Rotary Clubs and Districts in many countries organise Camps and Tours which last from one to four weeks, usually during Summer. These are mostly in the Northern hemisphere due to the seasonal and academic year differences with the South. The majority of Camps occur between June and late August.
By late April 2011 we had received invitations to send candidates to over 50 camps, offering about 85 places to UK & Ireland camp candidates and over 50 of those places were already taken up.
Initial advice of an upcoming Camp and an invitation to send participants is normally received by the national Camps & Tours Coordinator between late December and April, although one or two may be received earlier or later.
The number of participants on each Camp or Tour varies but typically there are between 8 and 20 and normally there will be only one participant from each country, though some allow a boy and a girl or 2 candidates. The preferred language is almost always English – If this is not the case it will be clearly stated in the details.
Some countries also run Handicamps which specifically cater for young people with physical disabilities and usually require participants to take an able bodied “buddy” with them.
Details of Camp and Tour invitations which are currently available will be emailed to Registered Candidates as soon as possible after they are received but the list from 2011 gives a good idea of what can be expected. While there is no guarantee that these will be repeated in following years they often are. So their dowloadable details will give you a flavour of what might be available next summer.
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