Improving school facilities and Organizing activities for students in Amman

  Jordan

Amman

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: July 11 - July 25

Description: Schniller school was first established in Jerusalem on 1860 (147 years ago) and provided services and help for orphans and less fortunate children till 1948. In 1959 Theodor Schnniller" school started building its permanent location in Amman, where in 1966, King Hussein opened these premises. Theodor Schniller School is helping children in need who suffer from family problems. The school is taking care of children and providing them with hosting, clothes, meals and many other facilities as well as improving their hobbies and sport activities.

The School was built on a huge land, most of which is not used now. The School has a Guest House, a Camping Site, Gymnastic Hall, outdoor fields, a Church. The school is located right next to a Palestinian refugee camp. With all those mentioned facilities, still the school is considered poor, because most of these facilities were built through donations, donations that do not provide maintenance and running costs.

Volunteers will have different voluntary tasks to complete during the 2 weeks of the project:
* Cleaning the School site.
* Painting the School walls.
* Delivering trainings to the students (Peace building, Teambuilding, Communication, Sport and any other basic life skills).
* Organizing activities for the students and local community.
* Building indoor or outdoor climbing wall or rock. (This is a dream for some of the School's staff to provide for the children).
* Designing a challenge track.
* The volunteer group in 2007 started building a garden in order to improve the space for the children of the school. This year we are willing to go on and continue what was done in the previous workcamp.

Free time: The afternoons/ evenings are mostly occupied by lectures, parties, documentary films and field visits. Cultural activities will be directed towards learning about the Jordanian History and culture. Besides, cultural trips will be organized during the project to the different historical and important places in Jordan such as Petra, Aqaba and wadi Rum.

There is an extra fee of 170 Euro for participation in this project, intended to support the local hosting organization.

Cost in US$: $290 US

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit

Age Range: 18 and over

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Jordan Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.