Sunday, 1. January 2017
what to send - what to prepare - what to bring

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

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