Work Camps in Uganda

Each summer, Castleville co-operates with CODEP (Cleraun Overseas Development Projects) in organising work camps in third-world countries.

Since 1992 CODEP has been bringing university students and young professional people to some of the poorest parts of the developing world and giving them the opportunity to work in collaboration with rural communities.

The programs stimulate the transfer of knowledge and the provision of aid to communities in need of development, while providing European students with a unique understanding of the needs and problems of developing countries.

The projects implemented are small-scale and designed around the priorities of each local community - usually healthcare, rural development, water, and sanitation. These community-based initiatives create real prosperity without threat to the delicate fabric of the community or its environment.

Unskilled participants can contribute under the eye of expert leaders (both local and Irish) and, though each project operates with modest resources, it is tailor-made to the specific requirements of each situation and hinges on the full input of the people in the community. They contribute their own expertise, ideas, and labour, ensuring a level of local participation which is decisive in guaranteeing the success of the project.

CODEP website re 2003 Uganda Work-camp

   Address: Golf Links Road, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland

Tel: +353-61-331-223   

   Email: castleville@eircom.net

Last updated: 21 April 2008