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«ankkuri=Alankomaat»ALANKOMAAT
SIW Internationale Vrijwilligersprojekten
is a non-governmental, non-profit voluntary service organisation, which was founded in 1953. SIW sends young people from the Netherlands abroad and welcomes young people in international volunteer projects in the Netherlands. SIW is one of the largest organisations running multilateral projects and sending volunteers abroad at this scale. The activities of SIW, which is based in the city of Utrecht, are organised by volunteers. Insurance provided. Our Objectives are to stimulate the personal growth and development of young people; encourage international contact and understanding and carry out social, cultural and environmental work.
Age limits: 18 - 35
«ankkuri=Argentiina»ARGENTIINA
Subir Al Sur
«ankkuri=Armenia»ARMENIA
HUJ Armenia
Voluntary Service of Armenia (HUJ) was founded in 1965. HUJ is registered as a non-profit NGO. It is a full member of the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations and member of Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) at UNESCO, as well as member of the European Youth Ex-change (EYE) Network. It is already 12 years HUJ runs an international volunteer exchange with partner organizations in Europe, Asia and USA.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Belgia»BELGIA
CBB Compagnons Bâtisseurs
Compagnons Bâtisseurs was created in Belgium 1953 to help reconstructing buildings after the war by organizing work camps. Volunteers from different countries worked together to rebuild peace and houses with hands and head.
Today CBB is recognised as a Youth organisation in the socio-cultural field. All our work camps tend to help local association in the social field. Even if the work to be done is the central concern we also want to work on the "group life quality". This is how we stand for peace between all human being: living together for two or three weeks sharing cultural and personal differences.
Goals are meeting people inside the group, inside the organisation and in the community. Sharing differences. Experimenting group life. Helping manually -and really- a non-profit organisation. Bring an international dimension to their activities. Making the volunteer responsible of his/her life.
Age limits: 18 +
«ankkuri=BosniaHerzegovina»BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Centar mladish Livno (YCL)
Belongs to SEEYN. The South East European Youth Network is an attempt of overcoming differences among societies that have recent tradition of conflicts through bringing young people from entire South East Europe region to work together. This is one of seven networks established within FRESTA program conducted by Danish Foreign Ministry. Since youth is one of the pillars of FRESTA, SEEYN plays an important role in contributing to its overall goals such as peace, stability and democratic development in the region.
The vision of SEEYN is to achieve a stable region with developed mutual understanding without prejudices among young people through their mobility, co-operation, and active role in society. To empower youth to built stable & peaceful region as active citizens. To create fertile ground and conditions for youth mobility. To promote and support adequate government policies for the youth
Age Limits: 18 +
«ankkuri=CostaRica»COSTA RICA
«ankkuri=Gronlanti»GRÖNLANTI
Apply through MS organization. Katso kohta Tanska.
Age limits: 20+
«ankkuri=Ecuador»ECUADOR
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«ankkuri=Espanja»ESPANJA
COCAT
Is a non-governmental and non-profit coordinating entity, created to represent Catalonia’s international work camp organisations. Its members are the Catalan entities that have been organising international work camps for the last two years.
Our work camps bring young people from many different countries and cultures to work, live and have fun together while at the same time provide a valuable service to the local community.
Age limits: 18 - 30
SVI - Servicio Voluntario Internacional. Institutio de la Juventud Spain
is a section of the Ministry of Youth and Culture. SVI's regional branches run hundreds of projects, mainly environmental, conservation, renovation and archaeological. The number of volunteers refers to the number of international volunteers and usually there will be similar number of young Spaniards. It is highly recommended that volunteers have some knowledge of Spanish. Insurance provided.
Age limits: 18 – 30
«ankkuri=EKorea»ETELÄ - KOREA
IWO - International Workcamp Organization
is a not-for-profit organization committed to community development and cultural exchange through international volunteering. Our International Volunteer Programme offers young people the opportunity to join an international team of voluntary service on community-based projects in over 70 countries worldwide. The projects differ enormously ranging from nature conservation, restoration, archaeology and construction to projects that are more socially based including work with adults and children with special needs, teaching or organising youth/children’s holiday schemes.
The Goal of all the IWO project is to let local people and young people know other countries, cultures and making friend through international volunteers; helping local people and supporting civil associations and non-governmental organisations; helping participant to understand Korean cultures and learn to respect differences; encouraging an active attitude to responsibility for the environment, youth and society; promoting and organizing voluntary service activities in cooperation with International Org, local communities& NGO.
