Description

The Hessian Brick Museum (Ziegeleimuseum) needs your help! Here, where roofing tiles and stones were made for over 100 years, you will be helping to build an area where others can experience the history behind this old factory. First, the room with the factory's large, powerful oven needs to be completely renovated. A dark pathway, a barefoot path, and a sound/music area are just a few of the 40 stations which will make up the museum's latest exhibit, called the Sinnesgänge. This will be both inside and around the oven. In order to make this happen, the oven room needs to be washed and the window cleaned and repaned. The stones around the oven are full of soot and misshapen; these need to come out, be cleaned and fixed, then put back in again. This project is for those who enjoy experiencing alternate lifestyles and manual work.

Highlights

Excursions to Kassel, Frankfurt, and Hannover are possible. The museum is located right in the Kaufung Forest and is therefore surrounded by a gorgeous landscape. In nearby Helsa, you will find a pool, and on the museum grounds you can have bonfires. There will be a Sensory Experience themed workshop as well.

Qualifications

You should be prepared to do some physically challenging work at times. You must be ready to live in simple conditions.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

USD 290

Cost Includes:

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

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

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

This Program is open to

American and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application

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.