FoKus Festival – RABRYKA

CODE: ICJA2610

Work:

Your help is needed to p repare space and facilities for the 19th Fokus Festival. An alternative 2-day festival (21st – 22nd August) with several stages, many workshops, a speakers corner, food and drinks! Please watch one of the aftermovies to get an impression of the Festival. You are invited to work together in international teams, composed of employees of RABRYKA and other volunteers from Goerlitz. During working hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) you can create fancy furniture for the visitors, colorful decoration for the stages and the festival area, do some gardening or lead through your own ideas. It is not required that you are experienced, but it is needed that you are interested in doing handcrafted work and that you are really motivated to become part of our preparation team and to support us reliably!
Whether you like crafting, working, gardening, cooking or designing- whatever you like, we’ll find a task for you. It would be great if the group could contribute something special for the Fokus Festival, for example decorating a graffiti wall. During the festival itself volunteers will offer support by filling shifts at the bar, the backstage control or as a runner. For further information of the Festival and the Camp, please visit our Website, Instagram.

Study time: Goerlitz is situated at the very east of Germany. After WWII, it was divided and the area in the east of the river Neisse is now the autonomous town Zgorzelec and part of Poland. Volunteers will get a guided tour through Goerlitz and will learn about its eventful history. Moreover, you will learn about the current network of initiatives in the city, which offers a wide range of cultural and social work. In addition, there will be free time for a cycling tour to a lake nearby, bonfire evenings, a party and more.

Accomodation and food

Volunteers will stay near the youth and cultural center. The group of ICJA volunteers will sleep in a big room with room dividers. There are bathrooms, a shower, and a kitchen. Volunteers will need a sleeping bag. It is planned that volunteers will prepare dinner on their own. Breakfast and lunch will be offered at RABRYKA, and will be vegan.

Location and leisure

Goerlitz is situated at the very east of Germany. After WWII, it was divided and the area in the east of the river Neisse is now the autonomous town Zgorzelec and part of Poland. Volunteers will get a guided tour through Goerlitz and will learn about its eventful history. Moreover, you will learn about the current network of initiatives in the city, which offers a wide range of cultural and social work. In addition, there will be free time for a cycling tour to a lake nearby, bonfire evenings, a party and more.

Project hosted by

"RABRYKA" is a unique space for youth culture and social life, situated in an abandoned factory ground. You can see it as an open space for all kinds of youth and social culture. Currently it offers a wide range of possibilities for kids, youth and adults: it unites different projects in one house, e.g. a youth club, a workshop and makerspace, intercultural or cultural education or urban gardening. There is enough inside and outdoor space for gatherings and sports, sharing things and opinions, playing music and partying together and … much more!
The biggest event organized by the RABRYKA is the FOKUS Festival, in which you will also participate.
The head organisation of the RABRYKA is the “Second Attempt e.V.”, which highly motivates people to develop the civil society of Goerlitz. Everyone is invited to join meetings that focus on the vision of a society, which respects the values of tolerance, equality and cross-cultural empathy. RABRYKA is a fictional word connecting the Polish word for factory – fabryka and the first letter of red. Red are the bricks of the buildings of the former factory.

Directions to meeting point

Additional comments

Volunteers who are skilled in handicraft and creative arts will enjoy great atmosphere to express their talents and abilities. Please bring a sleeping bag, a pillow (if needed), work clothes (for warm, cold, and rainy days), a bathing suit, sturdy shoes, and whatever you need for yourself.
There is no washing machine at RABRYKA, but a laundromat is 10 minutes away.
After registration, we require a self-declaration concerning child and youth protection.