Indonesia International Work Camp, commonly known as IIWC, is a non-profit non-governmental organization headquartered in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. IIWC organizes various international voluntary services in the framework of strengthening voluntary values and creating world peace. It is based on volunteerism and cooperates with a number of partners in the local, national, and international for the same purpose. IIWC activities come in the forms of work camps, the hosting of long-midde term volunteers in Indonesia, the sending of Indonesian volunteers abroad, campaigns, social events, IIWC Cares, and internal activities.
Vision:
Encouraging the youth as the agent of change towards global friendship and world peace.
Mission:
International Volunteerism:
• Promoting international voluntary values
• Providing space for the youth to learn and understand life diversity.
Participation Dimension:
• Engaging the youth to participate in the effort of creating world peace
• Encouraging the youth to initiate efforts of creating world peace
Empowerment Dimension:
• Supporting social empowerment efforts so as to create harmonious life in diversity
Sustainability Dimension:
•Promoting the establishent of sustainable harmonious life in the society
Core Values:
• Upholding plularism
• Non-discriminatory
• Gender justice
• Non-profit
Key Achievements 1999 – 2011:
Conducting more than 500 short-term voluntary activities spread throughout Indonesia (Java, Bali, Kalimantan)
Receiving more than 500 foreign volunteers medium and long-term doing activities with local partners in a variety of social issues.
Sending more than 100 local volunteers abroad for study tours, internships and international voluntary activism.
Has served as the President of NVDA, a network of voluntary organizations in Asia Pacific, for the period of 2008-2010.
Assisting recovery efforts after the devastating earthquake in Yogyakarta, in the period of 2006-2007.
More than 500 members have attended various training organized by IIWC and are able to apply the results in their respective communities.
History
In 1999, an international work camp was first held in Indonesia by the IPPA Central Java, precisely in Mijen, Semarang, in collaboration with NICE (Never-ending International workCamps Exchange) Japan, a non-profit non-governmental organization that organizes workcamps and other voluntary projects based in Japan.
Then in 2000 IPPA Central Java was invited by NVDA (Network for Voluntary Development in Asia) to participate in the 3rd Training and Networking and the 2nd General Assembly, at which IIWC was officially established and registered as a full member of NVDA.
Over time, IIWC continues to organize international work camp activities with different themes and locations, while the number of participants grows siginificantly every year.
In the year 2001 – 2004, IIWC has been privileged a mandate as Vice President of External Relations of NVDA. Then in 2004 IIWC was registered as an associate member of Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Services UNESCO (CCIVS) UNESCO headquartered in Paris, France. At the same time IIWC also served as the Secretary General of NVDA for the period of 2006 -2008. Then, In 2008-2010 assumed the presidency of NVDA in the year 2008 to 2010.
Currently, IIWC has more extensive networks through promotion via both its domestic and international partners. In addition, IIWC is also further enhanced by a number professional staff to answer every need of activities organized each year.
