WORK:The camp will be organized by Helsinki City Youth Department as a part of their international youth work and there will professional youth workers on charge. You can read more about the organisation from the webpage www.nk.hel.fi . The work will be the camp island´s renovation for example painting, grass cutting and easy carpentry work. Part of the island is nature protection area. That’s why all the work will be done in nature friendly methods. Please be prepared to work outside in all weathers. There will be 10 Finnish young people in the camp in addition to 10 international vols.  The international volunteers should be prepared to explain about their home countries in an international evening.

ACCOMODATION: Accommodation will be in tents on one of the island’s camping area. The tents are for 3-4 persons and there are wooden floors. In the camp site there will be cooking place and the meals are partly self-catering, partly in the dining hall.

The camping areas have no electricity or water pipes – the water has to be carried from the well and it has to be heated by wood in water tanks. Sauna will be warm everyday and there are also showers. In the sauna and main house there is electricity.  In the evenings you can do lot of different activities on the island. It is possible to swim in the sea, row a boat, fish, paddle, use adventure track, have a camping fire, make some handcrafts or just relax in the nature.

LOCATION: The camp will start in Helsinki and also end there, the first and last nights are in Helsinki. Our working place is in Bengtsar island which is located in south-west of Finland about 100km from Helsinki.

TERMINAL: Helsinki. AirporTerminal: Helsinki