Camp has started :)

50 youngsters, between 14-25 coming from Sibiu, Ialomita, Bucuresti, Tulcea, Hunedoara, Salaj, Resita and Alba joined 2008 "Leaders for Tomorrow" Red Cross Summer Camp in Rasinari, Sibiu county. Full of energy, they want to have fun, make new friends and learn things about becoming the leaders. After getting to know each other, they have spent today cleaning Steaza Valley from the garbage that tourists left and learning basic first aid when camping. It was a beautiful second camp day! In the next days they are attending other workshops and games on topics that matter to their age: risk behaviors, why being a volunteer, peer education and principles. The organizers prepared a treasure hunt and volley championship for Wednesday. On Friday the participants are coming in Sibiu, for a city tour. You can meet them in the center of the city, on noon, when they will present a camp statement for their peers!

Think green, act red

The 7th edition of "Leaders for Tomorrow" Red Cross Youth Summer Camp is about to welcome its guests!

Between 3-10 August, in Rasinari, Sibiu, Romania, youngsters all over Romania (and who knows, maybe from other European countries), between 15-25 years old are about to enter a marvelous experience of living one week in the mountains, debating on subjects that matters to us today (ecology, risk behaviors, peer education, first aid), cooking and sharing some great time together.

We expect participants that are over 15, involved in daily projects within their Red Cross Branch/ youth organization, active, able to use correct both Romanian and English and eager to live one week under the free sky. Of course, you will bring with you your tent, sleeping bag and proper clothing (take into consideration that weather is changeable without prior notice).

Camp fee: 50 RON (Romanian participants), 50 EUR (European participants). It has to be paid in our bank account after confirmation of selection and is not refundable.

The application form has to be sent on crsibiu@yahoo.com by 30th June! Selection will be over until mid July.

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We need a Leader for Tomorrow

Lu, lu, lu I got some leaders,
Lu, lu, lu, you got some too,
Lu, lu, lu let's come together
Leaders for Tomorrow is waiting for you!

Wake up and smell the success! The Romanian Red Cross Society, Sibiu branch launches the invitation to join the summer camp 'Leaders for Tomorrow' that will take place in august (3rd -10th), in a wonderful landscape surrounded by mountains... in Romania, close to Sibiu, last year's European Capital of Culture.

Pack all the good mood, the sleeping bag, a raincoat (it's the mountains... you may never know when the rain starts falling), and all the initiative and creativity you may muster. Go to the train station, buy a ticket to Romania, get on the train and come. We are ready to make a leader out of you!

Join the four workshops we prepared for you. Stay tuned to find out the camp's program and the admission fee. See you soon!

see how it was

Wanna see how it was?? Check this out: http://flickr.com/photos/11342331@N05/show/

So it was...

"Leaders for Tommorow" Red Cross Summer Camp, 2007 edition started with... the rain :) Ok, we have a long tradition of meeting it everytime we have the camp, so we were not surprised to see and feel it again. What we have not expected was to feel it during the whole week... this was a big surprise!!

85 youngsters, 15 to 29 years old, from 13 branches and sub-branches of the Romanian Red Cross (Braila, Botosani, Cluj, Giurgiu, Iasi, Maramures, Medias, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Tulcea, Vrancea, Vulcan), 5 youth organizations (Close to You Foundation – Iasi, Voluntary Centres in Resita and Rasinari, Sinergii Medias, Nova Cultural Bacau) and youth from Galati, Ocna Mures and Cluj Napoca met on Steaza Valley, close to Rasinari village, between 29 July and 5th August, to spend one week of nonformal education in order to become better leaders.

They have participated to common activities, to discover Principles (of the Red Cross Movement, but humanity, as well), to gain leadership abillities or to improve the networking system.

This activities were funny, but serios, and participants showed a lot of creativity, team work and enthusiasm.

The exercises were followed by debriefing, and, of course, sweet "motivation" moments :)

Also, coming from different organizations, they had a space to present themselves and their organizations, a very useful exchange of information and experiences.

During the week, the participants were split according to their interest in 4 workshops.

Those in the art club gained knowledge about forum theatre or theatre of the oppressed. They learnt about use of art in social work, characteristics of forum theatre, the specific characters, how to "dress" a character, and created a play to present in Sibiu.

The creative peer-education workshop brought together all those interested in disseminating especially informations about health education to their peers.

This year the accent was on finding creative methods, more than on informations transmitted.

The participants of green first aid workshop had to face a big challenge: to find a connection between first aid and ecological behaviour and to clean the area close to the camp locations from the "proofs" of human beings who visited the location before us.

