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workcamps

Youth Action for Peace Deutschland

yap-cfd 2011

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Youth Action for Peace Deutschland yap-cfd e.V. ... is a nation wide union of people who try to build bridges of understanding and to mitigate misery. The main request of Yap-cfd is, to reduce national and cultural prejudices and animosity among people and to promote mutual tolerance. We started already around 1923 as circle of people engaged against the war. As a Non Profit Organisation acknowledged by the government as providing youth exchange and political education, Yap-cfd organises nowadays international workcamps in Germany and places young people in workcamps all over the world. These international meetings shall help young people to get to know different cultures and social systems by experience so that they can reflect their own cultural ideas and communicate with others about cultural norms and differences. Furthermore, Yap-cfd puts stress on the placement and the care for medium and long term volunteers within the European Union, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Yap-cfd gives young people the opportunity to learn: About other people, other cultures, how is to live in group, to find decisions together... We offer a range of seminars every year to train facilitators for a workcamp and to prepare volunteers going abroad. General conditions for participation in our workcamps Age limit: 18 - 26, (if there is no remark as exception) Common language: English, in few workcamps German Extra fee generally no fee (if there is no remark as exception) Insurance accident, personal liability Contact: Please send VEF of your vols to: workcamps.in@yap-cfd.de We ask you for hosting vols with : workcamps.out@yap-cfd.de, workcamps@yap-cfd.de general e-mail: workcamps@yap-cfd.de Web: www.yap-cfd.de Contact person Languages spoken Outgoing Nikolaus Ell English, German Marju Niinemaa English, Estonian Incoming Marju Niinemaa English, Estonian

yap-cfd Youth Action for Peace Deutschland

Rendeler Str. 11a 60385 Frankfurt/ Main

tel. +49 69 / 459072 fax +49 69 / 461213

workcamps@yap-cfd.de www.yap-cfd.de

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Program of workcamps yap-cfd 2011

CPD01 Blomberg 26.06. - 17.07.11 CONS, SOCI Vol: 15 .......................................................................... 4

CPD02 Gossberg 04.07. – 18.07.11 ENVI, CONS Vol: 12 ......................................................................... 4

CPD03 Mittweida 15.07. - 29.07.11 MANU, ENVI Vol: 10 ....................................................................... 5

CPD04 Halle 19.07. – 04.08.11 RENO, CONS, TEEN Vol: 10 .................................................................... 6

CPD05 Rödinghausen 23.07. – 06.08.11 RENO, STUDY Vol: 12 .............................................................. 6

CPD06 Dachau 30.07. - 12.08.11 STUDY, RENO Vol: 12 / 90 ................................................................... 7

CPD07 Mutlangen 31.07. - 13.08.11 RENO, STUDY, PEACE Vol: 10 ........................................................ 8

CPD08 Eilenburg 06.08. - 20.08.11 MANU Vol: 15 .................................................................................. 9

CPD09 Giessen 06.08. - 20.08.11 SOCI, REFUGEE Vols:12 .................................................................... 10

CPD10 Sievershausen 07.08. - 21.08.11 RENO, STUDY, PEACE Vol: 20 ................................................. 11

CPD11 Bad Sooden Allendorf 12.08. – 26.08.11, RENO Vol: 14 ............................................................ 11

CPD17 Escherode Gastwerke 12.08. - 27.08.2011 Vols: 14 .................................................................. 12

CPD12 Frankfurt 20.08. – 03.09.11 SOCI, STUDY Vol:14 ....................................................................... 13

CPD13 Prenzlau 22.08. - 02.09.11 ENVI, SOCI, KIDS Vol:15 .................................................................. 14

CPD14 Halle 23.08. - 08.09.11 RENO, CONS, TEENS Vol: 10 ................................................................. 14

CPD15 Herscheid 06.08. – 20.08.11 ENVI, MANU, STUDY, DISA Vol: 16 .............................................. 15

CPD16 Rohlsdorf 03.09. – 17.09.11 ENVI,MANU Vol:14 ....................................................................... 15

