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Wednesday: “3rd Working day” (01.07.2015)

We woke up at 8.00am and made breakfast, the day was really hot up to 38°. After we ate breakfast we started with a little Warm Up games. After the warm up games, the groups were divided into 3 international groups. The first group built Bird-cages, 2nd group went to work in the hill, while the 3rd group worked in front of the camp.
As usual the groups were very hard working; the bird-group had a lot of fun building bird cages and painting them in beautiful artistic colors. After Then we had a very good lunch and mostly free time, because of the heat, but that didn’t stop the Bird-group to continue building their Bird cages but this time everybody wanted a piece of the action, this was really exciting for as we found out during the daily feedback.
After dinner we had free time, what we used to play ping pong and billiard and some card games.
In conclusion it was a nice relaxing day.

Bird-cage workshop

Tuesday: 2nd Day of work (30.06.2015)

At 8 am the kitchen team was already woken up, breakfast was served at 9 am. so the participants got strong enough for the Warm-up game and for the work. Everybody did the same work as the day before, but it was much harder because it was very hot (36-37 degrees). Because of that the leaders decided to take the work slower and to go to the swimming pool in the afternoon. So after they had a lunch they got into three buses and they went to the outdoor swimming pool called Hesse. Everybody had a very great time and they could cool down a little bit. After swimming they came back to have dinner and after it they had the feedback round which had already become a routine. The closing scene of this day was also the fire where the participants could stay up until late night if they wanted to. They had fun around the camp fire and when day went to bed they could feel the sweet tiredness after a great day.

swimming with the team

Monday: “The 1st day of work” (29.06.2015)

As the participants woke up they could already see that day would be a very sunny one. After the breakfast the campers signed the camp’s rules contract. The kitchen team started their work, the others went to work. The group was divided into three. Some people stayed at the camp place because there was also work to be done. The other two groups went to the hill, one group to the northern side the other to the southern side of it. The groups were very hardworking and they finished what they had to do in no time. They went back to the camp for lunch and to rest a little bit. In the afternoon they resumed work again and they were also very determined because it was fun to work in such a lovely team and multi-cultural atmosphere. When they came back, after having dinner they took part in the first feedback round where they could tell their opinions about the first day and imply their suggestions. After that they had leisure time when day used out all the relaxing activities offered by the camp like table tennis, pool, skateboards etc. The day was closed by a camp fire where the atmosphere just became better.

“working at the Hill”

Sunday: Get-to-know-each-other-day (28.06.2015)

The day started with a typical German breakfast at 9 am. After that the whole group together played some Warm-up games which were supposed to make the participants know each other better, and some activities which gave the participants the opportunity to tell something about their personalities and slowly they learned each other’s names. The lunch at 1:30pm was very tasty (Italian food Bolognese… as a symbol of multi-cultural) and it made the campers strong enough to take a walk on the hill nearby, and to see where they will be working the days to come. When they came back they were informed about the Rules and Regulation and also the campers were divided into smaller groups. On each day there were three people in the kitchen team (they administrated the kitchen) and three people in the diary team (they had the task to write a review on the day and to publish it on the internet). The closing scene of the day was landscape-trip to Duisburg, which was for those who weren’t tired enough. They went to bed quite early because they had to get ready for the next day which was the first day of work.

warm up games :)

participants getting to know each other better

fun games

Saturday: “The arrival” (27.06.2015)

The camp place in Oberhausen was waiting for the camp’s participants. The first people who came in were the German group. They were very excited to see what the others were going to be like. At around 2 pm. the plane of the Romanian group landed at Dortmund airport. When they arrived to the camp they had lunch. After lunch they had to rest because of the tiring road, but they wanted to do it actively. The group was divided in two. One part went to Gelsenkirchen to a swimming pool the others went to Essen on a city tour. When they came back they had dinner and they were looking forward for the arrival of the Estonian group. It happened only late in the night. They were very tired so after the dinner they went to bed.Arrival of the Romanian group

Arrival at the camp in Oberhausen

Some photos!!!!

What’s the matter with sustainable development?

What’s the matter with sustainable development? Because the topic of ewoca camps 2015 is sustainable development we spent the whole second day to know more about this them. After some energizer we started with the simulation game about global reality. We had to divine into 4 groups – 4 another countries: Germany, Brazil, Poland, Tanzania. The task was to develop the country. It was a little difficult to understand that there are a lot differences between this countries. They have another natural products and technical stuff. The sustainable development was possible when we began to collaborate and thank about economical, environmental, social and cultural aspects.

After lunch’s break we learned how we can introduce the sustainable development to our all the day. There were 3 workshops:

Cooking:

We prepared a typical Italian food : pizza(hopefully everyone know it) and focaccia (something like pizza but with potatoes inside). The atmosphere during the cooking was very nice, just like in the family. We are singing, especially the romantic Italian songs. Cooking, eating have often to do with love and another positive emotions.

