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Workcamps Sponsored by Quaker Organizations
and Others

Workcamps have been a valued form of service for Friends for several generations. The lists below include some workcamp opportunities that are sponsored by Quaker organizations, as well as many more sponsored by a variety of other organizations.

The Quaker Information Center cannot investigate and endorse these opportunities. Nor do we have the staffing to update these pages as often as we would like. So we urge you to double check any information you find here. We welcome updates and corrections at: info@quakerinfo.org.

Thanks for your assistance.     
Chel Avery, Director, QIC

Page last updated 9/21/09

 

*International Workcamp Directory provides over 3000 opportunities of service in 100 different countries. You can contacth them by telephone at (802) 259-2759, email them at vfp@vfp.org or visit their website at www.vfp.org.

 

American Friends Service Committee/Intermountain Yearly Meeting Joint Service Project

Western Work Camps (www.afsc.org/central/ht/d/ContentDetails/i/6836)
"Pojects are designed to connect small, intergenerational groups of youth and adults (ages 14 and up, and not limited to Friends) with the work of the AFSC. We seek opportunities for service that will build continuing relationships with communities. We open ourselves to be guided by the Spirit into more informed, respectful ways of living in peaceful balance with our planet and its many societies."

 

 

AidCamps International (www.aidcamps.org) offers volunteers the opportunity to participate in 3 weeks work in a third world development aid projects, to experience local culture, and to integrate with local people.

Contact:
AidCamps International
483 Green Lanes
London, N13 4BS
United Kingdom
UK Telephone: 0845 625 5412
International: +44 845 652 5412

The next public Group AidCamps will be in 2009, and enrolment will start later in 2008. To be alerted, subscribe to their mailing list at the contacts page.

Current individual volunteer opportunities at:

 

 

African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) of the Friends Peace Teams strengthens, supports, and promotes peace activities at the grassroots level in the Greak Lakes region of Africa. AGLI wil be sponsoring four to five workcamps; in Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya. The dates are June 21 to July 25, 2009. For more information and an application visit http://www.aglionline.org/Program/workcampsdes.htm or contact AGLI's Program Coordinator at dawn@aglionline.org. For further information about AGLI, please contact David Zarembka at dave@aglionline.org or call (314) 645 0336. Visit http://www.aglionline.org (11/06)

 

Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations. The Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations is an international, non-governmental, youth organisation that represents national organisations which promote intercultural education, understanding and peace through voluntary service. Founded in 1982, the Alliance is composed of full and associate member organizations from the following nations: Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. International volunteer projects are organized by Alliance members either on a national or regional basis but always in partnership with local communities. The projects -- including environmental, construction, renovation, social, cultural, and archaeological work -- generally last 2-3 weeks and consist of about 10-20 volunteers drawn from a number of countries.

International volunteer projects are organized in each country by a national Alliance member, which also recruits volunteers within that country. All Alliance members place only individuals residing in their own country on projects. Therefore, interested volunteers should only contact their national Alliance member. In the USA, the two Alliance member organizations are:

For more information about the Alliance itself, contact: Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations. E-mail: alliance@alliance-network.eu; web address: http://www.alliance-network.eu             (2/04)

 

Baladna is an Arab youth organization founded to give Arab youth in Israel a non-partisan, comfortable forum for youth activities and informal education, centering on a discussion of identity. A registered non-profit organization, Baladna aims to strengthen Arab youth's understanding of democracy and gender equality, to foster pluralism and tolerance, and to enable a discussion and debate about Arab Palestinian history, grievances and culture. Periodically Baladna offers workcamps to see up to date information check out: http://www.momken.org/baladna/en/ or contact info@baladnayouth.org for more information. (1/08/07)

 

Biosphere Expeditions Sprat's Water offers hands-on, non-profit conservation expeditions for everyone. Expeditions are open to all and there are no special skills or fitness required to join. There are also no age limits whatsoever. Places are available for one to two weeks. Projects work with local scientists and people from the host country, teams are small and support will be provided by an expedition leader from Biosphere Expeditions.

One-Week Camps:

Two-Week Camps:

Contact Info:

Head Office UK
Biosphere Expeditions
The Henderson Centre
Ivy Lane
Norwich
NR5 8BF

Tel.: 0870-4460801 or +44 870 446 0801
Fax: 0870-4460809

uk@biosphere-expeditions.org

North American Office
Biosphere Expeditions North America
PO Box 11297
Marina del Rey, CA 90295
USA

Tel.: 800-407-5761 (toll free)
Fax: 800-407-5766 (toll free)

northamerica@biosphere-expeditions.org

 

Bolivia Community service Trip. June 13-27, 2009. Work with rural villagers on Quaker funded projects. Meet Bolivian democratic reform leaders. Hike Inca ruins, Lake Titicaca. Optional extension Peru, Machu Picchu. Reserve early February. www.TreasuresoftheAndes.com, 707.823.6034.

