Ajankohtaisia vapaaehtoisleirejä Euroopassa ja Euroopan ulkopuolella

30.6.2025

Kansainvälisiä vapaaehtoisleirejä järjestetään sekä Euroopassa että Euroopan ulkopuolella ja ne ovat omakustanteisia. Leirimaksu on yleensä 150€, joka sisältää majoituksen ja ruokailun leirin ajaksi.  Matkat kotimaasta kohdemaahan osallistuja järjestää ja maksaa itse. 

Tälle sivulle olemme nostaneet esimerkkejä vapaaehtoisleireistä, joihin etsitään tällä hetkellä vapaaehtoisia. Leirejä järjestetään varsinkin kesäaikaan, jolloin leirihakukoneesta löytyy yli tuhat eri vaihtoehtoa..

Jos olet kiinnostunut hakemaan esimerkiksi alla oleville leireille, hae mukaan E-vet hakukoneen kautta tai tutustu hakukoneen monipuoliseeen tarjontaan! 

Hakuohjeet löytyvät täältä. Voit myös selata E-vetin kautta muita itsellesi kiinnostavia leirejä.  

"Back to the Nature", Czech Republic , 30.8. 25 - 12.9.25

Info: The workcamp is organised in cooperation with EUROSOLAR. This organization promotes renewable energies and a sustainable lifestyle through educating young people about the environment and organizing summer camps for children, youth, and families to promote environmental awareness. The workcamp takes place in a remote but exceptionally beautiful, hilly area of the Bohemian Forest, near the western border of the Czech Republic. The campsite is isolated from civilization . Volunteers are welcome in trying out a basic and active lifestyle in the forest. The main goal is to help maintain meadows in a nature-protected area and maintain the campsite. At this workcamp, you will actively contribute to the achievement of the United Nation Sustainable Development Goal 15 Life on Land.

Project code: SDA 25-401

How to apply: Apply through e-vet. Find the camps using the project code!

Workcamps in Portugal in September

A forest of gratitude

 This Forest Conservation program focuses on developing and implementing actions that promote the ecological recovery of degraded areas through the restoration of native forests and species.

These actions could include planting, maintenance, and invasive species control.

Dates: 01/09/2025 to 12/09/2025

Location: Vale das Amoreiras Private Protected Area (APPVA) in Aljezur

Project Code: PT-IPJ 10.6

Renewed Roots

Contribute to Garden Revitalization!

Cleaning and prepairing the terrain, removing invasive plants, and enriching the soil for planting aromatic and medicinal species. Volunteers will also assist in redesigning flower beds, creating pathways, building and installing  bird nesting boxes and an insect hotel to support local biodiversity and establish safe habitats for various species. 

Dates: 18/09/2025   -   28/09/2025

Location: Parque de Campismo de ConstEncia

Project Code: PT-IPJ 10.7

How to apply: Apply through e-vet. Find the camps using the project code!

Workcamps in Spain in August

Guardians of Nature II: Altea

Guardians of Nature is a volunteer project focused on environmental awareness and direct action in nature.

Activities are nature-based and designed to promote environmental learning and collaboration. Volunteers will take part in a variety of tasks such as: Beach clean-ups, Hiking excursions in natural areas, Participation in an archaeological excavation, Group discussions and environmental workshops. 

Dates: 16/08/2025   -   29/08/2025

Location: Santa Bárbara, Spain 

Project Code: ESDA-1025

Teen workcamp - Urbact Callosa VI

Work in parks and gardens, helping with the maintenance of the arboretum.

Tasks include removing the over-grown grass, weeding some parts of the grasslands and the edge of the woods, maintaining footpaths.

With this work, you will contribute in preserving the natural reserve area surrounding  "Fonts del Río Algar."

But there’s more! You might also participate in projects using recycled materials, creating sculptures, murals, mosaics, crafts and engaging in artistic activities.

