WORK:Volunteers will help in renovation and decoration of the youth hostel building of Hyvarila Holiday and Youth Centre www.hyvarila.com. The work can be also creative, for example designing and painting wall paintings or graffiti to the interior walls of the youth hostel. Volunteers will also help in renovation of Youth Workshop Apaja’s old wooden floors. The volunteers will to get to know the work done in Apaja, as well as interact with the local, unemployed youth.

ACCOMODATION:: Accommodation will be in little wooden cabins in the camping area of Hyvarila Centre. The cabins are for 4 persons each, and they have bunk beds, table and chairs. Kitchen and bathroom facilities are located in a separate building in the camping area. 

Meals: The volunteers will prepare their own breakfast and lunch in the kitchen area of the camping place.  Buffet dinner will be served daily in the canteen of Hyvarila Centre.

LOCATION: Nurmes is an idyllic little town of 6000 inhabitants in the region of North Karelia in Finland. Nuorten Apaja is a workshop for unemployed youth, located in the centre of Nurmes. The workshop is part of Hyvarila Holiday and Youth Centre, which is a specially equipped and furnished centre of youth work and travel.  Hyvarila is located about 4 km from Nuorten Apaja, bus/train station and the centre of Nurmes.

TERMINAL: Nurmes has good bus and train connections from Joensuu, which is the closest town with an airport. From Joensuu to Nurmes there are about 130 km. It is possible to come by train all the way from Helsinki to Nurmes, the journey takes about 7-8 hours.