MONTENEGRO

 

Code/Name      Location          Dates                         Type                 Age limit                  No of vols

VOC 01             Kolasin            01.07–15.07               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 02             Savnik            15.07-22.07               EDU                 18+                               15 vols

VOC 03             Bijelo Polje     21.07-02.08               ART                  18+                               15 vols

VOC 04             Podgorica       10.06–25.06               Reno                 18+                               15 vols

VOC 05             Cetinje           13.06-25.06               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 06             Cetinje           28.06-11.07                ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 07             Cetinje           15.07-28.07               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 08             Cetinje           30.07-12.08               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 09             Cetinje           14.08-27.08               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 10             Plav                16.06-29.06               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 11              Plav                01.07-14.07               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 12              Plav               16.07-29.07               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 13              Plav               30.07-12.08               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 14              Plav               16.08-29.08               ENVI/RENO     18+                               15 vols

VOC 01 “Kolasin 2008” Kolasin 01.07–15.07.2008 ENVI/RENO 18+ 15vols   

The work camp will be organised in cooperation with Kolasin municipality

WORK: Renovation work and ecological action in order to provide help to local community. Workshops about voluntarism and activism for participants of the camp will be organized in order to give the space to people involved in the activity to discus topics of active participation and voluntarism and compare situation in Montenegro and other countries.

LOCATION: Kolasin, central Montenegro.

TERMINAL: Podgorica, Montenegro (Golubovci airport); Tivat, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia (for cheap flights during season); Belgrade, Serbia.

MEETING POINT: Meeting point will be in front of the central Kolasin bus station.

ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be hosted in public building (school or other structure). Volunteers have to take sleeping bag, bathing suit and warm clothes (mountains nights could be cold).

FOOD: Volunteers will prepare the food by themselves.

LANGUAGE: English.

NOTES: Participation fee: 20 euro. Volunteers will be in direct contact with local youth and need to be communicative and ready to actively participate. Volunteers should provide their own health and accident insurance.

 

VOC 02 “Crossing the borders” Savnik; 15.07- 22.07. 2008 EDU 18+ 15 vols

WORK: Volunteers who will be coming are disadvantaged young people who had never been travelling abroad before because of the many socio economical reasons. They will be gathered together in one place, working and living with peoples from different backgrounds and cultures, and developing common sense of European citizenship, learning about other cultures and languages and customs and working together a community useful work. Workshops will be organised on intercultural learning, active participation, voluntarism, etc.

LOCATION: Savnik is a small mountain place close to Zabljak. High mountains and clean environment surround it.

TERMINAL: Podgorica, Montenegro (Golubovci airport); Tivat, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia (for cheap flights during season); Belgrade, Serbia.

MEETING POINT: Central bus station in Savnik

ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be hosted in a public building; they have to take with them sleeping bags, bathing suits and warm clothes, as nights in the nature can be cold, but not too much.

FOOD: Volunteers will prepare the food by themselves.

LANGUAGE: English

NOTES: Participation fee: 20 euro. Volunteers should provide their own health and accident insurance.

 

VOC 03 “Art colony Bjelasica 2008” Bijelo Polje 21.07-02.08. 2008 ART 18+ 15 vols

The work camp will be organized in cooperation with ecological NGO "Bjelasica" from Bijelo Polje.

WORK: Vols will paint the most remarkable landscapes surrounding Bjelasica Mountain, by their personal style and choosing which art motives to reproduce. The Bjelasica Mountain with its unique landscape will offer excellent motivation for the painting of its astonishing nature.

LOCATION: Art colony will be situated on Bjelasica Mountain, 1,900 meters above the sea level and 26 km far from Bijelo Polje down town. Bijelo Polje is the maint town of that municipality and one of the biggest towns in northern Montenegro.

TERMINAL: Podgorica, Montenegro (Golubovci airport); Tivat, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia (for cheap flights during season); Belgrade, Serbia.

MEETING POINT: Meeting point will be in village Ravna Rijeka, just few kilometers out of town of Bijelo Polje, in the direction of the mountain of Bjelasica and campsite. There are regular daily busses and mini vans that go to Ravna Rijeka.

ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be accommodated in the mountaineers' house, called “Eco catun” situated on the Bjelasica Mountain. Volunteers have to take sleeping bag, bathing suit and warm clothes (mountains nights could be cold).

FOOD: Volunteers will prepare food by themselves.

LANGUAGE: English.

NOTES: Only vols with artistic tendencies, students of art schools and artists. Vols have to take professional material that they are habituated to use for their artistic work (brush, colours and other material for painting), warm clothes (mountains nights could be cold).

Participation fee: 20 euro. Volunteers should provide their own health and accident insurance.

 

VOC 04 “Podgorica 2008 ” Podgorica 10.06 – 25.06 2008 Reno 18+ 15 vols

The workcamp will be organised in cooperation with the Institute for teaching and professional rehabilitation of children with disabilities.

