PSI001 - KOFR-YASIF

Dates: 14th July - 27 July 2008
Type: Renovation & Art.
Location: Kofr-yasif, Galilee, Israel
About the Project: The high school was built in 1949 and was named after "Yanni-Yanni" who was the head of the local council between 1934 and1962. During the last few years renovation work has begun on the school.
Terminal: Yasser Arafat International Airport.
Work: - Help to create a large, open-space garden for pupils to spend their leisure time at.
- The volunteers will be active in creating drawings and paintings on some of the school walls and they will participate in general of painting and sight improving work in the school.
Accommodation & Food: As a way of engaging the volunteers in the daily life of the village, they will be house-guests of the local volunteers. This will lead to an enlightening experience in which the volunteers will eat, sleep and be part of the local Palestinian family life at the village.
Required Items: Working clothes, sleeping bag, hat, sunscreen, enclosed footwear and a torch (preferably head lamp)
Placement cost in EURO: 150 Euros
# Volunteers: 15