Description

This volunteer project takes place at the Spandau branch of the Mosaic Workshop for the Disabled which includes twelve different workshop areas, such as industrial assembly, laundry, joinery, home-grown produce, canteen, etc, and provides work for 260 mentally disabled people. The facility also provides care, support and education.

During the second and third week you will work for about 4 hours in the Mosaic workshop. Your tasks will be to rearrange the surrounding area, to plant flowers and to arrange sitting areas. Furthermore you will have the chance to gain an insight view into the work of this workshop. If you want, you can help and learn how to cooperate with disabled people.

The centre of Berlin is within easy reach by public transport. You will receive the tickets for this. The 3 hectare big area is big enough for camping, an outside theatre, for BBQ, and to play football.

There is an extra fee of 300 Euro for participation in this project.

Highlights

In addition to working at the Mosaic workshops, this project gives you the opportunity to learn more German. During week one, you'll have four to five hours of language tuition per day. Your tutors are experienced teachers of German as a foreign language and also participate in the workcamp. During the next two weeks, you will spend about four hours each day in the workshop areas, where you can practice and improve your newly acquired knowledge of German. An hours German tuition straight after work should help to ensure that you retain whatever new words and phrases you learned that day.

Qualifications

This project is for participants with a basic knowledge of German.

Languages

• English
• German

Cost in US$:

USD 290

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• Written materials pre-departure
• Registration fees
• Language instruction

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range

18 - 26 years old

This Program is open to

American and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement

CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.