Dear reader

Recently you cooled down in the lake and now, days are closing in. During long autumn walks through rustling leaves you look back to the summer and may even think of the future. Winter has not yet arrived, but sunbeams are getting weaker and soon time has come to take out gloves and a scarf from the wardrobe. Maybe you want to escape to warmer places. Then an international workcamp can be the best possibility to do so. Teach kids in Thailand, safe en-dangered marine turtles in Mexico or help with the harvest of olives in Turkey.

Book two - pay one

For all those who want to go last minute, we offer a discount. Book two workcamps and just pay one. This discount applies for all biweekly workcamps abroad. There are still some last mi-nute places left. Sign up today and go already tomorrow to preferred workcamp.

The complete program can be found on our online search engine. Choose your criterias such as countries, period or type of camps to limit the choice. This makes your search much easier.

Paid internship in Wales

Our partner association UNA Exchange in Wales is looking for an intern in the field of interna-tional voluntary placements. Very good English skills, in oral form and in written form, are required. In the office there are six employees and some volunteers who all work on a voluntary base. Working time will be from Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 17:30. Occasionally there are some meetings in the evening or at the weekend, which are compensable.

The association provides a flat in Cardiff close to local traffic. Additionally, you will receive £200 per month for food and pocket money. In your spare time you can do sightseeing trips or plan excursions. There will be also the possibility to visit other projects in different regions of Wales. All those who are interested please contact us at info@workcamp.ch (person in charge: Simone Thommen Awe).

Period: 1st February until 30th June 2010

Application deadline: 5th November 2010

Free places: treib.stoff - academy for young volunteers

Do you want to learn more about project management? How to write a concept? How to draw up a budget? How to write a press release? How to do fundraising? Such questions will be an-swered in detail during the treib.stoff courses. We still have free places for the upcoming cour-se. Sign up even today!

treib.stoff addresses to young adults aged 15 to 27 years from the German-speaking part of Switzerland, with or without Swiss passport. Required is motivation to conceive new projects, plan them and to evolve them. Contact us and take part in the training at the PHZ Zug!
Interested? Sign up here: http://www.treib-stoff.ch/index.php/Anmeldung2.html

Workcamp in Estland for last-minute decision makers

Sportcamp for youngsters between 15 and 20 years. Many activities such as soccer, volleyball, rugby, hiking, excursions, visits to water parks, saunas, sightseeing trips and theme nights are planned. This is a camp for local and international participants.

Accommodation will be in a motel in a pine forest close to the beach and lakes. Food will be cooked. The small village Nova is located close to the sea, approximately 80km west of Tallinn, the capital of Estland. Volunteers won't work. Instead they will do several activities. Consequently an additional participation fee of 150EUR has to be paid for excursions, accommodation and food.

Period: 24th to 30rd of October 2010

Voluntary work for our association

Are you proactive, creative and motivated for a voluntary job in your free time? Would you like to share your knowledge and experiences with our association board? Voluntary work for our association guarantees exciting and varying tasks, experiences in extra-school youth work, contacts to people from all over the world and a challenge which sticks out in your cv.
Since we are a small association, we are glad about any support. Experiences in association works are preferred, but not a must-have.
Planning for the upcoming season is already in process, so we are happy about your help.

Interested? Please contact our president Andreas Schneider, andreas.schneider@workcamp.ch.

Next newsletter will be sent in December. In the meantime we wish all of you a wonderful autumn.

The team of Workcamp Switzerland

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Newsletter Nr. 13, October 2010

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