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Workcamp Details

We are different but we are together

Camp code:

RU-SOD 7.1

Country:

Russian Federation

Start Date:

02 Jan 2020

End Date:

08 Jan 2020

Topic:

7: Children and youth

Work Types:

Teaching / Work with children

Number of volunteers:

Free places for Males:

Free places for Females:

Free places last update:

05 Dec 2019

International age:

17 - 99

National age:

16 - 99

Spoken Language:

English

Child friendly camp

Yes (Minimum age: 7)

Description: This winter camp for local kids take place every year located within 40 km from the city in the middle of the pine forest. International volunteers work together with local volunteers as counselors and organize cultural and educational activities for the participants (local school kids – aged 7-17).

Type of Work: The volunteers are asked to make intercultural and educational workshops (about the volunteers’ native countries, ecology, water resources, human rights, antiracism, etc) and the volunteers will be teaching foreign languages to the participants (in the form of playing games, singing songs or improve their language skills through discussions). The volunteer will organize some sport activities, strategic games, shows and handycrafts.

Study Theme: Volunteers get knowledge and skills of organizing educational and intercultural activities for kids, teaching kids languages; they will get the basic knowledge of the Russian language and culture, will get to know Russian people and Russian hospitality. As the workcamp is located in Chuvashia – a small local ethnicity to the east from Moscow – the volunteers will get the chance to learn the culture of this local ethnicity, its’ history and difference from the Russian Culture.

Accommodation: In the recreation center, in a heated brick house; counselors live together in male, female, mixed rooms. Showers are available. No sleeping bags are needed, food is provided in the cafeteria.

Language: The working language of the project is English

Requirements: The volunteers are expected to have some experience of working with kids and organizing activities, intercultural experience is very welcome. Certificate of no criminal records is required. Motivation letter is required.

Approximate Location: The workcamp is situated in Russia, Cheboksary. The volunteers will need to arrive to Moscow and take a train from Moscow to Cheboksary. In Cheboksary the volunteers will be met by the local volunteers and move altogether to the workcamp.

Organization Description: “Sodrujestvo” is an organization for volunteers which was founded in 2003. The organization is located in Cheboksary, the capital of the Republic of Chuvashia and in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. Chuvashia and Tatarstan are the small local ethnicities in the Volga region 600 km to the east from Moscow. Cheboksary is a provincial city, and although Chuvashia has a long and rich history, not so many foreigners come here. That’s why there are not a lot of possibilities for youngsters to meet other cultures and have international friends. Sodrujestvo is trying to fill this gap. Every year volunteers from all over the world regardless of gender, culture, nationality or religion are invited to participate in the organized projects. What does Sodrujestvo? We make short and long-term cultural and social projects for the local community, for example: intercultural summer camps for kids in Chuvashia a weekly intercultural communication club in the local orphanages a weekly intercultural communication clubs for secondary school kids ecological projects in the Volga region Sodrujestvo is also a hosting organization for long term foreign volunteers The philosophy of Sodrujestvo Our projects are very practical, based on the philosophy of ‘Deeds, not Words’. This way we try to make small but useful changes in our local community. The main goal of all our projects is that every participant can get new specific knowledge about some actual topics and improve skills which are important in life. We don’t preach but try to break down prejudices and stereotypes by living and working together with people of different backgrounds. This way, the participants can experience a world of respect and understanding, in which conflicts are solved without violence. We promote volunteering, positive attitude and optimism. Our special attention goes also to environmental respect, which is a critical problem in the Volga region.