Age limits: 18-35
«ankkuri=Fiji»FIJI
Apply through NICE organization. Katso kohta Japani.
«ankkuri=Indonesia»INDONESIA
IIWC of IPPA CJ Indonesia
INDONESIA INTERNATIONAL WORK CAMP OF INDONESIA PLANNED FOR PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JAVA – INDONESIA. FOUNDED IN 1999. AIM AND OBJECTIVES ARE INTERCULTURAL LEARNING, VOLUNTARY SERVICE, AND MULTILATERAL COOPERATION.
Age limits: 19+
«ankkuri=Intia»INTIA
FSL India
FSL India was established in India with the support of various international organizations. It is a non-profit, charitable, social and independent Non Governmental Organization (NGO) with the main objective of promoting Global Understanding/Inter-cultural learning and to work for togetherness encouraged on World Peace through Youth Mobility.
FSL’s main objective is global understanding, intercultural learning and international co-operation and to work for togetherness encouraged on world peace along with our partners.
Age limits: 19+
«ankkuri=Islanti»ISLANTI
WF Iceland - Worldwide Friends
was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organisation promoting nature and peace oriented activities for volunteers wanting to spend some time in Iceland. We also send local volunteers intending to have similar experiences abroad. WF aims at promoting active participation of people and its mobility, intercultural learning and voluntary service, through non-formal educational activities. The main activities offered are work camps, seminars, local events and exchange programmes suitable both for young people and adults.
WF is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation with international scope; we are partners of the Alliance of European Voluntary Organisations, Service Civil International (SCI) and Youth Action for Peace (YAP).
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=IsoBritannia»ISO-BRITANNIA
Concordia UK
Concordia is a small, not-for-profit charity, which since its beginnings in 1943 has been committed to international youth exchange in the hope of promoting greater international understanding and co-operation across cultures. Concordia now is involved in setting up work camps, MTV and EVS opportunities.
Age limits: 18-25
UNA Exchange UK
UNA Exchange is an independent charity working to promote international understanding. We aim to support community development through volunteering, and encourage cultural exchange. The organisation was started in 1973 and grew out of the United Nations Association in Wales. We are an independent registered charity run by staff and many active volunteers.
Volunteers with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Please take note of special requirements regarding Children Act Declaration and safety footwear.
Age limits: 18+
YAP-UK
YAP-UK is a small member of the YAP family organizations.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Italia»ITALIA
LEG – Legambiente
Legambiente is a leading environmental organisation in Italy with 20 regional committees and more than 2000 local groups. Legambiente runs National and International Campaigns aimed at reducing traffic and air pollution, against pesticides, proposing new energy policy, enhancing use of renewable sources, energy efficiency and energy conservation, etc.
We have been organising for 14 years a Volunteer Campaign promoting summer-camps in many protected areas both in Italy and abroad. This Campaign is aimed at enhancing public awareness on environmental issues such as forest-fire (every year in Italy more than 50,000 hectares of forest are burned by 8,000 fires) or habitat degradation, at collecting information on natural resources, at promoting green tourism in order to develop a sustainable economy, at helping people be active for the conservation of our natural and cultural heritage.
Age limits: 18+
LUN - Lunaria
organises workcamps and international youth exchanges in Europe, America and Africa. It implements projects based on solidarity designed to break down national and cultural barriers and to bring together the youth from Europe, to educate them to fulfill their role as citizens. Insurance provided.
Age limits: 18+
YAP Italia - Youth Action for Peace
Youth Action for Peace (YAP) Italia has been present in the country since the beginning of the Sixties. It has officially been established as a national organisation since 1971, and has been a branch of YAP (formerly CMP) since 1973. Its first volunteers took part in work camps after the flood of Florence. Since then Italian volunteers have been participating in international voluntary service projects around the world and have thus been in contact with the international structure of the organization.
The aim of the activities, besides the realisation of the projects, is to contribute to the creation of a multicultural society based on dialogue between different people. We aim to work at local and global levels.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Itavalta»ITÄVALTA
YAP Österreich
Perpetuum mobile international now renamed to YAP Österreich was founded in spring 2002, as a platform for short-term exchanges and work camp organisations in Austria. We are also involved in sending volunteers abroad. YAP Österreich is a branch of the YAP movement since 26th February 2005. YAP Österreich has three institutional members Grenzenlos and Perpetuum Mobile Regional and the newest: Amichii.
