📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Vojvodina Environmental Movement (VEM) is one of contact points of YRSiVSS involved in sending and hosting volunteers for more than 7 years now. VEM is nonigovernmental organization that aims at creation of sustainable communities, by working on development of environmental protection, ecotourism, youth and volunteer programmes.
💼 What the programme involves
The workcamp has been organized in Stara Pazova, seven times up to now and volunteers have contributed in solution of many local community s problems, but especially they are trying to trigger local young people to get more active and involved in social life of their town and international mobility programmes. Last 2 years the workcamp focused on activating young people and facilitating their encounter with people from other countries/cultures, by organizing the programme of a 3iday event aimed to youth, which was visited by more than 50 youngsters and involved at least 10 more in organizing it. Although the improvement is visible, there is still a lot of space to improve the situation of youth in the town. This time we want to include a programme for children as well, since a lot of them were coming to participate. Volunteers will organize leisure time and educational/information activities for and with local youth, aged 15i30 (your creativity, initiative and experience is highly welcomed). This means that volunteers will help in planning and implementing various workshops/games for and with youth and children of Stara Pazova, during the 5iday youth programme i Intercultural summer . The work will be organized in the nursery garden (place where seedlings/plants are grown), which also contains a stage, a workshop room and vast outdoor areas. Also the volunteers, together with the locals, will organize promotion of the event.
🏠 Accommodation on site
in the premises of Stara Pazova nursery garden (room with beds, shower and toilets provided). The volunteers will prepare food by themselves with material provided, in a well equipped kitchen. The nursery garden is located in the suburbs of the town and it is surrounded by nature.
📍 About the location
Geographical position of Stara Pazova is extremely convenient: it is situated between the two largest cities in Serbia iBelgrade (30 km), and Novi Sad (40 km). Stara Pazova has an impressive cultural versatility and prides itself on its cultural diversity and multiiethnic structure. There will be opportunity to visit nearby towns (Novi Sad and Sremski Karlovci).
⚠️ Requirements
The volunteers should have at least some basic experience in working with young people or children (professional youth workers will be available during the camp). All kinds of games, special workshop materials that could be used in organizing leisure time activities are welcomed. Motivation letter is required i please explain your skills and experience relevant to this project.
ℹ️ Additional information
Participation fee: 15euro for an excursion and materials for work.