{"id":11,"date":"2016-03-09T10:11:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T09:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eys-workcamp.de\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:46:01","slug":"herzlich-willkommen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eys-workcamp.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Ecumenical Youth Services<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Ecumenical Youth Services (EYS) is an international volunteer camp program. EYS follows in the tradition of the International Ecumenical re-construction camps, developed and organized by the Youth Council of the World Council of Churches (WCC) after World War II. Today, EYS is administered by the Amt f\u00fcr kirchliche Dienste of the Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz Protestant Church (EKBO).<\/p>\n

EYS camps provide an opportunity for young people aged 18 to 26 (In exceptional cases also from the age of 17) from all over Europe and the world to meet and work together for two weeks on meaningful and socially relevant projects in an international context. The registration fee for the 2 weeks is 40\u20ac.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In summer 2025, five international EYS camps were organised. It was an enriching experience for everyone involved (75 participants from Brazil, Czech Republic<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Egypt, <\/span>Germany,\u00a0<\/span>Hungary, <\/span>Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Tanzania and Ukraine as well as the camp partners). Further information can be found in the participant statistics<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

EYS videos<\/a> on camp work, leisure time\/living together or a practical guide\u00a0<\/a>illustrate how such a camp runs.<\/p>\n

Information about EYS work camps and how they are organised can be found in the General Info Brochure<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our guiding principle is<\/span>\u00a0united we work<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in an effort to<\/span>:<\/p>\n