Länsi-Saimaan 4H

Organization

Länsi-Saimaa 4H-association is a small, non-profit youth organization. It's politically and religiously non-aligned. 4H arranges leisure activities for children and young people between the ages 6-28 years old. For 6-12 year old children, they arrange after-school clubs and camps. There you can learn cooking, handicrafts, entrepreneurship, interaction skills, and relationship with nature.

For young people aged 13 and older 4H  tries to give them opportunities to get their first working life experience, international projects and get to know more about entrepreneurship.

The  Day Camps project

In June we run day camps for children aged 7-12-years old.   We are looking for 2-3 short term ESC volunteers assist with the camps for the period of 25.5.-14.6.2026. 

The volunteering tasks

  • Planning and conducting different activities in  day camps 

The benefits of volunteering

  • Experience in group work
  • Experience in planning and conducting activities

Wishes regarding the volunteer profile

  • You like to work with children 

  • You  can communicate and guide activities in English 

  • You are curious to learn new things 

  • You are interested in writing blogs and photography

  • You have some cooking skills 

    Please note that the volunteers will  need to provide a criminal record sheet before joining the project.  

Accomodation and meals

The volunteers will live in own apartment in Taavetti village. There is a small kitchen, bedroom, livingroom, bathroom, and washing machine. 

Volunteers share the rooms and kitchen and receive money for food costs  in order to cook most meals by themselves..

Description of the area

Luumäki is a municipality in Finland, located in the province of South
Karelia. The municipality has a population of 4,562 and covers an area of 859.84 km², of which 109.78 km² are water bodies. The center of the municipality is Taavetti and the accommodation is located there.

In Taavetti there is a bus station. The nearest railway station is in Kouvola. The nearest airport is in Helsinki, about 200 km away from Taavetti.