Zimbabwe Workcamps Association

Zimbabwe Workcamps Association (ZWA) is local inspired Youth Volunteer Organisation founded in October 1993. It is non-political, non-sectarian, not for profit, membership organisation. Its membership is open to anyone above the age of sixteen years irrespective of nationality, gender, race, religion, political view, or educational qualification. ZWA seeks to promote inter culture education, international and national understanding through voluntary services, peace, solidarity, and community development. ZWA is registered with the Zimbabwe Youth Council under the Ministry of Youths, Sports, Arts and Recreation. ZWA is a member of the Southern Africa Workcamps Cooperation (SAWC), which a regional body that promotes development and voluntary work. ZWA is also a member of a continental platform Network of Africa Voluntary Services (NAVO), a continental body which aim to achieve prosperous and peaceful Africa through youth empowerment, volunteerism and pan Africa exchange as well as scaling up global, regional and national actions to meet young people’s needs, realize their rights and tap their possibilities as agents of change. ZWA is also a member of the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) created under the aegis of UNESCO in 1948. Zimbabwe Workcamps Association employs international voluntary services as a double aged sword namely education and community development. Workcamps are proven developmental techniques aimed at encouraging local communities to do self-help projects, using scarcely available resources in the raising of their socio-economic, cultural and physical standards of living. We strive to
 To assist with community development,
 Encourage the concept of voluntary service as a force in the search for peace, equality and international understanding,
 Enable young people to encounter and understand different cultures.
 Organize and run voluntary workcamps in Zimbabwe and in the region either independently or in collaboration with other voluntary organization or government departments.
 To promote peace, democracy, social justice, volunteerism and exchange of information, skills, and best shared practices.