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Summer Camps: Hiking For Humanity.
Byline: Karin Bennett
Deepika Jindal, from Hisar, India, was eager for her two children to have a meaningful summer experience. "Indian children lead sheltered lives," she says. "During their summer break, they either sit at home to finish their homework or go on vacation with their parents." Jindal found a third option: Les Elfes, a summer camp in Verbier, Switzerland, where campers go paragliding and take trips to the United Nations in Geneva.
Les Elfes is just one of many international retreats for kids that have sprung up in recent years. These new camps take the traditional American model--canoeing and campfires--and give it a modern twist, adding language training and group-building exercises to foster a generation of internationalists.
Les Elfes houses its campers--who come from Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe--in two chalets atop the Alps. Sure, teenage campers (called elves) water-ski on Lake Geneva. But they also devote eight hours a week to studying language (French, German, English or Spanish). Despite the hefty price tag--3,145 euro for two weeks--enrollment has increased by 20 percent over last year. Plans are in the works for a sister camp in Whistler, British Columbia (leselfesinternational. com ).
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Source: HighBeam Research, Summer Camps: Hiking For Humanity.