Provide Summer Camps for 500 Youth in Transylvania

Global Giving Report May

Care2Travels project - Provide Summer camps for 500 youths in Transylvania is progressing well.

We have confirmed fourteen different camps will be run over the summer in ten different locations, two of which are brand new to the project. We are expecting an average of 40 children to attend each week long camp. The camps will be supported by approximately six international volunteers and five local volunteers to ensure high quality experiences.

The camps are being advertised in schools across the community and the organisation is reaching out to teachers to help all children access this great opportunity. Parental consent forms will be distributed with the help of these teachers and we are hoping many children will take advantage of the camps.

The daily running of the camps is being organised. We have completed a draft timetable, with activities running from 9:30 to 14:00 with half hour lunch break from 12:00. New games and activities are being designed for this years camps, ensuring new and returning children are engaged in all activities. Our resources are being reviewed and new resources will be purchased, and we are researching the best options for transportation.

Finally the local volunteers will undergo a series of training and team-building activities. There will be meetings aimed to prepare volunteers for the work involved with the camp, to train volunteers in the skills and knowledge required to run high quality group activities for children, and to determine which camps the volunteers will attend. There will also be team-building activities with the local volunteers to establish a sense of camaraderie and build relationships between old and new members.

We thank you for your support and are looking forward to the commencement of the camps.

 Each year Care2Travel organizes Summer Camps for children ages 5 to 14.

Seeing the need to improve camp programs for the disadvantaged offered by the city and fill the void in childrens lives, we started collaboration local and international charities, to organise summer camps at Csaracso, a 15 minute drive from our office. These disadvantaged youth are often from economically deprived and or abusive environments and or from large families unable to give the individual attention needed.

Within a structured, nurturing, and caring environment, children attend one of the four to five day overnight camps where learning 80 new English words is the goal. Programs are fun and interactive, e.g., baloon shaving, olympic competitions in limbo dancing and ball games, with learning new games and skills occurring in a team focused environment.

Along with the help of donors, international volunteers are also a big help when it comes to organizing these camps. Thanks to the support we had in 2018, we were able to organize a total of 15 camps, four to five days long each. This means more than 460 children involved in learning teamwork and developing personally through many different games. Additionally, Care2 Travel, as partner, helped organizing two more camps, hosting a total of 56 people.

When children arrive they split into 4 teams and design and make their team flags, which helps build esprit de corps. In addition to team building, where competition, sportsmanship and fair play are learned, exposure to multi-cultural adult role models enable children to improve their life and social skills. Days begin at and end with shower and lights out at 10:00 P.M. Children needing calming may be read to as they attempt to fall asleep. The camps end with a party, including a little awards ceremony and lots of hugs, and numerous memories to take back home.

To show our gratitude for our donors, we will be more than happy to send out flags made by the children.

If you are interested you can e-mail us at: office@care2travel.org