World Camp's exclusive Youth to Youth program is not simply a service trip or an adventure trip, but one that combines the two! Join us!

1. WORLD:: CAMP
delivering education :: inspiring action delivering education :: inspiring action
SUMMER
2013
delivering education inspiring action
YOUTH TO YOUTH OUTREACH

2. welcome TO SERVICE ADVENTURE
“The very nature of World Camp makes this experience
so unique; it’s not simply a service trip or an adventure
trip, but one that combines the two. The experience
deconstructs barriers between the two worlds, bringing
me closer to the children and volunteers I worked with.
I know that I have grown as a global citizen from this
trip to Malawi, and I hope a child has grown to become
a more knowledgeable community member.
I know one thing for sure - the kids, the laughter, the
sweat, the dreams, the friends, will all remain a special
place in my heart.”
-Karen Li, Y2Y Volunteer

3. HISTORY and
PHILOSOPHY
WORLD CAMP’S YOUTH TO YOUTH
P R O G R A M I S A N I N T E R N AT I O N A L
VOLUNTEER AND SERVICE LEARNING TRIP
DESIGNED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN
SERVICE AND ADVENTURE.
F o u n d e d i n 2 0 0 0 Wo r l d C a m p i s a n
international non-profit organization that offers
service learning opportunities for high school
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and university students in Malawi, Africa.
World Camp volunteers immerse themselves in
the lives of our partner communities and truly
participate in collaborative development work.
Over the course of a decade more than 500
volunteers have gained life-long commitments
to service, strengthened their multicultural
understanding, and built valuable leadership
skills.
Most importantly, World Camp offers students
unparalleled opportunities for personal growth
from an ambitious blend of service, cultural
immersion and adventure that instills
confidence as future leaders.

4. your EXPERIENCE MEANINGFUL FIELDWORK
You will meet inspired people, discover new confidence and
develop skills that you never knew you had. We take pride in
building strong teams who work with our partners in Malawi.
WHAT YOU DO Your field work is based on the needs and understanding of the
At World Camp we believe in the power of young people and communities and directly benefits local initiatives.
that the most efficient way of learning is by doing. We don’t just
ask you to observe global issues, we ask you to act on the All of World Camp’s outreach programs are founded with strong
solutions, because positive, ethical leaders can change the sustainability objectives and empower local individuals and
world. communities to achieve self-sufficiency whenever possible.
Based on these beliefs our Youth to Youth program offers young
people the opportunity to travel, learn, experience, to empower
and be empowered. The focus of your trip is to expand your
own knowledge and skills, while inspiring others to take action
against locally challenging issues, especially those related to
poverty and disease.
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Your trip begins with a group flight led by a World Camp trip
leader from the United States. You will meet fellow team
members who will soon become fast friends. This trip is active
from the first moment you arrive in Malawi. World Camp’s
leadership team will provide you with an intensive orientation,
preparing you for the experiences ahead.
Over the next four weeks, you will immerse yourself in the urban
and rural cultures of Malawi. For many students, this may be the
first time they have spent an extended period of time away from
the comforts of the modern world. You will balance your time
between World Camp’s residence in the capital Lilongwe, and
World Camp’s rural program sites.
You will spend fun-filled days soaking up village life and starry
nights on group home-stays. As a Youth to Youth volunteer you
will serve alongside your teammates and World Camp’s
leadership team as you teach, build, and share.

5. what SETS US APART
World Camp’s direct, hands-on approach assures
that volunteers engage locally challenging issues
in an effective and rewarding manner. Unlike many
other programs, World Camp does not transfer its
volunteers to smaller organizations or massive
international aid projects. World Camp takes
pride in having ownership of all local projects
where volunteers serve.
We are a small non-profit organization that has
been able to adapt service adventure trips to fit
the cultural contexts of our work in Malawi, and
the result is a locally designed, culturally
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One of our core values is to promote a culture of
exchange that enables the international
community to contribute directly to education,
development, and conservation projects. We
believe that an increase in the debate and
discussion of values, beliefs and practices
influences social change.
We believe in young people and in the power and
importance of education and experience to bring
about positive growth.

6. SMALL GROUPS
Our teams are designed to be no bigger than 10 students
with 2 experienced trip leaders. This creates the best
opportunity for students to experience the fun, the
growth, and the adventure of the Youth to Youth program.
LEADERSHIP
Our leadership teams are experienced international
travelers and often received their start as a volunteer with
World Camp. They posses a blend of skills, competence,
teaching ability, and genuinely enjoy being role models
and friends to our students. They are passionate
educators, eager to impart their deep understanding of
local culture and traditions.
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PROGRAM DIVERSITY
With your team you will have multiple opportunities to
work alongside community members on a pre-selected
project. Typically these projects are focused on working
with local youth.
ADVENTURES
Weekends are devoted to exploring urban life and
destinations to take in the unique culture and landscape
of Malawi. Trips are scheduled to the magnificent Lake
Malawi and South Luangwa National Park in Zambia for a
safari.

