Improving school facilities for students in Amman
       Amman          July 23 - August 5, 2010

Volunteer project: Schniller School was first established in Jerusalem in 1860 (150 years ago) and provided services and help for orphans and less fortunate children until 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 from poor or problematic families. The school is taking care of the children and providing them with housing, 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, the school is still considered poor, because most of these facilities were built through donations, donations that do not provide maintenance and running costs.

The volunteers will have different tasks to complete during the two weeks of the international volunteer project:
• Cleaning the School site.
• Painting the School walls.
• Landscaping and planting.
• Gardening and cultivation of seedlings.
• Help building indoor or outdoor climbing wall or rock (this is a dream for some of the School's staff to provide for the children).
• The volunteer groups in 2007, 2008 and 2009 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 workcamps.

 

Language: English

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 different historical and important places in Jordan such as Petra, Aqaba and wadi Rum, Mount Nebo and Dead Sea.

Accommodation: The participants will be hosted in the guest house that belongs to the school.

Location: Amman, Jordan

Age range: 18 and over

Extra fee: 200 Euro
The extra fee is intended to support the hosting organization who does not have sufficient funds. It is due upon arrival on the project.
 

 

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