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Collect memories- Your international summer on the Moselle

Traben-Trarbach, Rhineland-Palatinate; Trier 60 km, Germany

Collect memories- Your international summer on the Moselle

Code: ijgd 26336 | Location: Germany

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The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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Description of the Work

As a nature-loving young person, are you interested in a work camp with like-minded people in the forest? Then our project will give you the opportunity to experience and help shape nature in a variety of ways and give you an insight into the work of foresters. You will actively help with the care of young tree cultures, i.e. you will cut certain trees so that other trees have light and space to grow and you will renovate a forest hut. You will also nail fences to protect forest crops and help with various jobs in the community.
Important: The work in the forest may change before the start of the work camp.

Accommodation & Food

You will be accommodated in the middle of the city in a multi-purpose hall.
You cook together. You will be provided with money for shopping. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any intolerances when registering.

Location & Leisure

You will be staying in the heart of the Art Nouveau town of Traben-Trarbach, where you can enjoy a wide range of leisure activities. Indoor and outdoor swimming pools are in the immediate vicinity. Trier, the oldest city in Germany, can be reached by train (approx. 60 km), as can the city of Luxembourg (approx. 90 km) and the city of Koblenz (approx. 60 km). You can actively participate in the local clubs and associations.
Highlights: super central accommodation, wine underground tour, canoe tour, excursions to historic cities such as Luxembourg City and Trier

Camp location: Traben-Trarbach, Rhineland-Palatinate; Trier 60 km

Host Organization

Ijgd is an independent non-profit organisation active in the field of international youth work. It is one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. After Worldwar II pupils from Hanover organised the first workcamps aiming to promote reconstruction, to reduce negative stereotypes through international encounters and to envisage new democratic forms of living together. In addition to workcamps, other activities have become part of the work over time. These are organised by six offices of ijgd and additional project offices. Young people can take part in mid-term and long-term voluntary services in Germany and abroad. The fields of activity include social and ecological service as well as heritage protection. The work of ijgd is funded by state and federal subsidies as well as from other public institutions. Encouraging intercultural understanding has remained one of the main focuses. Ijgd enables people to actively create community life while giving them the opportunity to broaden their horizons. Ijgd invites all interested people to join projects working for the communal good! Self-Organization is spelt with a capital S at ijgd! It purposely foregoes a camp day that is organized by its participants in lieu of a completely pre-organized one. A readiness for active participation in the group is expected from all participants. The group organizes everything about the camp, this includes grocery shopping, cooking, deciding what to do with free time, as well as all other activities of the camp.

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Traben-Trarbach, Rhineland-Palatinate; Trier 60 km
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Quick Facts
  • Code: ijgd 26336
  • Dates: 04/07/2026 - 25/07/2026
  • Age: 16 - 26 years
    • No extra fee
  • Project Type: Short-term project 2-3 weeks
  • Missions:
    Environmental
  • Actual weather: Traben-Trarbach, Rhineland-Palatinate; Trier 60 km 22°C
  • Nearest station: nearest train station: Traben-Trarbach (via Bullay) We would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus, or carshare that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward.
  • Nearest airport: FRA
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