📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
JAZAS youth of Pozarevac was founded in 1997. It promotes volunteerism and youth participation, youth health and safety and society development. JAZAS organizes workcamps since 2014. The town of Pozarevac has been a local partner who has organized Equestrian event in Ljubicevo for many years now and has experience with volunteers on that event. This workcamp is being organized in partnership with Red Cross of Pozarevac and Touristic organization Pozarevac.
💼 What the programme involves
Constructing and painting benches, tables, requisites for climbing for kids, playgrounds made of old tires etc. Volunteers will work on improving and decorating the yard of the kindergarten. The work will be strictly using hand tools, and only the qualified persons will work on machines. The volunteers will also plant the trees and set up a playground.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be accommodated in the rooms of the elementary school, sleeping on flammable matrices will. Volunteers will be in charge for preparing their meals with the ingredients provided by the host. Sometimes they will share meals with the locals. It is possible to prepare vegetarians and vegans meals.
📍 About the location
The town of Pozarevac is an important administrative, economic and cultural center of Serbia. It is located 80 km south east of Belgrade, between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava, just beneath the heal Cacalica. Pozarevac is the center of Branicevo region.
During free time, volunteers will get to know local area, field trips will be organized(local monasteries, monument park Cacalica, Stable Ljubicevo and hippodrome, visit to the ethno park Tuluba, archeological park Viminacijum, Milena Pavlovic Barili’s art gallery), playing social games, learning old Serbian games, sports activities.
ℹ️ Additional information
It would be preferred that volunteers have some painting skills, to be willing to work with tools (shovels, carts…) It is necessary that you bring your sleeping bags. Bring summer clothes and swimming suits. Also, bring some warm clothes as well since the nights could be cold. We have planned some walking tours so make sure to bring shoes suitable for long walks and hats to protect you from the sun. Bring some games from your country, costumes, spices, local food etc. If someone is playing an instrument, be sure to bring one.