 

Casa de los Amigos, a Quaker peace and hospitality center in Mexico City, seeks volunteers to serve 3-12 months. Foster community, build peace, live simply. Accommodations provided, Spanish proficiency required. www.casadelosamigos.org, amigos@casadelosamigos.org

 

Church of the Brethren offers summer workcamps for young adults and youth, as well as intergenerational workcamps and a new workcamp for intellectually disabled participants. Custom workcamps are possible for extended families and individual congregations. Workcamp Ministry 1451 Dundee Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120; 847-742-5100 x286 www.brethrenworkcamps.org. (9/21/09)

 

Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) is an international, non-governmental organization created in 1948 under the aegis of UNESCO, which plays a coordinating role in the sphere of voluntary service, providing a link between voluntary organizations which run workcamps and medium- and long-term activities. The program is generally open for young EU residents between 18 - 26 years of age.
Note:CCIVS as a coordinating body does not recruit volunteers. Those who are interested in volunteering must directly contact CCIVS membedr organizations in their own country which propose activities within the country and abroad. To receive a list of CCIVS members in your country, please address your request, accompanied by two International Reply Coupons (which can be obtained from the post office), to: CCIVS, UNESCO House, 1 rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, FRANCE. Phone: 011 33 1 45-68-49-36; fax: (33-1) 42 73 05 21; e-mail: ccivs@unesco.org; web address: http://www.unesco.org/ccivs (11/05)

 

Costa Rica Study Tours: Visit the Quaker community in Monteverde. For information and a brochure contact Starah Stuckey: +011 506.645.5436; write Apdo. 46-5655, Monteverde, Costa Rica; e-mail: crstudy@racsa.co.cr; www.crstudytours.com; or call in the USA 937.728.9887

 

Cross-Cultural Solutions offers three international volunteer programs - Volunteer Abroad, Intern Abroad, and Insight Abroad – lengths of stay of 1-12 weeks, and 10 countries. For more information contact

Cross-Cultural Solutions Headquarters
2 Clinton Place
New Rochelle, New York 10801
USA
Tel: 1-800-380-4777 | 1-914-632-0022
Fax: 1-914-632-8494
info@crossculturalsolutions.org

Web address: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/default.asp (11/05)

 

 

Friends United Meeting (www.fum.org) is an international association of Friends (Quaker) organized for effective Christian ministry. Founded in 1902, FUM includes 20 yearly meetings (regional associations of Friends), and affiliated organizations, and sponsors ministries in Kenya, Belize, Cuba, Jamaica, Palestine, Russian, ministries and Chicago. Periodic work teams visit mission sites for projects usually lasting one to two weeks. Transportation and basic expenses are paid by the volunteers. For a listing, see: www.fum.org/worldmissions/workteams/2006workteams.htm.

 

 

 

Global Children's Organization recruits volunteers to serve in its two-week summer camps in the Balkans and Ireland designed to promote awareness and respect. GCO nurtures children traumatized by intolerance, terrorism, or war by providing summer camps and on-going programs which prepare both children and volunteers to be active participants in building a peaceful world. Sessions in 2008 are now over. Sessions for 2009 have yet to be posted.
For more information contact:

Global Children's Organization
3580 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1800
Los Angeles Ca 90010
Phone: (310) 581-2234
Fax: (213) 389-1237
Email: gco@globalchild.org

Web address: http://www.globalchild.org

 

Green Volunteer is an Online Information Network with 500 conservation and wildlife projects worldwide, many with low or little cost, where no previous experience is required. Visit http://greenvolunteers.com/ for more information.

 

Greenway International Workcamps started its activities in 1998 with the help from NICE in Japan and SIW in the Netherlands. The basecamp and office of Greenway is in a small village nearby the city Had Yai in Songkhla province in the South of Thailand. The basecamp has English teaching camps (short term), which take place every month. Greenway offers cultural exchange and international living through short-, medium- and long-term volunteering.
For more information contact

PO Box 21 Had Yai Airport
Hat Yai, Songkhla
Thailand 90115
Tel: +66 (0) 7447 3506
Fax: +66 (0) 7447 3508
Email: info@pitayasuwan.org

Web address: http://www.pitayasuwan.org/ (11/06)

 

Group Workcamps Foundation offers Christian youth workcamps for 400 or more young people to perform hands-on home repair projects for needy families during the summer. Group Workcamps Foundation, a nonprofit organization has helped over 185,000 students and adult leaders stretched their faith, completing more than 31,000 service projects around the United States and abroad. For more information contact at

Group Workcamps Foundation
P.O. Box 599
Loveland, CO 80539
Email: info@groupworkcamps.com

Web address: http://www.groupworkcamps.com/ (11/06)

 

 

International Youth Workcamps (Cadip). Participating in an international short term volunteer project can be an exciting prospect. It is an interesting and meaningful way to travel with purpose and spend 2-3 weeks in a foreign environment. Working and living together with other young people from around the world provides an excellent opportunity to make many new friends, learn about unknown places and culture, gain new skills and experience. One to two-week opportunities are regularly available year round in over 30 countries while longer-term projects are available in over a dozen countries.

