Volunteer opportunities
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Workcamps
1 - 3 Weeks
Abroad / Switzerland
+ 16-18 years
Workcamps in Switzerland
*is continuously updated
[31.05 – 11.06 2022] Mountain Paths and Pastures (Maloja GR)
[12 – 26.06 2022] Botanical Garden Alpinum Schatzalp (Davos GR)
[03 – 16.07 2022] Ecole d’Humanité spirit & renovation work (Hasliberg BE)
[09 – 23.07 2022] Holiday camp for asylum-seeking children (Haute-Nendaz VS)
[09 – 16.07 2022] Mountain hut renovation works in Doro (Chironico TI)
[11 – 16.07 2022] Umwelt- und Sozialeinsatz auf der Alpe Loasa (Bruzella TI)
[13 – 20.07 2022] Old Mill Mini Music Festival (Schangnau BE)
[16 – 30.07 2022] Holiday camp for asylum-seeking children (Haute-Nendaz VS)
[17 – 30.07 2022] Chestnut forest & alpine agriculture (Vezio TI)
[17 – 30.07 2022] Chestnut forest preservation in Misox (Soazza GR)
[17 – 29.07 2022] Intercultural Building Project (Zürich ZH)
[29.07 – 12.08 2022] Local non-profit music festival “Hors Tribu” in Môtiers (Val-de-Travers NE)
[30.07 – 09.08 2022] Music Openair Support (Cavaglia GR)
[31.07 – 13.08 2022] Pro Terra Engiadina (Sent GR)
[01 – 13.08 2022] Art Camp (Langendorf SO)
[07 – 20.08 2022] Ecole d’Humanité spirit & renovation work (Hasliberg BE)
[07 – 20.08 2022] Nature Parc Ela – Reconstruction of dry stone walls (Savognin GR)
[15 – 25.08 2022] Wikipedia for Peace & Media Responsibility (St. Imier BE)
[15 – 28.08 2022] Maintain vitality of Alpine biodiversity (Villars-sur-Ollon VD)
[28.08 – 10.09 2022] Gipsgrueb Community & Organic Garden (Ehrendingen AG)
[11 – 25.09 2022] Botanical Garden Alpinum Schatzalp (Davos GR)
Workcamps abroad
Long-Term-Volunteering (LTV)
In a long-term assignment, you as a volunteer will make a large contribution to a charitable project in Asia, Africa, Latin America, UK, Spain, North 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.
There are some free places for short- and long-term projects in Cambodia. Find your project here.
European Voluntary Service (EVS)
6 - 12 months
Europa
between 17 - 30 years
free of cost
*I live in Switzerland and I would like to do EVS abroad:
Catalonia (Spain)
Attention and support of adult persons with intellectual disabilities
1 volunteer for 12 months ASAP
Bulgaria
Organic farm, local community, biodiversity, local youth, elderly people
1 volunteer for 6 months (01.05.2022 – 31.10.2022)
*I live abroad and I would like to do EVS in Switzerland:
ASYLUM CENTER IN VALAIS, SWITZERLAND
Unaccompanied minors, young adults in precarious situations
1 volunteer for 12 months (01.05.2022 – 31.04.2023) [or by arrangement]
VEREIN NATURKULTUR, SWITZERLAND
Working with shepherds in the mountains, at the ski resort, in the office, working with disabled adults…
2 volunteer for 12 months (01.08.2022 – 31.07.2023)
SCI SWITZERLAND, SWITZERLAND
Placement of short-term volunteers in Workcamps in Switzerland and abroad
1 volunteer for 12 months (01.05.2022 – 31.04.2023) [or by arrangement]
ZIRKUS LOLLYPOPP, SWITZERLAND
Encourage young people to develop their own youth culture
1 volunteer for 4/5 months (19.04.2022 – 30.08.2022) [or by arrangement]
AFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS, SWITZ.
Supporting the application processes of sending and hosting participants
1 volunteer for 12 months (01.05.2022 – 30.04.2023) [or by arrangement]
Eastwards
1 - 12 months
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia or Ukraine
From the age of 18
At present, volunteer placements in Russia and Ukraine are only possible to a limited extent
Praktikum im Kindergarten der Deutschen Schule
St. Petersburg, Russland
Volunteering in a private school
Namangan, Uzbekistan
Nomadic Art Camp
Kyrgyzstan
Upcoming Training courses
Reacting to Toxic Masculinity in Youth & Volunteering Projects
22 – 28 May 2022
Madrid, Spain
Methods against war
1 – 6 June 2022
Mitrovica, Kosovo
II Youth Act! International Forum
13 – 17 June 2022
Barcelona, Spain
FUNding Peace: the power grid for your project
26 June – 2 July
De Hoge Rielen, Belgium
Youth Exchange: COVID-19 – What now?
24 – 31 July 2022
Vaud, Switzerland