📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
We are running this project in the village of Teisani since 2016. Once with a vibrant rural life,the village is changing these days.About a 3rd of the properties are now owned by people from nearby cities who do not actually live there.The number of children dropped dramatically with one of the schools close to its closure. Some children are living in troubled families who are not able to provide them any highlight for their summer vacation and this is where we come in.This project is an initiative of local enthusiasts with the support of local council.It aims to bring the world closer to them somehow, to strengthen their strive to get a good education, give a chance to speak English,understand what is valuable in their own village and create the vision of what it may become in the future
💼 What the programme involves
We will have about 20 children (aged 8-12) in the camp who will work in groups with volunteers to accomplish the following:
- Facilitate a cultural exchange between volunteers and local kids in the village.
- Organize different games for children, both fun and educational.
- Do some small community work together with children
- Organize a group trip to the nearby mountains and a camping evening.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be accommodated in a public facility house near the school. There is a chance that they will share the facilities with other volunteers involved in a different project. Please bring your own sleeping bag. You may need it for camping as well. Volunteers may have to prepare their own breakfast and dinner. Cold lunch is to be served together with kids. The place has showers and a kitchen
📍 About the location
The village is situated in a hilly area about 100 km north from Bucharest.
⚠️ Requirements
At the moment (beginning of June) Romania has a pretty low incidence of COVID-19 however this may change in the future. At the entry point, depending on where you’re coming from, there may apply some related restrictions. So far, vaccination guarantees no restriction and WE WILL ACCEPT ONLY VACCINATED VOLUNTEERS OR HAVING NEGATIVE PCR RECORD WITH 72 HOURS BEFORE joining the camp.
ℹ️ Additional information
Volunteers shall be interested in working with children before all and willing to in harmony in a group of people they do not know yet.
Smoking and alcohol drinking will be possible only after finishing the program with children.
During the first day we shall plan activities for the coming days. Depending on availability, we plan to get volunteers involved in an exchange of ideas and crafting the program prior to arriving at the spot.
Activities with children will be from 10 am to 4-5 pm every day except trip and camping days.
A sample of a day from previous summer camps here:
https://www.facebook.com/nicolaeiordache.iordache/media_set?set=a.10217345694378206&type=1&l=1af4db14be
VERY IMPORTANT: because we are working with kids we also need a copy of a recent criminal record.