Ola, Ewa, Chiara, Dominika, Asia

Prendere per la gola/Liebe geht durch den Magen/Przez zoladek do serca!

Housekeeping

It was really funny. Especially when we had the mask on our facesJ . The most important thing is that we learned how to spent money and be friendly for environment.

Wiktoria, Kasia, Stefano, Leon, Veronica

Social

Our task was to offer some activities for the evening. We had a lot of ideas but we had to respect the place where we were and how many people we are. It was a little difficult to decide how we can do but finally we chosen Volkersball, Zbijany, Palla prigioniera like champion game.

Jana, Braian, Bilal, Mario, Guliano

Media

There has happened a lot on the camp and we keep it on the pictureJ. Then we have to decide which are the best pictures. We were talking about composition etc.. You can see a part of our work below.

Giulia, Dominik, Matteo

Picture for this day

The first (the most important)brazil in Italy+ competicion,Poland in Italy,3polish girls,Tanzania in Italy,mask,kitchen

Ewoca3- GRO-UP- Grow up Italy/Germany/Poland

Ciao! Hallo! Do widzenia!

The international youth camp Gro-UP – Grow up is started on the 30 June in Italy and involves 18 youngsters from Italy, Poland and Germany and 2 responsible per group (6 in total).

The main topic of our camp is the group work in order to reflect on three dimensions of the education for sustainable development: the social, the economical and the environmental aspects.

The aim is to experience the life of a society in small scale with the objective to discover what are the mechanism for the construction of a sustainable society and how each person can contribute to this goal.

A social group has been defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have a sense of unity. On the other hand a group is defined also in terms of those who identify themselves as members of the group. A group of people can be considered, in scale, a little society composed by individuals that contribute to the development of the society itself in different ways. Any individual, alone, can give his/her contribution to the whole group, but it’s the sum of the different contributions that provide the real development of the group as whole.

Be a member of a group, any kind of group, involves different fields of reflection such as: identity, interdependence, respect, awareness and diversity. How we can live with different persons in harmony and without lose our personal identity? How I can recognize myself in a group composed by different people, coming from different cultural backgrounds and life? What steps I have to do and what I have to recognize for feeling myself part of a group?

Those and other questions will be raised up by the participants during the international camp thanks both to different activities organized during the two weeks and the issues they will tackle by living the daily life in this international community.

The activities of the camp will be all related to the group work, give the chance to the participants to understand their roles in the group and to develop skills and abilities to understand also the importance of the role of the others. Trough the methodology of non formal education, outdoor activities, field visits and self-organized moments, the participants will be introduced to the topic of sustainable development, tackling the three dimensions of the concept, by using the metaphor of the group as a society.

In the first two days the participants were involved in group activities, practical workshops and reflective moments where they will experience the life in a group. Concerning the daily life, the participants were divided in several sub-groups ( e.g. kitchen, housekeeping, maintenance works) and they were self organize themselves in every activities of the camp.

We are sleeping in a school and we make the activities in the farmhouse Piano Rosso, in the city of Cisterna di Latina, 50 kms far from Rome. The farmhouse, the field and the vineyard around have been confiscated by the State from the Mafia some years ago and today they are entrusted to the social cooperative “Il Gabbiano” that renovated the house and grow the vineyard, producing wine. The place takes on a symbolic meaning for reflecting upon the social, economical and environmental aspects of the sustainable development. The activities also will be run in the farmhouse and the participants will be involved also in some practical building works for the farmhouse. In the next days we will work also with people with special needs that are working every day in the farmhouse.

We hope that Stefano, Silvia, Chiara, Veronica, Matteo, Mario, Giulia, Gagandeep, Selene, Bilal, Brian, Jana, Giuliano, Leon, Dominika, Dominik, Ewa, Wictoria, Kasia, Asia, Ola will learn and enjoy in the time we will spend together and will have the chance to GRO-UP- Grow up!!!!

I really like it here – Bardzo mi się tu podoba!

On Sunday, 28th of June 2015, the international, ecological workcamp for youths from Germany, Poland and FRance began. Most of the activities take place in the youth hostel in Lindlar.

W niedziele, 28.06.2015 rozpoczal się miedzynarodowy worcamp ekologiczny dla mlodziezy niemieckiej, polskiej i francuskiej. Wiekszosc zajec odbywa się w schronisku mlodziezowym w Lindlar, a prace praktyczne wykonujemy przy Klubie Mlodziezowym im. Jana Bosco w Kolonii.

These are the impressions of the Polish workcamp participants:

How did you feel, when you arrived in Lindlar on the first day? What were your apprehensions?

