FRIENDSHIP GAMES 2019, BRZECE

Accompanied by their teachers, members of NDF team, and our incredible and caring volunteers, the kids will participate in sports, entertaining and educational activities and creative workshops over the period of 16 to 21 September. In addition, they will explore unique natural beauties of Kopaonik and visit local sites. The Friendship Games were founded in 2013 and have since welcomed nearly 650 primary school-aged boys and girls and 119 teachers from 31 towns in Serbia. The Friendship Games are an annual retreat for children from disadvantaged communities who will benefit from the experience in ways that will span the course of their lives. The idea is to offer them plenty of opportunities to connect with the natural environment, master valuable life skills, make new friends, have fun, show their creative side, learn together and from each other, and discover new interests and talents. All camp activities and workshops have been carefully selected and designed in collaboration with child development experts. The Games also promote right values, like fair play, understanding, acceptance of diversity, healthy nutrition, importance of teamwork and environmental awareness. Volunteer duties include: - communication with the whole team about all the activities they will be in charge of during each day of the camp (for example – following timetable and schedule: when each group of children needs to be at the particular activity, etc.); - communication and cooperation with other volunteers and associates about the realization of the activities; - participation and support in realization of all activities and workshops with children; - constant communication with guests, donors and their families (about schedule during the camp); - each volunteer, alongside host volunteers, will be in charge of one group of children whom they will be coordinating, especially during all planned activities; - volunteers will take part in preparing all the activities and setting up polygons and spaces where workshops will be held (activities include – sports activities, creative workshops, DIY, pottery workshops, etc.)