This year’s theme for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2018 campaign is ‘Empowering the Commitment to World Heritage’ led by UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS).
UNESCO writes:
This year’s theme for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2018 campaign is Empowering the Commitment to World Heritage. For its 11th year, 53 action camp projects will be implemented at 52 World Heritage properties and sites inscribed on the Tentative Lists, from June to December 2018, by 46 organizations in 29 countries.
The WHV 2018 campaign provides empowering and enriching opportunities to young people and enables them to go beyond borders in some of the most outstanding places in the world. Volunteers will work together to preserve natural and cultural sites, as well as to raise awareness among local communities about their heritage.
The World Heritage Volunteers Initiative is led by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) in collaboration with the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS), the European Heritage Volunteers (as a branch of Open Houses) and Better World.
To become a volunteer, please refer to the selected project descriptions for the WHV 2018 campaign below and directly contact the organization implementing your chosen action camp. The organizations will provide you with the procedure to follow and all the information needed for the application.
Types of project to which volunteers can apply include:
- WHV – Increase Youth Engagement in the Conservation and Sustainable Development of World Heritage Sites in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kivu Terra Nova (KTN)
- WHV – Discover Bahrain Heritage, Bahrain, Arab House Foundation (AHF)
- WHV – Al Zubarah Archaeological Site, Qatar, Qatar Museums (QM)
- WHV – The Feast of Na-Tcha in the Historic Centre of Macao, China (Macao), Macao New Chinese Youth Association (MNCYA)
- WHV – Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu, China, Global Cultural Exchange (GCE) and Beijing Shangdehongyi
- WHV – Prambanan Temple Compounds, Indonesia, Dejavato Foundation
- WHV – Zvartnots Cathedral, Armenia, HUJ Voluntary Service of Armenia (HUJ)
- WHV – Lesser known World Heritage Monuments near St. Petersburg, Russia, Mir Tesen
- WHV – Intermunicipal World Heritage on the Slopes of the Popocatepetl, Mexico, Asociación Mexicana de Voluntariado Internacional A.C (AMVIAC)
Full list of selected projects for the World Heritage Volunteers 2018 campaign
