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Workcamps

1 - 3 Weeks

Abroad / Switzerland

+ 16/18 years (unlimited)

Workcamps in Switzerland 2025

[13- 15. June] Mini-Workcamp: Mini-Workcamp: Weekend of exchange and cooperation (Tschüdanga, VS) Focus: intercultural exchanges and creating links between people, nature, animals and creativity through cooperation

[29 June – 12 July] Botanical Garden Alpinum Schatzalp (Davos GR) Focus: Environmental protection and agriculture – this workcamp is full!

[29 June – 06 July] Bringing Nature Back by Rebuilding Dry Stone Walls (Monts-de-Bex VD) Focus: Environmental protection and biodiversity

[14 – 25 July] Intercultural Building Project (Zürich ZH) Focus: Sustainable lifestyle and manual work

[19 July – 02 August] Holiday camp for asylum-seeking children (Haute-Nendaz VS) Focus: Working with children from refugee families

[25– 27 July] Mini-Workcamp: Vegan-organic weekend (Sornetan BE) Focus: Sustainable permaculture & lifestyle

[27 July – 09 August] Pro Terra Engiadina (Sent GR) Focus: Environmental protection and restoration

[02 – 15 August] Local non-profit music festival “Hors Tribu” (Môtiers NE) Focus: Art, culture and local history

[03 – 09 August] Mountain Farm Loasa Cooperative (Bruzella TI) Focus: Environmental protection and restoration

[03 – 16 August] Nature Parc Ela – Preserving traditional cultivated landscapes (Savognin GR) Focus: Environmental protection and cultural heritage

[09 – 16 August] Art Camp (Solothurn SO) Focus: art, culture, and local history

[10 – 16 August] Chestnut forest preservation in Misox (Soazza GR) Focus: Environmental protection and education

[29 – 31 August] Mini-workcamp: Artistic and intercultural exchange (Solothurn). Focus: Exchange between young asylum seekers in Switzerland and other young people living in Switzerland.

[07 – 20 September] Botanical Garden Alpinum Schatzalp (Davos GR) Focus: Environmental protection and agriculture – this workcamp is full!

[21 – 28 September] Maintain Vitality of Alpine Biodiversity (Villars-sur-Ollon VD) Focus: Environmental protection and agriculture

*All workcamps for the 2025 season will be published by the end of March. The workcamps take place between May and September.

Workcamps abroad

 

There are more than 300 workcamps in over 90 countries. The list is updated on a regular basis. There are workcamps for everyone!

 

Long-Term-Volunteering (LTV)

In a long-term assignment, you as a volunteer will make a large contribution to a charitable project in AsiaAfricaLatin AmericaUKSpainNorth America. The duration is 1 – 12 months. You will immerse yourself in a different culture and acquire new skills that will enrich you personally and that will also help you when you return to Switzerland. From 18 years old.

 

 

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European Voluntary Service (EVS)

6 - 12 months

Europa

between 17 - 30 years

free of cost

There are currently no EVS positions available.

Eastwards

1 - 12 months

Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan

From the age of 18

Art Project with Children

Kyrgyzstan

Nomadic Art Camp

Kyrgyzstan

Art Recidency Preparation in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

Volunteering in a school

Namangan, Uzbekistan

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