Social Sculpture & Playground in Moldova

Taking part in the social project from the 12th grade students of the ‘Freien Waldorfschule auf den Fildern’, which aim is, to build together with children and teenagers from the area a therapeutic playground(!) for the TBC-Childrenshospital in Chisinau, Moldavia.

I will accompaniment the whole activities vom 14th - 23th of July as a Social Sculpture (ref. to the artist Joseph Beuys). Working on the process of the social organism, which will include the children and the stuff from the hospital, teenagers from the area, german students and the craftsmen from the company KuKuk. Support activly with cooperativ games, circular dances, conversations, woodsculpting and painting to fertilize the interaction and exchange between the different parties.

After the project i will add some photos here!

Task No.1

The first task is... on Prezi

You have until the night of 4 July to post your responses to these questions on your blog. Illustrate with pictures, slides, use music… let your creativity flow.

The first task is – respond to these questions:

Who am I now?

• How do you fell?
• Do you have professional questions? What are they?
• What are your dreams?
• What are your challenges?

My purpose

• Why do you want to take part in the Warriors Without Weapons 2011?

My action

• Have you ever done something which demonstrates that you are a “Warrior Without Weapons”? Tell us!

My commitment

• What are your plans? What do you want to do when you return from the program?

Let's start from the tail of the donkey...

So here I’m. Living one more month in Basel, Switzerland.

My life right now? Involved in

- art projects (GRAHM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TvBx0m0EZY),

- youth gatherings (www.mysterydrama.org),

- cultural visions (http://workcamps.idem-network.org/en/workcamps-2010/details/6)

and beside all that...

- crafts (http://picasaweb.google.com/booklet2000/MobelKleineUbersicht#).

Carpentry was also the reason to come to Switzerland five years ago. Before that i have been travelling across europe, by hitchhike of course. Something, i still do.

One of the most inspireing places I have been, before starting my travelling, was in scotland. Spending one year in a community of adults with learning difficulties. Exploring not only the beauty of woodwork, but also getting to know another treasure on planet earth:

>>> caring and working together with people in need! <<<

That was far different of what I did before! Spending 3 1/2 years in an insurance office in Germany I just learned one maxime: TIME IS MONEY.

I don’t quite know jet, why I have chosen this way after school. The future might have the answere... And I also hope, to figer out, why I had the luck to move to Germany, when I was eight.

Leaving my country Poland. Leaving everything behind. The gift for that was the experience of estern and western europe, their different cultures, traditions, behaviors and languages.

So here we are, arriving at the beginning of the hole story... my birth. And what a suprise! The donkey, which we have been looking at, observing and travelling with, turns out to be a great, wonderfull and strong LION!!! And all the way from it’s tail, through the back, over the head - and now, we just sit on the tip of the lions nose...

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhh...... The way of the warrior beginns.

WWW 2011 - Welcome!

Hi Sebstian,

I got your applications through the site... For some reason it seems not to work even though it does.

Thank you for applying for the Warriors Without Weapons program.

You may already know, but let me reinforce that this is a program designed for young social entrepreneurs. It happens every two years in Santos city, Brasil. Next edition will take place in January 2011.

To be part of it, besides of the application you will take part in a selection process, which is a game: The Way of the Warrior II.This year the game will start by July 1st, so prepare yourself and get ready for it! Your next step is to put together a blog.

To complet your application, please create your own blog following the instructions in the attached file.

Feel free to ask any questions.

If you know people who would be interested in the program, please let them know about it.

Warm regards,

Val Rocha