Here we are on our way to renovating the next Youth Center for the YCUP2 project. For a month, we will make our best to design a welcoming place for the youngsters around the Dacia market.
But this project is not only about renovating, this is also about building a team, our team.
Some of us are here for a long-term experience, some for a short term. Some also were already here last month and decided to stay longer to continue this experience. All of us are coming from different countries, have different backgrounds and reasons to be here. Eighteen volunteers will work, live, eat together for the next weeks.
The first step is then to get to know each other and build a bond between us in a respectful and open-minded space. To do so, every member of the team took part in activities and games to learn about solidarity and cooperation. We shared here a bunch of meaningful and funny moments.
And now it’s time to get our hands dirty. The former heating space is huge and has a lot of potential thanks to the big windows and the high ceiling. To reveal it, a lot of work needs to be done and organized within the next weeks.
– Cleaning and recycling the furniture;
– Making a welcoming facade and entrance;
– Cleaning the outside areas;
– Cleaning and repairing the bathroom;
– Scrapping and repairing the walls (inside and outside);
– Levelling the floor;
– Painting the walls.
In this cloud full of dust, our work is changing the place hours after hours. Inside and outside are both stormed by our hands. Everyone finds his way to participate in the team effort. To make things easier we are divided into three teams (Boom, Shaka, Laka). Each one has a team leader with who we can discuss our tasks.
Sharing is the watchword: advice on how to do the work, ideas, how to organize the effort. But also, and not the least, to hold the ladder for another to safely make a change. All this proves that we need each other competencies and energy to actually do something. And it is exciting to wonder what we will be able to achieve in such a short time until the opening event on the 11th of December.