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Christmas in Palestine: priceless experience

This project is part of the SCI North South Programmes. Volunteers should be 20 years old, have previous volunteering experience and take part in the Preparation Workshops organised by their sending branch. More details from your sending branch.

Camp code:

PS-IPY 12.4

Country:

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Start Date:

22 Dec 2024

End Date:

02 Jan 2025

Topic:

12: Art, culture and local history

Work Types:

Cultural heritage / Manual / Restoration, renovation

Number of volunteers:

18

International age:

20 - 99

National age:

16 - 99

Extra fee to be paid in the hosting country:

300.00 Euro [6260 Mexican Peso]
Breakdown:

1. Accommodation and food: 0.00 Euro
2. Transportation: 0.00 Euro
3. Activities: 0.00 Euro
4. Hosting organisation support: 300 Euro

Purpose of extra costs:

The participants have to pay 300 Euro to IPYL, as participation fees for the camp upon arrival. The amount can be paid in Euro, US Dollars and New Israeli Shekels according to the official exchange rate of the day. The local currency is the New Israeli Shekel (the most common one). One Euro is around 3.8 Shekels 1 USD is about 3.6 Shekels.

Required Language:

English

Description: This workcamp is published to make visible that there are still Palestinian organizations willing to continue doing projects, organize intercultural exchanges and continue to grow and nurture each other despite the current political situation. This workcamp will probably not going to happen unless the situation changes to permit a safe mobility in the area. The applications are for instance not accepted.

The project seeks to bring young people from various cultures together to build cultural bridges of understanding, reconciliation and global peace.

Type of Work: The long-term goal of project is to prepare youth to make positive contributions to society through the values of global understanding, helping, contributing tolerance, and respectful global coexistence and building on common grounds of cultural proximities and differences; The city of Bethlehem has global value to all mankind, since it reflects the common universal human values that should be the guiding light for all human beings.

Study Theme: The volunteers will work in different areas in Bethlehem city and surrounding areas. The work will include; participating in the Christmas celebrations, painting walls, renovation and restoration of some places, gardening and tree planting.

Accommodation: The volunteers will be hosted at the IPYL volunteers flat in Hebron (20 KM south city of Bethlehem) men and women will stay in separate rooms. The accommodation includes hot water, kitchen and hangout space. The place has fast internet connection including computers and presentations equipment (the media center of IPYL is beside the flat). The volunteers will cook breakfasts, lunches and dinners by themselves (daily cooking teams to be established). In some cases, lunch will be served during the work time. Tea and coffee will be available all the time at the form and the hangout space.

Language: English; Arabic

Approximate Location: Hebron and Bethlehem

Aditional extra fee: 50 euros