Genctur volunteers are painting the facades of the houses in the Terziler village in Turkey. 

A bunch of 15 volunteers from many countries met in Instanbul yesterday to travel together toTerziler - small village in Selendi-Manisa in the west of Turkey - see on the map.
Here they start their project - painting the facedes of the local houses.
We are looking forward to see their work on pictures after... :)

This project is organized by:

www.genctur.com

"iCamp. Do you?" at San Giorgio a Cremano - see the video and pictures from the Yap Italy worcamp CPI10

Many motivated volunteers were working on different techniques of using recycling materials as old computers' details to create different accessories and installations. They also promoted this kind of sustainable design among local people of the town. And of course the idea is to highlight the involvement of Alliance as a global network into the promotion of sustainable and eco-friendly development. 

Follow our blog in next days - pictures and quotes from the WISH TREE are coming soon.

Volunteers support activities of the Youth Center about Human Rights and Peace Education at the 30th Alliance Anniversary workcamp in Italy

In 2006 the city council of San Giorgio a Cremano started a working program with local youth about education for a culture of peace in cooperation with YAP. Schools and local youth organizations were involved in several activities on peace. The city officially supports MDG, No Excuse 2015, Youth for Human Rights campaigns. This July ( 14.-28.07.2012) a group of 14 volunteers from all over the world continue to support local activities.

Find Cremano on the map.

Project is organized by:

www.yap.it

What is happening in France these days?
3 Alliance Anniversary projects host nearly 50 volunteers!

30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP - WIMEREUX     6.7.-27.7.2012The “Fort de la Creche” is an old military base in front of the sea situated between Boulogne and Wimereux. Since several years the organization called “Le Conservatoire du Littoral” takes care of the coast with the objective of protecting it. They cooperate with a local association in charge of the “Fort de la Crèche” to value the military base and in the future to open it to the public. Since five years we are helping them in this task and we will continue this year. The volunteers will continue to secure one track that leads to the military base in order to continue to value the remaining fortifications. The work will be also inside the building mainly on the reconstruction of one of its parts. 
www.concordia-association.org
See project location on the map.

30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP - ISSOIRE    8.7.-28.7.2012   
For 31 years now, the town of Issoire has hosted the regional office of Jeunesse et Reconstruction and also several work camps.
This year, the workcamp is a part of an environmental awareness campaign for the town-center inhabitants. The town of Issoire has several small streams, called “béal” in French (used by inhabitants to water their gardens) which are polluted by trashes. You will have two missions:
1/Upkeeping of the “béal”: cleaning trashes, cleaning the bed of the streams, putting stones in the stream’s bed to facilitate the water flow, laying out the banks.
2/Environmental awareness campaign for the inhabitants of the town-center: signs near the “béals; mailings; environmental stand during the green market day (on Saturday morning); all other environmental actions that you’d like to organise.
www.volontariat.org
See project location on the map.

30th Alliance Anniversary Camp – International Village Montaigu-le-Blin 1    10.7.2012 - 24.7.2012
Since summer 2002, workcamps have begun to protect the Montaigu-le-Blin’s castle – which has been listed as a Historical Monument. Thanks to your involvement, we would like to stop the damages caused by bad weather and vegetation, and eventually, give back to the castle the important part it used to play (openings to the public, guided tours, heritage linked activities…).
Volunteers will focus on restoring a part of the lower courtyard : repointing, cutting back into the old joints, coloring -at human height (no scaffolding) -on the entry wall; building again the wall, repointing, lime coating - on a scaffold - on the surrounding wall; valorizing a staircase (clearing the steps, clearing off the vegetation). you will also participate to painting the castle’s gate and start the restoration of a wooden house used for welcoming public.
www.unarec.org      
See project location on the map.

