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"The best part of the experience for me was knowing I had made a small contribution to the community, making friends and getting to know a new culture."
"The experience changed my life, cementing some choices but also sending me off in new directions ...Immense and sincere thanks."
"I had a great time. The smiling nomads, so friendly, simple and full of surprises, will stay in my memory".
"I was able to seize the opportunity of volunteering, live the life of a local and see St Petersburg in a way an ordinary traveller would not have".
"I wanted to do some voluntary work, love Thailand, and was after a travel experience that was off the usual tourist trail"
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New Constitution for International Volunteers for Peace (pdf 151KB)
International Volunteers for Peace strives towards a world of peace, social justice and sustainable development, where all people live together with mutual respect and without recourse to any form of violence to solve conflict.
Vision
A world empowered by cultural understanding.
Mission
To facilitate volunteering opportunities at a grass roots level in local communities worldwide, fostering cultural understanding.
Our core values
Volunteering to produce social change
Non-Violence as a principle and a method
Respect for the Human Rights of all
International Solidarity at all levels
Respect for the Environment
Inclusion and non-discrimination
Empowering people to understand and act for social, cultural and economic transformation
Cooperation to strengthen the positive potential within civil society as a whole
International Volunteers for Peace is a not-for-profit organisation, run entirely by volunteers.
Short documentary about a volunteer project in Sri Lanka, and its impact on the participants and local community. This video was made by Wouter Limount, a volunteer from one of our partners - SCI Belgium.
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