ALLI01 WORLD VILLAGE EYA Solidarités Jeunesses

PARTENAIRE

Finnish Development NGOs Fingo is the umbrella organisation of 270 Finnish civil society organisations (CSOs) engaged in development cooperation, sustainable development and global citizenship education. Fingo and its Member Organisations promote sustainable development and global justice and work to make life fairer i everywhere. Fingo organizes the yearly World Village Festival which is Finland s leading event for global action for the whole family, a free cultural festival, a food carnival and a trade fair for sustainable development. World Village raises global challenges and solutions, increases understanding and provides concrete ways to take action to create change. Expected number of visitors is 50 000 during the weekend 24.-25.5. There will be dozens of program concerts, discussions, workshops. In the festival area hundreds of different organisations and institutions and other actors present their work. The theme of this years festival is Peace.This camp is a part of the project European Youth in Action: policymakers for climate justice, supported by the CERV programme, improving competences in concrete actions for climate justice. The horizontal theme of this camp is environmental responsibility and greenwashing.

Localisation

HELSINKI

gare la plus proche

Helsinki

aéroport le plus proche

HEL

Itinéraire vers le point de RDV

The closest airport is Helsinki-Vantaa. Helsinki can be reached by ferry from Tallinn and Stockholm.

Informations supplémentaires

The volunteers need travel insurance for the duration of their stay. This EYA project is open for all even though it is primarily targeted to European volunteers. Green travelling is encouraged. Volunteers traveling by land (bus or train) for most of their journey will be eligible for a travel grant up to 100euro.

Travail

World Village Festival is committed to continually improving its environmental efforts. There is only vegetarian food for sale. The festival strives to minimize waste, allowing only recyclable containers. The festival is committed to recycling all waste. The volunteers of the festival are carrying out several different tasks. The first three days the festival area is built up. This means carrying fences and tables, setting up tents, installing signs and banners, assisting where needed and helping with area decoration. During the festival days many volunteers are needed in the team which keeps the festival area tidy and in the recycling team which gives assistance to festival visitors. There will also be free time to enjoy the interesting cultural program of the festival. After the festival, volunteers work with take-down work such as taking down banners, signs and decorations. After the festival volunteers will move to a camp centre and have time to relax and share thoughts of the theme which is environmental responsibility and greenwashing. The volunteers do not need to have any previous experience of the environmental topics.

Logement & nourriture

The first week volunteers will stay in a hostel in double rooms near the festival site in central Helsinki, after the festival the group will move to a camp centre near the sea and Sipoonkorpi National Park. The volunteers will cook some meals themselves, some meals will be served in local restaurants and in the festival.

Emplacement & temps libre

The camp happens in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Suvilahti event area which is a former power plant area that has been taken over by several cultural actors for festivals and events. Volunteers will get to enjoy city and nature which are never far away in Helsinki. Helsinki offers lot to see and experience, also the festival will be an unforgettable experience.

Objectifs de développement durable