Swamp Camp Strategy | Swamp Corps

Key program elements

A week designed to shape character, deepen faith, and build leadership.

Through play, service, and shared experience.

Swamp Corps establishes week-long residential camps. They include a diverse range of activities, classes, and engagements that cultivate essential skills, attitudes, and practices aligned with the core tenets of character development:

Service
Humility
Forgiveness
Gratitude
Encouragement

While each camp is thoughtfully adapted to its local context to ensure relevance and engagement, these core program elements remain consistent across all Swamp Camps globally to protect culture integrity, uphold our mission, and support long-term sustainability.

The same in every country

Eight things every camp has

South Africa: 9-10 year old boys team

Cabin assignments
Campers are grouped into teams based on their age to enhance peer-to-peer relationships.
Jamaica: counselors with a younger girls team

Counselor assignments
Two or three counselors are assigned to each group to lead, train and care for the campers.
South Africa: team working on site entrance

Service assignments
Each team is given a work assignment to fulfill the daily duties required to keep the camp running smoothly.
India: younger boys class

Bible classes
Daily age-appropriate classes are offered with a curriculum emphasizing knowledge, faith and character growth.
Middle East: team dodgeball
Brazil: young camper tackling low ropes

Games and activities
Daily activities are organized to promote teamwork, strategic thinking, and connection through play.
South Africa: boy sharing

Expression sessions
Two assemblies focus on public expression of gratitude and encouragement, helping participants build confidence in public speaking and develop feedback skills, while also emphasizing the importance of positive reinforcement strengthening connection and community.
USA: Camp Swamp night sky

Under the stars
One session is held under the stars as we discuss facts regarding our solar system, the distances of stars and the vastness of our universe, helping children to understand the glory of God revealed in creation and that they are special and have a unique and sacred role to play in all of nature.
Jamaica: older campers' class

Under His grace
This session centers around the crucifixion of Jesus and emphasizes the profound impact of forgiveness and grace on our personal well-being and the unity of our relationships and communities on a broader scale.