Volunteering in Switzerland

Do you need to complete a work placement in a language region as part of your studies? Would you like to use and improve your language skills? Or are you simply looking for a unique summer experience where you can meet amazing people from all over the world, discover a new region, and perhaps enjoy the best summer job of your life? Then friLingue is the perfect choice for you! Join us for a volunteer experience in our language camps in Estavayer, Schwarzsee, Braunwald, or St. Bernard.

1. Combined offer: Volunteering + 15 hours of language lessons

Minimum age: 17 years
Price: 750 CHF per week (including accommodation, full board, excursions, evening activities, and lessons)
You will attend 15 hours (20 lessons) of classes per week in the mornings, and afterwards help us as a volunteer with tasks such as cooking, dishwashing, tidying, accompanying excursions and evening activities, or supervising the children while swimming. This represents about 2 to 4 hours of work per day.

2. Full-time volunteering

Minimum age: 18 years
The programme includes accommodation, full board, excursions, and activity programmes.

We are currently (and honestly, almost always) looking for:

KITCHEN ASSISTANTS: each camp has its own kitchen and cook, and since we need to feed many hungry children and staff members, we are always looking for extra help. Tasks include assisting in meal preparation, serving, washing dishes, and loading or unloading the dishwasher.

HOUSEKEEPING ASSISTANTS: as you can imagine, with many children and teenagers at our camps, things can get messy sometimes! We need extra hands to help clean and vacuum common areas, classrooms, showers, and bathrooms. Volunteers in this area are responsible for general cleanliness and hygiene. Volunteers arrive on Saturdays and leave on Sunday afternoons or evenings.
You can stay for one, two, or more weeks, depending on the season. We prefer volunteers who can stay several weeks.

The schedule usually includes 5–6 working days per week and 4–6 hours per day, but not in one continuous shift – for example, one hour after breakfast, one after lunch, and one after dinner. This means you will have plenty of free time. You will not be the only volunteer – there is always a small group of volunteers. Upon arrival, you will meet them along with the camp leader, cook, and volunteer coordinator to divide the daily tasks.

In exchange for your help, we offer full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks included) and free participation in some excursions, so you will have no expenses during your stay with us.
If you have a special talent or hobby such as graffiti, DJing, hip-hop, jazz dance, theatre, or circus, we would love for you to organise a workshop for the participants two afternoons per week.

If you enjoy your experience with friLingue and we feel that you are a good fit, there may be future opportunities to join us as a teacher or camp leader.