Dates:  22/08/2025 - 01/09/2025

Location: Algar Waterfalls, Spain 

Project Code: ESDA-TEEN1625

Requirements: For teens aged 15 - 17  

How to apply: Apply through e-vet. Last-minute applications are welcome!

Three ijgd Workcamps: Hands-On Conservation Across Northern Germany

This autumn, the Internationale Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste (ijgd) is hosting three meaningful two-week workcamps in northern Germany. These camps offer immersive learning experiences in nature protection—from moorlands to wildlife parks and floodplain forests. Here's everything you need to know:

1. Nature Conservation in Hamburg‑Bergedorf (Code: ijgd 15020)

📅 Dates: September 20 – October 4, 2025
🛠️ Project & Partners: Join the Elbe Tidal Floodplain Centre and GÖP to conserve floodplain habitats like Boberger Niederung and Borghorster Elblandschaft. Tasks include:

🏡 Accommodation & Meals: Self-catering at Haus Warwisch near the Elbe River. Vegetarian options available. Travel and arrival info handled independently rausvonzuhaus.de

2. Nature Conservation in Wildlife Park Springe (Code: ijgd 15010)

📅 Dates: October 5 – 19, 2025
🛠️ Project & Partners: Work with the Forestry Office Saupark in Springe’s bison enclosure. Your group will:

🏡 Accommodation & Meals: Located in Bredenbeck (15 km away), accessible by bus. Shared meals, vegetarian options, and group cooking solidaritesjeunesses.org

💰 Fee: Approx. 180 – 200 EUR (varies by age) solidaritesjeunesses.org

3. Moor & Heath Conservation (Badenstedt/Zeven) (Code: ijgd 15005)

📅 Dates: September 13 – 27, 2025
🛠️ Project & Partners: Collaborate with the NABU Ecological Station Oste‑Region to protect seven FFH sites and nature reserves like Bullensee, Hemelsmoor, Hohes Moor, Feerner Moor, Stellingsmoor, Swatte Flag, and Beverner Wald. Activities include:

🏡 Accommodation & Meals: Staying at the self-catering Badenstedt school hostel. Vegetarian/vegan meals possible, with campfire/social activities. Transportation via bus to Zeven and weekend trips to Bremen/Hamburg frontend.workcamp-plato.org+2solidaritesjeunesses.org+2lunaria.org+2

💰 Fee: 100 EUR (18+); 150 EUR for under‑18 international participants solidaritesjeunesses.org+8solidaritesjeunesses.org+8frontend.workcamp-plato.org+8

Summary & Next Steps

Each camp is ideal for volunteers aged 16–26, offering hands-on conservation combined with community living and intercultural exchange. Work is physical (up to ~30 hrs/week), groups of 12–15, English as the working language, and vegetarian cook‑together meals included. Costs range around 100–200 EUR depending on age and specific fees ijgd.de+1ijgd.de+1.

To apply, visit the ijgd website or affiliated platforms, referencing the camp codes (15020, 15010, 15005). Upon acceptance, you’ll receive detailed arrival instructions and a volunteer guide.

Why join?

  • Gain real-world experience restoring vital ecosystems—floodplains, woodlands, moorlands

  • Connect with international volunteers and local conservationists

  • Understand threats like invasive species, habitat loss, climate impacts

  • Explore northern Germany—Hamburg, Springe, Bremen—during your free time

Workcamps in Catalunya, Spain, in August 2025

Management and restoration of a protected Catalan wetland

The goal of the project is to contribute to the environmental improvement of the the Sils wetlands area by removing invasive plants, deepening ponds, tracking bird nest boxes, and maintaining infrastructure. Volunteers will work in small groups and will learn about the local biodiversity, environmental stewardship, and responsible practices for preserving this valuable habitat.

