The preparations for the next ewoca³ year have begun. In March of this year already, the ewoca³ project planning congress 2014 takes place in Hattingen. More than 40 project partners and experts from a total of 14 European countries are expected. At the congress they will prepare the projects for the summer, exchange on best practice examples and dicuss a number of topics in international youth work. The guiding theme of this year’s congress will be “participation”. True to this motto, the event will be organised as a “barcamp”. This
ewoca³ Podcast – The last episode is online
The last episode of the ewoca³ podcast is now online. Here you will find impressions from the meeting of the youngsters from North Rhine-Westphalia who have been in the workcamps of 2013. Thanks for a great summer with many exciting projects and even more interesting reports in a total of 10 podcast episodes. We want to thank all the people who contributed their reports: Without you the podcast would not have been possible! Certainly all the episodes of the podcast will stay available online, so that you can look back
Follow-up meeting of the ewocis in Hagen
On Saturday, 12th of October 2013, the follow-up meeting of the youths from North-Rhine Westphalia took place at the Friedenshaus, the youth club of Falken Hagen. About 30 young people from 7 different camps took part in the event. The participants utilised posters, photos, videos and great stories to present their camp experiences this summer. There was a lot of laughter and many wished to be back in their summer memories. Following the reports from the camps, the youths discussed the so-called ‘national evenings’, which take place at every camp
The ewoca³ Podcast – the third episode with reports from Minsk, Cologne and Pontinia is online
For this episode of the ewoca³ podcast we have visited the work camp in Cologne, Germany and spoke with people that are active in camps in Belarus and Italy. Listen to Anastasia from Ukraine and the other participants, that are active at the camps. Thank you to all the ewoca³ participants spending their holidays with voulenteer work in ten different countries all over Europe!
State Secretary Bernd Neuendorf visited ewoca³ project “imPULS” in Cologne
On Sunday, 28th of July, the international ewoca³ workcamp “imPULSE” commenced in Cologne-Stammheim. Within the framework of the two-week youth encounter, young people from France and Ukraine are guests of the Cologne youths, for all of them to renovate the facilities of Open Door St. John. The workcamp participants will also take part in the HipHop camp week “Beats from the Rhine” and will, together with about 60 other youths from Cologne, learn to dance, rap and perform – in three languages. On Wednesday, 31st of July, Bernd Neuendorf, State
The ewoca³ podcast – The second episode is online now!
Here we go: The first ewoca³ work camps have started! Join us on our travel all over Europe — in the first step we visit the camps in Ivrea (Italy), Dunaeva (Belarus) and Smolensk (Russia). Listen to the stories the participants have to tell. Thank you to all the ewoca³ participants spending their holidays with voulenteer work in 12 international work camps! Here are their stories: ewoca³ Podcast – second episode
The Workcamps have started!
And here we go again! The first workcamps just started last weekend and in this way are announcing the new camp season! Last Saturday, the young people from Agricola e.V. in Dortmund were the first. They travelled to Italy to build a nature trail, together with youths from Belarus and Italy. On Monday the participants from Gütersloh travelled to Belarus. There they will work with young people from Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina to build a traditional sauna, a Bania. The camp in Smolensk also started already. Since Monday, the
Here we go: The first episode of the ewoca³ Podcast is online now!!
Follow 250 youths from 14 countries as they realise sustainable projects at twelve different international workcamps this summer. All together we will publish 8 episodes of the ewoca³ podcast. In each episode the participants from the international workcamps will tell us about their impressions and experiences. The first episode reports from the preparatory meeting of the youngsters from North Rhine-Westphalia, which took place on Saturday the 13rd of July in Oberhausen. You can listen to participants from Hagen, Dortmund, Oberhausen and Cologne and learn more about their ewoca³ adventures of
Participants of the ewoca³ Workcamps presented their ideas for the projects in 2013 in Oberhausen
On Saturday the 13rd of July 2013 participants from 10 cities of North Rhine-Westphalia met in Oberhausen to present their projects of 2013. The 240 youngsters participating in the ewoca programme in 2013 have plenty of ideas for this summer: They will renovate youth centers in Lithuania, Turkey and Germany and create places for encounters in France and Italy. In Romania they will build a nature trail, in Cyprus they will erect a monument of peace and in Belarus they even build a traditional sauna. Dr. Angelica Schwall-Düren, Minister for
International meeting in Hattingen/Germany: 36 youth work organisations from 14 countries prepare for international workcamps
Until sunday representatives of 36 youth work organisations from 14 countries are meeting in Hattingen. Together they prepare a project with a European scope: During the summer break they organise twelve international youth encounters all over the continent. At each of these workcamps youths from North Rhine-Westphalia together with young people from two other European countries will make one concrete project a reality. The about 240 youths participating in the ewoca³ programme this year have a lot on their plate: They want to renovate youth centres in Lithuania, Turkey and