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CPD01 Blomberg 26.06. - 17.07.11 CONS, SOCI Vol: 15 Languages: English, German Age: 18-26 Project: The city of Blomberg is a small historical town of about 17,000 inhabitants belongs to the former county of Lippe in North-Rhine Westphalia. It offers a picturesque old part of town with a castle, town walls, narrow lanes and half-timbered houses. The region is characterised by farming, hills (up to 500 metres) and lots of forests. Work: Participants of this international workcamp will help with putting up a BMX course and near-natural climbing park for kids. These actions are going to happen in cooperation with Westfälisches Kinderdorf e.V. (a social organisation which takes care after children). Therefore it would be great if the participants could have some biking and skating experience. However, skating and biking abilities are not necessary! The equipment will be available. On the Saturday the 16th of July there will be a big celebration as introduction of the new course. Study part: The project is linked to a cultural programme, which offers the participants the opportunity to get to know Blomberg and its region. Near Blomberg there are some bigger cities like Detmold (75,000 inhabitants, distance: 15km) and Bielefeld (300,000 inhabitants, distance 50km) in the west and Hannover (600,000 inhabitants, distance: 50km) in the northeast. Accommodation: The participants will be accommodated in a house in the centre of Blomberg. Accommodation includes cooking facilities and food. Sufficient sanitation facilities will be available, too. The participants, however, should bring a sleeping bag or blankets. Leisure time: There will be a variety of meetings with young people from Blomberg in the evenings and at the weekends. Furthermore the participants can take part in excursions and school visits. There will be one or two days which can be used for private matters and one’s own interests. Terminal: Schieder (32816 Schieder-Schwalenberg) about 5km from Blomberg The closest airports are Hannover (50 km) and Düsseldorf (220 km), Hamburg (260 km).

CPD02 Gossberg 04.07. – 18.07.11 ENVI, CONS Vol: 12 Language: English, German Age: 18-26

The project: The project will take place in a famous river-, hill- and cultural landscape in the middle of Saxony at the foot of the Erzgebirge mountains, 35 km from Dresden in the county of the monastery ruin of the Cistercians Altzella. The "University in the Farmhouse" is a centre of education for nature, culture, youth and

sustainability. The aim of this project is to show several ways of cultivation. Different types of gardens including a “permanent culture” already exist. The work: The ecosystem with its trees, plants, animals and nature- and environmental educational stations will be extended with new elements. We need also your help to add new facilities and decorative things in the area of the old farm. For this project we would like

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to find 12 committed young people, who are keen to do manual work, advance their knowledge of all kinds of skills and do landscape design. The Study-part: How do you create a productive garden which mingles plants and animals in a way that only a minimum input of energy and resources are required to achieve maximum sustainability to the environment? Education for sustainable developement - theory and projects of best practice, for example nature people's and tribes' lifestyle. Accommodation: The participants stay in the romantic farmhouse-room. Please bring bed linen, sheets or sleeping bags and ISO mat, house-shoes, work clothes. You are very welcome, if you can offer ecological information from your own country. The leisure time: The afternoons and evenings as well as weekends are mostly free. We will try to offer you various activities for your spare time such as sport, excursions, swimming etc. There will be excursions in the region, especially to the picturesce town Freiberg, to the “Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz”, and to a very nice piece of land called „Rote Baumwiese“. Terminal: Freiberg, near Dresden, Next airports: Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig

CPD03 Mittweida 15.07. - 29.07.11 MANU, ENVI Vol: 10 Language: English, German Age: 18-26 The project: The camp takes place at the “Muellerhof”, which is a reconstructed traditional half-timbered X farmhouse near the cities of Dresden, Chemnitz and Leipzig. It runs a socio-cultural centre for the local population and has constructed a so-called “garden of senses” which consists of a small wood, a play area, trees for climbing and a natural stage for events with an old circus-wagon. It also contains an

area with herbs and berries. The work: After the great success of designing and making of a coloured mosaic to embellish a wall at the entrance of the building, now you can help to design a new one in the studio of the Müllerhof. Your help is also needed in the renovation of a cultural center of the municipality. And you are welcome to cook traditional meals from their particular countries

for all participants and the daily guests of the social center. You will also be able to work with people from different generations. We will work on the cultivation of the “garden of senses”; especially to maintain to tunnels made with wicker. Furthermore we will help to harvest fruit, vegetables and herbs and learn how to manufacture jam, teas and different kinds of oil, etc. The leisure time: Since the Muellerhof offers different seminars to the local inhabitants, the participants are welcome to join these for free (e.g. pottery, crafts, etc.). The University of Applied Sciences, town hall, museum and church of Mittweida can be looked at. International Cuisine can be enjoyed at the “Hort Sonnenschein”. The project will also offer outdoor activities and guided hiking-tours in the area (e.g. a hike to the dam, the fortress Kriebstein or the Rochlitzer Porphyrberg). It is also possible to visit the cities nearby (Dresden, Leipzig or Chemnitz).

