Summer Camps, Activity Leaders & Kibbutz
Camp Counsellors
If you think you can be a cross between a teacher and a big brother or sister, you may be interested in spending the summer in America as a Camp Counsellor. Work is in one of the 12,000 children's summer camps scattered across the USA and isn't restricted to students.
River Guide Jill Baxter remembers the days when people would say ³you are a bright girl, don't you think you should have a real job? But they say "Boy, It must be great to get paid for what you do" once they learn a typical day may involve waking up in some spectacular place and checking out young golden eagles in their nest.
A Camp in America
Despite the blood, sweat and tears, Jason Cook finds it hard to imagine his life if he hadn’t gone to work at a summer camp in America.
A Summer With CCUSA
Spending a few months abroad - that's for people trying to dodge their taxes, not grimy students like you or I, isn't it? Well, prepare to cheer with relief when Sarah Baber tells you that being an international jetsetter is easier than pulling during fresher's week.
The Day I Got my Leg Over
Giving 100% to the campers in his care meant conquering a fear of heights to guide a 12 year old New Yorker with learning difficulties up a 40 foot wall.
Sonya Miley spent Ten Summers at Camp America - she encourages you to spend at least one there.
Work on a Kibbutz or Moshav
A kibbutz offers the basics for living and working abroad - a bed, food and fags - in exchange for work in its fields, factories and tourist facilities. An alternative option is to stay on a moshav, which pays a pocket money wage but is less communal.
First Impressions Don't Last
John Carson, author of Beer & Bagels for Breakfast, spent 12 months on a Kibbutz near the Gaza Strip. He provides a look at what to expect when working and playing in a small community.
Hotter Than Hell: Life as a Kibbutznik
Giving up the nine to five for the four to noon, Jonathan Adams describes a stay at Kibbutz Ein Hasheloshaon in the Negev desert.
Jenny Ayling of South Yorkshire earned herself A Scholarship to Israel where she spent six months in 2000 on the Bridge in Britain / Gap year programme of Friends of Israel Educational Trust.
Kibbutz Life
It was an 'experiment that worked' was how philosopher Martin Bauber put the kibbutz movement. Matt Scott describes his time on the experiment that worked so well it's still going strong.
Other resources
Directory > Sports & Leisure
If you have skills and the temperament to pass them on to others you'll earn overseas. Potential employers include American summer camps and European activity centres
Directory > Kibbutz
Hundreds of Kibbutzim in Israel welcome hard working volunteers for a communal experience. Alternatively try a Moshav
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