Evs periode 2015-2016 01 okt 2015- 15 aug 2016 The Lioba School for Peace is situated in a private section within a Benedictine Monastery. An EVS-project will be for 2 international volunteers. You will share a livingroom together and everyone has a private bedroom. There is a private path to the dunes and northsea. You receive a naturecard which gives free access tot this natural park. You will live half separate from the community. A few days during the week you eat with the community and a few days you eat in your own group or outside the monastery. You are always welcome in the service in the Chapel, but it is not obligated. The area of the Monastery is a silent area. In a Benedictine Monastery they say: Ora et Labora, which means Pray and Work. Work in this Monastery is mainly in the weavery and pottery. It is possible to learn more about this work during your stay. We will provide the volunteers with an own bike, a common means of transport in Holland ,and an ovcard for the train. The nearest train station is 15 minutes by bike. The train will take you to the centre of Amsterdam in a half an hour. Function: fellow-worker in the Lioba School for Peace The Lioba School for Peace is an outstanding meeting-place for young people between 18 and 30 years of age. Guest groups will always stay in the School for a couple of days where they work on themes about spirituality and peace. Besides, we also bid welcome to groups of guests of other ages. During a period of 10 months (from October–July) you are together with another EVS-volunteer in the Lioba School for Peace. You will live and work on the grounds of a Benedictine monastery, where the School has a wing of its own. In main lines a working-week for the volunteers looks as follows: 1 day: participation in the programs and project-development of peace projects. 1 day: maintenance of the buildings and the kitchen garden, working in the kitchen of the monastery. 1 day: assisting in a monastic handicraft. 1 day: collaboration in the local refugee centre or another external peace focused organization. During your stay as an EVS volunteer, you will be living on the premises of a Benedictine monastery. For benedict monks it is important to concentrate on what they do. Every part of their live is important and needs awareness. An important part of your work is working with and for the guests of the School for Peace. In the project you get more and more involved in the projects of the school. It depends on how much you will grow in that. You will have an opportunity to assist in setting up different projects in the School for Peace. You will get working-experience in the local refugee centre or another peace focused organization. You help there with organising activities for children and young people. Another important part of your work is working in the monastery. You will assist in a monastic handicraft, have a cooking day in the big kitchen and you will assist in the maintenance of the buildings and the kitchen garden. In short: you work in all kinds of fields with your own development and that of others. During :From 1 October till 1 August ( 10 months) Only for girls ( because of the female monastery)