CISV is a global community of dedicated volunteers, creating opportunities for all ages to experience the excitement and enrichment of cultural diversity through our educational programs. We are founded on our belief that peace is possible through friendship – and that the real difference can be made by starting with children.
CISV provides a range of unique, educational group activities, which develop cross-cultural understanding in children, youth and adults from around the world. By encouraging respect for cultural difference and the development of self-awareness, CISV empowers each participant to incorporate these values into their lives as they become global citizens and strive for a more peaceful world. CISV Jacksonville is one of over 20 U.S. chapters of Children's International Summer Villages (CISV). Since its founding in 1976, the Jacksonville Chapter has hosted over 900 international delegates. And in just the past 10 years, has sent more than 300 local students to CISV programs around the world.In 2007, CISV Jacksonville, among other activities:
- Hosted "Faces of Jacksonville," a two-week overnight local multi-cultural camp modeled on the CISV Village format for local students;
- Hosted teens from around the world at a 3-week international Seminar Camp;
- Hosted an Interchange delegation from Austria and will host an Interchange delegation from Sweden;
- Sent Interchange delegations to Slovenia and Sweden;
- Sent delegates to Villages in Norway, Denmark, Philadelphia, and to our Faces Village;
- Sent delegates to a Summer Camp in Vancouver, Canada;
- Will send a delegate to an International Youth Meeting in Florence, Italy;
- Sent a delegate to a Seminar Camp in Cairo, Egypt;
- Sent Junior Counselors to Villages in Cincinnati, Belgium and Jacksonville (Faces of Jacksonville);
- Host or participate in two Junior Branch mini-camps;
- Offered Junior Branch activities all year long;
- Sent Junior Branch members to CISV National Youth Meeting in Maine;
- Sent Junior Branch members and adults to CISV National Board Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio;
- Awarded our second CISV Peace Builder Award at a luncheon held on October 4, 2007.
To learn more about CISV Jacksonville and Children's International Summer Villages, explore this website!