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The accommodation: The participants will sleep in the big loft of the Muellerhof (80m²) which includes a shower and toilets. Remarks: Don´t forget to take work clothes, swim trunks/swim suits and a sleeping bag with you, traditional nlegenfor instance by bringing typical things from your country, because we would like to get to know about your home and way of life. Terminal: Mittweida near Dresden, closest Airports: Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin

CPD04 Halle 19.07. – 04.08.11 RENO, CONS, TEEN Vol: 10 Age 16-25

Language: German, English The project: The Center for Youth and Family St. George in Halle offers a wide range of activities and rooms in order to support the special needs of kids and their families. This year you can help to rebuild a house and its environment as a kindergarden. At the same time you are invited to get to know some interesting sites of this region.

The work: Your help is needed in the following areas: Manual work inside of the building: the continuation of the interior construction, plastering, painting, lay out of the green area and playgrounds. The work is guided and accompanied by social workers and craftsmen. It is foreseen that you will work eight hours on four days of the week, including two hours break. The leisure time: Various leisure times are possible. It is organized and partially funded by the institution, which are partly as a variable offer for the group. - Hiking in the surrounding area, excoursions in Halle, "the city of Handel and the salt boilers, including a visit to the salt museum, Handel House, Beatles Museum and a youth recreational facility, possibly Disco, to go swimming. The Accommodation: The project will provide food and accommodation, your help will in kitchen and cleaning the dishes will be welcome. We sleep inside the house in beds ore mattresses. Each participant should bring a sleeping bag and a sheet. In exceptional cases, a sleeping bag can be provided. Remarks: Important are sturdy shoes and outdoor clothing for hiking and a backpack. It can be cold and rainy in Germany, even in summer. Terminal: Halle, next airports Berlin, Frankfurt

CPD05 Rödinghausen 23.07. – 06.08.11 RENO, STUDY Vol: 12 Language: English, German Age: 18 - 26 The project: “Familienbildungsstätte Alte Flachsfabrik” is a Family Education Centre which

offers room for education, trainings and exchange to pedagogues, parents, foster parents, teachers and for all who are interested. The program includes workshops, lectures, seminars and discussions dealing with pedagogical themes. In this context the association FAS-OWL wants to create awareness about the Fetal Alcohol Syndrom, which is

caused by the maternal consume of alcohol during pregnancy. Beside education and trainings, “Familienbildungsstätte Alte Flachsfabrik” will offer a joyful time for foster parents and their foster children to relax and rest. Therefore there is a large amount of leisure time facilities. Our service includes holiday camps for families (childcare is available) and children as well as a lot of creative and practical workshops. In the future the Animal Assisted

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Therapy for difficult children will be a part of our work. The project wants to improve the pedagogic skills of the adults and support the development of children. The work: The idea of the Familienbildungsstätte Alte Flachsfabrik is realized in the dwelling of an old flax manufactory. To rebuild it into a boarding house we now have to renovate the rooms (painting/fettling, tiling, building walls,…). We also need help in gardening and landscaping (fencing wickers and building an open barn for sheeps and alpacas, laying out the garden/beds and ways, …). The study-part: All participants have the chance to gain experience in technical skills as well as in the contact with children in pedagogical work. They can learn about pedagogical opportunities in and with nature. This includes outdoor activities such as climbing. You will participate in the construction of a charitable Family Education Centre. In addition you will get to know the surrounding of Rödinghausen (Bielefeld, Herford, Köln,…) doing different activities and excursions. The accomodation: The Family Education Centre Alte Flachsfabrik is placed in a climatic health resort and a countryside which is surrounded by the large forest/hill “Wiehengebirge”. It is situated on the edge of the village, next to the nature protection area. The participants will live in renovated guestrooms of the centre. Besides the recreation room and the kitchen there are several renovated showers and restrooms. Bedcovers will be provided. Remarkes: Participants should be ready for physical work and be interested in pedagogical and ecological themes. Non-smokers and Non-alcoholics are especially welcome. Terminal: Bieren, Rödinghausen Next airports: Hanover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg