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SAFARI SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK
South Luangwa is Zambia’s premier game viewing park where
you can enjoy a unique type of habitat seldom seen elsewhere in
Africa. Lying on the valley floor between the meandering
Luangwa River and the steep Muchinga Escarpment, this is the
best national park in Zambia and one of the finest in all of Africa.
Placed halfway through your program, you have the opportunity
to join an optional expedition to nearby South Luangwa National
Park. Experts have dubbed the park as one of the greatest
wildlife sanctuaries in the world with an abundance of wild game
concentrated around the Luangwa River, which is the most
intense in all of Africa.
BASE PROGRAM FEES DO NOT INCLUDE EXPENSES RELATED TO THIS
EXPEDITION - FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit www.worldcamp.co

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EXPERIENCE FOREIGN CULTURE REACH NEW HEIGHTS
Use the World Camp residence as a base for exploration. Spend
nights soaking up village life on home-stays, hike Mt. Nkhoma,
and explore local markets. Weekends are spent exploring World
Camp outreach projects or traveling to nearby destinations to
take in the unique culture and landscape.
Just as important as the satisfaction you’ll feel from giving back
will be your personal journey that unfolds amidst new
friendships - jostling down dirt roads and city streets as the sun
slowly reveals the magnificence of bright eyed children with two
handed waves, women carrying firewood on their heads, bicycle
commuters, and eager smiles.
FOR DAY BY DAY ITINERARIES, PHOTOS, STORIES, AND MORE
INFORMATION, visit www.worldcamp.co

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EXPERIENCE AFRICA’S GREAT LAKE
Lake Malawi is the second deepest lake in Africa, the third
largest lake in Africa, and the eighth largest lake in the world.
The great lake’s tropical waters are the habitat for more species
of fish than any other body of freshwater on earth.
This vast body of freshwater fringed by beaches of golden sand
is not only a scenic wonderland, with it’s deep, clear waters and
mountain backdrop, but it also provides a quiet setting for
reflection. Your adventure with World Camp will leave you with a
fresher, better perspective on life, a sense of accomplishment,
and a drive to be a better person.
FOR DAY BY DAY ITINERARIES, PHOTOS, STORIES, AND MORE
INFORMATION, visit www.worldcamp.co

10. our LEADERSHIP your SAFETY
Our leadership team is comprised of experienced leaders and World Camp offers an environment where volunteers test their limits
passionate educators with a blend of competence and teaching while insuring their well being. Safety is our foremost concern and is
abilities. They genuinely enjoy interacting with groups of young continually taught and practiced throughout every trip, and
people. World Camp has a firm belief that learning should be fun, volunteers play an integral role in the safety of the entire team.
something our staff exemplify and our volunteers attest to every day.
We take great pride in our excellent safety record and strive to
To us, there is no question that one of the most important aspects of maintain a safe and quality experience for our volunteers. World
any adventure is the quality of its leaders. Successful organizations Camp offers well-designed programs with detailed safety protocols
need leaders at every level. At World Camp the strong character and for all activities. International travel inherently includes a certain
charisma of our staff serves as the foundation for our success. Our amount of risk. Our expert leadership team follows carefully crafted
leaders offer more than guidance, as they serve as mentors, policies and protocols to handle any kind of personal,
teachers, and friends - they embody the ethos of World Camp, that local, or international emergency.
young people have the ability to become agents of change in the
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traveling in a foreign country. Whereas safety is not
something we can guarantee, safety is always on our
mind. We stay closely attuned to local happenings,
and monitor all news and information. We are
committed to operating the safest possible programs
and our entire infrastructure is designed around
volunteer safety.
“How will I ever be able to put this experience into words
that will fully justify all that it means to me...everyone has
made an impact on me and taught me so many things.”
-Kemia, 2003

11. delivering EDUCATION inspiring ACTION
“The feelings of being overwhelmed and
“I feel good, like I put in a hard
heartache are easier to digest and that glimmer of
days work, and really did make
hope easier to hold on to when you open up to
such a bright impact on so many
those around you. It’s amazing how close you can
people’s lives.”
become with someone in only 5 short weeks.”
-Andy Shapiro
-Carolyn Behrend
“I have so much in my heart to say, but it
flashes in pictures through my soul and I
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“Everyday in Malawi, my experience know I can’t find the words. This has
stretches any expectation I had been the absolutely most amazing
before coming...each conversation experience of my entire life.”
teaches me something new.” -Margo Mullinax
-Dean Drescher
“On this trip I have found amazing
people who have both made me
“A whole new world was laugh and held me when I cried. I
opened to me, an entirely am blessed to have been given
fresh perspective with which this opportunity to do something -
to view everything.” no matter how small my part.”
-Elena Clark -Erica Johnson
“I have not become a different person, but
a truer version of myself closer to my own
essence. I’ve learned what I can live
without and to value what I have in my life.”
-Michelle Marlow

