📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project will take place in the historical and tourist settlement "Ethno-village" and was initiated for the purpose to create a space to showcase all of the ethnic diversity of the region. The permanent settlement of ethno village will be created on the basis of Chervonokazache village. Each of the buildings of historical and cultural settlement will reflect national and cultural features of the life of a particular ethnic group. This camp allows in theory and in practice to experience volunteer work in different directions from the social assistance to environmental activities and community development. Learn about the possibilities and prospects of development of volunteering in community. It is an opportunity to experiment a different way of living in a sustainable way and use of alternative sources of energy.
Every day the ethno village has planned program so the volunteers will be actively engage in many master classes and trainings. The camp will run in cooperation with social NGO “Dyvosvit” and NGO working with local Jewish minority.
💼 What the programme involves
will consist of three social area (help people in need, lonely and elderly, people with disabilities who live in nearby villages);
eco-area (care, planting, watering plants, creation of environmental facilities, eco-trails, recycling facilities using alternative energy);
creativity (creation of art objects), assistance and participation in multi master-classes during the festival, such as but not limited "Creation of eco-comfort”, „Production of natural detergent", "Making dishes from newspapers and plastic bags", "Eco-bags made of natural materials", "Souvenirs from light bulbs" and many others. And trainings, such as but not limited to "Why Volunteering?”, „Ethics of volunteering. Ability to listen and hear", "Ecology. Eco-trail. Environmental philosophy", "International volunteering", "The organization and planning of activities", "My plan is the changes in the native community".
VOLUNTEERS ARE VERY WELCOME to bring their ideas, run own workshops and training on sustainable development, arts, volunteering, etc.
🏠 Accommodation on site
in tents. There are basic, very natural, facilities: summer shower, toilet, stove, comfortable eco-alcoves, sports and children's playgrounds, clean pond available for swimming, endless fields and picturesque steppe. Food provided. Each day there will be appointed duty in the kitchen.
📍 About the location
The village Chervonokazache is located in Zaporizhia region, 60km North from Zaporizhia. Besides lots of master-classes, art workshops, trainings on personal and sustainable developments, there will be evening program, sitting around the bonfire, singing, dancing, quests and other activities.
⚠️ Requirements
Camp language is English. Volunteers are very welcome to bring and develop own ideas and initiatives in according to camp thematic.
ℹ️ Additional information
The camp is SAFELY far from conflict zone. UNION FORUM takes very seriously volunteers safety. We do the camps only in a places which are safe in a long-term prognosis. We guarantee to inform the volunteers and sending organisations immediately in case the conflict situation will change to worse even if it will be still safe for camp sites.