To są relacje Polskich uczestnikow z worcampu:

Jak się czules albo czulas pierwszego dnia po przyjezdzie do Lindlar?

I felt good, but I also asked how all of this gonna play out. On the first day I also was a bit excited, because I did not know yet, what awaits me. (Dominika, 17 years, Jaworzno)

Czulam się dobrze, ale zastanawialam się, jak tutaj będzie. Pierwszego dnia bylam troszke przerazona, ponieważ nie wiedzialam, czego się spodziewac.(Dominika, 17 lat, Jaworzno)

When I cam to Lindlar, I was anxious. I was afraid of the participants from other countries not treating me well. But after a few days, common games and activities, all my anxieties evaporated. I got to know wonderful and joyful participants, and I am happy to be here.
(Kacper, 18 years, Jaworzno)

Jak przyjechalem do Lindlar bardzo wydawalo mi się, ze czuje niepokój. Obawialem się, ze nie bede traktowany dobrze przez innych uczestnikow z innych krajow, lecz po kilku dniach i wspolnych grach i zabawach moje obawy mi minely. Poznalem tu bardzo wspanialych i radosnych uczestnikow i jestem bardzo zadowolony.
(Kacper, 18 lat, Jaworzno)

And what happened then? How do you feel now?

At the moment I feel very well. I am joyful and spend a lot of time outside walking in the forest. I really like the group activities, which are led by team members. I really like it here.
(Paulina, 16 years, Jaworzno)

Co myslisz dzisiaj? Co czujesz dzisiaj?

W obecnej chwili czuje się bardzo dobrze, wesolo i przede wszystkim milo spedzam czas na swiezym powietrzu, na spacerze w lesie. Bardzo mi się podobaja zajecia w grupie prowadzone przez animatorow. Bardzo mi się tu podoba. (Paulina, 16 lat, Jaworzno)

How do you communicate with the other participants?

We communicate with the help of gestures and pantomime. We also use dictionaries, etc.
(Basia, 22 years, Jaworzno)

Jak się komunikujecie z innymi uczestnikami?

Porozumiewamy się za pomoca gestow, na migi, korzystamy ze slownikow itp. (Basia, 22lata, Jaworzno).

At the workcamp we communicate with the help of those words we had already learned, with gestures, or we draw on a piece of paper. It works really well! (Karina, 20 years, Jaworzno)

Na worcampie porozumiewamy się za pomoca slow, których się nauczylismy tutaj, gestow, rysujemy na kartkach papieru. Calkiem dobrze nam to wychodzi. (Karina, 20 lat, Jaworzno)

The text was written by Paulina and Daniel from Jaworzna

Tekst napisali Paulina i Daniel z Jaworzna

Bonjour Lindlar!

Hello, we present to you the ecological, intercultural, French-German-Polish workcamp.

Nous allons vous présenter le chantier ecologique interculturel franco-germano-polonais.

Participants from three nationalities (German/Polish/French) take part in this ewoca³ project.

Projet Ewoca3 suivi par des participants de trois nationalités différentes allemand/polonais/francais).

The workcamp takes places in Lindlar and Cologne in Germany, in order to work together on the topics of Earth, Air, Fire and Water.

Le chantier se passe à Cologne en Allemagne pour travailler en groupe sur (la terre- l´air- l´eau et le feu).

Additionally, we will see the way of working of the other groups, and learn new competences. It will take place in the two weeks between the 28th of June and the 12th of July in Cologne.

Pour voir leur facon de travailler et pour acquérir de nouvelles compétences pour les participants et pour un séjour de 2 semaines du 28 juin au 12 juillet 2015 à Cologne.

We stay at a youth hostel in Lindlar, a small town near Cologne.

Nous sommes hébergés à l´auberge de jeunesse de Lindlar, une petite ville près de Cologne.

There is a good athmosphere and we are having fun and generally a good time together.

Nous nous entendons trés bien tous ensemble et nous prenons beaucoup de plaisir à passer du temps ensemble.

We departed on the 28th of June from the station in Hazebrouck. We took the bus to Popringue in Belgium, then a train to Brussels, and finally took a train into the direction of Cologne. There, we got to know the German participants, and took a bus to the youth hostel in Lindlar. One participant, Aurélien, really liked the travel from Hazebrouck to Lindlar.

Le départ s´est effectué le dimanche 28 juin à la gare De Hazebrouck. Nous avons pris un bus jusqu´á Popringue en Belgique puis nous avons pris un train jusqu´à Bruxelles et ensuite nous avons pris un train, direction Cologne. Nous avons fait connaissance avec les allemands, on a pris un bus jusqu´à l´auberge de Lindlar. Un participant, Aurélien, a apprécié le trajet de Hazebrouck à Lindlar.

Christina, Hazebrouck

Johnny, Hazebrouck