Campleitung

In jedem unserer Workcamps in der Schweiz engagiert sich eine Campleitung, die spezielle Aufgaben innerhalb der Gruppe übernimmt. Der Einsatz als Campleiterin oder Campleiter ermöglicht dir spezielle Erfahrungen und stärkt deine sozialen Kompetenzen. Für dich gelten die gleichen Teilnahmebedingungen wie für die anderen Volunteers, mit Ausnahme der Anmeldegebühren, die für dich entfallen. Voraussetzungen dafür sind:

  • Du übernimmst gerne Verantwortung
  • Du hast schon Lager (mit)geleitet oder hast ähnliche Erfahrungen
  • Du bist mindestens 23 Jahre alt
  • Du sprichst Deutsch und kannst dich auf Englisch gut verständigen
  • Du hast Interesse an sozialpädagogischen Aufgaben

Die Aufgabe der Campleitung

  • Coaching der Freiwilligen
  • Arbeitseinsatz koordinieren
  • Ansprechperson für Workcamp Switzerland und Projektpartner
  • Einsatz im Umfeld Mensch, Umwelt, Kultur

Angebot

  • Kost & Logis
  • Campleitungs-Zeugnis (für Bewerbungen)
  • kleines Entgelt (CHF 450.- für 3 Wochen; CHF 300.- für 2 Wochen)
  • Sozialkompetenzerweiterung
  • Kulturaustausch, Fremdsprachenerwerb

Interessiert?

Dann sende uns zu deiner Anmeldung ein kurzes Schreiben (ca. halbe A4-Seite), in dem du deine Erfahrungen und deine Motivation schilderst. Bitte beachte, dass wir dich ausschliesslich in den Workcamps in der Schweiz als Leader einsetzen können. In einem persönlichen Gespräch werden die konkreten Aufgaben diskutiert.

Sammle wertvolle Erfahrungen als Campleiter*in

Campreport Manuela Christandl «Valle Bavona» 8th July – 21st July 2018

Simon (Belgium), Uri (Catalonia), Bülent (Turkey), Ahmad & Mo. Ali (Germany), Aurélie (France), Angelina (Russia), Zuzia (Poland), Raluca (Catalonia) and me, Manuela (Switzerland) we all found our way to the workcamp in Valle Bavona. There we spent two weeks working and enjoying life together. Our work was to cut fields and uncover stones, stonewalls as well as houses from grass and plants. Special for this valley are that they used to create gardens on big stones. So they transported earth on top of it and created a way up, most of the time inaccessible for animals. Our work included cutting those gardens on top of the stones. Another example of work was cleaning a field from all the grass and camomile except the «sea buckthorn» and «barberry». The goal was to create a specific field just for those plants. On the pictures below you see the place before and after. It was nice that Delio and Davide, the workers, explained for what we do the work and why we cut some plants and others not.

After the sunny, sweaty, strong working days we were of course hungry. Cleto, the restaurant owner, created delicious food for us. Pizza, Lasagne, BBQ, Risotto… and always a salad, as well as desserts. He and his partner Lila were grateful, happy and open minded. Cleto even joined us on Sunday and drove us with the bus around Locarno, Ascona and Bellinzona.

In addition to food and work there was another important part from the workcamp; Activities. There the participants get to know each other and share their culture and personal stories. The volunteers decided what they wanted to do by themselves. So all the free time we did so many different things such as „BBQ, enjoying the beach, going to the magic Blues festival, going to a bar, swimming in the river or pool, playing beach volleyball and football, cooking together, playing icebreaker games, card games and lots of other games, enjoying the day in cities nearby, renting a pedal boat, giving each other massages, singing and playing instruments, having dinner with locals and lots more. You see every evening and weekend was long and different, as well as intense. Everybody had also their time for themselves. They enjoyed their time in the internet-zone with their family and friends, sometimes left for bed earlier or went for a walk. It was an open group. The idea was whenever the participants were in the group, all were welcomed, doesn`t matter about age, character, country and gender.

The best activity in my opinion was the international evening. There we invited locals and all people from the project host, as you can see in the pictures below. The participants created starters, main plates and desserts from different countries. We had a really nice, relaxed evening. We sang together and played the guitar and drums and in general shared a lot with each other about our lives. After work, dinner and activities we were tired. Everybody knew that we are going to sleep in an underground shelter which was not really a cosy place but acceptable. However, a few of us also slept some days outside which was a hotel with thousand stars :D.

To sum up: I met unforgettable people with big hearts. To all I wish they can continue being social, open minded and flexible. Thanks for making this camp so wonderful. Special thanks also goes to Fondazione Valle Bavona, Mariella and Ariele. They put a lot of effort in the whole project and made everyone comfortable. It was nice that they even organised on Saturday a trip up to the mountain with the cable car.