Dates: from 2/08 to 16/08 2025

Location: Sils, located in the comarca de la Selva, Catalunya, Spain

Project number: CAT0825

St. Iscle's Castle: Looking for a Past

This workcamp invites you to explore the archaeological and historical heritage of Catalonia while contributing to its preservation. The primary task is to excavate some sectors around St. Iscle’s Castle, clean and classify the archaeological material found.

Dates: from 17/08 to 31/08 of 2025

Location: Vidreres, Catalunya, Spain 

Project number: CAT0425

For inquires about these two workcamps you can write to incoming@cocat.org

Workcamps in Germany, summer and fall 2025

International Youth Meeting Dachau

Participants will learn about the history of the concentration camp Dachau and other aspects of National Socialism in Germany. We will reflect upon: What did we learn? How do we remember today? Where do we still find racism, antisemitism, and discrimination? The program consists of different workshops, trips, movies, eyewitness talks, guided tours through the Memorial Site, tours in Dachau and Munich.

Dates: 26.07-08.08.2025

Location: Dachau, Germany

Project number: ICJA2505

Past, present and future for Jamlitz Railway station

The “Justus Delbrück Haus” | Akademie für Mitbestimmung (Academy for Co-determination) in the former Railway Station Jamlitz is an open place where everyone is welcome and can take part in events such as exhibitions, cinema evenings and other events.

Your help is needed to carry out urgent work to preserve this historic railway station site! The work carried out will mostly be horticultural, including physical labour with hoes, saws and spades to clear the site of wild growth and bushes.

Dates: 09.08-23.08.2025

Location: Jamlitz, Germany

Project number: ICJA2511

Cultural Center in Countryside Bedheim

Bedheim castle is nowadays a  sociocultural center offering meeting places for social and cultural initiatives.

Volunteers are invited to help with the care and maintenance of this social centre and its various areas. There is work outdoors,  maintaning the meadow orchard and the vegetable organic garden, and indoors,  painting and cleaning the building. Encounters with kids and locals will be organized.

Overall, there is a wide variety of tasks - something for everyone!

Dates: 27.09.- 11.10.25

Location: Bedheim castle, Germany 

Project number: ICJA2514

Requirements: Participants needs to be 18 - 26 years old. 

How to apply: Apply through e-VET and if you doubts write to workcamps@icja.de

Vapaaehtoisleirejä Italiassa elo- ja syyskuussa

  • "Volunteers for the restoration of the dry stone wall" 20.-29.8.2025 Historiallisen kivimuurin ja luonnonsuojelualueen kunnostustöitä arkeologisesti merkittävällä Monte Pallonon alueella

  • projektikoodi: LEG03

  • "Alpine agricolture and social system" 27.7-6.08.2025 Vapaaehtoiset avustavat ylläpitämään alppimajaa,  joka majoittaa suojaa ja aterioita etsiviä pyhiinvaeltajia. He pääsevät myös osallistumaan maanviljelystöihin paikallisen ammattilaisen ohjauksessa. Kokemus tarjoaa vapaaehtoisille syvällisen ymmärryksen ja käytännön kokemuksen maatilaelämästä ja vuoristoelämäntavasta.

  • Projektikoodi: LEG05

  • "Pond restoration project in the Bergamo Hills" 01.-15.92025 Luonnonsuojelun tehtäviä puistokeskuksessa Maresana-kukkulalla Ponteranican kunnassa, 546 metrin korkeudessa merenpinnasta. Puistokeskuksessa toteutetaan ympäristökasvatustoimintaa, ja erityisiä koulutuskursseja on suunnattu kaiken tasoisille kouluille. 

  • projektikoodi: LEG09

Workcamps in India in July, August and September

Tibetan culture and social development

The first week  of this workcamp will be spent in a remote countryside location, where volunteers will have the opportunity to live and experience a typical mountain village lifestyle and joining ongoing initiatives about non-formal education, women empowerment, NRM (Protection of fresh water sources), organic farming, etc.

The second week will be spent in Dharamshala town, where you will experience the Tibetan way of life, visiting Tibetan monasteries, museums, schools and join language classes with Tibetan monks.

