Workcamps
Workcamps are the most common form of short-term volunteering and are projects where a group of unskilled volunteers work and live together on a project which has been identified by a local community or a project working with that community. They generally last for 2 up to 4 weeks
The types of the projects developed by SEEDS, SEE beyonD borderS, are mainly nature or environmental oriented, and they can be for instance ecological research, removing invasive growth (luppina), building of walking paths or hiking trails, cleaning of the coastline, reforestation and erosion control works, construction or renovation of a community building (such as a school or medical block), monument or community centre, etc...
There are some social, cultural, study, agricultural, archeological, maintenance projects and others depending basically on the identified need of the local community. International workcamps bring together volunteers from different nationalities and backgrounds aiming at building up international understanding and therefore encouraging peace while working for an identified need of the local community. They are a multicultural, voluntary-workforce Groups' sizes vary between 5 and 20 participants.
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