9th International Youth Summer Camp 2019, Nepal

International Youth Camp Nepal(IYCN) is an experiential learning program designed for young people of different corners of world. International Youth Camp Nepal highlights cross-cultural exchange, self-exploration, leadership development, global friendship, collaboration, sustainable development goals, and youth empowerment. IYCN is also a celebration of diversity, peace, and love. It’s a beautiful deep you diving journey with amazing people around the world.

The series of International Youth Camp has been organized since October, 2015. And now, as a trademark event of youth legend, it is organized every August and December as International youth Summer Camp and winter camp. More than 500 people have already participated in International Youth Camp till date.

Either you are an introvert, extrovert or ambivert, this camp is designed in a way to meet needs of everyone.

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Objectives

To foster cross cultural exchange and global friendship
To develop leadership, team building and entrepreneurial skills among participants and empowering them to take leadership on sustainable development goals
To help participants deep dive into themselves through various approaches of self exploration developing better understanding of self and the world
To help participants achieve greater self awareness, a positive sense of well-being and live a healthy and peaceful life
To let participants discover the beauty, culture and spirituality of land of Himalayas, Nepal

Program Highlights

Cultural Exchange, Food Exchange, Diversity Celebration, cross cultural friendship
Workshops on Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Goals
Team Building, Group work, Story sharing, Talent show
Self Exploration and Awareness Session
Dance Movement Therapy (DMT)
Alternate to Violence Program(AVP)
Yoga and Meditation
Different country’s Presentation
Local Authentic Experience (1 night Homestay experience in local village)
World Heritage Site Visit in Kathmandu (Kathmandu has made an entry as the 5th top travel destination in Lonely Planet’s list for 2018.)
Hike to waterfall
Camp Fire
Visit to Nagarkot (Nagarkot is beautiful hill station near kathmandu from where you can see beautiful Himalayan range including Mount Everest)
You can also choose to extend your stay to travel to explore different parts of Nepal
Welcome, Farewell Program and a special gift

Benefit:
Youth who go for the international program like this develop an excellent measure of personal flexibility, encompassing an ability to reach compromise, focus and succeed through challenging times. They are more comfortable in ‘foreign’ environment, become aware of career and further study option which they didn’t know existed.

Other Personal and Educational Benefits:

Self-development and awareness leading to enhanced self-confidence and self-esteem. This is often the most noticeable change in returned international camp participants.
Broader General knowledge and understanding of the global issue and sustainable development goals. Enhance your knowledge and understanding by learning about the rich history of different countries
“What one learns in a classroom is a very small part of the learning process. The real learning starts when one crosses borders and travels miles for the real knowledge.”,Vivek Sahni
Enhancement in your leadership, team building, analytical and problem-solving skills
Increased acceptance, tolerance of an array of different cultural and community perspectives
Maturity and social poise, fuelled by the necessity to confront challenges outside a familiar support network and comfort zone.
Develop skills to deal with change
Global awareness (cross-cultural skills and communication)
Global networking opportunities
Experience culture and countries in the most authentic way
Long lasting memories and Global friendship

Requirement:

English Proficiency. All of our programs will be conducted in the English language. Therefore, you should be able to understand, speak, read and write English.
You should be 16 to 35 years from any corner of the world.(If you are above 35 years or below 16 years and are interested to attend the camp, you can still apply. Because of the interest of people of diverse age group, from 2019, we have saved few seats for people of that age group too to ensure rich representation and diversity.)
You should fill up a complete application form to apply.
You should have a passport.
You should be able to pay the camp fee.

PROGRAM FEE: 249 USD

Once you apply for the camp, you will be notified about your selection within 2 working days of application submission.
You need to confirm your participation by payment of at least 50 US dollar via paypal or bank transfer or western union. If the payment method is not available in your country, let us know and our team will cooperate. You can pay the remaining amount after your arrival to Nepal.
Apart from participating in our valuable training program and workshops, The camp fee will cover:

Food 3 times a day and Shared Accommodation with same gender
Pick up from the airport and Drop to the airport and Internal Travel cost
T-shirt
World Heritage site visit
Program Materials and Certificate
Emergency health check-ups or Doctor Visit and First Aid. (Medical fee is not included in the camp fee, we encourage everyone to have a travel insurance.)
24 hours assistance and support from the team.
Internet facilities in hotels. (Places you will be staying have wifi except for a day where you will stay in a Home stay at remote village)
Umbrella or Raincoat depending upon the weather condition.

The cost will not cover airfare, visa fees and health insurance. The cost will also not cover extra activities.
If you are willing to seek funding from the school, college, private companies, funding sites etc, then on your demand, we will send you the letter with confirmation which you can use for fundraising.
See Frequently Asked Questions for more information.