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The guidebook is being prepared for Alternative Camp volunteers and volunteer leaders. Some of the contents of the guidebook will be:
- History of Alternative Camp, definition, philosophy, aims and goals,
- Standards and principles of Alternative Camp,
- Volunteering and being a volunteer at Alternative Camp,
- Types of disabilities: physical and mental, definition, basic conditions and treatment,
- Alternative treatment,
- Physical education and handicaps, suitable sports for handicapped people,
- Special Olympics and Paralympics,
- Handicapped Scuba diving,
- Glossary on terminology related to disabilities.
The guidebook, including all information on handicaps and Alternative Camp, is being funded by the World Bank and will be published in October, 2006. |