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FINDING
WORK ABROAD
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CAMP,
LEADERS & KIBBUTZ
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Work on a Kibbutz or Moshav
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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. |
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| When |
| All
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| Where |
| Israel. |
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| Work |
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work, on a kibbutz or a moshav, is physically demanding.
Volunteers are expected to work hard in the fields,
factories or, increasingly, service industries for
six to eight hours a day, six days a week. For kibbutz
workers, an option to divide their time working
and studying Hebrew on an Ulpan programme may also
be available, though places are limited. |
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| Qualifications |
Volunteers
should ideally be aged 18 to 32, physically and
mentally fit, single (or married, without children)
and able to stay for a minimum of 5 to 8 weeks.
You need not be Jewish. Older volunteers may also
find a place at the discretion of a kibbutz or kibbutz
movement.
A B4 visa is also required and can arranged without
difficulty by your kibbutz after arrival. Volunteers
from countries that require a tourist visa to enter
Israel should enquire with the Israeli embassy in
their own country. |
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| Pay |
| On
a kibbutz a volunteer receives free accommodation
and meals, toiletries, cigarettes and other minor
personal needs. Moshav volunteers get an allowance
in the region of £200 per month, plus accommodation,
but will have to pay for food, drink and other personal
requirements. |
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| Finding
Work |
First
time volunteers usually turn to a placement organisation
in their own country. Kibbutz Representatives in
the UK, or the Kibbutz Aliya Desk in the USA, for
example. Volunteers arrive in Israel, in a group
of fellow countrymen, with work arranged in advance
and transportation from airport to kibbutz taken
care of.
The other way is to get a cheap ticket to Tel Aviv
and turn up at the Kibbutz Program Center (at 18
Frishman Street) between 8am and 2pm, Sunday to
Thursday. Placements can be made straight away but
during busy periods there may be a wait of a few
days.
Moshav arrangements can be made in Tel Aviv at the
Workers Moshavim Movement, 19 Leonardo da Vinci
Street (Sun-Thurs, 8am to 3pm) |
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| Tips |
| Kibbutz
Maabarot, halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, recommends
volunteers arrive with: two towels, waterproof shoes
for work, hiking shoes, a hat, an alarm clock, two
passport photos, warm clothing for winter (Nov to
Apr) and light clothes for summer (May-Oct). |
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| Further
Information |
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Kibbutz
Volunteer by Vacation Work is the best
guidebook on the subject. We also like Beer
And Bagels For Breakfast by John Carson,
a contributor to this site. Though not a guidebook
his book is very popular both with reminiscing
ex-kibbutzniks and with those travellers looking
forward to the experience for the first time.
The
latest editions are available
from amazon.co.uk
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Links |
| Directory
> Camp, Leaders & Kibbutz |
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