What is a workcamp?
What is a workcamp?
A work camp is an activity in which a young person from a different background joins a group that commits—voluntarily and selflessly—to carrying out community service work over a 15-day period, such as assisting people, engaging in nature conservation, or working on heritage preservation.
Labor camps in Belgium
Labor camps in Belgium
Educational experience
Educational experience
An international work camp is an educational volunteering experience in which you dedicate your time to an organization—either elsewhere in the world or within Spain—to provide support to a specific local community. The work involved is highly diverse (covering social, environmental, cultural, or educational areas) and may include tasks such as nature conservation, awareness-raising, assisting individuals or specific groups, heritage preservation, festival support, or archaeological work.
Work camps typically last between 15 and 60 days. While most take place during the summer, projects are available throughout the year. Your contribution to a project is combined with recreational and leisure activities—either organized by the association or entity running the project, or initiated and carried out by the group of volunteers themselves during their free time. A defining feature of international work camps is the experience of living together with young people from all over the world.
European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
- It can last between 2 weeks and 2 months.
- It is a full-time commitment (30 to 38 hours per week).
- It involves people from other countries.
- It usually takes place abroad, although you can also do it in your own country.
- Groups consist of at least 5 volunteers from 2 or more countries.
- They can support activities that address common European challenges within the high-level policy areas defined each year at the EU level.
