📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
"RABRYKA" is a unique space for youth culture and social life, situated in an abandoned factory ground. You can see it as an open space for all kinds of youth and social culture. In the moment, it offers a wide range of possibilities for kids, youths and adults: Repair shops, DYI and creative workshops, a youth center and urban gardening. There is enough inside and outdoor space for gatherings and sports, sharing things and opinions, playing music and partying together and much moreAt the same time, RABRYKA is part of an initiative, where highly motivated people develop the civil society of Grlitz. Everyone is invited to join meetings that focus on the vision of a society, which respects the values of tolerance, equality and cross-cultural empathy. RAB-RYKA is a fictional word connecting the polish word for factory fabryka and the first letter of red. Red are the bricks of the buildings of the former factory.
💼 What the programme involves
Your help is needed to prepare space and facilities for the Focus Festival. You are invited to use your individual creativity and talents; you should be ready to work together in international teams. Supported by a carpenter and a metalworker, you can create fancy furniture for the visitors, colorful decoration for the stage, you can help by expanding the BMX trail and designing a luminous advertising. In addition, the support of the kitchen team is quite important. It would be great if the group could contribute something special for the focus festival. In the end, volunteers will offer support during the focus festival itself and will encounter the visitors discovering their creations. For further information, please visit https://www.rabryka.eu/justlab/index.php/d/projekte/fokus-festival.html
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in a flat near the youth and culture center. There are sleeping rooms, a bathroom including washing machine, a living room and a kitchen. Volunteers will need a sleeping bag. It is planned that volunteers will prepare breakfast and dinner on their own. Lunch will be offered at Rabryka and will be vegan.
📍 About the location
Grlitz is situated at the very east of Germany. After WWII, it was divided and the area in the east of the river Neisse is now the autonomous town Zgorzelec and part of Poland. Volunteers will get a guided tour through Grlitz and will learn about its eventful history. Also, you will learn about the current network of initiatives in the city, which offer a wide range of cultural and social work. Moreover, there will be time for a cycling tour to a lake nearby, bonfire evenings and party.
ℹ️ Additional information
Basic German knowledge is helpful, but not required. Volunteer who are skilled in handicraft and creative arts, will find a great atmosphere to unravel their own talents and abilities. Please be ready to work together in teams. Please bring a sleeping bag, pillow (if needed), work clothes, bathing suit, music and be prepared to use your talents.