Dates: From 18/08 to 30/08

Location: Dharamshala & Solan, India

Project code: RC-10/25

Hand in Land

Embark on an immersive journey through the serene and culturally vibrant region of Coastal Karnataka in South India.

The activities of this camp ictivities include:

Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAP): Hands-on experience in crop-cultivation, composting techniques and establishing kitchen gardens. 

Herbal and Medicinal Plant Cultivation : Learning about the different Indian Medicinal Plant, its cultivation and nursery management skills. 

Cultural Exchange with locals: From chatting with villagers about their traditions to uncovering hidden stories of the community, this is your chance to experience India like never before—raw, real, and unforgettable! 

Environmental & Agricultural Innovation: Gaining insights from experts via exposure visits to Solid, liquid resource management center & Agricultural research center!

Location: Kundapur, South India

The workcamp "Hand in Land" is held in July, August and September. Choose the dates that work for you and find more about the project through the corresponding project code!

Project code: FSL- WC-250 - Dates: From 11-08-2025 to 24-08-2025

Project code: FSL-WC-256 - Dates: From 15-09-2025 to 28-09-2025

Workcamp in Germany: Spend Quality Time with Asylum Seekers

This workcamp provides an opportunity to understand the reality of refugees' lives and learn how to support them. In the study part of the camp,  volunteers will be informed about the situation of refugees in Germany and Europe, as well as the current developments in the area of Asylum-policies. Additionally, volunteers will organize creative activities with some of the refugees  living in Giessen – from games and music to cooking together.
It’s a project full of exchange, empathy, and genuine collaboration.

Dates: 02.08 - 16.08.2025

Location: Giessen, Germany

Project Code: ICJA2507

Work camp “Discover Nature's Restoration” in the Netherlands in August

Tasks:  This project especially invites volunteers that are actively involved in international volunteering opportunities in your home country, as it is a unique combination of a 3-day training and 2 weeks of volunteering. The participants will do different activities of nature protection like cutting, dredging, pilling up the paths and haymaking. 

Other info: The partner in this project is the Dutch State Forestry, commissioned by the Dutch government to manage a large part of the nature reserves in the Netherlands.

Duration: The mobility is composed of three phases: 

Phase 1: Training Course in The Netherlands (2.5 programme days); 31 July – 3 Aug. ‘25
Phase 2: Participating in the work camp “Discover Nature's; 4-16 August ‘25
Restoration”
Phase 3: Implementation back home; Aug. - Dec. ‘25
Phase 4: Online Evaluation: December ‘25

Location: Drentsche Aa area, the Netherlands

Project code: SIW-25-04

Reading Life in the Rocks, Catalonia (26/07/2025 - 09/08/2025)

Tasks: Contribute to the preservation of natural and cultural heritage in Pallars Jussà and Pallars Sobirà. Activities include clearing old roads, rebuilding dry-stone walls, removing vegetation, and cleaning drains near historic salt mines.

Other info: This workcamp is a great way to learn about the rural heritage of Catalonia while engaging in meaningful conservation efforts.

Project code: CAT0325

Japan

Hanawa (Fukushima, 08/08/2025 - 17/08/2025)

  • Tasks:  Volunteers will join the summer festival called TORO NAGASHI that is a memorial service for ancestors by making lanterns named TORO and floating them down a river. 
  • Project code: NICE-25S-0808A

Ogi (Nigata, 09/08/2025 - 02/09/2025)

  • Tasks: This project is organised together with a local volunteer group Morito on Sado Island. The group manages a forest called Furusato no Mori Park in Ogi Town, where local people can enjoy the forest in all seasons. The main work of is 1. Cutting weeds and brushwood of the forest with using machines, 2. Practicing soba-making almost every night and selling it at local events and 3. Playing Japanese drums at the local festival (for this we practice several times at night). 
  • Project code: NICE-25S-0809A