Contact:

907-950 Drake Street
Vancouver, British Columbia,
V6Z 2B9, Canada
Phone: 1-604-628-7400 (long-distance callers, click here)
Fax: 1-604-628-7401
Email at this separate page.


 

Jackson Area Ministries. JAM operates summer workcamp programs of various lengths from June to August in Appalachian Ohio. If you are interested in JAM work-camping, contact the office, or write to:

Bob Davis
PO Box 603
Jackson, OH 45640
Phone/fax: (740) 286-1320 (call in advance before sending a fax)
e-mail: jamjar@bright.net

Web address: http://www.frognet.net/~jorobin    (11/05)

 

SCI International Voluntary Service was founded after World War I by French Quaker, Pierre Ceresole, in his hope to create an alternative to military service in the form of workcamps, is now one of the major clearing-houses for (mostly) summer workcamps. The purpose of the workcamps is to promote international understanding and peace through three broad categories of service: physical work, social work, and work/study in the USA and abroad. A list of current workcamps can be found at their current workcamps page. Their FAQ page answers many possible questions. For more information contact

SCI-IVS Main office
5505 Walnut Level Rd.
Crozet, VA 22932
Tel/Fax: (206) 350 6585
Email: sciinfo@sci-ivs.org

Web address: http://www.sci-ivs.org/ (11/05)

 

Smile Society is a Volunteer Organization who welcomes all International volunteers and students to participate in welfare activities for the under privilege kids in India. Current project opportunities.

Udayrajpur,#9 railgate,
madhyamgram,
W.B
700129
India
Telephone: 0091-9339731462
Fax: 0091-33-25376621
Email: info@smilengo.org

Web address: http://www.smilengo.org/ (1/06)

 

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) offers interested volunteers a multitude of ways to work for social justice and human rights. JustWorks camps are short-term projects that help volunteers examine and understand the causes and damaging effects of injustice. Participants work directly with people in the communities they serve, experiencing social justice struggles firsthand. Participants must be age 16 or older. The JustWorks camp sessions are generally a one-week commitment. Anyone interested in these exciting learning experiences is encouraged to submit an application at least 6 weeks in advance of the JustWorks camp. The website to view all available workcamps is: http://www.uusc.org/opportunities/522.

To register for a workcamp, or to learn more about our projects, please contact: Nguyen Weeks, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee 130 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: 617.868.6600; Fax: 617.868.7102; E-mail: justworks@uusc.org Web address: http://www.uusc.org/justworks (11/06)

 

Volunteer Action for Peace, UK recruits unskilled volunteers for over 1000 international volunteer projects in 45 countries worldwide. These projects are usually 2-3 weeks workcamps and the volunteers must be maximum age of 18. The volunteers will be working in archaeology, arts and cultural projects, ecology, environment, children and social projects, construction, renovation and study projects. For more information email action@vap.org.uk Web address: http://www.vap.org.uk/ (11/05).

 

Volunteers For Peace offers over 3000 programs in over 95 countries and 90% of workcamps occur June through September. There are about 300 programs between October and May. Work projects can be of any type because they arise from the needs of the local host community: Construction & restoration of low income housing or community buildings; environmental projects such as trail building, park maintenance, organic farming; social services working with children, the elderly, physically or mentally handicapped, refugees, minority groups, drug/alcohol recovery, AIDS education and arts projects; historic preservation and archaeology. VFP programs are open to anyone age 18 and up in most countries. Although workcampers average ages are 21-25, we welcome volunteers of all ages. For more information, contact:

Volunteers for Peace
1034 Tiffany Road
Belmont, VT 05730
Phone: (802) 259-2759
Fax: (802) 259-2922
E-mail: vfp@vfp.org

Web address: http://www.vfp.org/ (11/05)

 

Washington Quaker Workcamps, Inc. offers opportunities for community service which seek to address social concerns in concrete ways. All weekend workcamps strive to bring together people who might not otherwise find ways of bridging differences of race, religion, or economic circumstance. All workcamps are open to individuals and groups, 9th grade and above. Workcamps are generally limited to a maximum of 15 participants. For more information see

http://williampennhouse.org/? q=workcamps

or write to

515 East Capitol St.
SE Washington, DC 20003.
Tel: 202-543-5560
Fax: 202-543-3814
Email: wqw@williampennhouse.org

 

World Horizons International Since 1987 World Horizons established the benchmark for teenage cross-cultural volunteer community service experiences. World Horizons organizes community service trips lasting 2-5 weeks long in locations ranging from North and South America, the South Pacific, Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East, where teens discover new views of their world, and of themselves.

Service projects from late June to August, which range from 2 to 5 weeks, are available to teens from age 14 to 18. All-inclusive costs range from $3950 to $5250 (application fee of $200 not included) for the following locations:

 

We are very pleased to make this information available to you but hope you are moved to assist with some of the costs involved. By sending a donation of $10.00 or more to the Quaker Information Center at the address on the top of this page, you will help defray the costs of preparing and maintaining these lists.

 

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