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Israel Kibbutz

Position Joining a Kibbutz will be one of the best adventures of your life OVC will be able to assist with your Kibbutz application and placement to make it as painless as possible. If you are between the ages of 18 and 35 you can become a Kibbutz volunteer. The kibbutz population accepts volunteers for a minimum period of two-months and a maximum of six months. In the kibbutz the volunteers live and breathe the kibbutz atmosphere, and during their stay they benefit from many of the social and material advantages of the kibbutz The opportunity to take part in the unique lifestyle of the kibbutz community is a contingency found no where else in the world. The kibbutz population welcomes the volunteers in their homes, and invites them to experience and partake in the daily life of the extraordinary kibbutz community. While living in the kibbutz. The volunteers are invited to take part in many of the social activities of the kibbutz. The kibbutz pub is available to the volunteers as well as the cinema showings. The gym, the tennis courts, the basket ball/ foot, ball courts and the swimming pool are also open to the volunteers. In some kibbutz, the volunteers are even invited to join the kibbutz-basket ball or football league. Eligibility SA Passport age between 18 - 35 HIV Free certificate Medical certificate. Kibbutz Application from nearest OVC branch.     Start/Finish Dates Anytime of the year. Visa Info Initial visa is granted for 3 months. The Kibbutz can assist you with a further 3 month extention. Cost Admin fee R2000.00 (R500 discount if you book your flight through OVC) Program fee ILS360 / +- R730 Other fees Doctors Certificate Visa fees ILS110 / +- R230 Travel Insurance ILS340 / +- R680 Airfare (approx) R10 000.00 Recommended Spending Money R5000.00 Application Apply through any OVC Office. Registration is simple and confirmation usually takes 24 to 48 hours. You will need to get a doctors certificate proving you are fit and healthy and you are ready to go. More Info WHAT CAN I DO? Generally the kibbutz offers work in three different categories: * Agriculture * Tourism * Services and other different kinds of work. The agricultural work branches are, needless to say, dependant on the seasons and not all kinds of agricultural work is available to the volunteers all year around. In addition, it is important to stress that some branches in the agriculture,like for example the cows shed, only accept volunteers that are willing to stay far longer than 3 months, The agricultural work branches in the kibbutz are very varied. They include work: like fruit picking (bananas, avocados, dates, apples, litchis oranges and more) work in green houses (for example tomatoes, potatoes and plants) work with the irrigation systems, fish and fishing (both ornamental fish and fish for food industry) chicken houses, turkey houses and egg incubator and finally, work with the cows and the milking.