Each year CADIP has over 2000 volunteer short-term opportunities in Canada, Brazil, France, Germany, Colombia, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, China, Iceland, Kenya, India, Italy, Botswana, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam, Spain, Nepal, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Zambia, Uganda … They are in field of charity work in favour of children and youth from underprivileged and disadvantaged background, care for people with special needs, environmental protection, restoration and conservation work, cultural events and festivities, etc.

Description:
CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects organizes mainly short-term volunteer service projects (international workcamps) in Canada and overseas and we will be happy if more young people from North America are interested to join them. Based on our experience, we believe that in the field of international volunteering, we provide the most affordable opportunity for short-term involvement, which can be attractive for the students.

History:
The volunteer workcamps originated in Europe more than 85 years ago. The first international volunteer project took place in 1920 near Verdun (France) on the place of a former battlefield from the World War I. The first volunteers were former military persons from France and Germany (only 4 years earlier over 1.000.000 French and German soldiers were killed in the Verdun battle). The volunteers built homes for refugees and locals. The ideas of this first volunteer project, reconciliation and creation of a new world, inspired "the volunteer movement" to grow to worldwide dimensions.

Contact person: Program Co-ordinator, Program Co-ordinator, (646) 582-9000, (email)

Address:

353-1350 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 0C2 Canada, WA 98660 (See a map)