Waldorf-Inspired International Construction and Community Camp
Team volunteering opportunity
Date: 3–23 August 2025
- excluding travel days
Location: Tündérbölcső Family Center, Budapest, Hungary
- in the magical garden of a Waldorf-inspired kindergarten.
Languages: English and Hungarian
- plus many helping hands and lots of smiles
Organiser: Szatyor Association in cooperation with Tündérbölcső Family Center
What will we do?
During this 3-week volunteer program, we will:
Create and build together:
- Build a natural-material fence for a new play area in the garden
- Clean and tend the garden, rake leaves, compost
- Design and build a barefoot path for little feet, using materials like pebbles, twigs, mulch, and sand
- Make playful, nature-based outdoor toys (e.g. balance beams, stone spirals)
Cook together daily – joyfully, healthily, and as a team!
Occasionally play and do crafts with children – we’ll be in daily contact with the local children’s summer camp, join shared activities, and help support the camp.
Who are we?
We are a dedicated Waldorf community where children grow up surrounded by love, nature, and creativity. Every summer, we organize themed arts and adventure camps for them – and now we invite you to join us in expanding our kindergarten and nursery garden!
Our main activity: Childcare services through an alternative, child-centered Family Nursery, Kindergarten, Daycare, and Playgroup.
"Children’s souls at the center."
The venue
The kindergarten and nursery are located in a charming 3-story villa at 1125 Budapest, Szarvas Gábor út 2.
What we offer:
- Accommodation and full board in the villa: 2 double beds and 4 single beds/mattresses in 3 shared sleeping areas. Indoor warm showers and toilets.
- 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Weekday lunches are delivered, while breakfasts, dinners, and weekend meals are prepared together.
- Shared learning about Waldorf pedagogy
- International team, friendships, and a strong sense of community
All this in a beautiful, green environment, at the heart of a child-friendly kindergarten garden
We are looking for you if:
- You're aged between 18 and 30 and are a legal resident of the European Union
- You want to create and build something lasting
- You're interested in a natural lifestyle, alternative education, and community volunteering
- You're open to connecting with children
- You don’t mind a splash of paint on your pants and enjoy picking up a rake!
Practicalities
- Pocket money: You will receive 7 EUR/day as pocket money to cover daily expenses.
- Travel reimbursement: Your travel costs will be reimbursed by the Szatyor Association according to the distance between your home and Etyek (up to 309 EUR, 417 EUR if choosing green travel options).
- Green travel options: To minimize the project’s carbon footprint, we invite all of you to opt for green travel options such as buses or trains, making the journey to Budapest as eco-friendly as possible. When you opt to do so, the reimbursements are more flexible.
- Hungary is part of the Schengen area, easy to enter for EU citizens with a passport or an ID. We can host only European residents in this event.
- Accomodation: full board in the villa: 2 double beds and 4 single beds/mattresses in 3 shared sleeping areas. Indoor warm showers and toilets. Be aware that the sleeping areas convert to activity areas during the day -except on the weekends. This means that you will have to make your bed daily and keep personal items organized. Washing maschine is available on the weekends.
- Bank account: You must have a European bank account with an IBAN number to allow Szatyor to reimburse your travel costs and pay your pocket money.
- Health insurance: Please make sure to have your valid EU Health Insurance (EHIC) card with you. Volunteers are also insured through the ESC’s Henner insurance scheme.
- Currency: The local currency is Hungarian Forint (HUF), with 1 Euro being approximately 400 HUF.
What to bring
- comfortable, clothes/shoes that you do not mind if they get dirty (in the garden, while working with mud or doing some other work. Best to bring a sturdy boots that are safe to work on a construction.
- sleeping bag, pillow
- hat, suncream
- your own water bottle
- working gloves
- rain jacket
- mosquito and tick repellents
- towels
- headlamps
- EU Blue social security card
- special medication, if you might need them
- documents
