ISP Cares: Active Local Service in Prague
Who can sign up?
Anyone
Location: Prague Vicinity-based Day Activities
Departure: September 2 - Monday
Arrival: September 6 - Friday
Overnight trip: NO
Cost of the trip: FREE
Spending money for food and snacks: 1 000 CZK, Lunches are provided on some of the work days
Transportation: Public Transportation (have Litacka or tickets for public transportation ready), Buses, Trains
Itinerary of the trip, logistics and packing info is available here.
Who can sign up?
Anyone
Location: Prague Vicinity-based Day Activities
Departure: September 2 - Monday
Arrival: September 6 - Friday
Overnight trip: NO
Cost of the trip: FREE
Spending money for food and snacks: 1 000 CZK, Lunches are provided on some of the work days
Transportation: Public Transportation (have Litacka or tickets for public transportation ready), Buses, Trains
Itinerary of the trip, logistics and packing info is available here.
Course Description
ISP Cares-Five days of Active Community Service around Prague. Make a difference, learn something new, and work together while getting to know another side of Prague and the Czech Republic. We will be working with a variety of local NGOs and students who join this activity should prepare to help plan, lead, and implement our activities. The main focus of the service activities are environmental/animal conservation and protection in the Czech Republic. Each day will involve active physical work and student volunteers will work together, make a difference, and help out!
**Note: This activity is not suitable for students with dust or animal allergies or who cannot commit to physical work activity.
Based on local availability, here’s our list of potential partner NGOs and type of work for each organization:
Parazoo Wildlife Rescue Station: Cleaning, Animal station maintenance and cleaning, construction
Toulcuv Dvur Environmental Education Center: Gardening, painting, construction
Ochrana fauny ČR (Protection of the Fauna of the Czech Republic): Landscaping, gardening, cleaning animal and bird enclosures
Kuchynka Community Garden: Gardening, raking, digging, outdoor cleanup
Bohnice Cat Shelter: Cleaning, socializing with cats, gardening, maintenance work
Handipet Rescue Shelter (Cats and Dogs): Walking dogs, cleaning, maintenance work
Trash Hero: Community cleanups around the Czech Republic
Tamjdem: Local NGO contact and organization
**Pragulic (time permitting): Local NGO helping Prague’s homeless population
CAS Opportunities for IB Students: This activity would qualify for Service in the IB CAS programme and could also be Creativity if students take a more active role in coordinating, designing, and leading some of the service days. Students should consult with Ms. Fleming about CAS potential.
Learning Goals
ISP Mission Links
ISP Cares-Five days of Active Community Service around Prague. Make a difference, learn something new, and work together while getting to know another side of Prague and the Czech Republic. We will be working with a variety of local NGOs and students who join this activity should prepare to help plan, lead, and implement our activities. The main focus of the service activities are environmental/animal conservation and protection in the Czech Republic. Each day will involve active physical work and student volunteers will work together, make a difference, and help out!
**Note: This activity is not suitable for students with dust or animal allergies or who cannot commit to physical work activity.
Based on local availability, here’s our list of potential partner NGOs and type of work for each organization:
Parazoo Wildlife Rescue Station: Cleaning, Animal station maintenance and cleaning, construction
Toulcuv Dvur Environmental Education Center: Gardening, painting, construction
Ochrana fauny ČR (Protection of the Fauna of the Czech Republic): Landscaping, gardening, cleaning animal and bird enclosures
Kuchynka Community Garden: Gardening, raking, digging, outdoor cleanup
Bohnice Cat Shelter: Cleaning, socializing with cats, gardening, maintenance work
Handipet Rescue Shelter (Cats and Dogs): Walking dogs, cleaning, maintenance work
Trash Hero: Community cleanups around the Czech Republic
Tamjdem: Local NGO contact and organization
**Pragulic (time permitting): Local NGO helping Prague’s homeless population
CAS Opportunities for IB Students: This activity would qualify for Service in the IB CAS programme and could also be Creativity if students take a more active role in coordinating, designing, and leading some of the service days. Students should consult with Ms. Fleming about CAS potential.
Learning Goals
- Engage in local community issues of conservation and animal protection.
- Learn from and work with local NGO organisations operating within the Czech Republic.
- Cooperate and work together as a team.
- Explore another side of Prague and the Czech Republic through active service rather than observation.
- Experience physical service- cleaning, digging, working together.
- Potential Leadership of service activities-planning and implementing a service activity with the advice of Ms. Fleming.
ISP Mission Links
- Create change that’s bigger than we are: We will extend beyond the school to work within and make a difference in the local community.
- Real World experiences: Actively serving and working with NGOs and addressing animal protection and environmental conservation issues in the Czech Republic.
- Active cooperation and collaboration: Empower students to work cooperatively and independently as they learn with and from each other as a service team.
- Inspire students to look beyond themselves and act with purpose, responsibility, and contribution to their local community.
- Empower students to act with compassion, integrity, respect, and intercultural understanding as they commit to work with local organisations.