... peacing the world together!

Be part of the change - join a virtual camp!

Environmental projects, sport and health, communication or artistic / creative ideas. There are numerous ways you can volunteer from home and get to know volunteers from around the world in online projects.

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Coronavirus / Covid-19: Info regarding workcamps in Germany

You are going to participate in a workcamp in Germany, but are wondering whether and how the spread of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 may affect your travel planning? We have summarized the most important information for you here ...

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Celebrating 100 Years

Have you ever wondered when international workcamps started? The idea goes back to the engineer and pacifist Pierre Cérésole, who organized the very first international project with volunteers from France, Switzerland, England and Germany in 1920 just outside Verdun.

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Our volunteers' experience

You would like to know what other volunteers have experienced in voluntary work projects in Germany and abroad? Here you can find reviews of different work camps.

Access for All

Participation in our volunteering projects should be open to any young person. We are therefore committed to overcoming obstacles and making access to international workcamps as easy as possible.

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Equal rights. Equal opportunites.

Our workcamps are open for all, regardless of origin, gender, sexual identity, cultural and social background, economic position, education, religion and beliefs, physical and health conditions, and/or other restrictions.

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Practice sustainability

In our volunteering projects we promote sustainability and support its practical implementation in everyday life.

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Workcamps

In a workcamp, young people from all over the world come together to volunteer for a non-profit project for 2 to 3 weeks. Various projects in the fields of nature and environmental protection, construction and renovation, archeology and in the social or artistic area offer a variety of possibilities.

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Long Term Volunteering

We also send volunteers to medium- and long-term voluntary services. These are projects that are not offered as "regular" voluntary services (such as Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr, European Voluntary Service, Internationaler Jugendfreiwilligendienst or weltwärts).

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Trainings

You are looking for further experience in international volunteering? We have places in international trainings, seminars and further education in Germany and abroad every year. In most cases English is the working language and often travel expenses are funded under the ERASMUS + funding program.

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IBG Workcamps - your international voluntary service abroad!

Get involved in voluntary work projects in over 40 countries, meet volunteers from all over the world, improve your language skills and broaden your horizons!
Our organisation has pursued the goal of contributing to peace and international understanding through international volunteering services since its foundation in 1965 - we are "... peacing the world together"!

NEWS

Where to volunteer in Germany this summer

The spread of the corona virus has cancelled some of our great travel plans for 2020. Are you also looking for an alternative way to spend your free time in summer? Are you interested in engaging in...

#100YearsofWorkcamps: Fantasy festival in France and organizing a workcamp in your own home town

In 2020, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of international workcamps. 100 years of workcamps means millions of individual stories of discovering, understanding and learning, and of dedicating one's...

Support our work with a workcamp voucher

It is difficult to predict what the next few months will look like with the spread of the new coronavirus. For IBG as a workcamp organization, the current situation with travel bans, curfews and...