WORK: Volunteers will be working renovation and repair jobs within the institute; they will be painting the fence between buildings and scrub down the old one, as well as some small repair jobs inside of buildings.

LOCATION: Institute for Teaching and Professional Rehabilitation of Children with Disabilities is located on the outskirts of the Podgorica, Capitol of Montenegro. The place itself is easily reachable by bus from any bus stop within the town area. Podgorica, capitol, is the biggest city in Montenegro and it is very well connected with any other destination in Montenegro, very near to the Skadar lake, biggest in the Balkans and a national park, 75 kilometres from the beautiful coast of Montenegro and many other natural beauties and historical heritage sites are in close vicinity of Podgorica..

TERMINAL: Podgorica, Montenegro (Golubovci airport); Tivat, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia (for cheap flights during season); Belgrade, Serbia.

MEETING POINT: Meeting point will be at the main/central bus station in Podgorica.

ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be placed in student dormitories, so the sleeping bags won’t be necessary. The boarding school is within the facility, as well as provided shower cabins and toilets in the student dormitory.

FOOD: Food will be provided from the school cantina.

LANGUAGE: English.

NOTES: Participation fee: 20 euro. Volunteers should provide their own health and accident insurance.

 

TO BE CONFIRMED:

VOC 05 “Cetinje 2008” Cetinje     13.06-25.06    ENVI/RENO        18+ 15 vols

VOC 06 “Cetinje 2008” Cetinje     28.06-11.07;   ENVI/RENO        18+ 15 vols

VOC 07 “Cetinje 2008” Cetinje     15.07-28.07;  ENVI/RENO        18+ 15 vols

VOC 08 “Cetinje 2008” Cetinje     30.07-12.08;  ENVI/RENO        18+ 15 vols

VOC 09 “Cetinje 2008” Cetinje     14.08-27.08   ENVI/RENO        18+ 15 vols

 

WORK: Volunteers will be cleaning the local area around Cetinje, removing the garbage all along the regional roads in the area, cleaning the surrounding forests of garbage and waste, rearranging the area on the top of the Lovcen mt. where is the mausoleum to the famous Montenegrin ruler Njegosh.

LOCATION: Cetinje and surrounding, southern Montenegro. Cetinje is an old royal capital and a place of numerous historical monuments, museums and cultural sites. Also there is a Lovcen national park in the close vicinity and the natural beauties of Montenegro are truly astonishing.

TERMINAL: Podgorica, Montenegro (Golubovci airport); Tivat, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia (for cheap flights during season); Belgrade, Serbia.

MEETING POINT: Meeting point will be at the main bus station in Cetinje.

ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be placed in a public building with the access to the bathrooms. Volunteers will have to take sleeping bags with themselves.

FOOD: The kitchen will be available so the volunteers will prepare food by themselves.

LANGUAGE: English

NOTES: Participation fee: 20 euro. Volunteers will get a souvenir t-shirts as a present. Volunteers should provide their own health and accident insurance.

 

TO BE CONFIRMED:

VOC 10 “Plav 2008” Plav 16.06-29.06;   ENVI/RENO 18+ 15 vols

VOC 11 “Plav 2008” Plav 01.07-14.07;   ENVI/RENO 18+ 15 vols

VOC 12 “Plav 2008” Plav 16.07-29.07;   ENVI/RENO 18+ 15 vols

VOC 13 “Plav 2008” Plav 30.07-12.08;    ENVI/RENO 18+ 15 vols

VOC 14 “Plav 2008” Plav 16.08-29.08;    ENVI/RENO 18+ 15 vols

 

WORK: Volunteers will be working on arranging the mountain paths, cleaning along the local roads between small towns and communities in Plav area, arranging the locations around the wonderful tourist locations such as Hridsko Lake, Plavsko Lake, cleaning and the arranging the famous sight seeing places in the mountains and offering help about the preparing the big tourist manifestations and festivals in Plav.

LOCATION: The workcamp is located at the Plav municipality, in the mountainous region of northeastern Montenegro, it covers a beautiful area of huge forests, huge mountain ranges, incredible sight and a wonderful small clean mountain lakes.

TERMINAL: Podgorica, Montenegro (Golubovci airport); Tivat, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia (for cheap flights during season); Belgrade, Serbia.

MEETING POINT: Meeting point will be at the main bus station in the town of Plav.

ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be placed in a public building with the access to showers and toilets. Volunteers will have to take sleeping bags with themselves, and some warm clothes for mountain nights, as they can be cold, no matter how hot is during the day.

FOOD: The volunteers will prepare food by themselves.

LANGUAGE: English

NOTES: Participation fee: 20 euro. Volunteers will get a souvenir t-shirts as a present. Volunteers should provide their own health and accident insurance.