a second focus of the project. For more information please see and for a peek into the festival in 2012 please see
ACCOMODATION: In shared rooms in the festival hostel, with a common area
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Lower Saxony; Hanover 30 km
FREE TIME: In 2015, Hildesheim is celebrating its 1200 anniversary. The cathedral and St. Michael’s Church are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. There is a large, free art and cultural scene with all sorts of music, theater, exhibits, and parties. The metropolis of Hanover is a 30 minute train ride away.
TERMINAL: Hildesheim
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Knowledge of English is required.
Work hours are not set, but will be flexible and decided on site.
IJGD 25316A LIVING ROOM FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALSLocation: Memmingen
Dates:24/05-07/06/15Type:ENVI ,CONS ,ART Age:18 ans.15 VOLS
WORK: Under the expert leadership of an environmental educator and a skilled landscape gardener with the youth center workers in Babenhausen, your group will work on a garden formation that will be close to nature. The main goal of the camp will be to make the two hector large outside area more structured and therefore more diverse for the animal and plant world, but also for visitors. There is plenty to do, as various construction projects need to be done! An old wooden bridge needs to be redone, a bee hotel will be built, the fire pit needs to be renovated, and a barefoot path will be laid, as well as a shelter at the high ropes course. Your team will also get peeks into the pedagogic methods and goals at an environmental station, i.e. how to make complex topics such as sustainability and environmental protection exciting for visitors. Further small construction projects are planned, where you can be creative in enhancing the outside grounds!
ACCOMODATION: Babenhausen Youth Educational Center
Catering: Meals will be provided in the educational center
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: 40 km from Lake Constance, Ulm 40 km, Augsburg 65 km, Munich 118 km
FREE TIME: Your team can take trips to Lake Constance, Munich, Elm, and Kempten. Hiking is possible in the Alps as well. There is a lake you can swim in nearby, and you will be provided with bikes to better discover the area!
TERMINAL: Memmingen
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
REMARKS: You should be able to ride a bike. The project may be physically challenging and will take place outside no matter the weather.
IJGD 75123EXPERIENCE DIVERSITY IN THE OASELocation:Aue/sachsen, loessnitz
Dates:15/06-28/06/15Type:CONS ,FEST ,Age:16 ans.10 VOLS
WORK: Each year in June, the mountain city of Loessnitz celebrates its traditional Salt Festival. Here, the whole city gets involved! Before it begins, there are a few tasks that need to be done, such as beautifying and decorating the city, and setting up benches. At the festival itself, your team will also run one of the historic stands. Help is also needed with the parade and cleaning up after the festival. You will also be a guest for a day in a school, where you can introduce your home country. Your home will be an open child and youth center, where you will have plenty of opportunities to meet local kids and youth. You can also play games and do sports with them, or just have a chat. However, alcohol and smoking are not allowed in the center, because we seek to provide youth an environment free of addictive substances. For more information please see ww.oaseloessnitz.de or on Facebook.
ACCOMODATION: In the OASE Youth Center
Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group. Lunch packets will be used when not near your accommodation
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Western Saxony; about 30 km southwest of Chemnitz
FREE TIME: There are plenty of ways for you to spend your leisure time, whether it be in the OASE, traveling through the region, or discovering nature, mines, city centers, and nearby cities such as Dresden, Leipzig, etc.
TERMINAL: Aue/Sachsen, Loessnitz
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
IJGD 25312RENOVATION AT A MAN MADE LAKELocation:Ingolstadt
Dates: 20/06-11/07/15Type:CONS ,Age:18 ans.15 VOLS
WORK: In 2012, an IJGD camp, together with the City Youth group of Ingolstadt, renovated an empty building near a man made lake. Since then, it has been used as a Youth Education Center for local children and youth, as well as a ‘green classroom’. Your team will work with local carpenters on the roof of the building. Among other tasks, your team will also work on the floor and dividing walls.
ACCOMODATION: Group tents on the Youth Center Grounds. You will sleep on cots in tents that hold about 4-6 people per tent. The center is located about 2 km from the city center. There will be one kitchen available, as well as sanitary facilities.
Fronte 79:
Catering: Breakfast and dinner will be prepared as a group; lunch at the project site will be provided.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Regensburg 75 km, Munich 80 km
FREE TIME: Ingolstadt is located on the Danube River and has plenty of historic sightseeing opportunities. The historic center is marked by churches, castles, and , and there are museums and a zoo. You can swim in the lake next to the educational center, or at the pool located 2 km away next to the Fronte 79 Youth Center. There, you can meet local youth after 4:00 pm and take advantage of activities such as foosball, billiards, and internet. Bikes will be provided for trips to the city center, about 2 km away. Trips to Nuremberg, Munich, and the Alps are possible. Mini golf, boat rental, a climbing center, animal exhibit, and bow shooting area are located near the lake. During your workcamp, the La Grande Schimierâge graffiti festival will also be taking place.
TERMINAL: Ingolstadt
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -
REMARKS: You should be able to ride a bike, and enjoy manual and craftsmanship tasks.
IJGD 75101OPEN YOURSELF TO NEW WORLDSLocation:Berlin
Dates:20/06-12/07/15Type: SOCI ,Age:18 ans.10 VOLS
SPECIAL FEE: 50.00 EUR
WORK: You and your team will be working in a residence for people with intellectual disabilities, run by the Koepenick Social Organization. The residents work in workshops until the early afternoon. In the afternoon, for three to four hours, your main task will be to organize and run a summer festival with the residents. Here, you can be creative and bring your ideas in interests regarding decorations, games, and other activities, such as music, theater, and food. Otherwise you have time to organize trips with the residents.
ACCOMODATION: In a scout center in Alt-Tempelhof, where you will sleep on mattresses placed on the floor.
Catering: During the week, lunch will be provided in the center. All other meals will be prepared as a group.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOCATION: Berlin-Koepenick.
FREE TIME: Berlin offers plenty of activities for you to spend your free time, both day and night. In order to discover all that the city has to offer, you will be provided with a public transportation ticket good for the duration of camp, with which you can use the public transportation services in the entire city.