CPD06 Dachau 30.07. - 12.08.11 STUDY, RENO Vol: 12 / 90 Language: English Age: 16-26 years Participation fee: 120 Euro This is not a normal work camp, it is instead an international youth movement with the theme: “National Socialism and Racism”: The project: The International Youth Meeting is a place for young people from all over the world to discuss issues concerning the past, the present and the future. Young people will look at the history of the concentration camp at Dachau, National Socialism and present forms of exclusion, racism and discrimination. The principles of exchanging ideas, experiencing different cultures, as well as Holocaust education are the core ideas of the International Youth Meeting. It is primarily organized by a team of volunteers. Many

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survivors of the National Socialist regime will talk about their personal experiences of persecution, whether in the concentration or labour camps or working in the resistance. Background: In March 1933 one of the first Nazi concentration camps was established in the town of Dachau, near Munich. The Dachau concentration camp became a model for other concentration camps and also a place to train the Nazi SS. Over 200.000 people from different countries were imprisoned in Dachau between 1933 and 1945. Prisoners died from terror and the consequences of inhuman practices, disease, exhaustion and hunger. The Program: To remember – to encounter – to understand will be our guiding slogan this two weeks. We will learn about the history of the concentration camp Dachau and other aspects of the German Fascism. Always we will ask: What did we learn about this? Where are racism and discrimination today? The program consists of different workshops, discussions with eye-witnesses and Holocaust survivors, guided tours through the Memorial Site, tours in Dachau and Munich, day trips. There is also time for personal conversation, sports, parties and the chance to experience the Modern Germany.

Accommodation: Accommodation is at the Dachau Youth Guest House in rooms for four people. The participation fee includes: full board and lodging, together with the cost incurred by the program. Remarks: You should have a working knowledge of English and/or German to communicate without any difficulties. Age: 16-26 years.

You should be interested in various subjects and in taking part in workshops. Participation fee: 120,-Euro What else to bring: Clothes which suit the work and the weather, musical instruments, games, songbooks or whatever you want for the leisure time... Materials for the study part of the camp, a map of your country, photos and things that help you to describe your country to the other participants of the work camp. The leisure time: There will be free time for fun and games, day-trips, entertainment, getting to know the people, going to cafés, etc. Terminal: Dachau, next airport Munich

CPD07 Mutlangen 31.07. - 13.08.11 RENO, STUDY, PEACE Vol: 10 Language: English, German Age: 18-26 The project: The Pressehütte Mutlangen („press cabin“) is a centre for active non-violence in

South Germany (Baden-Württemberg). In the 80es Mutlangen was a symbol of the non-violence protests against the atomic missiles Pershing II. The Pressehütte Mutlangen was the starting point for several blockade actions. As the missiles were removed, the time of the civil disobedience and the lawsuits was

then over. The historic Pressehütte became a small convention place. Solar cells on the roof are producing electricity. There are still activities regarding the peace movement, especially against atomic weapons. Mostly young people use the Pressehütte for seminars. The work: In the first days we will get to know each other and the historical place we are staying. We will prepare and carry out activities for the Hiroshima- and the Nagasaki-day (6. and 9. of August) and will do some work in the garden and the hut. We will end our workcamp with a summer party.

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The Study Part: We will learn about the history of the place we are staying and talking about the question: „What can I as an adolescent, do for peace?” The focus will be on the topic of nuclear disarmament and the European Youth Network for Atomic Disarmament (BANg). But topics such as intercultural intertwining and peaceful actions in harmony with nature will also be discussed. The accommodation: You will be sleeping in sleeping bags in rooms for three people. The press hut is the living and working space for the group. The meals will be cooked by the volunteers. The food is vegetarian. Remarks: Please bring sleeping bags, clothes for warm, cold and wet weather, work clothes and sturdy shoes, swim suits and if you like music instruments! Good knowledge of English is very important! The leisure time: There are lots of activities you can do in your spare time: hiking, swimming, getting to know the people of the region, concerts, trips to Stuttgart or Nördlingen (medieval town). Terminal: Schwäbisch-Gmünd station. Next airport: Stuttgart

CPD08 Eilenburg 06.08. - 20.08.11 MANU Vol: 15 Language: English, German Age: 18-26