12. questions and ANSWERS program DETAILS
DO I NEED ANY EXPERIENCE? WHERE DO WE SLEEP HOW DO I APPLY immunizations, traveler’s insurance,
Absolutely not! One unique aspect about Your accommodation varies throughout Because we have a limited number of souvenirs, and the optional safari.
World Camp is that our groups are your trip. We make separate sleeping openings, applications are processed as
comprised of experienced travelers and arrangements for boys and girls. Much of they are received. Our trips fill up early so TRIP CANCELATION
first-timers. Together your different levels your time will be spent in the spacious we encourage you to submit your Due to the extensive organization involved
complement one another as you share a Word Camp residence in Lilongwe, application and trip deposit before the with your trip, and the seasonal nature of
collective experience. offering the conveniences of western deadline. To apply simply visit our website our program World Camp is unable to
amenities. During home-stays you’ll www.worldcamp.co and review the offer fee refunds or the reduction of
HOW LONG IS MY TRIP? experience traditional rural living in mud- program information. When you’re ready program fees for late arrival or early
In our experience the longer the trip the brick homes. While on safari you’ll rest you can follow the easy application departure. Investments will have already
greater the reward. Our four and a half your head beneath the starry skies in instructions for our online form. You will been made in staffing, planning, and
week program is the ideal length of stay spacious tents. be contacted by someone from World scheduled service projects for the group
to develop new skills and forge new Camp once we receive your application. as a whole not a per person basis.
friendships. WHO ARE OUR TRIP LEADERS?
We take great care to select our Program ADMISSION PROCESS REFUND POLICY
WILL I TRAVEL ALONE? Coordinators as we believe they make the There are a few short steps in our If you must cancel or leave a course for
Wherever you go you’ll have the support difference in your experience. One of your admissions process. In addition to your any reason including dismissal all program
of your group and a World Camp Program trip leaders will be a former World Camp application we require one letter of fees are non-refundable. If you must
Coordinator. In fact, your trip leader will volunteer who has been selected based recommendation, a resume, and a travel cancel a course due to an emergency
meet you in Washington, DC for a group on their outstanding leadership abilities, form you sign with your parents. medical or family emergency a portion of
flight to Malawi. Safety is our top priority and their knowledge and love for our work your program fees may be applied to a
and your dedicated trip leader will be in Malawi. Often they are recent college PROGRAM DEPOSIT future course.
there every step of the way. graduates or graduate students who love Once accepted you must submit a non-
sharing their knowledge about World refundable deposit to confirm your trip. If World Camp must cancel a program for
CAN I BRING A FRIEND? Camp and Malawi. Your deposit is tax-deductible and will be any reason, all of your program fees will
Many people prefer the added adventure applied towards your full program fee. The be applied to a future program of your
of not knowing anyone prior to their trip. Once you arrive in Malawi your team will $250 deposit may be submitted by check choice.
However, we believe in team work and if be joined by one of our Malawi National or charged to a credit card.
you and a friend work well together and Program Coordinators. Our local team OUR OFFICE
can incorporate that into a larger group, l e a d e r s a re t h e f o u n d a t i o n o f o u r PROGRAM FEES We are here to assist you through every
we welcome as many friends as you can leadership team and are selected based Your program fees help support the step of your journey. World Camp is proud
bring. on their exceptional field work and love of operational costs of World Camp projects of our ability to provide personalized
working with teenagers. in the schools and communities you will support and guidance. You should feel
WHAT ARE THE GROUPS LIKE? be serving in Malawi. Because World free to contact us with any questions you
One of the true benefits of the World Camp is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization might have planning your trip. Call us at
Camp experience is meeting and traveling the program fee is tax deductible in the 828.254.2339 or by email at
with diverse individuals. Unique bonds are U.S. All fees must be paid in U.S. dollars info@worldcamp.co
formed in just a few short weeks and can PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO and final payment must be received prior
rarely be duplicated. Volunteers primarily C O N TA C T U S W I T H A N Y to the start of your program.
come from all over the United States, with ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU
some students joining us from Canada, MAY HAVE. ADDITIONAL COSTS
Europe and Australia. Co-ed groups Your program fee does not include
usually consist of 5-10 students with two domestic, international or in country WE ARE WITH YOU FOR EVERY
Program Coordinators. All Y2Y airfare. Additional costs associated with STEP OF YOUR JOURNEY, FROM
participants are between the ages of 15 your trip include, but may not be limited START TO FINISH.
and 17. to, costs associated with obtaining

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