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Ever thought of being a kibbutz volunteer in Israel?

My label is John Carson, I’m an English backpacker and I was a kibbutz volunteer for over two years — and had a fantastic time! This free guide will offer tips, hints and information on being a kibbutz volunteer, what Israel is like and what you can wake to over there.

Let me just state that I am not an agency of whichever kind so can’t organize a place on a kibbutz for you. I get no money for this guide or my Web site from an lawful kibbutz volunteer bureau; it’s just a passion of mine that I generate for the fun of it.

Kibbutz Life

A kibbutz is a commune in Israel where the members all work and contribute to the escaping of the kibbutz. In return, their basic living necessities such as edible and accommodation are provided free.

If people do have jobs away from the kibbutz in the cities then they submit their wages. Lately this ideal has been changing as more members fight to reserve more of the money they earn, but a cloud of kibbutzim follow this pattern of sharing resources.

The agreeable portion of all this is that most kibbutzim absence volunteers from around the world to work with them. Volunteers work for a quite small remuneration — it’s probably closer to pocket money — but get free accommodation, food and use of the amenities. Sometimes these can include a swimming pool, tennis courts, gym and the tavern.

I have been a kibbutz volunteer four times on three different kibbutzim in the Negev Desert zone and by the Dead Sea. Having lived in Israel for just over two years, I can attest to this being the best experience of my life. It gave me a lot of positiveness in myself, and I had the opportunity to meet some fantastic travellers from around the world… some of whom I still keep in touch with 15 years afterward.

Even although I personally enjoyed the kibbutz volunteer experience, it is definitely not for everyone’s taste. You work hard (sometimes in very filthy jobs!), live in very basic rooms, earn a pittance and have no privacy at all. The kibbutz life is a blend pot of different cultures, gossip and communal living.

Having said all that, a great many volunteers I have spoken to always say that memories of those days are some of the best of their lives, and they fondly recall being a kibbutz volunteer.

Of lesson it’s not all work! Volunteers have lots of parties, go on trips around Israel, spend a lot of time in the kibbutz pub and generally let their cilia down during the times when they are not working.

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