The project: Eilenburg is a small town with approx. 17 000 inhabitands, situated on the border of the „Dübener Heide“ and approximately 25km from the exhibition city Leipzig. Eilenburg’s rich history of over a thousand years, makes it easy to call it one of the cradles of Saxony. The continuous rule of the Wettins-dynasty beginning with the Earl of Ilburg in the 11th century was carried on until 1918. Part of their territory is the state of Saxony

today. In medieval times Eilenburg’s main business was brewery. Martin Luther was a common guest in the prosperous city. In the following centuries the small village Eilenburg emerged as a city dominated by industry. In April 1945, Eilenburg was almost completely destroyed. The „Sorbenturm“ is the only remaining part of the Ilburg. It was assumedly built in the 12th century at the highest part of the 220m x 150m plateau. A loop foodpath outside the castle wall connects the „Sorbenturm“ with the „Amtshaus”(deanery), the former county court. First parts of this path has been renewed with the help of the volunteers in the last two workcamps. Next part shall be renovated in your workcamp The work: The participants carry out simple manual work like the enclosure of the loop path with pavement, the anchorage with renal gravel and the construction of a safety rail. Therefore it is necessary to bring work clothes, raingear and sturdy shoes. The leisure time: The program for leisure time will be organised together with the local Eilenburg youth groups and clubs. The focus lies here on the encounter and the exchange with local adolescents. Also there are sports activities such as soccer, volleyball, swimming and bowling. In addition there will be a cultural program. A trip to Leipzig and Dresden is scheduled. You can get to know the rich history of Eilenburg through guided tours in the museum and in the cellars, located in the hill in the center if the city.

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The accommodation: The volunteers will live in the local youth centre „House IV“. The group can cook for itself in a modern kitchen. Sleeping bags and camping mats should be brought by you. Terminal: Eilenburg, via Leipzig, closest Airports: Leipzig-Halle, Berlin

CPD09 Giessen 06.08. - 20.08.11 SOCI, REFUGEE Vols:12 Age: 18-26 Language English/German The project: The central Asylum Centre for asylum seekers in Hessen is located in the city of Giessen. There are currently about 150 Asylum- seekers in Giessen who came to seeking asylum in Germany out of various reasons, e.g. political, ethnic, religious, persecution or poverty. Usually they stay at the facility for months until a decision has been made about their asylum application. Sometimes they are sent to other centres or to other so called- “safe countries” where they entered the European Union, or to their countries of origin. Most of the people living in the Asylum Centre in Giessen are from Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Eritrea and Balkan: Young man, women, children and older people. The asylum seekers live under simple conditions and are not allowed to work or leave the district in which they live. Their permission to stay in Germany is often quite limited and so is their contact with the locals living in the city. The international volunteers are invited to the Asylum centre for two weeks to take part in the daily life of the refugees. In the study part of the camp, we want to discuss the situation of refugees in Germany and Europe, as well as the current developments in the area of Asylum-policies. We want to get in contact with the residents of the Asylum Centre so that we can learn about their stories, difficulties and perspectives. The work: Together with the refugees we want to organise common activities, where the women and children are taken into consideration. In addition, our goal is to get in contact with the young members of the local protestant church to raise greater awareness for the refugees and to break the isolation of the refugees. Ee will prepare contact with students of the university that are willing to take care of the medical issues of the refugees and to pursue the legal issues of the asylum law. We will also get in contact with students of the University who medicate peoples without legal status. We especially invite volunteers to participate, who are able to speak Turkish, Arabic or Farsi. Besides organising common activities with the refugees we want to work together in the reception centre to maintain the playground and to renovate the café. Surrounding area and accommodation: Giessen, a city populated mostly by students, it is located in the mid-west of Germany. Giessen is easy to reach via the Airports in Frankfurt and Frankfurt Hahn. There are plenty of possibilities for leisure time activities like playing soccer or canoeing as well as possibilities to visit some other cities. (e.g. Marburg, Frankfurt or Heidelberg). The work camp will be hosted by a local protestant church which is already involved in working with the refugees. The premises of the church are plentiful and for that we will have a lot of space for sleeping, cooking, dining, relaxing, indoor and outdoor activities.

