… in a world we design

We invite you to dream with us, to share your visions and nightmares and to start shaping reality. Our project, A Million Dreams, brings young people from Germany, Georgia, and Russia together and creates a space for exchange and dialogue to offset wars and widening gaps. We believe in the power of personal encounters, and in the strength of our dreams to design a better future. A Million Dreams is a call for peace and solidarity!

As we discover Georgia and each other, we will gather messages and artefacts, pieces of our experience, tokens of our feelings, and representations of our dreams in a personal receptacle as a physical record of the changes we undergo. We will open the receptacle at the end of the project to rearrange these fragments of thoughts and realities into visions of the worlds we dream of. A street performance will project our dreams into the wider world and make them interact with the dreams, feelings and realities of the people around us.

Take up the challenge and explore your dreams while hiking in the mountains of Georgia. Discover and exchange stories of better worlds being conceived. From the 2^nd to the 16^th of August, we invite you to join a group of young people on a journey through the wondrous cultural and natural landscapes of the regions of Svaneti and Adjara in Georgia.

Are you curious?
So are we – about YOU!

Dates
Saturday the 2^nd to Saturday the 16^th of August 2025

What to expect
The group from Germany will fly together from Hamburg to Kutaisi and meet the Russian participants. From Kutaisi, a bus will take everyone directly to the Georgian participants in Mestia. With the group finally together, it will be time to start the programme, meet the people of Svaneti, cook, dream, and have fun.

Together, we will explore the town of Mestia, go on a four-day hike through the mountains to the World Heritage site of Ushguli, and discover the Georgian Black Sea region. We will be staying in guesthouses. Along the way, we will speak to people who designed their own worlds and improved the places and communities they live in. Dreaming is the act of rearranging the elements of lived experience. We will share our dreams with one another, pick apart the reality we live in and reassemble its pieces to imagine a better world.  

In between exploring, discussing politics (what else), and thinking creatively, we won’t forget to enjoy our time together. We will climb a historic tower, relax by the campfire on summer evenings, discover a very different culture in the Adjara region, experience Batumi, Georgia’s vibrant gateway, swim in the Black Sea, close out the project, and celebrate the end of a great adventure in Batumi’s summer sunshine.

You can participate if you…
… live in Germany or are a Russian citizen (but have recently left your country).
… are between 16 and 24 years old and keen to meet new people.
… have no need for luxury and want to get closer to nature.
… want to take on a physically demanding challenge. 
… want to discover new insights, perspectives, and experiences.
… want to engage with a group and contribute to the project.
… have valid travel documents.
… speak English at a basic level or above. English will be our main working language. We expect participants to help each other out with language and the team will also provide some support.

You can also participate if you …
… don‘t have a bulging piggy bank right now. We will try to find a common solution. 

Participation fee and what’s included
The programme is supported by the Eberhard Schöck Foundation and the Foundation „Avec et pour autres”.

If you live in Germany (also for Russian citizens living in Germany):
Your personal contribution is €280. This includes flights from Hamburg to Kutaisi and from Kutaisi to Hamburg, food, accommodation in shared rooms, program and transportation costs during the project, as well as health, accident, and liability insurance.

The project begins and ends in Hamburg. Travel costs to and from Hamburg Airport must be covered by the participants. Our flight from Hamburg Airport is on Saturday the 2^nd of August at 18:25. We will be back in Hamburg on Saturday the 16^th of August at 15:15.

If you are a Russian citizen (but have recently left your country):
Your personal contribution is €200. This includes food, accommodation in shared rooms, program and transportation costs during the project, as well as health, accident, and liability insurance. Travel costs to and from Kutaisi will be reimbursed up to €450.

For you, the project begins in Kutaisi on Saturday the 2^nd of August in the afternoon. It ends on the Saturday the 16^th of August in Batumi (or you can return to Kutaisi Airport with the German group). 

Preparation
There will be two mandatory online preparation meetings on Saturday the Saturday the 21st of June and Saturday the 19^th of July 19, 2025, from 10:00 to 12:00 (Hamburg Time, CET) for both meetings.

Application
Please fill out our application form by Wednesday the 11^th of June 2025. All important information about participation fees, cancellations, and insurance can be found in the terms of participation. By submitting the application form, you explicitly agree to those terms.

Contact
For questions about the project, please contact us via e-mail at:
 amd2025@agfj.de (Lena and Claus).

Photos: 
© Artem Makarov, Marek Piwnicki und Max by unsplash

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Our destination:

Impressions 2024

Looking back…
A Million Dreams 2024 – a glimpse of tomorrow:
https://a-million-dreams-2024.webflow.io/