📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This year KVT celebrates its 70-years-old history of peacework and will therefore host a peace-themed jubilee camp at Rauhanasema (Peace Station) in Helsinki. Come and make textile art together with local volunteers and refugees!
The camp will be hosted by KVT Finland which is the SCI-branch in Finland in collaboration with the Peace Union of Finland and local social design collective Concreatives. The group of volunteers in the camp will consist of both international volunteers and asylum seekers from receptions centres of Helsinki area.
Rauhanasema (Peace Station) is a centre that hosts several of Finland’s peace organizations, including KVT Finland, located at the outskirts of the city centre of Helsinki.
💼 What the programme involves
Manual work, handicrafts and organisation of social activities. During the camp, the volunteers will produce a peace-themed knitted graffiti in the area of Rauhanasema. The artwork will be designed and the work instructed by the Concreatives Collective. The volunteers will also conduct some basic renovation work at Rauhanasema, such as re-painting tables and chairs. In addition, the volunteers will organize a handicraft workshop for local residents of Eastern Pasila.
During their free time the volunteers will get a chance to explore the city and attractions of Helsinki. We will visit a Finnish sauna, learn about the history of textiles and enjoy the summer in the city parks and by the sea.
The summer weather in Finland can be anything from +30 and sun to +10.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Shared accommodation on mattresses on the floor. As Rauhanasema is located right next to the Pasila railway station that is currently under construction, the area can be quite noisy at times. The volunteers will also be sharing the space of Rauhanasema with the other organizations working there.
📍 About the location
Pasila, Helsinki
⚠️ Requirements
Interest in working in a multicultural group in an urban environment. Interest in handicrafts is an advantage.
ℹ️ Additional information
The objective of the camp is to bring together volunteers from different backgrounds and to promote solidarity and cultural understanding through shared manual work. The camp aims at providing the participants with concrete ideas on how to make influence in their own local environments.
This workcamp is part of the international campaign Building Bridges which aims to raise awareness and stimulate reflection about the current refugee crisis and forced migration. Through non-formal learning methods, participants will be able to share knowledge and experiences about the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in different countries. Volunteers will be encouraged to think about how they can make a contribution to peaceful living together of people from all origins in their hometown.