We arrived at the Fontein Primary school in Port Elizabeth for the first time after our stay in 2012 – almost one and a half years later! We found that everything at the school was still up and running...
Looks like our Ecocamp 2013 in Serbia was a great success! Here are thoughts and experiences of some Peer Leaders: Vuk Andjelic I would never expect that something like the ecocamp could change my way of thinking about nature. When...
Now it’s time for the peer leaders to organize their own projects and actions! During the Eco camp in Tara National Park we taught them about project management and gave them a guideline how to get started with their...
It’s funny how everyone takes out their cameras on the last day. And Dima is busy like never before because everybody wants to take group pictures. Saying good bye was quite emotional as we all became good friends over...
In the beginning of a project the end always seems to be so far away. It seems as if you’ll have endless time together, so many things to organize, to take care of. But suddenly it’s the last day...
You stumble out of your tent and see – nothing. The whole camp is covered in fog and it is about to start raining. But what’s this? Everyone is standing outside dressed in running clothes and ready for the...
Rafting time! This is what all of the group was looking forward to – rafting on the river that marks the border between Bosnia and Serbia. When a hole in one of the rafts was fixed with duck tape...
In the beginning we were only a few YE’s, then the peer leaders joined us and now we are complete as the kids from the primary school arrived at lunch time. Now it was the peer leaders turn to...
Our task today was a bit different to the things we’ve done so far: for the next few days we’ll work together with the national park rangers and paint benches, shelters and mark hiking trails. Our first working place...
After long discussions the other evening unfortunately we had to decide to cancel the raid. For some of the guys it was too tough and they had bad knees, blisters and muscle aches. It was not an easy decision...