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合作夥伴 / PARTNER

Commemorating as a way towards peace The Evangelical parish of Datteln is the origin of a Christian Peace Movement, which builds up a European network for international encounters and voluntary service as a contribution to peace. The project is based on a historical event that happened after World War I, during the French occupation of the Ruhr area. On Good Friday in1923, in the Lutherhaus (former parish center), the French lieutenant Etienne Bach and the German official Karl Wille chose reconciliation instead of conflict. Their meeting became the beginning of the movement Youth Action for Peace (YAP). Since then, many volunteers from different countries have learned that reconciliation is possible, even when conflicts seem very difficult to solve.

工作 / WORK

Each week has a different focus: Week 1 ( Artistic work : Volunteers work on creative art projects around the topic of peace. The artworks will be shown publicly later. In previous camps, volunteers created, colorful peace messages, benches of encounter, a table of peace and reconciliation, a large mural in a local kindergarten. With the support of the local artist Ulrike Speckmann, volunteers will paint and design together. This year, the artistic inspiration comes from Martin Luther King Jr.s famous I Have a Dream speech. For information about the artist, please visit her site https://www.tfte.de/ulrike/index.html . Volunteers are invited to express their own dreams and visions for the future on a large cloth, which will later be displayed in the church. Week 2 ( Social and outdoor work; Volunteers help renovate and beautify the outdoor area of the social center Ev. Johanneswerk , which supports adults with mental disabilities. The work includes gardening and simple renovation tasks. Friendly contact with the residents is welcome and encouraged.Study part: Volunteers explore how peace can be expressed through art.Local history is used as an example of how an international peace movement began.Members of the parish are happy when volunteers interact with different social groups, especially children and elderly people.

住宿和食物 / ACCOMODATION AND FOOD

The participants will be accommodated in the modern community center of Datteln Etienne-Bach-Haus . Please bring with you a sleeping bag. Camp beds and pillows will be provided.

位置與休閒活動 / LOCATION & LEISURE ACTIVITY

Excursions to local places of interest, like crossing 4 channels and other sites.The town of Datteln has approx. 35 000 inhabitants and is situated on the edge of the mining region in the north of the Ruhr area. Four waterways for shipping traffic are crossing in Datteln. The river Lippe and MEnster region are nearby. Next bigger towns are Recklinghausen, Dortmund and a very nice and famous student town MEnster.

要求 / REQUIREMENTS

Volunteers with interest in creative arts and social work are very welcome. After confirmation of placement in this camp, you will have to sign a self-commitment statement in terms of legal protection for children and vulnerable people. Please bring a sleeping bag.

主辦單位 / Host organization

ICJA

ICJA Freiwilligenaustausch weltweit yap-cfd workcamps ICJA was founded as an exchange program between the U.S. and Germany in 1949. The original mission of ICJA was to promote international understanding and to work towards a world in which tolerance and peace prevail. By the inclusion of various partner countries, the idea to form a development cooperation became gradually more important. Thus, the ICJA is founder member of the international federation "International Cultural Youth Exchange" (ICYE), which consists of several National Committees in 34 countries. In 1987, the ICYE received the award as "peacemessenger". In 2009, ICJA was furthermore approved as an official project of the UNESCO Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. ICJA is both, a sending and hosting organization for long term volunteers. ICJA organises volunteering services for German citizens of different ages in over 40 countries on every continent. ICJA simultaneously accompanies and supports volunteers from across the world working in social, political or ecological projects in Germany. Our volunteers usually stay for 12 months, in exceptional cases for 6 months. For further information, please consult our website: www.icja.de yap-cfd started in the year 1923 as a circle of people engaged against the war. It expanded to an international union of people who try to build bridges of understanding and to mitigate misery. The main request of yap-cfd is to reduce national and cultural prejudices and animosity among people and to promote mutual tolerance. Since 2013 yap-cfd ist part of ICJA but still organize international work camps in Germany. These international meetings are supposed to help young people to get to know different cultures and social systems through first-hand experience so that they can reflect on their own cultural ideas and communicate with others about cultural norms and differences. yap-cfd gives young people the opportunity to learn about other people, other cultures, how to live in a group, how to make decisions together...