CISV (Comunità Impegno Servizio Volontariato), Italy
CISV is a non governmental organization recognized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. CISV carries out projects in Africa and South America collaborating with local people to make them the real makers of their own development. Nowadays it acts in 12 countries and specifically in Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal) and Latin and South America (Haiti, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala and Venezuela). In order to promote food security, social justice and human rights, CISV supports farmers’ movements, local organizations and women’s associations and improves the changes of local culture and resources. In Italy it promotes youth empowerment and people awareness about human rights, sustainable development and multiculturalism, particularly through educational programs of training and dialogue for students, teachers and citizens.