VSS2501 Windmill festival 2025. EYA Solidarités Jeunesses

PARTENAIRE

Wemsical Serbia is NGO from the North that is interested in general development of youth, culture and education. Also, in music. And if possible, in connecting all of it. Young Researchers of Serbia (YRS) was founded in 1976. Our main aims are environmental protection and education, promotion of sustainable development, work with young people in an international context, promotion of scientific creativity and voluntarism and its values. Voluntary Service of Serbia is a volunteer exchange service center founded in 1990 as one of the sectors of YRS. "EYA - European Youth in Action" aims at empowering European youth to make their voices heard by the decision makers on climate justice issues, through building of a structured path at European level for the engagement of youth. The project engages young people in expressing their vision on the Europe they want and on climate justice; increase knowledge and awareness on climate justice issues, improve competences in concrete actions for climate justice in three key related issues: energy transition, greenwashing, biodiversity.

Localisation

Subotica

gare la plus proche

Subotica - reachable by bus or train (railway Novi Sad-Subotica is under reconstruction, but it is possible to arrive at Novi Sad from Belgrade by train, which is on the halfway to destination, and from there on to continue the journey with a bus). You can also reach Subotica from Budapest by bus or train. More details will be provided in the Infosheet about the meeting point.

aéroport le plus proche

BEG

Itinéraire vers le point de RDV

Subotica is the biggest city nearby. From there, the local buses and the trains go to Orom. Details about the schedules of the means of transport will be put in the Infosheet.

Informations supplémentaires

No specific requirements needed, but it will make your life easier if you bring sunscreen, adequate clothes and mosquito repellent as it gets hot and humid during the summer in Serbia.

Remarques

This camp is a part of the project "European Youth in Action: policymakers for climate justice", co-funded by the Citizens, Equality. Rights and Values (CERV) programe of the European Commission.

Travail

First part (30.07.-06.08.) will be all about the preparation of Windmill festival, which is very rich with content. The volunteers will be helping out to the organizers and the other volunteers in setting everything in its place (stage, fences, cleaning the field) and in decorations, because the festival will start on the 7th. During the festival (07.08.-09.08.), volunteers will help with the tasks (sell the tickets at the entrance, inform the guests, move things, things that need to be moved, keep the space without trash, help the musicians maybe, why not, etc...) for around 4 hours a day. All the rest-enjoying time!

Logement & nourriture

The accommodation will be under the tents in the festival zone. Tents will be provided for the volunteers, but if anyone wants extra-comfort, it is completely acceptable to bring your own tent (seriously, haha). Meals will be prepared together or will be made by the local chef, negotiations are still in progress.

Emplacement & temps libre

Orom is relatively small village with almost completely Hungarian population in the Kanjiža municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. It is surrounded by natural beauty with landscaped surroundings and friendly hosts. Settlement was founded at the end of the 19th century. Orom was organized around railway station, important crossroad and the school. Many houses, stores, but also windmills were built gradually. It is agricultural area and many people are having farms with pigs and cows (that are taken care of with soul). Today it is well connected with Subotica (Szabadka), that is important center of that part. Before the festival-festival, excursion to Subotica or other interesting places in the neighbourhood can be organized. During the festival, there will be offered plenty of activities where volunteers can take part. Many workshops will be organized, collective reading, photography, potential circus productions, games for kids, cooking lessons, dance, and sometimes rides in the local chariots. As this workcamp will be part of the "European youth in action" project, volunteers in this workcamp will have a chance to learn about climate justice, biodiversity and greenwashing through workshops organized by the youth leaders in the project. One secret (that is not that anymore) is that there is also a big pool where volunteers can relax in the hot sunny days. Please bring a positive attitude, meeting people from other cultures of this Serbian-Hungarian village is really important to the hosts.