peacecamp2017

peacecamp 2017: Strangers? Looking beyond walls
in Lackenhof, July 4th – 14th, 2017

Dear participants of peacecamp 2017

We are very glad to host you at peacecamp 2017 in Lackenhof/Lower Austria.
Please note that your participation commits you to do some preparatory and a few follow-up assignments, to participate in ALL the activities of the peacecamp and to adhere to the 10 rules of the peacecamp.

Preparations before the peacecamp:
Please send us till January 30th

- your completely filled in participation sheet, signed by yourself and your parents
- a photocopy of your passport (please make sure that it is valid!), if you are a member of one of the two groups from Israel
- your photo and a few words describing who you are, why you want to join peacecamp, what you will contribute and what you hope taking home from peacecamp
- your filled in questionnaire 4questions4peace*

Please prepare and bring to the peacecamp
- your own individual Life Story Book*
- your group’s posters and video film for the talks4peace*
- your group’s culture evening

*exact instructions/assignments/questionnaires will be given to you by your teacher

Please pack in your suitcase:
- an inexpensive 100% white cotton t-shirt
- your Life Story Book
- your talks4peace posters and videos
- any music instrument you play that you could bring: flute, guitar, drum, castanets, accordion, triangle, etc.
- anything you can do well (making tricks, painting, a poem you love, a text that inspires you, anything that makes you happy or is fun to show, to do perform or to teach others)
- your favorite music
- your own photo or video camera
- anything you would need for your culture evening
Clothes:
- underwear
- plastic slippers
- long sleeves/long legs pajamas
- jeans
- trackies
- a spare outfit that can get dirty, wet
- shorts
- light short sleeve t-shirts
- long sleeve shirts
- 1 warm sweater
- good waterproof shoes/sneakers
- rain cover
- waterproof jacket
- head cover
- towels

Miscellaneous
- mosquito repellent
- sun protection
- tooth brush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc.
- if you are a girl: sanitary napkins/tampax or the like
- some favorite snacks you couldn’t do without
- if you need medication, don’t forget to bring it

More things-to-bring or to-prepare could be added:
Please inform yourself regularly in http://2017.peacecamp.net/tags/PREPARATIONS4PEACE/

Please remember:

We, the peacecamp team, will do our best to give you a great and challenging time.

This is going to be YOUR own personal peacecamp: In order to get something out you must put something in :-)

Hope to see you soon in Lackenhof.

Your host4peace,
Evelyn

Hi, my name is Ronny. I am Evelyn's husband, and while she is the mastermind behind the peacecamp project, I am rather the allrounder and troubleshooter taking care of all the organisational details entailed with such an event. I will be at the camp on and off, commuting between Vienna and Lackenhof. I was born in Argentina and am living in Vienna (with interruptions) since my childhood. I have two grown-up daughters and (so far) one grandson (behind me on the photo). I am looking forward to be with you all at jubilee peacecamp no. 15! See you soon ...

My name is Yarden Agrari and have been a teacher for 31 years. Out of those I have been in Carmel Zvulun Hight School for 24 years. I teach English, History and Judaic Studies which is a very interesting mix of subjects and have been the English Coordinator in our school for the past nine years.
I was born in the US and immigrated to Israel with my family at the age of 15 in 1974. I studied in a youth village and I was a kibbutznik in the north of Israel for many years until I left for Haifa where I live presently.
In the Nineties our school was part of the educational program of IPCRI promoting understanding and problem solving between Israelis and Palestinians of which I was very active. This year I initiated a joint Jewish - Arab debate team in the 7th grade between our school and the neighboring school in Ibtin. (They have met twice so it is still taking baby steps!).
This is my first time participating in PeaceCamp and I am very excited about this opportunity.