August 3-20, 2007 prepared by Natalie Dorosh and Victoria Kopchak In order to describe the sequence of the work camp it is necessary to pay attention to the determined elements of every short-term volunteer project, i.e. work, study, rest, evaluation and follow-up parts as well as to give a grasp of the group dynamics and peculiarities of conducting workshops in different camps. Work: The work elements of the Human Rights Traveler (HRT) consisted of two parts: creating a workshop plan and dividing responsibilities and conducting workshops at other work camps. During the preparation stage which took place during 2 days in Artemovsk volunteers chose the theme of the workshop, determined its aim and objectives and developed the workshop plan. Details...

During the week-end of July 28-29 some people came to Svyatogorsk not for pilgrimage at the monastery or walks in the forests, or swim in the river – but for a seminar. After lunch we occupied a pavilion at a children’s playground to discuss the YTNF project, practical aspects of international volunteer workcamps, which start in some days or some weeks, preparation to Euridea festival, project on Creation of Coordinating Centers on Volunteering, international festival “Discover, join and act!” and other issues. The program was compiled together at the beginning of the meeting, and we went through it, taking as much time as needed for discussions, questions and clarifications. Details...

This is about contact with our fellow-citizens :) Imagine our countries were alone on different islands of the same ocean but the only connection between them was our YTNF boat. The question is how to most effective create the opportunity to express themselves…This is how the idea of SOS Bottle appeared! Being alone on an island they follow the traditional procedure of sending SOS messages in a bottle, making therefore a call for rescue and help from distress… There are lots of us out here who struggle with our issues that are willing to listen, talk and offer encouragement and support to those who feel alone, people from our societies. Details...

Discussion on racism and xenophobia in Politcafe   A new discussion club - Politcafe was opened within the framework of the project “Workshop on Human Rights” on 19 March in the Youth Art Theatre in Ulan-Ude. According to Radjana Dugarova, a moderator of discussion, its goal is to provide all interested citizens with opportunity to talk openly about urgent issues of social, economic, political and cultural development of the Buryat republic and neighboring regions. The topic of discussion “Don’t want to wake up in a new Reich” was prompted by life. On 28 February a young Buryat man was murdered in Moscow by a group of neo-Nazi youth. Details...

Yesterday morning at 7 a.m. in the morning six german policemen entered the house of an aquaintance of mine. They spent one hour searching his room and his belongings and confiscated his computer and other things. The official reason? On his website he had a link to a group who advocates non-violent resistance to the atom lobby. It is not hard to imagine what all his neighbours will think. If you thought this kind of thing was only possible in CIS-countries, think otherwise. Since the new laws to limit civil liberties it seems no law-abiding citizen is safe in their own homes, also not in the EU. Details...

@ Artemovsk/Ukraine, 04.-05.08.2007 by Sven Rasch The Training Session focussed on enabling participants to prepare educational activities on the topic of Human Rights which shall be implemented between the 8th and 20th of August in international workcamps on environmental and social inclusion topics in the framework of the long-term project „Youth Transcending New Frontiers“ took place on saturday 4th and sunday 5th of August in the city of Artemovsk, Donetsk-region/Ukraine and brought together five international volunteers from Irland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Ukraine, and the United States of America plus two memebers of the local Projectmanagement Team (PMT) that organized the event at Artemovsk. Details...

Buchenwald – Post description Period: 01.09.2007 – 31.08.2008 The Buchenwald Memorial (former Nazi-concentration camp) has visitors from all over the world. They come in groups or as individuals and stay for some hours or for seminars. The volunteer will contribute with their own cultural background and individual personality to deeper knowledge and understanding of the past and of the present. The memorial is interested to host a further volunteer to promote the internationality of the place and specifically deal with documentation in Russian language, enquiries from CIS former prisoners or their relatives and CIS visitors to the centre. In this field, the intercultural exchange is very important. Details...

On August 11th, on the Nistru riverside, at Vadul lui Voda beach, is going to be held Vadul lui Woodstock Festival, where through the international language of music, rock groups from the two sides of Nistru are going to give Live performances promoting peace and friendliness, persuading people of culture, art and media to enliven public dialogue in order to straighten relations between plain folks of both sides of the transnistrian conflict. The festival is not a commercial action; the participation of groups is voluntary. This event is expected to be joined by a great number of youngsters, both from left side of Nistru and from the right side - Transnistria (Pridnestrovie). Details...

In the period of 26th – 29th July 2007, the Association of International Volunteering from Moldova, in the frame of Youth Transcending New Frontiers, is organizing the “Human Rights on bicycles” activity. During 3 days, a group of 13 volunteers are going to ride to Sarata Galbena , Mereseni and Caracui. They are going to organize there Human Rights Seminars. Via a bicycle “convoy” they will distribute announcements about the seminars and lot of leaflets about the meaning of human rights. The target group of the seminars will be children aged between 16-18th years old. Details...

This is the time for SVIT to pack backpacks - August is the month to pick fruits of almost a year of preparation work for our volunteer projects. This year we worked hard to organize diverse projects on different topics: environment and work with disabled children, anti-racism, gender and human rights education. We worked with our local partners to plan and set-up the projects, evaluated past experiences, organized trainings for our members, discussed programs and activities, wrote hundreds of emails and made as many phone calls. Details...

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