MISSION OF INEX - SDA WORKCAMPS
We expect your good will to come and help where help is needed.
We don’t expect professionalism but we count with your interest as for program and individual project.
We can not offer you luxurious accommodation and board but basic conditions corresponding with the focus of the project. We expect your modesty and tolerance in this point.
We make an effort to get in touch with local community and we suppose you being the main strength in it.
We don’t expect you to spend your leisure time lying, sleeping, sitting in pub every evening or visiting mass-tourist attractions, but we invite you to spend leisure time actively and submitted to the aims of the project, too. We offer you to take part in games, visiting local people, seminars, lectures, debates with interesting people, walks etc.

WHO WE ARE?
INEX - Association for Voluntary Service (INEX-SDA) was established in 1991 on the basis of the activities of the Centre for International Youth Exchange and Tourism. INEX –SDA has been designed especially for young people with the aim to promote international peace, understanding and tolerance. INEX – SDA is a non-governmental, non-profit-making organisation. Our activities consist of implementing of the projects based on voluntary work and on the activities in social, cultural and environmental fields. These projects were established according to the topics of our current and developing activities. One of the important parts is accepting and sending volunteers within international exchanges. The form of voluntary work includes mostly short-term camps of voluntary work, known as workcamps abroad. We are especially trying to increase the co-operation with places – villages, towns, local authorities and inhabitants, where our camps were successful.
We organised 48 workcamps last year. Moreover, we received about 400 volunteers from abroad and we sent about 600 of our volunteers abroad. Under the program “Youth – European Voluntary Service” we host long-term volunteers on two projects. INEX – SDA is approved by the Czech National Agency as hosting as well as sending organisation.

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR WORKCAMP PARTICIPANTS
- Age limit
minimum age is 18 years (with exceptions from 17)
no maximum age limit (with exceptions)
- Length of INEX workcamps:
14 - 21 days
- Number of volunteers per work-camp:
generally 5 - 18
- Insurance:
INEX-SDA DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY INSURANCE FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE WORKCAMPS. WE RECOMMEND VOLUNTEERS TO ARRANGE THEIR OWN INSURANCE AND BRING NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT INEX - SDA DOES NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HARM OR DAMAGE.
- Camp leadership:
INEX-SDA camps are led by one or two camp-leaders who are responsible for organising the work and for material equipment in the camp (board and accommodation) in co-operation with the co-ordinator of each project. All camp programmes are created on a democratic basis (by the group itself to decide on the balance of work, leisure and study activities).
- Camp language:
English
- Letter of motivation:
Please send us the letter of motivation for the marked projects!
We need to know:
WHO is coming so that we can plan a programme according to participants
WHY do you want to come to take part in this project
WHAT are your reasons to come
WHAT sort of interests and experience do you have so that you can contribute to the dialogue about stated problems (for example countryside)

Our international short-term voluntary projects can be classified into five thematic groups:

1. Sustainable development of rural areas (project code starts with 1)
The projects take place in small rural communities and focus on the sustainable development of the villages and the surrounding countryside. With their practical and often manual work the volunteers support local municipalities and non-governmental organizations.

2. Conservation of cultural heritage (project code starts with 2)
The projects focus mainly on the preservation and renovation of historically significant objects such as castles, historical cemeteries, churches and other monuments. The volunteers will get familiar with the history of the Czech Republic. Through their practical work awareness for the importance to preserve historically and culturally important sites is raised.

3. Supporting social projects (project code starts with 3)
The volunteers support various social projects, which offer help to people facing social exclusion, children and youth, the elderly, people with special needs and others. According to the needs of the local partner, the volunteers do manual work (e.g. renovation, maintenance, construction work) or work directly with the projects’ clients.

4. Ecological projects (project code starts with 4)
The projects aim at environmental protection and education towards an environment-friendly lifestyle. The volunteers will do practical environmental work in natural preserves, forests, organic farms and other environmentally important areas. Most of the work takes place outdoors such as renovation of tourist trails, planting trees, gardening and scything meadows.

5. Other projects (project code starts with 5)

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