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Working with Older Volunteers in Manual Intergenerational Projects<br />
terials. One participating couple agreed to<br />
do the shopping for each day. Due to this<br />
coordinating effect, these regular plenum<br />
meetings in the mornings (particularly<br />
with the collaboration of teachers and pupils<br />
of the cooperating schools) are highly<br />
recommended.<br />
Afternoon and evening programmes<br />
In addition, the varied afternoon programme<br />
(which was perceived as being interesting)<br />
and the evening meal together contributed<br />
to the increase of participants’<br />
satisfaction and enforced the communication<br />
processes between them.<br />
Afternoon and evening activities included<br />
the following:<br />
At the invitation of the city of Hamm, the<br />
mayoress, as political representative of the<br />
town, welcomed the group at the castle<br />
Oberwerries for lunch. They learnt about<br />
the structural change of the Ruhr area by<br />
example of the Maximilianpark and dealt<br />
with the topics of migration and religion<br />
using the example of the Hindu temple.<br />
The Czech group (which was interested<br />
in theatre) met the director of the Helios<br />
Children’s Theatre, while the German-<br />
French subgroup exchanged experiences<br />
regarding the school education of children.<br />
On one evening the group drove to<br />
a hut on the premises of a mining pit in<br />
Hamm, where they had a barbecue and ate<br />
the salads which had been prepared in the<br />
cooking workshop in the morning. Many<br />
participants afterwards praised this barbecue<br />
evening as one of the exchange “high-<br />
The participation of l‘outil en main in the <strong>TRAMP</strong> project<br />
has proved successful for our organisation. We have<br />
met with associations from various European countries<br />
with different experiences and our participating craftsmen<br />
have learned a great deal. They gave enthusiastic reports<br />
about the meetings and realised that language is not the<br />
“non plus ultra”, but that manual work and “know-how”<br />
are part of a context-rich communication.<br />
Another positive aspect: l‘outil en main provides its volunteering<br />
seniors with the dynamic and purpose of a “second<br />
life“ (meaning retirement): travelling through Europe and<br />
getting to know other projects and methods to reach a<br />
common goal proves to be an excellent remedy for the immobility<br />
in volunteer work. L’outil en main would like to<br />
organise further exchanges with like-minded associations<br />
on the following subjects, validation of manual work and<br />
exchange of know-how in the intergenerational context.<br />
In doing so, we would like to organise exchanges between<br />
craftsmen, invite colleagues to our associations and send<br />
groups to “colleagues” in other European countries.<br />
Yana Boureux, l’outil en main, Troyes<br />
lights”. During the exchange in Oberhausen<br />
the participants visited the industrial<br />
housing estate Wisenheimer, which serves<br />
as an excellent example of political commitment<br />
and creative options of citizens.<br />
The structural change was also discussed<br />
here by using the example of the Gasometer<br />
and the World Heritage Site Zeche<br />
Zollverein. In Prague the group toured the<br />
old town, learnt about structural changes<br />
by looking at a silver mine and discussed<br />
the role of religion in history and present<br />
using the example of the Holy Mountain<br />
in Pribram. The Czech organisers went to<br />
great lengths with regard to the evening<br />
programmes. For example, they organised<br />
games’ evenings and a major farewell<br />
party. Amongst other things, the group in<br />
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