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What to bring: Sleeping bag, camping mat, work clothes, bathing suit, sunscreen, music, your talents, something typical from your country Terminal: Giessen, Next airports: Frankfurt, Frankfurt Hahn, Hannover

CPD10 Sievershausen 07.08. - 21.08.11 RENO, STUDY, PEACE Vol: 20 Language: English, German Age: 18- 26 Project: More than 40 years ago, when the Vietnam war escalated, we started to promote peace in Sievershausen. In an old barn sleeping- and seminar-rooms were established. The „Antikriegswerkstatt” became the nucleus of the Peace Centre “Antikriegshaus Sievershausen”. Expansions and further reorganisations followed. Now there are several buildings, surrounded by a nice park, including a guest house and a museum with an assembly hall. The Antikriegshaus is at the verge of a village with about 2500 inhabitants. Sievershausen lies 30 kilometers east of the Lower Saxony provincial capital Hanover at the freeway to Berlin. Work: Volunteers will paint “Window of Peace” within the village, a wall for posters and other artwork, also for announcements concerning our work for peace. This means carpentry and painting. Volunteers with a talent for designing are also welcome. There is a nice garden around the buildings of the centre. We will do some garden work as well as renovating a (small) parking lot.

Study-part: We will visit the former concentration camp of Bergen Belsen, the memorial of the division of Germany at the former border between the two Germanys and have lessons on the items of the former division of Europe and the peaceful revolution which marked its end, including a meeting with well-known german writer and eye witness of the revolution Freya Klier. Accomodation: The accommodation of the participants is

carried out in 4 - bed rooms. Lodging and board are free. Terminal: Haemelerwald near Hannover (train from Hannover to Braunschweig)

CPD11 Bad Sooden Allendorf 12.08. – 26.08.11, RENO Vol: 14 Language: English, German Age: 18- 26 The project: The Youth Center of Allendorf needs your help in renovating the building. Bad Sooden – Allendorf isa small town which actually consists of two parts, which once has been regular cities on its own. The river Werra flows between both parts, still marking the lost dividing line. Bad Sooden - Allendorf counts 5 000 inhabitants in both cities and about 4500 in the surrounding villages. Next bigger cities are Göttingen and Kassel. Before 1989, the reunion of the both Germanies, it was situated on the very edge of the federal republic. Now it “moved” to the heard of the one and big Germany. The museum “Schifflers-Grund” still shows the situation, when there was the “iron curtain”. We will visit this museum and learn about the history of the place.

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The work: You will renovate the facade of the youth center, mainly painting the wall and the windows. To improve the outdoor facilities, you will assemble a basketball basket and two goals for soccer. Leisure time: Using the facilities of the youth center, meetings with kids of the town, canoeing on the Werra, swimming in the pool... From 19th to the 23rd of August there will be the annual city festival with a parade through the city. You are invited to be part of it ! Accomodation: In the youth center of Bad Sooden-Allendorf. Please bring sleeping bag and Isolating sheet with you. Terminal: Bad Sooden-Allendorf, via Göttingen. Next airports: Hannover, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt

CPD17 Escherode Gastwerke 12.08. - 27.08.2011 Vols: 14 MANU, CONS, STUDY Language: English, German Age: 18- 26 The project: We at Gastwerke are an intentional community of 30 people in the middle of Germany (near Kassel). We have a seminar house, an organic vegetable farm with huge greenhouses, a small Health Food store, a woodworking shop as well as homeopathy practice We live in a commune, meaning that we share our salaries. We have a completely collectivized internal economy, with no private ownership of buildings, of the means of production or of motor vehicles. All income is pooled and each person takes out what she or he needs. There are no ready-made concepts for the building of new ways of living. The challenges are too complex. Our community is a living organism, constantly changing according to the needs of its members. As our visitor you too will be a part of this organism for a certain time. This will be, for sure, an inspiring experience. The work: Since we are a rather new community there is still a lot of landscaping and construction work going on. This year we will focus on a new camp site including the construction of solar showers, compost toilets, fencing and maybe even a small eco-dome. Studypart: You will get an insight of communal living in an intentional community, as well as on organic farming, and eco architecture. Living and working within a small ecovillage of 30 people between 1 and 60 years old, is an experience by itself. Leisure time: Escherode is located at the edge of huge natural reserve area. There are plenty of opportunities for beautiful hikes, bike rides, bird watching or just to enjoy the beauty of the nature. Only 14 km away is the city of Kassel. Kassel is internationally known for the documenta art exhibition but also for its magnificent parks. There will be excursions to Kassel as well as to the old university town of Göttingen. Accommodation:

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In tents, and dormitories. Please bring a sleeping bag and an insulation mattress. Terminal/Train Station Express Train Station: Kassel Wilhelmshöhe Closest airports are Frankfurt (Rhine-Main Airport) and Hannover.

