Summer Camp  For Young Adults Ages 13 - 16

As more and more eleven-year-olds returned from Villages, fired with enthusiasm about their experiences, other young people, often those who had been unable to attend a Village, felt that they too would like to have their own Village-type experience. After a good deal of debate, it was decided to hold a number of experimental Summer Camps, and these proved so successful that the Summer Camp was finally approved as an official program in 1995.

Aimed at slightly older children than the Village, the Summer Camp encourages participants to take initiatives towards leadership and responsibility for program planning. In addition to promoting the ClSV philosophy, each Camp focuses on a specific educational theme, aiming to overcome prejudices, build self-confidence and stimulate critical thinking, through activities and discussion Delegations from six or nine different countries consist of either four or six young people plus an adult leader. The duration of each camp is three weeks, and the age range of the young people is 13 - 15. Single sex Summer Camps are possible to accommodate cultural sensitivity regarding mixed camps for teens.