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We are happy and proud to announce Smokinya Foundation was voted to join with a Guest status in the Alliance Network, at the October 2024 General assembly. We look forward to what the future holds with our new status in the Alliance Network, and we wanted to share with you about their amazing work.
The Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations, or Alliance Network is an International Non-Governmental Youth Organisation that represents national organisations which promote intercultural education, understanding and peace through voluntary service.
Founded in 1982, Alliance is presently made up of 53 members from 31 countries in Europe, Asia and America. Each member organisation runs an annual programme of International Volunteer Projects in their own country and exchanges volunteers with each other following the Alliance Quality Charter. Every year an average of 12.000 young volunteers participate in more than 1.200 local community projects organised by member organisations.
International Voluntary Service (IVS) projects are organised by Alliance members either on a national or regional basis but always in partnership with local communities. They engage the volunteer groups in a wide diversity of community development tasks including environmental, construction, renovation, social, cultural and archaeological work. Voluntary work is considered as a tool to improve active citizenship and democratic, political participation.
Amongst Alliance members there are many examples of projects which have pioneered new working methods and produced dynamic results: the most traditional and widespread form of IVS is the short term voluntary Workcamp in its many forms, including special kinds of workcamps addressed to volunteers with a particular profile (seniors, teenagers etc.).
Other forms of IVS include Mid and Long Term Volunteering. Every year Alliance members, partners and guest organisations are invited to join two yearly campaigns managed by the Alliance Working Groups: the Accessing Campaign and the Environmental Sustainability Campaign.
International Voluntary Workcamps are the most common and widespread form of international volunteering within the Alliance.
Workcamps generally last 2 – 3 weeks and consist of about 10 – 20 volunteers drawn from a number of countries. Projects are often in remote areas, in regions where local people may have minimal opportunity for meeting others from different countries.
The volunteer groups bring new ideas and experiences into communities, providing a stimulus for ongoing work.
The individual volunteers benefit from the interaction both within the group and with the local communities. The experience gives them the opportunity to travel to another country, use their time productively and make a positive contribution to the local community. They also have the chance to widen their horizons through meeting and learning from each other and local people.
If you wish to learn more about Alliance, what they do and how you can apply to these projects, you can read more information in their Website, or check their Instagram and Facebook. If you have a specific answer that you can’t find the answer to, we are always open to offer our help at info@smokinya.com.
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