HOPESHINE 2 | HUJ4 | 2026-08-14 - 2026-08-27 | RENO,KIDS,CULT | Age: 16 - 28

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Work: The aim of this work camp is to carry out renovation tasks, including painting classroom walls, as well as maintaining and improving the school territory to enhance the learning environment for the children.In the second half of the day, volunteers will play and organize interactive activities with the children. Volunteers are encouraged to create games and activities, assist the children with learning tasks, and play outdoor games to help develop teamwork and cooperation skills.At the end of the work camp, volunteers and children will organize a final concert-performance.Volunteers will receive certificates at the end of the work camp.

Accomodation and food: Do not worry about sleeping bags, as you will stay in buildings or cottages of the hosting organizations, where beds, mattresses and bedding packs will be provided.In Armenian work camps, discipline and organization are important. Making beds and keeping rooms neat and clean daily is mandatory.Volunteers will prepare food themselves on the principle of duty. You will have the opportunity to taste a variety of traditional Armenian dishes, such as dolma, khorovats (barbecue), kebab, khashlama, as well as the incomparable fruits of the Ararat Valley apricots, grapes, peaches, apples, as well as berries and vegetables.

Location: YEREVAN

Location and Leisure: Armenia is called an open-air museum. You will have many interesting excursions and visits to historical monuments and museums, organized during the work camp.Excursions to the following sites will be arranged at the discretion of the work camp, and all visits will be free of charge. The proposed list of excursions includes: Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral, Zvartnots Cathedral ruins, Garni Pagan Temple, Geghard Monastery Complex (with a World Heritage Initiative program), Lake Sevan (including a barbecue on the beach). Volunteers will also visit Matenadaran repository of ancient manuscripts, History Museum of Armenia or National Gallery of Armenia, museum of the famous film director Sergei Parajanov, and Vernissage, a large open-air Armenian souvenir market.Different games, Armenian dance lessons, and language lessons will also be organized in the work camps. Leisure activities for joint work camps are individual.

Airport: EVN

Train/Bus station: -

Requirements: It is very important to bring board games, songbooks, and children s songs to use when working with children and for performances or concerts organized on the last day of the work camp.During the work camp, volunteers will organize Intercultural Days, where each participant will present his or her country. Please bring photos, booklets describing your country, recipes of national dishes, products and spices, and national songs.You are welcome to bring musical instruments, prepare a list of your favorite national songs and music, and, of course, bring your high spirit and creativity.

Armenian volunteers of your work camp will meet you at the airport in case your arrival time is between 8:00 and 00:00 and will take you to the work camp. Please note that if you arrive before the official start date of the work camp, the Armenian volunteers will not be able to pick you up.If your arrival time is after midnight, you will need to take bus N100 to the center of Yerevan and then proceed to the campsite by taxi, which is affordable. The addresses are mentioned in the project descriptions. Teenage volunteers will be met and seen off regardless of their arrival time.After submitting your application and being accepted to the work camp, you will soon receive an email from your camp leader. Please reply promptly.

Language: eng,eng

Extra Fee: 100 EUR

For volunteers from organizations without bilateral exchange with HUJ: 100 euro For teenage volunteers: 200 euro (in work camps with 3 places for teenagers)