CPD12 Frankfurt 20.08. – 03.09.11 SOCI, STUDY Vol:14 Language: English, German

Age: 18-26 The project: “Support multicultural neighborhood” We invite you to experience and support the multicultural neighborhood in a northern suburb of Frankfurt. The District “Am Bügel” (“at the bow”) was built 30 years ago and it is known for his multinational and multiethnic

inhabitants. There are people from all over the world and in every religion, especially people from Russia, Turkey, Vietnam, Eritrea and Pakistan. For many of them it’s the first place to live in Germany. The population changes in average every 10 years. Though there are many problems of unemployment and social tensions, it is a green and lovely part of our town. And in some aspects this suburb is an example for the development of other suburbs in Germany. The city of Frankfurt is to reach by the subway in 20 minutes, fields and a river can be reached in 5 minutes by bike. There are situated many social services and interesting projects in the district. In summer, Frankfurt has many events and his romantic surrounding can be reached by bicycle. And of course you have to taste the Applewine and the Green Sauce. The work: The work aspect of the project consists of participating in various services in the quarter specially to work with children and kids. We are planning a mixed program to visit schools, to stay in kindergarten and youth center and to help seniors. So you and your contribution are important: to work with children, to organize an event for young people, to play football, or to teach songs and dances from your country, to create a hip-hop workshop… But there is also needed a helping hand to support elder people to put in order their cellar… We are planing to visit schools to tell about situations of your countries or about the effects of international meetings. So you will get to know many different people and come in various situations. As the most important aspect of this workcamp is to interact with people from different cultural backgrounds. So you should be:

- Be open minded and curious about people from all over the world, - Be ready to represent your life and your country for kids also for elder people - Be ready to discuss about varius topics during a visit in school classes. - Be ready to play games with children - You should love to get in contact with people from all over the world

The Accommodation: Your accommodation will be the “KINZ”, it’s the neighborhood center of the protestant parish. The center is a multifunctional house with many possibilities, a terrace, kitchen, meeting rooms, etc. Please bring your sleeping bag and camping mat. It`s helpful to have bring your swimming costume with you and, if you have an instrument or something typical from your country… It would be nice. We are planning to make excursions by bike, so it’s helpful that you are able to ride one. Remarks: Motivation letter is required Terminal: Frankfurt /Main Next airport: Frankfurt / Main or Frankfurt/Hahn (2 ours distance to Frankfurt!).

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CPD13 Prenzlau 22.08. - 02.09.11 ENVI, SOCI, KIDS Vol:15 Language: English, German Age: 18- 26

The project: The City of Prenzlau is preparing for 2013, the Garden Show and has celebrated its 775-year-old foundation anniversary in 2009. It has applyied for the national competition „Entente florale“ and will be hosting the national horticultural show in 2013. Prenzlau is the capital of the biggest county in Germany. The town is located approximately 100km north of the national capital Berlin, 50km

from Stettin in Poland and 80 km from the Baltic Sea. The work: The work will mostly consist of doing horticultural work for the embellishment of the town for its anniversary. Also there will be encounters with children in children facilities (playing and cooking together). The study part will be focused on exploring the nature of the „Uckermark“, the cultural and urban infrastructure and the cooperation with the polish neighbours. The Study part of the project will focus on learning the nature in the Uckermark, cultural and urban infrastructure, and focus on cooperation with the Polish neighbours. The accomodation: You will live in the youth club „Puzzle“ close to an international youth-and guesthouse. So you will have the chance to meet and get to know the local youth. Downtown with all its attractions and the lake are in close reach. Terminal:Prenzlau, next airport: Berlin

CPD14 Halle 23.08. - 08.09.11 RENO, CONS, TEENS Vol: 10 Age 16-25

Language: German, English The project: The Center for Youth and Family St. George in Halle offers a wide range of activities and rooms in order to support the special needs of kids and their families. This year you can help to rebuild a house and its environment as a kindergarden. At the same time you are invited to get to know some interesting sites of this region.

The work: Your help is needed in the following areas: Manual work inside of the building: the continuation of the interior construction, plastering, painting, lay out of the green area and playgrounds. The work is guided and accompanied by social workers and craftsmen. It is foreseen that you will work eight hours on four days of the week, including two hours break. The leisure time: Various leisure times are possible. It is organized and partially funded by the institution, which are partly as a variable offer for the group. - Hiking in the surrounding area, excoursions in Halle, "the city of Handel and the salt boilers, including a visit to the salt museum, Handel House, Beatles Museum and a youth recreational facility, possibly Disco, to go swimming. The Accommodation: The project will provide food and accommodation, your help will in kitchen and cleaning the dishes will be welcome. We sleep inside the house in beds ore mattresses. Each participant should bring a sleeping bag and a sheet. In exceptional cases, a sleeping bag can be provided.

