The Committee

Nigel Watt

First took part in (IVSP) workcamps as a medium term volunteer when serving as a conscientious objector in the 50s. Worked for IVS (British branch of SCI) from 1971 to 1984, mainly dealing with overseas LTVs and later as General Secretary. Director of CCIVS 1992-98. Partially responsible for founding workcamp associations in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Namibia... and for organising some in Burundi while working for Christian Aid. Nigel is Director of Africa Centre between IVS and CCIVS.

Cedric Medland

Cedric Started Attending Workcamps in 1987 and leading them in 1988. Since then he has worked for four different workcamp organisations as Development Officer, Acting Director and medium term volunteer from 1988 to 1999 - when he and his fiancee were asked to run YAP UK. He has considerable experience of all aspects of workcamp training and exchanges.

Cedric now manages the Publication of several local news magazines in the Isle of Wight.

Anoek de Smet

joined her first workcamp in 1991 and went to places such as Spain, Turkey, Hungary and Palestine. She became a more active member of Contact J -former Belgian branch- and the international YAP movement by attending various Directing Committees and Congresses, by leading several Brussels based workcamps. She followed a workcamp leader training (by Contact J - Brussels) and training to train workcamp leaders (by YAP - Rome).
Following the Braganca (Portugal) seminar, she organised alongside Gisele Evrard, YAP Romania, Via Pacis (Hungary) and YAP Latvia the first Arte Diem Festival in Brussels in 1996. This was followed by participating in a study visit to the Lebanon, which resulted in an exchange between Offre Joie and Contact J later that year.
After some quiet years Anoek moved to London in 2002 where she has joined YAP-UK / Action for Peace Volunteers.

Anoek is working as an Architect / Urban Planner.