Jaunatne smaidam / Youth for Smile – workcamp programme 2017

Midsummer 11/06/2017 – FEST / YS 09 Islice 8 (16+) celebration 25/06/2017 MANU

PARTNER Workcamp partners is Īslīces parish administration and cultural center of Īslīce. The administration of this parish is organizing Latvian midsummer celebration which is popular for already 4 years.

WORK Volunteers will work 6 hours a day near the cultural center of Īslīce. Their main tasks will be making different kind of attractions for kids from wood and old tires. Work will be led by professional artist and woodworkers. All work will happen outside. Besides, there will be different kind of preperattion works for this midsummer celebration. In the middle of camp volunteers will participate in this festival and help organisators. In the end of this camp participants will travel all around Īslīces parish and will organize activities for kids by using attractions they made in the beginning of camp. Also there will be some extra jobs in park, gardening.

ACCOMMODATION & FOOD Living conditions are very basic. The volunteers will be accommodated in cultural center of Īslīce. Toilets and washing facilities will be provided. Cooking will be done by volunteers themselves.

LOCATION Work camp will be organised in Īslīce, Bauskas municipality. The Bauskas municipality borders with , Vecumnieki, Rundāle, Ķegums and municipalities and the Republic of Lithuania. The municipal territory consists of Brunavas, Ceraukstes, Codes, Dāviņu, Īslīces, Gailīšu, Mežotnes Jaunatne smaidam / Youth for Smile – workcamp programme 2017 and Vecsaule parishes. The administrative center of the municipality is city of , located 60 km from Rīga and 60 km from Jelgava.

TERMINAL The arrival terminals are international airport or Riga international bus station. By request YOUTH FOR SMILE can organize meeting on the arrival place. If it is necessary YOUTH FOR SMILE can help with finding the accommodation before and after the project

LEISURE TIME During the workcamp volunteers will have possibilities to visit different historical places. Around the city of Bauska there are three castles that you can visit- Bauskas castle, Rundāles palace and Mežotnes palace. In Bauska municipality there are three rivers- Mēmele, Mūsa and . All of them are safe for swimming. Working place will be only 5 km from Bauskas city where you can visit Bauskas museum, Rate house, old city and supermarkets. There are buses to from working place to city.