World Camp 

Why volunteer with World Camp?

What Sets World Camp Apart
World Camp's direct, hands-on approach assures that volunteers engage locally challenging issues in an effective and rewarding manner. Unlike many other programs, World Camp does not transfer its volunteers to small community-based organizations or to massive international aid agencies. World Camp volunteers are trained, hosted, and directed by professional staff who works diligently with volunteers to ensure that camps and other projects are efficient and productive.?

Our Mission
World Camp has developed a curriculum that empowers young people to make healthy decisions, allowing them to be the positive change their communities so desperately need. World Camp is fixing clear targets on the challenges faced in their communities. World Camp is motivating young people to take pride in making healthy decisions for themselves and others.

Geared Toward Respect
Young people are the greatest hope we have for controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS. Each and every child has a right to knowledge and skills that can reduce their vulnerability. The success of World Camp's efforts can be attributed to the experiences the World Camp program creates. The World Camp experience revolves around respecting and involving young people while at the same time being sensitive to their respective culture. World Camp aims to create safe and supportive environments integrating a gender perspective, while addressing risk, vulnerability, prevention, and support.

What will World Camp be for you?

Making Friends 
It's amazing how close you can become with someone in only 4 or 5 short weeks-people you have never spoken with before stepping on an airplane together. It's hard not to become close to someone when you're thrust in the middle of a life altering experience. As one volunteer says it "the overwhelming sense of heartache is easier to digest and that glimmer of hope is easier to hold on to when you open up to those around you." World Camp provides a foundation for forging new and unique friendships, a vault of experiences that together will become the best memory of your life. In a few short weeks you will be exposed to a variety of personalities, backgrounds, and views, all of which will provide you with a well-rounded experience.

Encounter the Culture
As your personal World Camp journey unfolds you will be accompanied by a team of translators local to the communities World Camp is assisting - each eager to share thoughts about life, love, religion, and culture. Amidst your new friendships you will remember jostling down dirt roads or city streets as the sun slowly reveals the magnificence of bright eyed children with two handed waves, women carrying firewood on their heads and sleeping babies on their backs, and stunning scenery.

Finding Your Strength
In addition to the lasting friendships you make as a member of the World Camp team you will also gain valuable life and leadership skills. You will be immersed in a place where people live life deliberately and simply. World Camp hopes that you will be able to learn what you can live without and to value what you have. You will be constantly challenged as the World Camp program forces you out of your comfort zone, and as you take responsibility for yourself and others. Working and living closely with others in challenging situations will push the limits of World Camp team dynamics. It will require you to discover a truer version of yourself.

An Unforgettable Experience
You will be taking away a myriad of memories and invaluable experiences that upon reflection may seem a bit surreal. Your World Camp journey will begin within and lead you outward as you experience thousands of smiling children, eager teachers, and curious strangers. World Camp hopes you will see the glimmers of hope through the AIDS epidemic and be proud of what you did and the ways in which you did it. Just as important as the work you will do are the lessons you will take away, the lessons about how to live the rest of your life.