Volunteers are invited to apply for a weeklong summer program focused on the preservation of Jewish heritage in western Ukraine.
The NGO SCI (Service Civil International) is seeking 17 volunteers for a Jewish heritage preservation “work camp” based in Lviv August 13-19. The program is being organized in partnership with the Sholom Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society in Lviv, whose chairman, Sasha Nazar, who also heads the L’viv Volunteer Center, has spearheaded a number of Jewish heritage projects in the Lviv region.
SCI is a volunteer organization whose web site describes it as “dedicated to promoting a culture of peace by organizing international voluntary projects for people of all ages and backgrounds.” It organizes a wide variety of short term (“work camp”) and long-term projects and programs around the world.
According to the web site, participants in the Jewish heritage preservation project:
will be involved into manual work connected with cleaning and preservation of Jewish heritage sites. Each participant is also responsible for preparation of small guides about places we are going to attend through the program.
You will have opportunity to:
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- learn more about Jewish history, culture, traditions, holidays etc.
- participate in the intercultural dialogue between German and Ukrainian participants
- meet local activists, authorities and decision makers involved into ethnical policies and heritage reservation
- participate in educational seminars and expeditions, connected to the topic
- take part in creation of materials for local and regional media (articles, blogs etc.) and a short film about this camp
- visit beautiful but yet undiscovered by mainstream tourists spots of Western Ukraine
Participants must be interested in the topic of Jewish culture and history, perseverance and remembrance. This camp consists of study part and reconstruction work, therefore, participants should be ready to work manually.
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