It was probably the most "technical" workshop, in which the youth created waste bins, with ecological messages, and used their skills to provide the camp with wood for the camp fires.

The persons in games for volunteers workshop have much fun playing all the time :) Actually, that is why they attended it... to learn about use of games in motivating volunteers and to experience as much games as possible.

This was not easy, due to the weather, but it was a beautiful surprise that they adjusted to the conditions and created a nice book of games, plus a camp song to entertain us during the evening events.

The most expected day of the camp was Friday, when all the participants came in the centre of Sibiu, to present their work to their peers. It was a very creative activity, where they had to put together specific moments of their workshops.

They acted, debated, sang and played with curious walkers... they made a nice suprise to everybody being on Nicolae Balcescu street in the midday :)

And, of course, we had pizza, a tour of Sibiu medieval city with the help of the beautiful volunteers from the local branch and a couple of hours as free time. Even the rain stopped on Friday, to let us enjoy the Big Scene!

The 2007 edition was organised by Romanian Red Cross Sibiu, in partnership with the Youth Centre in Rasinari, financed by the Youth Agency and was supported by the Hall of Rasinari, Emergency Situations Inspectorate Sibiu, Rangers Inspectorate Sibiu and the sponsors:

Danone, Agromec Avrig, Elio Prod, Extrasib, Icrasib, Novalis, Romado, Simonis, Simpa, Sitemani, Tarpi, Venturelli.

Special partner: Sibiu - European Cultural Capital Association.

All good stories must have a happy end: we are very glad to present you the leaders :)

here it comes!

new deadline

We expect your applications until 10th July 2007!

application form 2007

Application Form 2007

2007 camp

This year the European Cultural Capital of Sibiu welcomes you in another edition of "Leaders for Tomorrow" Red Cross summer camp. Guys and girls, hope you are ready for a hot play!

Title: Youth em'power!

Director: Romanian Red Cross, Sibiu branch

The story : 100 youth volunteers from Romania and Europe are expected to take their tents and sleeping bags, and gather close to Sibiu, in Rasinari, for a week-camp to gain additional leadership abilities to use back home. They will work together and have lot of fun, using intercultural learning as a tool to know each other and break prejudice.

The players: youth volunteers, 16-26 years old, active, dynamic, creative, English speaking, sportive, able to interact in an intercultural environment and to live one week in a tent under the free sky.

The scenes: we organized 4 special workshops, to choose from.

Creative peer-education. Educating our peers. About HIV, drugs or other health issues. Creative ways of doing it. ‘Cause you can do better than distributing flyers. Be creative!

Art club. Move. Talk. Debate. Feel. Dance. Stay still. Dramatic arts can help express great ideas. Show emotions and shape individuals and groups. Be artistic!

First aid kit. It's always useful to know first aid. And respect the nature. It might be that someday a wood will need a patch on it... Be safe!

Games for volunteers. And not only. We play, and change, and recreate, so that we have fun and get the motivation to do great things. Be involved!

The extra: a visit to Sibiu, a cultural declaration in the middle of the city, lot of sport and morning dance! Plus the incredible chance to learn how to cook, to start fire and manage yourself in a natural environment!

The language: English, Romanian

The fee:
Romanian volunteers - 50 Ron
International volunteers - 50 Eur

In case of more participants as expected, we will make a selection according to the motivation, gender balance and organizations' diversity.

Download the application form from above and send it back to us on crsibiu@yahoo.com and apply to the camp until 5th July 2007! The selection process of the participants will finish on 10th July.

what we have enjoyed...

Dan from Sibiu says: "Being honest... it was the first time when I went in a camp, I didn't know how it would be, but as a surprise for me, it was wonderful! I can say I've learned some new things in every field that the camp was bassed on (workshops). As a second advantage, I found new people who, during the camp, become my true friends. I can't wait the next summer when the camp takes place again and we meet again (I hope so :)) and have another full drink of Frutissima"


Andrei from Baia Mare says: "In the workshop I've attended I've learned a lot of new things. In the first part we've learned how to survive in the wild with no food and water, hot to build a shelter and how to hunt. After that we've learned about disasters in general, how to react and how to save people from the danger. We've learned tips about how to atract sponsors. I will use what I've learned in the years to come because I will be in the disaster response team. I think everybody should learn about disasters because you can save a lot of lives."

Take the power and be a leader of tomorrow!

Great camp, enthusiast participants, spectacular activities, good weather: 2006 Red Cross Summer Camp has passed so fast… 2007 is coming!