We are a movement, which aims for societies of justice, peace and human solidarity. It struggles against the different forms of violence, exploitation, injustice and exclusion; against networks of ideological, religious, sexist, political, cultural and economic oppression and imbalance of natural surroundings. It supports all women and men, who want to take their destiny into their own hands to organise collectively a responsible and liberating society.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Japani»JAPANI
CIEE Japan - Council on International Educational Exchange
is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to helping people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world. In 1998, CIEE was officially recognized as a NGO in operational relations with UNESCO. No insurance provided.
Age limits: 18 +
NICE – Never-ending International workCamps Exchange
NICE was founded on 4th Feb. in 1990 by 7 youth who had participated in work camps abroad.
In Sep. 90, the first international work camp in Japan was held at the foot of the Mt. Fuji.
It has been developing rapidly and variously with huge needs of projects & motivations of people!
Aims are t o create/ develop/ revive ecological, self sufficient and warm-hearted civilization.
To encourage activities of NGO/NPOs and activation of local communities and To promote global friendship, understanding and solidarity
Age limits: 18+ (Fiji 18+)
«ankkuri=Kanada»KANADA
CJ - Chantiers Jeunesse Canada
is a non-profit organization founded in 1980. CJ aims to the development of active and engaged young citizen, support local development and support the development of the entire potential of the persons. We offer learning and training opportunities in collaboration with partners from here and abroad, based on solidarity and respect of differences.
Age limits: 18 – 30
CAN VFP camps apply through VFP organization. Katso kohta USA.
«ankkuri=Kenia»KENIA
«ankkuri=Kreikka»KREIKKA
CIA - Citizens In Action
Citizens in Action is a non-profit, non-governmental, youth organisation based in Athens. The aims of C.i.A are: To support and promote the idea of active citizenship to the young people, through new forms of social commitment and participation, for a democratic and open society. To encourage the circulation of people and ideas through international exchanges, with the aim of the enhancement of knowledge, mutual understanding and peace. To contribute to community and local development through the participation of local and foreign volunteers in projects of benefit to all, with an emphasis on rural areas. To promote people's participation to defend and define their quality of life, aiming at the protection of the human dignity and the environment.
Age limit: 18+
ELIX - Conservation Volunteers in Greece
is a non-profit, non-governmental organization promoting intercultural exchanges between young people from all over the world.
ELIX aims in bringing together young people from different cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds, who are willing to live, learn and work together as a team, participating in projects for the Conservation of our Cultural Heritage, the Protection of the Environment and the Promotion of Local Development. ELIX. projects offer young people the opportunity to contribute in the daily life of a hosting community. Insurance provided.
Age limits: 18 - 30
«ankkuri=Kroatia»KROATIA
Volunteer's Centre Zagreb and Green Action
Belongs to SEEYN. The South East European Youth Network is an attempt of overcoming differences among societies that have recent tradition of conflicts through bringing young people from entire South East Europe region to work together. This is one of seven networks established within FRESTA program conducted by Danish Foreign Ministry. Since youth is one of the pillars of FRESTA, SEEYN plays an important role in contributing to its overall goals such as peace, stability and democratic development in the region.
The vision of SEEYN is to achieve a stable region with developed mutual understanding without prejudices among young people through their mobility, co-operation, and active role in society. To empower youth to built stable & peaceful region as active citizens. To create fertile ground and conditions for youth mobility. To promote and support adequate government policies for the youth
Age Limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Latvia»LATVIA
«ankkuri=Liettua»LIETTUA
Center of Youth Voluntary Activities (CYVA) Deineta
The organization was established in 1988 as a union of several student clubs. DEINETA is an independent non-political voluntary service organization, fully responsible for its budget and interior structure. We organize international short term youth and teenagers voluntary camps in Lithuania and also send volunteers abroad to our partners’ international projects. In 1988 DEINETA started a project “Youth for nature protection” and organized the 2 first voluntary work camps. Year by year the quantity and quality of our work camps increased, so nowadays during the summer season we organize more than 20 work camps, we send over 100 volunteers abroad and can host about 200 international volunteers in Lithuania. In 1999, in close cooperation with Eastlinks and ICYE (International Cultural Youth Exchange) Federation DEINETA joined EVS program and hosted first volunteers.
