The Riverton Camp and International Leadership Exchange is an endeavor that provides opportunities for youth to develop their skills by extending leadership training at an international level.

A group of skilled Canadian youths travels to Kingston, Jamaica to work with children in a very needy community known as Riverton. Participants stay in a very safe neighborhood of Kingston. While working in Riverton, the volunteers run a Leadership Program for boys and girls 15 years of age. The focus of the program brings 20 Riverton children to a camp setting outside Kingston, Jamaica where the Canadians offer their counseling skills at a 5-day Riverton Camp. This camp experience provides the children of Riverton with respite from the rigors of their daily life, a chance to be children, to swim, play and be involved in community and social conscience building activities. More importantly, the Riverton Camp gives these children, who have never previously left Riverton, a chance to broaden their horizons and to develop hope for a brighter future.

We invite individuals with leadership or camp counseling skills to participate in the Riverton Camp in Jamaica this summer.

Dates of trip: July 28 – August 7, 2008

Cost of trip: $1,850.00 all in (airfare, land transportation, food, accommodation)
Participants traveling to Jamaica will need a valid Canadian passport.