Colour and Fun for a dark Alley

Name: Colour and Fun for a dark Alley
Start: 2021-07-10
End: 2021-07-31
Location: Hildesheim, Germany

Germany Teenagers Renovation Construction Manual work Teenagers Renovation +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

In Hildesheim's “Nordstadt” (North Town), a dark and uninviting path next to the elementary school is to be transformed into a colorful area with play and sports elements for all everyday groups, especially children and teens. You will help prepare the area, make the path wider, more open, brighter, more colorful and fun. You will work as a team with young people from the neighborhood. The focus is on cooperation, communication and manual work. The instruction for the construction of the pedagogical and motoric-sportive offers is taken over by a specialized company. Through the cooperation with a Theater education center you will create a daily video blog about the project and your experiences. You will get to know young people from the neighborhood and make friends from Hildesheim and all over the world.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will sleep on air beds in two empty apartments in the parish hall of the Martin Luther Church, there is a large communal kitchen and a large outdoor area with barbecue. The group will prepare and cook meals together.

📍 About the location

Hildesheim has about 100,000 inhabitants, the Nordstadt, the district in which the project takes place, about 11,000. In the surrounding there is a lot of beautiful nature (e.g. a nature reserve) and agriculture to see. A cultural center is nearby (www.kufa.info), as well as a historical museum (http://www.rpmuseum.de). The cathedral and St. Michael's Church are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. There is a great arts and culture scene with lots of music, theater, exhibitions and parties. There is also an outdoor pool with a swimming lake. In summer, the market square becomes the “Citybeach” - a popular meeting place with certain events in the middle of the city. In addition, two universities ensure that the city is livened up by students. The much larger city of Hannover can be reached in half an hour by train. https://www.hildesheim.de/tourismus/english-information.html https://www.hannover.de/en