YAP ROMANIA     + 20 

RO 03 ABRUD, Apuseni area
WORK: The volunteers will spend time with children from Abrud organizing different activities such as painting, drawing, small contests, trips around Abrud and other free time activities.
ACCOMODATION: alltogether in bording  schools
LOCATION: Abrud city geographically lies in the Western Carpathians, at a distance of 127 km from Cluj-Napoca . For more details please visit www.apuseniturism.ro
LANGUAGE OF THE CAMP: English
EXTRA FEE: 50 EUR 

WORK : The task of the volunteers will consist in activities concerning the construction of a house for old people. During five workcamps organized to carry out this project, the volunteers will do different works, such as applying sandstone and rocks, cleaninig the place of work, reparation of the external foundation, rising of the walls..
The volunteers will go on a trip to Cheile Gorges (Cheile Turzii) .
ACCOMODATION: In a public building or in families’ houses of Livada village. You will have the opportunity to take outdoor showers and enjoy beautiful summer in a traditional Romanian village.
LOCATION: Livada is a small village in the Cluj county, situated 30 km away from Cluj-Napoca . Nearest to Livada you can find the city of Campia Turzii and the Turzii Gorges (Cheile Turzii), the most popular gorges in the Apuseni Mountains and the most extraordinary gorges in Romania (because of the height, number and variety of the walls, several species of rare plants). The economy of Livada is sustained by the agriculture, the village being one of the important growers of the county. Smaller commercial houses, some family business, services and the small industry complete its economical spectrum.
LANGUAGE OF THE CAMP: English
EXTRA FEE: 50 EUR  

RO 10 Cluj Napoca (Transilvania) 01-12 August 2008
WORK: The volunteers will spend time with children coming from disadvantaged families  from Cluj Napoca organizing different activities such as:
- non-formal learning (environmental awareness, fun geography, fun math, fun biology, ecology)
- English lessons through songs and poems
- sports and sport competition
-  theatre plays for the community incorporating key themes, prepared for the final day of each camp
-  logic games, puzzle games, etc. 
- painting, body-painting, carnivals
- excursions and ecological activities in the neighbouring areas

The program
- addresses a real local issue: there are fewer and fewer families, who can afford to pay for summer camps or other leisure or informal educational activities for their children
- encourages young people to become more involved in the life of their communities
- encourages a pro-active attitude towards resolving community issues.
- demonstrates the strength of voluntary community involvement and of public-private partnerships

During a period of 2 weeks, a group of 10 international volunteers from all over the world + 1 Romanian camp leader will offer the children of the area the opportunity to take part in enjoyable and non-formal education activities through games, sport, and trips.
ACCOMODATION: all together in YAP Romania office
LOCATION: Cluj-Napoca is the third largest city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County, in north-western Transylvania .
The city spreads out from St. Michael's Church in Unirii Square, built in the 14th century and named after the Archangel Michael, the patron saint of Cluj-Napoca. The boundaries of the municipality contain an area of 179.52 square kilometers.
The city is surrounded by forests and grasslands. Rare species of plants, such as Venus's slipper and iris, are found in the two botanical reservations of Cluj-Napoca, Fânaţele Clujului and Rezervaţia Valea Morii ("Mill Valley Reservation"). Animals such as boars, badgers, foxes, rabbits and squirrels live in nearby forest areas such as Făget and Hoia.
Cluj-Napoca has a diverse and growing cultural scene, with cultural life exhibited in a number of fields, including the visual arts, performing arts and nightlife. The city's cultural scene spans its history, dating back to Roman times: the city started to be built in that period, which has left its mark on the urban layout (centered on today's Piaţa Muzeului) as well as surviving remnants.
Nowadays, the city is home to people of different cultures, with corresponding cultural institutions such as the Hungarian State Theatre, the British Council, and various other centres for the promotion of foreign culture. These institutions hold eclectic manifestations in honour of their cultures, including Bessarabian, Hungarian, Tunisian,  and Japanese. Nevertheless, contemporary cultural manifestations cross ethnic boundaries, being aimed at students, cinephiles, and arts and science lovers, among others.
LANGUAGE OF THE CAMP: English
EXTRA FEE: 50 EUR 

RO 11 Turda (Transilvania) 12 -26 August 2008
WORK: The volunteers will spend time with children coming from disadvantaged families  from Cluj Napoca organizing different activities such as:
- non-formal learning (environmental awareness, fun geography, fun math, fun biology, ecology)
- English lessons through songs and poems
- sports and sport competition
-  theatre plays for the community incorporating key themes, prepared for the final day of each camp
-  logic games, puzzle games, etc. 
- painting, body-painting, carnivals
- excursions and ecological activities in the neighbouring areas

The program
- addresses a real local issue: there are fewer and fewer families, who can afford to pay for summer camps or other leisure or informal educational activities for their children
- encourages young people to become more involved in the life of their communities
- encourages a pro-active attitude towards resolving community issues.
- demonstrates the strength of voluntary community involvement and of public-private partnerships

During a period of 2 weeks, a group of 10 international volunteers from all over the world + 1 Romanian camp leader will offer the children of the area the opportunity to take part in enjoyable and non-formal education activities through games, sport, and trips.  

ACCOMODATION: all together in a boarding school from Turda
LOCATION: Turda (German: Thorenburg; Hungarian: Torda) is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River.
Turda was first a Dacian settlement (Dierna) and later a Roman castrum (Potaissa), around which grew a municipium and later a colony. On the outskirts of the city are the salt mines worked in Roman times. In the Middle Ages, Turda was the meeting place of the Transylvanian Diet. The city is now an important industrial centre, with a cement mill, a glass and ceramics factory, a chemical works, and other plants producing silicon furnace linings and material for insulating electrical products. It is also the centre for a tourist area, which includes the Turda Gorges (Cheile Turzii), an impressive feature of karst geology that is a national monument, and the Aries Valley , which provides access to the Apuseni Mountains . For more info about the city, please see:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turda   or  http://www.potaissa.org/turism/english/03_base/atractii00_intro.htm
LANGUAGE OF THE CAMP: English
EXTRA FEE: 30 EUR