Who: 84 participants, from 15 counties of Romania, Bulgaria and Germany

Where: Valea Stezii, Rasinari, Sibiu, Romania – surrounded by mountains and forest, unpredictable foxes, nice Monday cows and goats :)

Why: to develop youth abilities in order to implement youth peer-education projects

What: a “get to know each other session”, a “Leadership & Red Cross” game, 4 workshops, 5 peer-education activities implemented in the middle of Sibiu for their local peers, visiting Sibiu and the citadel of Cisnadioara, playing volleyball, having fun, making new friends.

Supporters: Rasinari Town Hall, Astra Museum, Cisnadie Town Hall, Emergency Situations Inspectorate Sibiu, Transmission School Sibiu.

Sponsors: Agromec Avrig, Danone, Elio-Prod, Esarom Romania, Extrasib, Grewe, Hochland, Icrasib, Izabel Prod, Nestle, Romado, Scandia Romana, Sib Peco, Sibavis, Simonis, Sibiana, Simpa, Sitemani, Tarpi, Toptech.

1,2,3.. start!!!

The start of the camp is getting closer everyday... the volunteers who are part of the organization team have already started to count the hours to the first meeting with the participants :)) Sounds exciting, doesn't it?
In order to make sure everything is prepared, please do not forget at home:
- proper mountain clothing & equipment: this includes at least a pair of good shoes (no high heels, please!!), warm pullover and rain jacket, and a clean t-shirt for the day we're going to visit Sibiu :)
- tent and sleeping bag: we want to make sure that you won't sleep with the bears.. outside :)
- plates: well, you want to eat as normal people camping on a mountain area...
- materials to present you region/country/branch/organization
- a photo camera and enough batteries... only if you want to have your own private memories.. otherwise we'll make sure that every nice moment is on the official camera of the camp
- your good mood :)
Please take into consideration that our camp is a non-alcoholic one.
Looking forward to meeting all of you, in the name of the camp team leaders, Claudia Popa :)

APPLY NOW FOR 2006 CAMP !!!!!

Rasinari, Sibiu, Romania, 31st July - 6th August 2006

Your summer plans include:
- Having fun together with other youngsters
- Interact with young people from other cultures
- Develop your leadership abilities
- Escape for at least a week from daily routine
- Find new ways of using your artistic abilities
- Learn how to collaborate best with members of your group
- Learn how to teach others
- Learn how to cope with crises/disasters
- Visit a medieval-looking city
- A week of interactive games and workshops

If you ticked several or all of the boxes above, The International Youth Summer Camp "Leaders for Tomorrow " is just what you are looking for! If you are aged 16 to 26, can handle English, are dynamic, creative, interested in intercultural learning and also have a good potential of developing new projects in your organization don't waste any more time: ask for the registration form on the e-mail address: crsibiu@yahoo.com by June the 15th.

Workshops to attend: how to motive volunteers, art club, peer education projects, disaster management. Camp language: English. Tour visits of Sibiu, Rasinari and medieval citadel of Cisnadioara included.

Beware! Don't forget your tent, your sleeping bag, your sport outfit and your plates or you will get more adventure than you bargained for! Bring a homey feeling with you and provide us with food and drink specific for your region along with information materials.

In case of more participants as expected, we will make a selection according to the motivation, gender balance and organizations' diversity.

Participation fee:
- Romanian Red Cross volunteers - 35 RON
- Romanian Youth NGO's volunteers - 50 RON
- volunteers from abroad - 50 EUR

this is from last year :)

Which workshop to attend??

Tough question! There are 4 workshops, all very interesting and very interactive! See their description below, and if you still have questions, ask us :)

How to Motivate Volunteers
The engine of a civil society organization are the volunteers. They offer their time and enthusiasm to different projects for the benefit of the community. During this workshop we will discuss about the motivation of the volunteers, and find creative ways of attracting and maintaining them. In the same time we will learn how to develop long term relationships.


Art Club
Drama in education is the topic of this workshop. We are expecting creative participants to brainstorm on the advantages of dramatic tools in educating children, youngsters, adults or elderly people and experiment them.


Peer Education Projects
This year we are disscussing about peer education related to drugs prevention and violence among youngsters: how to deal with these topics and how to use our creativity in developping effective projects for our peers.


Disaster Management
Disasters are becoming a reality of each day. Attend this workshop and you will learn how to face a disaster… if there is no potential disaster… then you will learn how to survive on a mountain area.

Testimonials from previous camps :)

I've learned that we are equal!

Once I'm back in my organization, I will implement many of the games I've learned here to motivate my colleagues.

I've learned to listen to others' opinions.

It was interesting to learn by having fun.

I've learned to be part of a team and a leader :)

We used art to better know each other and become friends.

We shared ideas and discuss on different topics.