Workcamp Opportunities Worldwide
"Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life." - The Dalai Lama
"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." - Rabindranath Tagore
AFSC Mexico Summer Project - US and Mexican partner organizations host a seven week workcamp near Mexico City working with indigenous people. Must know Spanish and be between 18 and 26 years old. AFSC-Mexico
African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI)- Every summer volunteers, ages 8 to 70 + work alongside Africans in small workcamps for a month in the Great Lakes region of Africa (Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda). African Great Lakes Initiative
Ben Lomand Quaker Center offers workcamps in the summer for middle school students and up for several weeks each summer. Ben Lomand Summer
China Summer International Volunteer Workcamp Three week workcamp every August in China to work with Japanese and Korean volunteers in teaching English and environmental studies to rural children in Hunan Province. China Summer
Friends Disaster Service is a name of several Yearly Meeting ministries.
Evangelical Friends Eastern Region: http://www.thefriendschurch.org/ministries/detail.php?ministryID=81
Evangelical Friends Mid America YM: http://www.efcmaym.org/friends_men/Friends%20Disaster%20Service.htm
North Carolina YM (FUM): Contact Wiley Shore wshore@yadtel.net or (336) 679-8466
Rocky Mountain YM: www.rmym.org/fds.html
Friends United Meeting (FUM) offers occasional workcamps to Cuba, Kenya, Ramallah, Palestine, and in the US. An upcoming workcamp is in January 2010 working in Cuba Yearly Meeting
www.fum.org/worldmissions/workteams/2006workteams.htm
Friends Neighborhood Guild offers weekend workcamps in North Philadelphia, primarily for high school students, but accepts groups of all ages from monthly meetings.
Washington Quaker Workcamps offers workcamps for all ages in Washington DC. We also lead service trips to New Orleans and West Virginia.
http://williampennhouse.org/?q=workcamps
Western Quaker Workcamps- Organizes workcamps in Western US and northern Mexico during the whole year. Most sites are rural Native American communities.
Contact: Mike Gray afsc-imym-jsp@worldnet.att.net for more information
Woolman Work Camps are located on the Woolman Semester School campus in Nevada City, Ca. By joining us in community during the summer to play music, clear brush, put on new roofs, swim in the Yuba River, play in the garden, create delicious meals and paint buildings; you are directly contributing to the longevity of our school. This is a time to work alongside others who believe in the possibility of a peaceful, creative world.
http://www.woolman.org/family_work_camp_events.cfm
Youth Service Opportunities Project – Runs programs for youth and college groups in Washington DC and New York City providing direct service to homeless people.
Additional websites to visit:
www.quakerinfo.org/service/workcamps.html
www.afsc.org/volunteering/default.htm
If you have any additions or updates to add to this list, please email Greg Woods at wqw@williampennhouse.org
