Cultural

Ramadhan Study camp

Code: 
IIWC1119-11
Country: 
Indonesia
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Wednesday, 10 August, 2011 to Monday, 22 August, 2011
Volunteers will learn Muslim culture during Ramadhan through reading and writing Arabic, designing clothes and cooking special food for Lebaran. Volunteers wil also help children study.

Supporting social and educational projects

Code: 
SJVL1112-11
Country: 
Vietnam
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Friday, 1 April, 2011 to Thursday, 1 December, 2011
The E&C NGO is a Vietnamese non-government organization, and partner of The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association (VUSTA). It has developed projects offering improved education for poor children in the Highlands; vocational education for the disabled; traditional playgrounds for poor children; an educational program for disadvantaged youth; and teaching English to children through active learning. It has also managed to establish many professional partnerships that support and promote its program activities.

Renovation of spiritual camp

Code: 
NGVWA11-11
Country: 
Nigeria
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Saturday, 4 June, 2011 to Monday, 20 June, 2011
Volunteers will be working alongside a local spiritualist group to renovate an old church building. Main duties will include plastering, roofing and painting. In the evenings, the group will be welcomed into the village to explore the similarities and differences between their cultures and relationship with God.

Support & Solidarity

Code: 
VIMEXMTV05-11
Country: 
Mexico
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Tuesday, 1 March, 2011 to Thursday, 1 September, 2011
Volunteers will work with a homeless girls organization. They will help in English classes, supervise during sport activities and propose and organize other activities. There’s also a possibility to support the project cooker. Work will be from 11am to 6pm. Project has a flexible start which ends 6 months after beginning.

Showa 1

Code: 
NICE/LMTI-08 A-11
Country: 
Japan
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Friday, 10 June, 2011 to Sunday, 4 September, 2011
The host organization is Choma-Club (CC) a local NGO to organize a lot of projects for community development and youth-empowerment. Showamura is a rural village where over 50% are elderly and the community face continual depopulation of their young people. There is a lack of communication between the generations so the NGO 'Choma Club' wants energize the community with innovative ideas by hosting a project to allow for interaction and exchange with youth. Volunteers will be 1) Helping vegetable and flower farms, cutting grass around rice fields, especially for aged household.

Showa 2

Code: 
NICE/LMTI-08 B-11
Country: 
Japan
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Friday, 22 July, 2011 to Sunday, 16 October, 2011
The host organization is Choma-Club (CC) a local NGO to organize a lot of projects for community development and youth-empowerment. Showamura is a rural village where over 50% are elderly and the community face continual depopulation of their young people. There is a lack of communication between the generations so the NGO 'Choma Club' wants energize the community with innovative ideas by hosting a project to allow for interaction and exchange with youth. Volunteers will be 1) Helping vegetable and flower farms, cutting grass around rice fields, especially for aged household.

Ancient City of L’Viv (Parks of L’Viv)

Code: 
Alt-11-11
Country: 
Ukraine
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Monday, 1 August, 2011 to Sunday, 14 August, 2011
Within the world heritage site city park of Stryiski volunteers will clean improve the park through landscaping, cleaning and other activities. Volunteers will also raise awareness of world heritage sites to the local community. This will include volunteers preparing a world heritage exhibition solely using materials brought by the volunteers.

Summer Camp DF 1

Code: 
VIMEX04-11
Country: 
Mexico
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Saturday, 16 July, 2011 to Saturday, 30 July, 2011
Different activities and excursions with children. Also organizing work shops and staging a play with them.

Souvigny

Code: 
SJ-42-11
Country: 
France
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Saturday, 23 July, 2011 to Friday, 12 August, 2011
For 18 years now, the association Souvigny Grand Site has invited international volunteers to participate in the preparation and the management of a big medieval festival. During this one week the festival attracts about 30 000 visitors. The volunteers will help with the installation, taking care of stands, organizing festive moments and taking down at the end of the festival. This project is challenging and demands a high involvement from volunteers.

Fresques à Nanteuil-les-Meaux

Code: 
SJ-34-11
Country: 
France
Project Theme: 
Cultural
Dates: 
Saturday, 9 July, 2011 to Saturday, 30 July, 2011
Nanteuil-lès-Meaux is a small town of 5000 inhabitants, located between the city of Meaux and the countryside of the Briard Land. For this first international volunteer project, the volunteers are going to create two frescoes on the hall of the community centre and the wall of the football stadium stands. The topic of the frescoes is solidarity and peace between people. They will get help from the local youth, with whom they will also discover local heritage and visit Paris.

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