📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Did you know that one of the biggest and oldest Jewish cemeteries is located in heart of Warsaw? We are an energetic group of young people aiming to preserve a unique cultural heritage of that necropolis. Would you like to join us in our mission?
Since four years the Cultural Heritage Foundation in Warsaw aims to maintain the tombs and old monuments in proper shape by the hands of volunteers. Every week dozen or more people are gathering to take care of the necropolis. The Foundation is also organizing summer camps for Polish youth and now we are inviting all of you, our international friends, to join our mission!
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will be given necessary gardening tools, you don’t need to have them with you! Work will mostly consist on removing weeds and broken branches. We will start to work around 10 and finish it after 6 hours. Shabbat starts on Friday afternoon, so on Friday we will finish earlier (at 1 p.m.) and Saturday will be a day off for exploring the city.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Middle school located approx. 5 minutes on foot from workplace in the Wola district, with good communication to the city center (20 minutes by tram). Camp beds are provided, showers in the school.
📍 About the location
Warsaw
⚠️ Requirements
Good mood and willingness to make some good impact on society and local history!
ℹ️ Additional information
Do you want to know how we work? Check our video!
https://www.facebook.com/fundacjadziedzictwakulturowego/videos/1472278662836045/
For more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Cemetery,_Warsaw
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/warszawa/12,cemeteries/1550,jewish-cemetery-okopowa-street-/ Partners: National Heritage Board of Poland, Jewish Community of Warsaw, Jewish Historical Institute.