Camp Start: Camp will start on 31 May. Kids are to be dropped at Drop Zone Forest Campsite at Manneguda by 11 am. 

Visiting Camp

The Camp will be very busy with activities and parents are discouraged from visiting the camp or calling as it interferes with the schedule. In case of Emergency contact with the Outlife Team. 

Participant Phone Use

The camp experience is a way for children to develop a greater sense of independence. Therefore, no phone is available for participants to routinely make or receive calls. Cell Phones Not Allowed in the camp. Campers arriving with phones at camp must deposit the phone on arrival. The phone will be returned on the departure day.

 Contacting Your Ward In An Emergency

We discourage parents from talking to their child during the entire duration of the camp as it interferes with their becoming independent and self-confident. In emergency circumstances, please get in touch with the Outlife Team or camp educators.

Parent Communication

Staff are trained to handle day-to-day situations that may arise during your child’s stay at camp in a safe and caring manner. 

Instances when you might expect to hear from camp staff for consultations or to arrange to pick up your child may include:

•Behavioural issues including bullying or verbal or physical aggression.

•Severe homesickness

•Illness with a fever over 100*F

•If your child receives medical care apart from regular first aid

•Daily Camp Updates would be shared with parents through Whatsapp by the end of the day on by the basis of convenience.

CAMP Communication Policy

The camp provides parents with the camp educators’ contact information and camp procedure around parent-child communication. 

Parents accustomed to communicating instantly with their children by cell phone, email or text messaging may have to adjust their expectations. 

Philosophy on which the camp communication policy is based.

Constant communication with parents is inconsistent with a camper developing his self-reliance and independence. However, be assured that the camp staff will contact you if there is any concern with your child, whether emotional, physical, or behavioural. Circumstances that merit a call could be any health issues, a visit to a hospital or doctor, or severe homesickness.

Our campsite policy does not allow campers to speak with parents by phone for several good reasons:

1. Phone service in camps is limited and cannot meet the demands of the entire camp population.

2. We prefer to keep phones open for day-to-day camp requirements and coordination or the rare emergency calls. 

3. Camp educators prefer to spend time with the campers rather than managing communications with parents.  

4. Philosophically, allowing campers to speak on the phone to their parents is counter-productive to the aims of the camp, which are to encourage campers to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, and independent.

5. If a child is homesick, hearing a parent’s voice usually makes things worse.

6. Phone calls cut into the day-to-day activities and schedule. 

7. Camp schedules are full of planned activities and special events. Scheduling parental visits or phone calls is an added complication in the busy schedule.

8. If a child has difficulty adjusting to camp, a parent’s phone call or visit usually worsens matters. 

9. It would be regrettable to reverse the camp staff’s hard work by asking for a phone call or visit after your child has overcome his initial struggle with homesickness. 

Daily Communication with Parents 

We would relay general information and pictures daily between 7 pm – 8 pm through WhatsApp each evening. 

Exceptions:

An exception to the no-phone call rule sometimes occurs when the child has a birthday. Other times it is to assure parents that their child has arrived at the campsite safely after travelling a significant distance on the first day of the camp. 

Please do not promise your child that you will call or visit when the camp policy does not allow it.

A good day to visit is the last day of your camp session. Your child can proudly give you the complete tour and introduce their educators and new friends; then, the family departs happily together. Parents will better appreciate the post-camp stories.

Camp Final Day: Parents are requested to arrive at Campsite by 10 am for kids presentation and Pickup. Those who cannat attend the presentation are requestd to pickup the child by 12:00 pm from campsite

Camp ends by 12:00pm on 04 June