South Africa/Tanzania Spring Work Camp

The South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association (SAVWA) will contribute towards the development of South African communities both urban and rural through local, national, regional and international volunteers to work together towards the cultural, economic, socio-political well-being of young people and marginalised persons or groups through empowerment work camps programs and promotion of sustainable development. The South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association shall work and collaborate with other Volunteer driven organisation, Regional Work Camp Associations, and organisations. South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association is a member of Southern African Workcamp Cooperation, Partner with Service Civil International (SCI) and Full member of Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS).

Vision: to be a community based, volunteer membership driven, people focused, self-sustaining and development oriented organisation which is youth centred and gender sensitive.

Aims and Objectives:
- to conduct voluntary based work camps and community driven development programmes in South Africa nationally throughout the year and regional and internationally throughout the world participation.
- to conduct capacity building training and skills development for young people.
- to facilitate youth exchange for volunteers North to South, South to North, and South to South volunteer driven work camps exchanges and developmental programmes.
- to establish a volunteer work camp site in South Africa self-sustaining and youth oriented establishment.

Activities: since its inception in 2012, SAVWA is looking to carry out projects in various communities of South Africa in the following categories:
- Construction: Roads and foot-bridges, low income housing, schools, clinics, churches and community center’s
- Renovation: Royal buildings, archeological and historical sites.
- Environmental: Soil and water conservation, tree planting
- Health: water supply, pit latrines, HIV/AIDS awareness and mitigation
- Economic: poultry, piggery and irrigation schemes, communal and home gardens and other income generating enterprises. Volunteers An international work camps consists of volunteers from different races, nationalities and other backgrounds although local volunteers are usually in the majority; the latter are made up of two groups namely SAVWA members and local community members.