HOW WELL-SUPERVISED & SAFE IS THE WORKCAMP? The Workcamp staff takes supervision and safety very seriously.  Besides the Workcamp adult staff, each group is required to bring one adult sponsor for every five young people to provide supervision at the work sites and the school.   The Workcamp will not involve young people in any kind of dangerous projects.  No youth will be allowed to use power tools at all. Adults are as long as they have previous experience.   Every participant is asked to bring protective safety gear.  Every young person is matched to a project they can handle.  To compensate for the hot weather, work campers are supplied with plenty of liquids to drink and given frequent breaks.   Each residence and worksite is inspected beforehand.  Home repair projects are well organized and prepared.  First-aid kits and emergency care instructions will be available at every worksite.  Medical facilities are located a short distance from every site.  Every safety precaution is exercised to produce a safe and injury free atmosphere.   CHWC's bottom line is the safety of its campers. As a service organization this is our top priority in choosing which communities we will be involved with. Unfortunately, no neighborhood is totally safe and secure.  There are no communities free of crime.  Families and people are victimized in upper-class nice neighborhoods.  Crime occurs in wealthy neighborhoods and middle class suburbs.   If a work team feels unsafe CHWC will remove them from their worksite.  CHWC policy is to remove work teams from the worksite if they do not feel comfortable.  In some cases, teams choose to finish their work project….even though there is criminal activity going on around them…such as someone selling drugs down the street.   CHWC policy is to contact the local police when we have work teams in neighborhoods that have a high crime rate.  In some situations they have placed a squad car close by or in front of the house we were working in. They often will send additional patrol cars through the community and keep a closer eye on it.   CHWC does not send work campers when there is a clear risk of violence, crime or danger or deemed unsafe for our campers.   CHWC dos not haphazardly send teens into unsafe neighborhoods.  The safety of campers is our highest concern. CHWC considers the welfare of campers much more important than improving the living conditions or a particular person.  Campers are not required to work in conditions or communities that make them feel unsafe or uncomfortable.  Back to F.A.Q's