CISV-Erfahrungen helfen,
eine Weltanschauung und Lebensphilosophie zu entwickeln, die uns Menschen auffordert, für den Frieden einzutreten.
Entsende- und Gastländer:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Rep, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Bulgaria, China, El Salvador, Greece, India, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Switzerland
Entsender:
Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Estonia, Greenland, Honduras, Peru, Russia, Slovenia, Vietnam, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Croatia, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Macedonia FYR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Panama, Senegal
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Ziele von CISV
• Stärken der eigenen Kommunikationsfähigkeit
• Verankern von Offenheit und Respekt vor allen Mitmenschen
• Fördern von Toleranz und Verständnis gegenüber anderen Kulturen und Haltungen
• Aufbauen von Freundschaften mit Menschen jeglicher Herkunft oder Glaubensrichtung
• Erkennen globaler Zusammenhänge
• Erarbeiten gewaltfreier Lösungen
• Eintreten für den Frieden zwischen Nationen und Völkern
Über Uns
CISV weltweit
Graz: Steiermark
CISV Austria
Vienna: Wien, NÖ, Burgenland
Linz: Oberösterreich
Klagenfurt: Kärnten
Where I got my start: a story of CISV
When I was 11 I was unsure of a lot of things. I wasn’t very social, I had some… uncommon interests, and not very many proper friends.
The summer before I turned 12, all of this changed. I attended a Village, a program run by CISV for 11 year olds. This CISV program is the epitome of the organization’s slogan: Building Global Friendship.... CISV is an international organization which was started after the Second World War. The idea is that if we can have kids make friends with kids from other cultures then we can change the state of affairs of the world. It is, and always has been, about children, about working with them, challenging them, educating them, empowering them, and believing in them. CISV used to stand for Children’s International Summer Villages. But then we realized that not just children are involved, there are local and national as well as international events, the events aren’t only in the summer, and we run much more than just village programs. So it doesn’t stand for anything any more.
When I was 11, I participated in a month long village program in Sao Paulo, Brazil. And I was hooked. It wasn’t the travel, though ever since I’ve had an undying love of Brazil and Brazilian Portuguese. It was the people. I had a family of 12 delegations all from 12 different countries (each of 4 kids, and 1 adult leader), 6 junior counselors, and 5 camp staff for that month. We shared food and games, cultures and languages, good mornings and good nights, laughter and tears. And it changed me. It made the world smaller and gave me something to believe in. For one of the first times I felt like I belonged somewhere. But it’s not just the people. CISV’s educational principles try to teach by doing, learning by simulation. From the age of 11, CISV put me in situations I’d never imagined, gave me problems to solve, questions of my morality and compassion, presented me with poverty and injustice and asked me to think. Then it asked all of us to sit together, listen and speak about our experiences.
I think the kind of atmosphere for learning that CISV gave me that summer is a beautiful gift to give an eleven year old. Having kids my age, teenagers, and adults listen to me intently, respond to what I was saying, and encourage me to continue speaking and thinking and sharing was formative in me finding my voice. CISV gave me a place to learn and grow, to try my hand at leadership and organizing events and people. It has been my playground. And three years ago when I realized that even the most wonderful places still have room for improvement, CISV gave me the tools to improve the organization myself.
I’ve said this for years and I stand by it. CISV made me who I am, it encouraged that quiet, uncertain kid, and gave me the space to grow and fail and grow more.
For that, I’m eternally grateful.
(Erin, student of International Development, Waterloo, ON, Canada)
a CISV story