We support the ideas of solidarity and humanity and we think that the international volunteer projects are the area, where everybody is able to express himself for the sake of peace. No insurance.
Age limits: 18 - 30
«ankkuri=Makedonia»MAKEDONIA
The Ecologists’ Movement of Macedonia
Belongs to SEEYN. The South East European Youth Network is an attempt of overcoming differences among societies that have recent tradition of conflicts through bringing young people from entire South East Europe region to work together. This is one of seven networks established within FRESTA program conducted by Danish Foreign Ministry. Since youth is one of the pillars of FRESTA, SEEYN plays an important role in contributing to its overall goals such as peace, stability and democratic development in the region.
The vision of SEEYN is to achieve a stable region with developed mutual understanding without prejudices among young people through their mobility, co-operation, and active role in society. To empower youth to built stable & peaceful region as active citizens. To create fertile ground and conditions for youth mobility. To promote and support adequate government policies for the youth.
Age limits: 18-30
«ankkuri=Meksiko»MEKSIKO
Vive Mexico
Vive Mexico is a non profit-making, non-governmental organization that has been organizing International Volunteer Service Projects since 1996. Vive Mexico was officially born in March 1997 as a non-profit, non-governmental organization recognized by the Mexican laws and authorities as volunteer organization.
Our Philosophy consist of involving young people of different nationalities in projects focused in aid and cooperation with the objective to provide a space where the energy and creativity of them can be channeled in a background that promotes the brotherhood and solidarity between the nations of the world, and at the same time, help them to create a consciousness of the problems that are a human responsibility, by inviting them to take part in an activity to help our planet.
Age limits: 18+
VIMEX
is an independent non-religious, non- governamental and non-profit making organization. It organizes International Workcamps in Mexico , it accepts incomming volunteers to its projects and at the same time it send young Mexican students from our preparatory schools, universities and in many cases graduated students abroad. VIMEX’S national program receives incomming volunteers and helps in the social needs of Mexican people by making voluntary action, so the foreign volunteers will know our culture, our customs and our daily realities. VIMEX also encourages the exchange of different ways of thinking and being and it practices tolerance in living together with people from other countries.
In relation to VIMEX’S international program, our objective is to give support and provide our students the possibility to see and know different types of life in comparison to ours, to reaffirm their point of view about our country, living together and working in an international team. No insurance provided.
Age limit: 18+
Nuestra Tierra
is registered as a non-profit, non-governmental association founded in 1998, dedicated to peace, international solidarity, cultural diversity and the protection and conservation of the environment. The members of Nuestra Tierra promote actions of social and environmental character towards the national and international community, with the purpose of creating awareness about environmental issues in a global sense. At the same time it works towards sustainable development and a better quality of life on the local level. No insurance provided
Age limit: 18+
«ankkuri=Montenegro»MONTENEGRO
Volunteer's Centre ADP-ZID
Belongs to SEEYN. The South East European Youth Network is an attempt of overcoming differences among societies that have recent tradition of conflicts through bringing young people from entire South East Europe region to work together. This is one of seven networks established within FRESTA program conducted by Danish Foreign Ministry. Since youth is one of the pillars of FRESTA, SEEYN plays an important role in contributing to its overall goals such as peace, stability and democratic development in the region.
The vision of SEEYN is to achieve a stable region with developed mutual understanding without prejudices among young people through their mobility, co-operation, and active role in society. To empower youth to built stable & peaceful region as active citizens. To create fertile ground and conditions for youth mobility. To promote and support adequate government policies for the youth
Age Limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Puola»PUOLA
International Youth Exchange Foundation - FIYE, Poland
is a vibrant Polish non-governmental and non-profit organisation. Ever since it was established in 1989, FIYE has been active in the field of voluntary service and particularly committed to international youth exchange programmes. FIYE considers voluntary service programmes as a unique and excellent form of maintaining international contacts, fostering youth exchange, enabling participants to fight cross-cultural barriers, and developing bonds of long-lasting friendships. Furthermore, FIYE aims at popularising the currently vital concepts of mutual help, solidarity, peace and civic awareness. Volunteers participating in FIYE's projects always emphasise the fact that due to their "Polish experience," they have grown more responsible, open-minded and above all, have managed to stand up to a challenge, test themselves in demanding conditions and initiate a cross-cultural dialogue, which they consider rewarding and valuable in today's world. No insurance provided.
