Messzelátó EgyesületWorkcamp in Shtit village (Bulgaria)
The place
From the 10th to the 24th of June, Marlene, David and me took part in a workcamp in Bulgaria. The village where we were living is called Shtit. It is a small village with about 170 inhabitants. The important town nearby Shtit is Svilengrad (population: 20 000), situated near the Greek-Turkish border.
Matochina Cave Church
Matochina Fort
Turkish Bath-Mosque
Information boards
The project
The project was to maintain archeological sites and to make them accessible for tourists. It was quite hard work to clear the places. First we cleared an ancient Turkish mosque with its bath, put indicator panels and information signs. The other places were two cave churches. We installed indicator panels and information boards for both of them.
The team
The team was composed of 7,5 volunteers, one camp leader and one logistician. I say 7,5 volunteers because one volunteer arrived at the end the workcamp for the last 4 days.
From left to right: Chloe: English, Carmen: English (half volunteer), Christina: camp leader, David: Portuguese, Benjamin: French, Johanna: Finish, Stephanie: French, Maja: Swedish, Marlene: French
We were hosted by Apostol and Margaux, two Bulgarians from Shtit, who were well involved in the village life.
Margaux
Apostol
Impressions
Positive points
- Visits to the: Rhodope mountains with the bird society, Trachian tombs and the ancient monuments, old fortress and citadels in Greece (Dimotiki)
- The local monuments, the cave churches, the Mezek fortress
- Work: putting signs into the local monuments, recovering the old Turkish baths
- Bulgarian countryside life
- Traditional food
- Walking around the village
- Rakia
- Apostol and Margaux
Negative points
- Few communication and translation to the local people
- Some points of organization
- Fights between the 2 camp leaders
- The attitude of one of the camp leaders in the last day
- The very hot weather
- English girls
- The quantity of people that got sick
- The quantity of chicken meat
- Bulgarian disco
- Border police
- The Bulgarian guy trying to do a movie session about tourism
Benjamin, David
Upcoming events
Aloldalak
Comments
i will like to volunteer
Dear sir/madam.
with reference to your international voluntary program ,i wish to apply as a volunteer .my name is bernard kwasi konadu ,and a citizen of ghana i have been a volunteer for ghana voluntery work association (VOLU) for some time now and had a volunteer in most community works,helpng at the hospitals ,and orphanages homes .i must say i love to volunteer willingly and to know much about others cultures,nationals,and also to serve god by helping mankind.
hoping my application will be duly considered.
yours faithfully,
bernard kwasi konadu.
please kindly reply me and also how i can get your application forms to fill if i can participate .
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