General Information Regarding the Camps
With the confirmation email for a camp, we will send you an information sheet listing all the important information for the camp. If the information sheet does not answer all your questions, you are welcome to contact us by e-mail and ask your questions.
Four weeks before your camp starts, you will receive an email from the camp management introducing themselves, communicating contact details and providing further information about the day of arrival.
Here some advance information for your orientation:
Arrival and Departure
- Please organize to arrive at and depart from the camp on the designated dates. Under extraordinary circumstances it may be possible to arrange to arrive a day earlier at the camp, or to leave a day later. However, if this is the case, you must contact the camp coordinator before you make your travel arrangements.
- Each individual is responsible for making his or her individual travel arrangements. If requested, we will be happy to arrange contacts between participants so that travel groups may be formed.
Passport and Visa
- All participants from outside of Germany need a passport which is valid for at least six months after the final date of your stay in Germany.
- Participants, who need to apply for an entry visa, have to contact the camp coordinator.
Accommodation
- The accommodation provided is generally very simple. You sleep on camping mats or mattresses on the floor.
- The group cooks its own meals and provides for its own daily housekeeping needs, including keeping the accommodations neat and clean.
- Please bring with you bed sheets or a sleeping bag and a camping mat (as specified in the info sheet)
Certificate of attendance:
- At the end of the camp you will receive a certificate of attendance by EYS
Camp Topic
- We work together voluntarily on a project. In addition to the practical work, we have time for cultural exchange (getting to know the different countries and cultures represented in the camp) and, depending on the camp location, get to know the special features of the camp location.
Packing list – Essentials to bring along:
Organization
- Passport
- Student Card in case of claiming potential discounts during our trips
- European Health Insurance Card
Work
- Working outfit – long trousers, shoes that cover your feet, t-shirts that may become dirty from work
- Warm and waterproof clothes in case of rain or cold weather.
- Hat and/or cap as a head protection
Other things
- Medication
- Sun lotion, anti-UV cream
- Mosquito protection
- 2 pairs of shoes in case one pair gets wet
- 2 towels (maybe one for bathing and one for swimming)
- Possibly sleeping bag (depending on camp location)
- Possibly sleeping mat (depending on camp location)
- Slippers/indoor shoes, e.g. flip-flops
Culture
- Information and materials about your country/region
- Recipe for a local meal of your native country/region
- Something you find special or unique about your culture (e.g. a dance)
- Music from your country
- Your favorite film from your country (preferably with English or German subtitles)
Leisure
- Swim suit
- Games you like to play
- Activities and events you would like to do
- Places you like to visite
- A guitar or another musical instrument (only if it’s logistically feasible for you)
- Music
- Creative and fun ideas
- Good humour 😉
- Motivation