As an effect of this story, I want people from my country to also use these workcamp opportunities to discover places, meet people and create experiences that they would proudly talk about. I did not think a lot before going to my first workcamp, I just did it. I wanted to travel and I wanted…
A volunteer travelled with GAIA to a workcamp called ‘Youth for Human Rights’ to Tirana. Here she writes about her experiences: The work camp, which took place in the village of Ndroq, 18 km southeast of Tirana, started off with two brainstorming sessions for the planning of awareness raising activities on the topics of human…
We have just finished our first workcamp in Shtime and it was a great sucess! In the 10 days of the workcamp we managed a lot of renovation work in the Balkan Sunflower Learning center, to help and to improve the environment for the children who go there! We have to say a big THANK…
Every year there are hundreds of workcamps within the SCI network all over the world. Workcamps are international short term volunteer projects. For around two to three weeks you can meet people from different countries, cultures and backgrounds and together with local communities you can work on a joint project. The goal is to support…
SCI WORKCAMPS 2013 It is that time of the year again! The new camp season of SCI has opened. The database of (short-term) voluntary projects (also called`work camps`) is full of new volunteering opportunities! GAIA invites everyone who wants to experience a few weeks of international solidarity, intercultural exchange and friendship combined with fun and…
WORK CAMPS 2012 Yes! It is that time of the year again! The new camp season of SCI has opened. The database of (short-term) voluntary projects (also called `work camps`) is full of new volunteering opportunities! GAIA invites everyone who wants to experience a few weeks of international solidarity, intercultural exchange and friendship combined with fun and…