Workcamp

A workcamp in international volunteering, is an arrangement where groups of volunteers from different countries work and live together as a team on a short-term basis and for a not-for-profit cause, usually for one to three weeks.^[1]^[2] Workcamps are considered one of the most important types of international volunteering programs.^[3] They were first introduced in 1920 as a way of bringing people together for increased international understanding and peace reconciliation efforts.

^ Sherrard Sherraden, Margaret; Stringham, John (2006). "The Forms and Structure of International Voluntary Service". Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations: 2, 5, 18.
^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Burghardt, Anne (2015). "Social media and pre-project inter-cultural dialogue in international workcamps: potential and reality". Interculture Journal. 14 (24): 37–52. ISSN 2196-9485.

[:12-1] Sherrard Sherraden, Margaret; Stringham, John (2006). "The Forms and Structure of International Voluntary Service". Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations: 2, 5, 18.

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[:3-3] Burghardt, Anne (2015). "Social media and pre-project inter-cultural dialogue in international workcamps: potential and reality". Interculture Journal. 14 (24): 37–52. ISSN 2196-9485.

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