Age limits: 18 - 26
«ankkuri=Ranska»RANSKA
Compagnons Batisseurs France - CBF
"Compagnons Bâtisseurs" was born fifty years ago ( 1957 ); it aimed at helping a population who had been hard hit by the damage of World War II. From the very beginning right up to the present, "Compagnons Bâtisseurs" has been putting solidarity into practice by means of work camps - as well as promoting peace and better understanding between people from all over the word.
For this, young people from different countries, join us to help realise our projects: work camps to improve better conditions of life for families in social difficulties, construction camps to create social centres (these can anything from cabins for walkers in the mountains to full scale buildings which host courses and provide accommodation) work camps for environmental protection or rehabilitation of sites of national heritage.
Insurance provided during the camp (doesn't cover travel to/ from the camp).
Age limits: 18 - 30
Concordia – CONC
Concordia is a national non-governmental, non-profit making organisation, with well-established experience and long involvement of its members. This gives a guarantee of longevity and coherence to its activities.
Aims are to assist with the improvement of social life by making French and Foreign volunteers realising voluntary services. To encourage the circulation of people and ideas by global exchanges for international understanding and peace. To promote an educational project, encouraging a dynamic citizenship for a democratic, common and participating society. Insurance provided.
Age limits: 17+, (18+)
Solidarites Jeunesses – SJ
Solidarités Jeunesses is the French branch of Youth Action for Peace, a movement created after the First World War in order to reconcile people of different nationalities through a better mutual understanding. Solidarités Jeunesses works alongside a number of partner organisations worldwide, exchanging volunteers and organising international solidarity projects. Insurance provided.
Age limits: 18+
Unarec
Union Nationale des Associations Regionalisees Etudes & Chantiers was created in 1962 by several Youth movements and follows the idea of non-violence and humanism as well as international co-operation and exchanges in the “Education Populaire” movement – a French concept meaning non-formal education. We are engaged in the world-wide movement of international voluntary services (short term and long term) through partnerships with 70 organisations in more than 60 countries. Insurance provided.
Age limit: 17+ (16+)
«ankkuri=Romania»ROMANIA
Youth Action for Peace Romania
YAP Romania is a branch of YAP international. It was founded in 1993 by a group of students from Cluj-Napoca. The aim of YAP Romania is the promotion of a democratic society, based upon the basic human rights. In this respect, the objectives of the Association are: protecting and respecting the human rights as mentioned in the international treaties; encouraging civic participation among young people; developing the structures of the civil society; promoting the peaceful co-existence of different cultures; fighting the racism, the nationalism, the fascism and all kinds of discrimination.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Saksa»SAKSA
IBG - Internationale Begegnungen in Gemeinschaftsdiensten
is a German non-profit organisation founded in 1965. Our aims are to promote international understanding and to facilitate and organise voluntary work coordinating closely with our local partners.
IBG is a registered charity and does not have a political, religious or institutional affiliation. IBG receives funds from the European Union and from the German Ministry for Youth.
We mainly organise work camps in Germany.
Age limits: 18 - 26
IJGD - Internationale Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste
IJGD (Workcamps International), a non-profit, non-denominational organization and supporter of international youth work, was founded by students in 1949 with the goal of international understanding and peace. IJGD has contact with over 40 work camp organizations in Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. Each year we coordinate over 120 international work camps, which usually last three weeks and take place during summer holidays.
Age limits: 16 - 26
NIG - Norddeutsche Jugend im Internationalen Gemainschaftsdienst e.V.
NIG was founded in December 1990 by a group of enthusiastic students of the University of Rostock. It is a non-profit organization with its own director who chooses the camp-leaders and is responsible for the preparation of workcamps.
Our aim is to support important and urgent work in cases where local financial, material, and personal means are not sufficient. The workcamps deal with environmental and nature protection, construction and renovation work, archaeology, kids, cultural and art projects. There are also workcamps that aim at the preservation of historical monuments and buildings. In these camps the volunteers work on Jewish graveyards and in former concentration camps, and thus gain a deeper insight into historical aspects. Insurance provided.
