IBG has been organizing Workcamps since 1965 to promote international solidarity, friendship and understanding. #peacingtheworldtogether!
Let's take action for climate protection!
Climate protection will continue to be a focus of our work in 2023. Under the motto "Let's take action for climate protection", we are committed to climate protection and conserving nature in many camps and at events.
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Travel grants for sustainable travel
If you decide to travel to your workcamp abroad by bus, train, bike or on foot, we will be happy to reimburse part of your travel expenses.
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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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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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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.
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Become a group leader
You like working in groups and maybe you have already participated in one or more workcamps? Take the next step and become a group leader for an international work camp in Germany!
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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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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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Find your camp now!

Workcamps

Volunteer in an international workcamp with young people from all over the world. For 2 to 3 weeks you will work voluntarily on a non-profit project.

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Long Term Volunteering & ESC

Spend several months abroad: We send volunteers to Volunteering Teams and longer projects offered by the European Solidarity Corps, as well as medium and long-term volunteer services abroad.

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Trainings

Learn to lead international groups or educate yourself on a specific topic. Every year we organize seminars for (future) group leaders and send volunteers to international training courses abroad.

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WHAT IS ON OUR MIND THESE DAYS

Job-Shadowing day in an international workcamp
Job-Shadowing day in an international workcamp
Internationale Workcamps sind ein zentrales – aber weniger bekanntes – Format internationaler Jugendarbeit. Dabei lässt sich ein internationales Workcamp mit überschaubarem Aufwand und geringen...
Call for Volunteers: 7 - 12 months in Stuttgart
Call for Volunteers: 7 - 12 months in Stuttgart
International volunteering is a unique tool to promote peace, understanding and the European and human values. It is also a great way to directly support local projects. At the same time, volunteers...
Restore Moschun (Ukraine)
Restore Moschun (Ukraine)
Workcamp in Ukraine: Reconstruction in the village of Moschun On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces attacked Ukraine. The day became a black date for Ukrainians - even in their nightmares,...

EVENTS TO COME

08.-11. Juni | Training "Gruppenleitung in internationalen Camps" | Fornsbach (Murrhart)
25.Juni-03.Juli | Erasmus+ Training "Europe à Table (EAT)" | Serre Chevalier (Frankreich)
26.-28. August | Erasmus+ Training "How to make my Workcamp inclusive" | Stuttgart
06.-08. Oktober | IBG Volunteers' Weekend | Heidelberg
15. Oktober | IBG Mitgliederversammlung 2023 | online
01.-03. Dezember | IBG Projektwerkstatt 2023 | Winterbach

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