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Remarks: Important are sturdy shoes and outdoor clothing for hiking and a backpack. It can be cold and rainy in Germany, even in summer. Terminal: Halle, next airports Berlin, Frankfurt

CPD15 Herscheid 06.08. – 20.08.11 ENVI, MANU, STUDY, DISA Vol: 16 Language: English, German Age: 18- 26 The forestry office of the district „Kurkölnisches Sauerland“ invite you, to help in preservation of the nature reserve of the “Ebbegebirge”. Together with forest wardens, with handicapped and non handicapped youngsters of the region you will maintain biotopes and refurbish facilities of environmental education. The project is linked to the International Year of Forests named by the United Nations General Assembly in 2011. The work: It’s planned to maintain biotopes like the surrounding of fens and creeks. You can plant new trees in places, which have been destroyed by the storm called “Kyrill” in 2007. And you can help to build up the adventure trail called „Waldweg Grenzenlos“, specially made for handicapped persons. It’s planned that you will work together with handicapped and disadvantaged youths and scouts of the region. The Studypart: During this workcamp you can learn a lot about the ecosystem wood. You will see how this specific ecosystem works. There will be a lot of information about the specific questions on sustainability, like: What’s the influence of the woods on the climate, which threatened animals are living there, what’s the importance of wood as raw material and source of energy,… At the end there are even questions about the possibility how the woods can subsist in times of changing climates…? Surrounding area Venue oft he camp is in hamlet Reblin, near the village „Herscheid“, which is located in the Ebbegebirge in a region called Sauerland. It’s located in a pleasant valley, next to some barrages. Nice places to visit are: “Attahöhle”, a stalactite cave and the “Biggesee”, a beautiful lake with the possibility to make a turn with a motorship. Accomodation: You will live in a house for youth groups. You will cook for your own. Remarks: This workcamp is prepared for volunteers, which like to live and to work in and with the nature. It is located in a very rural area, the surrounding is really isolated. You always work in the woods and it can be physically hard work. But there are also planned excursions in the region and to cologne. Terminal: Station Plettenberg, via Hagen or Siegen, next airports: Duesseldorf.

CPD16 Rohlsdorf 03.09. – 17.09.11 ENVI,MANU Vol:14 Language: English, German Age: 18-26 The project: The small village Rohlsdorf is located 100 km north of Berlin. Here is the sphere of activity from „Hoffbauers county barn“. On the one hand we are an ecological project. We maintain a small organic agriculture, keep threatened animals and run a school farm.

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On the other hand we are a social project. People who have not been able to find employment for a long time work here, as well as young people. We try to offer orientation and to help young people who haven’t finished high school, who are unemployed or who have social problems. Older people find something useful to do and are able to feel that we need them. Our newest addition is the school farm. Children between 6 and 12 are now also welcome to join us. We will show them the cycle of life in nature. The work: You can work in different places and do different things depending on your interests. The main activities will be to rebuild a children playground. You will support us in other activities in the farm: agriculture, conserving fruits and crops, feeding the animals, cooking for the kids, workers and yourself. You will discover a lot of work objects and facilities already constructed by previous Workcamps! The study part: This program includes various topics on different levels. By visiting our project first of all you will be able to gain knowledge about ecological agriculture and the social integration of disadvantaged people. Secondly you will have the possibility to be part of an international group, to learn basic principles of communication and teamwork; and you will get acquainted with a variety of languages etc. The accommodation: There are two big rooms where volunteers will be allocated. There will be a big room available for meetings, discussions and games. Please bring your sleeping bag. Anyone interested can sleep outside. The food will be offered by the staff of the project (not only). For us the food is very important. We try to offer healthy and balanced meals, however, this doesn’t mean that we don’t like grilled sausages on the campfire. The leisure time: In the afternoons and evenings as well as on weekends students usually have free time. We will try to offer you various activities such as: sport activities, swimming, games, walking excursions to the forests and a trip to Potsdam and Berlin. If you enjoy outdoors and nature and you want to know more about us, we are happy to welcome you. Terminal: Pritzwalk, near Wittenberge. Next airport: Berlin