Age limits: 18 - 30
Open Houses – Germany
For the past few years Open Houses Network has organised international workcamps for historic monuments mostly situated in the countryside. The workcamps offer the possibility to live together with people from different countries in basic conditions, and to work together to restore these historic houses.
Age limits: 18+ (16+)
Pro International e.V.
pro international e.V. is a non-governmental organisation and has been founded in 1956 in Marburg (where also our office is located), influenced by experiences during the second world war. The main aim was and still is working for peace, bringing young people from different nationalities together in order to learn more about other social, cultural and political living conditions. Insurance provided.
Age limits: 16 - 26
VJF - Vereinigung Junger Freiwilliger
VJF was founded in March 1990 as an independent, non-governmental workcamp organisation, obliged to the ideas of solidarity, humanism and mutual understanding among young people from all over the world. Common work and other activities should make young people think about such problems as the maintenance of peace, the preservation of the natural environment, solidarity with developing countries and the fight against old and new fascism, against racial hatred and all forms of discrimination; social, racial, sexual, political or religious. Insurance provided.
Age limits: 18 - 26
«ankkuri=Serbia»SERBIA
Young Researchers of Serbia - Voluntary Service of Serbia
Belongs to SEEYN. The South East European Youth Network is an attempt of overcoming differences among societies that have recent tradition of conflicts through bringing young people from entire South East Europe region to work together. This is one of seven networks established within FRESTA program conducted by Danish Foreign Ministry. Since youth is one of the pillars of FRESTA, SEEYN plays an important role in contributing to its overall goals such as peace, stability and democratic development in the region.
The vision of SEEYN is to achieve a stable region with developed mutual understanding without prejudices among young people through their mobility, co-operation, and active role in society. To empower youth to built stable & peaceful region as active citizens. To create fertile ground and conditions for youth mobility. To promote and support adequate government policies for the youth
Age Limits: 18 +
«ankkuri=Slovakia»SLOVAKIA
INEX Slovakia
is a non-profit nongovernmental organization founded in 1993. Its main aim is to play an active role within the international youth exchanges, which promote international understanding, intercultural learning and tolerance. No insurance provided.
Age limit: 18+
«ankkuri=Sveitsi»SVEITSI
WS – Workcamp Switzerland
was founded in January 2004 in order to organise international short-term projects (work camps). Workcamp Switzerland is an association under Articles 60ff of the Swiss Civil Code. The association is non-profit-making, independent of political parties and religiously neutral.
During the camps, your group will work closely with a local "project partner". You will do volunteer work on a project of benefit to the local community.
Age limits: 18 – 30
«ankkuri=Tanska»TANSKA
MS - Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke
was established in 1944. Our aim is to further international understanding and solidarity across and beyond national and cultural boundaries. We do this by trying to influence development on every level from grassroots to government.
The MS International Exchange programme provides opportunities for everyone to get an insight into other cultures. Our programme consists of activities and partnerships in most parts of the world. Our aim is to facilitate understanding of other cultures, political systems, religions and geographical conditions.
Age limits: 18+ (Greenland 20+)
«ankkuri=Thaimaa»THAIMAA
Greenway International Workcamps
Aims are to develop friendship between the participants and between the local families; to help the locals clean up the place, rebuild it; to meet friends from other parts of the world and increase understanding; see the possibilities and inform Greenway about possible long term planning for the village. No insurance provided.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Togo»TOGO
«ankkuri=Tsekki»TSEKKI
INEX - SDA Association for International Youth Exchange and Tourism
is a non-governmental, non-profit-making organisation with about 1000 members. The goal is to furthering inter-cultural learning and education; providing an alternative way of travelling by encouraging active participation in the places to which people travel; getting to know different cultures and countries, making new friends, helping people in places where help is needed, supporting civil associations and non-governmental organisations; encouraging an active attitude to responsibility for both the environment and society; improvement of teamwork and the organisation of international voluntary projects; throughout our projects we aim to revive and re-vitalise the environments in which they take place. No insurance provided.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Turkki»TURKKI
Genctur – GEN
was established in 1979 as a youth travel agency and based in Istanbul. GENCTUR aims to improve relations between Turkish youth and the youth of other countries and to develop cultural understanding through its activities. We believe that youth travel and voluntary service aid peace and international, intercultural understanding and diminishes the prejudices.
