A workcamp in international volunteering, is an arrangement where groups of volunteers from different countries work and live together as a team on a short-term basis and for a not-for-profit cause, usually for one to three weeks.[1][2] Workcamps are considered one of the most important types of international volunteering programs.[3] They were first introduced in 1920 as a way of bringing people together for increased international understanding and peace reconciliation efforts.
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