Volunteers for Peace are cleaning, painting, mowing, planting, restoring, removing, constructing, rebuilding and mainly caring in Vermont, USA 

30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP - GREENING UP THE PARKS, VERMONT     7.7.-28.7.2012   
BURLINGTON PARKS AND RECREATION and VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE, BURLINGTON, VERMONT  are teaming up for this 30th Anniversary project.  Volunteers will spend time working in five different parks in the greater Burlington area.
In 1983 one of VFP s first workcamps took place in Burlington with the Parks and Recreation Department. The volunteers moved some of the first stones to make our 20 mile bike path. This year volunteers will help with the renovation of the bike path and with maintenance and upkeep of the many parks in Burlington. Work may include planting trees, removing unwanted plants, making signs, planting flowers, identification and removal of invasive species, park beautification, boardwalk construction and more. The camp will conclude with the Annual Senior Adult Picnic.  The Parks and Recreation Department also oversees many festivals during the summer and volunteers may assist at those as well.
See the project location on the Alliance Anniversary map.
                       
30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP - BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL, VERMONT       8.7.-22.7.2012
"ORCHARD VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL is a nursery through grade eight primary school located on 55 acres on the pristine Kingsbury Branch of the Winooski River in East Montpelier, Vermont, approximately 13 miles from Montpelier, Vermont s capital. One of the distinctive qualities of the school is its beautiful rural location and its dedication to nurturing and educating children in a natural and holistic manner.
Volunteers' work will involve the care, maintenance and improvement of the existing orchard, gardens, playgrounds, and the endangered species trail; cleaning, painting and organizing the school buildings; and basic carpentry and maintenance of the playground structures and various outbuildings.
See the project location on the Alliance Anniversary map.


30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP - BUILDING BRIDGES, VERMONT      8.7.-29.7.2012
At the 16th annual workcamp with the MONTPELIER PARKS DEPARTMENT, MONTPELIER, VERMONT we hope to build a new trail connecting the center of the community to the city s largest office buildings which reside near the top of a hill, creating a trail through a hillside forest. The project will involve the construction of stone steps up a steep hillside. We may also rebuild the wood portion of a bridge that crosses a river. Both these projects require state permits, we may or may not be able to obtain so the group may end up working on other projects. Other major projects could include trail restoration work in remote sections of the parks, general park maintenance such as mowing lawns and restoring drainage ditches.
See the project location on the Alliance Anniversary map.

www.vfp.org

                                                                                                                                                           

 One of the Alliance Anniversary Camps is now taking place in Togo

30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP - Education and leisure activities for children  
The objective of this camp is to help children discover others with their culture and their way of life, to offer them means of  blossoming apart from those the usually have and to deliver parents for some few hours during the camp.
Volunteers will supervise children in a variety of domains: in particular, in several areas organizing a program of games, artisan activities, sketching, educational support, and guided visits.
Volunteers are at Kpélé-Adéta from 6.7.-27.7.2012  - see the location on the map.

Project is hosted by  Frères AGriculteurs et Artisans pour le Développement (FAGAD)

  www.fagad.org

Volunteers of The 30th Alliance Anniversary Campaign help in Yamada-town in Japan which was destroyed in the last year tsunami disaster

On Monday July 2nd group of international volunteers came to Soto Ryushoji temple to play with children of the kindergartens, support the local people at the temporary community center in the area and do some reconstruction work.

Yamada-town was hit by the earthquake and tsunami on 11/03/2011, and is still suffering from tremendous damages that the disaster left. Tsunami assailed the town after destroying the breakwater which was 1m thick and 8m high. Fire broke out after Tsunami, and it burnt down the whole town. As of July 2011, about 600 deaths, 300 missing and approximately 2,600 refugees live in a shelter. (The population before Tsunami was 18,000.)
Local host plans this program to show children of the town how people all over the world are concerned for us. It will brighten up the children, enhancing their will to live, and making them look forward to their far future again.
Soto Ryushoji temple has 2 kindergartens and the office of Yamada International Association (dormant at the moment, due to the earthquake). The chief priest, Rev. Shimizu is the head director of the association. Therefore, Ryushoji temple is rightly the base of intercultural activities in the area. They often accept and support people from other countries and send local people abroad. Ever since the earthquake the temple has been serving as a “shelter” for all people who suffer, and they welcome any volunteers for the reconstruction of the town from all over the world.   

See on the map where the volunteers are at the moment.

  

This project is organized by:

www.cieej.or.jp