GENCTUR's workcamps offer very close contacts with the local population and make volunteers enjoy the Turkish hospitality as well as the nature, delicious food, nice weather, history and culture. No insurance provided.
Age limits: 18+
GSM – Youth Services Centre
was founded in 1985, in Ankara, Turkey. It is a non-governmental youth organization. Our main aim is to facilitate the collaboration of youth from all around the world in a peaceful and prejudice less atmosphere where they can share their rich cultural backgrounds. The camps are organized in cooperation with universities, municipalities and local initiatives. The aim of these camps is to enable young people from different countries to come together and exchange ideas while engaging in a public project.
Age limits: 18 - 28
«ankkuri=Ukraina»UKRAINA
Union Forum
is non-political, nongovernmental, non-profit youth organization founded in 1990 in Lviv, Ukraine, involved in voluntary service since 1989. Aims are to involve youth in socially useful activities; to combat the phenomenon of xenophobia and make friends all over the world; to give our young democratic state a concrete help with voluntary work in places where help is needed; to encourage an active attitude to responsibility for both environment and society; to contribute to the world in which we live; to sow the seeds of peace. No insurance provided.
Age limits: 18 - 30
Alternative V - Ukrainian Association for Youth Co-operation
is a non-political, non-profit public organisation, founded on the basis of volunteerism in 1992. Alternative-V was created to facilitate co-operation between youth organisations, to involve Ukrainian young people into youth programmes in the fields of education, culture, ecology, historical heredity protection and helping disadvantaged people. Alternative-V wants to contribute to development of more peaceful society, to the decrease of social injustice. No insurance provided.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=USA»USA
VFP – Volunteer for Peace
is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 in Belmont, Vermont, USA. VFP promotes International Voluntary Service as an effective means of intercultural education and community service. We provide programs where people from diverse backgrounds can work together to help overcome the need, violence and environmental decay facing our planet. We coordinate US work camps, MTV & LTV projects and a few work camps in countries without established partner organizations. The minimum age for most work camps is 18 and the camp language is English, unless otherwise specified.
Age limits: 18+ (20-35)
«ankkuri=Valkovenaja»VALKOVENÄJÄ
LYVS - League of Youth Voluntary Service
was officially registered by the Ministry of Justice on February 16, 1994. LYVS is a non-governmental, non-profit organization. It is a member of the National Council of non-governmental youth organizations and associated member of the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations. LYVS is based on the principle of free membership. It assists young people in accomplishing initiatives based on volunteer work. LYVS cooperates with organizations in more than 20 countries, involving over 5,000 people.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Venezuela»VENEZUELA
«ankkuri=Venaja»VENÄJÄ
World4U
is a young and growing non-profitable NGO. It aims to promote social and political awareness, particularly among young people; to reveal cultural values of the community and social integration between people of various life paths and also between various struts of the society; to reveal and eventually to eliminate all sorts of social injustice, exclusion and intolerance through non-violent creative communication of people (incl. those from different cultural, religious, social, national backgrounds); to give young people an experience of multicultural community. No insurance provided.
Age limits: 18+
Mir Tesen
Non-governmental non-profit organization was established in 1999. Their mission is to development of mutual understanding, tolerance, creation of environment for non-formal education and support of international youth cooperation.
Age limits: 18 - 26
SFERA - Nizhny Novgorod Volunteer Service
The regional public organization was established in 1997. The mission mostly concerns the promotion of ideas of volunteering and charity in Russian society and also to help underprivileged groups of people through youth initiatives.
The directions of our activities are wide – we are acting as a volunteer agency, organizing charity programs and fundraising events, realize training programs for representatives of business, local governmental institutions and NGOs, international workcamps etc.
Age limits: 18+
«ankkuri=Viro»VIRO
EstYES - International Youth Association
is non-profit, non-political, non-governmental organization. It was established in 1991 with the purpose to promote youth and cultural exchanges for better understanding and just world. It is a pioneer organization in the field of youth voluntary service in Estonia.
Our objectives are to increase international understanding & solidarity between lands & people; to promote continues dialogue between young people all over the world; to enable young people by living and working together to learn from each other, discover the variety of cultures, broaden horizons building bridges over differences; to promote international and national voluntary service in Estonia as a tool of local development and build up the capacity of it; to help solution of actual problems in Estonia by means of voluntary service.
Age limits: 18+ (16-17 teen)
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