Sign up to volunteer for the WOW camps +

You can sign up at www.rodekruis.be/vrijwilligeropkampplus. If you are a first time Red Cross volunteer, we ask you to register as a volunteer at Belgian Red Cross-Flanders. How to do that, we will explain to you when you confirm your registration.

As soon as we receive your application, we will review the options and let you know which camp you will accompany. We will take into account the wishes you specify. Sometimes the volunteer position you applied for is no longer available. That is why it is best if you volunteer for several positions that interest you. If all volunteer positions are already filled, we will put you on the reserve list.

Yes. During the camp we work with children and underage youth and so we ask each volunteer to present, every four years, the Underage Criminal Record Extract (596.2). You can easily pick this up at the Population Department of your municipality. In some municipalities, you can also request your certificate via the e-counter (website of your municipality) under 'Extract from the Criminal Registry'. Of course, we respect your privacy and this document will not be used for any other purpose.

Sometimes illness or unforeseen circumstances prevent you from attending camp. Please notify us as soon as possible. Then we can easily find another volunteer so that the camp for the children is not compromised. Fewer volunteers means less time, care and attention for the children.

As a Red Cross volunteer, you are fully insured. Belgian Red Cross-Flanders has collective accident and liability insurance for all volunteers. The liability insurance also insures you for damages to third parties during the camp. 

Additional damage insurance applies to your car if you use it at the request of Belgian Red Cross-Flanders during the camp. Your car and its occupants are covered by the insurance. For more information, please visit www.mijnrodekruis.be.

The professional risk for nurses (for so-called "reserved actions") is covered by the liability insurance of Belgian Red Cross-Flanders.

You are responsible for your own transportation to and from the camp. Of course, we will reimburse your transportation expenses (for car, train, bus). If you carpool, only the driver can be reimbursed for his travel expenses. The mileage reimbursement is therefore independent of the number of people the driver takes with him. We do not reimburse travel expenses to students participating in a WOW Camp + as part of their internship.

You should not wear a uniform even if you are performing grooming duties. After all, the vacation home is a place where the children are at camp. Therefore, all volunteers wear plain clothes.

As a volunteer and intern, your stay is free. So you don't have to pay anything during the camp, unless personal purchases.

As a volunteer and intern, you simply eat with the children. You will join them at the table. These meals are free for you.

Yes. If you eat vegetarian or vegan, please indicate this when registering.

The vacation rental is non-smoking. Smoking is allowed in the designated smoking areas. It is never done in the presence of the children anyway. 

The rooms are furnished with bunk beds and you will share your room with several volunteers or interns. If you would like to share a room with a particular volunteer, please indicate this when you register. We will take this into account as much as possible when assigning rooms.

The camp lasts only a week. Therefore, we ask that no visitors be invited. The children cannot receive visitors either. 

Volunteers are not allowed to bring pets. Children may bring a service dog, after consultation. If you are allergic to animals, please indicate this on the application form. Then we will take it into account.

If you are dissatisfied with the conduct of camp, please raise this with the camp leader during camp. Do not wait until you are back home to do this! If you want to comment on a particular situation afterwards, you can do so via email to wowkampplus@rodekruis.be.