📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is the third time NGO Youth of JAZAS Pozarevac organises a workcamp in their region. They are selected for 7 years back as a resource center of the Ministry of youth and sport of Republic of Serbia.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers from abroad and other parts of Serbia will work on planting trees in the surroundings of the Silver lake, one of the most beautiful lakes in Serbia, cultivating green areas and erecting a greenhouse for vegetables later to be cultivated by the residents for the nearby center for people with intellectual disabilities. This will consist of preparing the terrain for planting, planting of trees, mowing of grass, clearing the area, painting, gardening.
🏠 Accommodation on site
in apartments on the Silver lake shore, fully equipped with beds, kitchen, toilets and showers. Volunteers will cook on their own, with ingredients provided. Several dinners will be offered by the local community.
📍 About the location
Silver lake is situated at 2km from Veliko Gradiste, 110km from Belgrade, in Eastern Serbia. It is a 4.5km2 artificial lake created out of the river Danube in 1971. It is called “silver” because of sun rays that reflect during sunset in a particular light. The lake itself is one of the most famous tourist resorts in Serbia, with many summer houses, restaurants and hotels.
Volunteers will have plenty of time to swim in the lake, hike, cruise by boat on the Danube all the way to the Golubac fortress. There will be jewelry and traditional Serbian dance workshops, visits to the local monasteries and the museum.
ℹ️ Additional information
Several days the volunteers will work together with the residents of the center for people with intellectual disabilities.