JAVVA asbl

JAVVA stands for "Jeunes Actifs dans le Volontariat et les Voyages Alternatifs" or in other words "Young People Active in Volunteering and Alternative Travel" and was founded as a non-profit organization in 2000. Since 2003, JAVVA has been recognized as a youth organization by the French-speaking government of Belgium. Our mission: We aim to promote an ideal of tolerance, solidarity and peace between young people from around the world and to encourage their active participation and mobility. JAVVA has no political or ideological affiliation. Our main activities: 1. International camps: Groups of 10-15 people from around the world offering their services free of charge to an association abroad or in Belgium. These are short term projects (2-3 weeks) for volunteers over the age of 18. No skills or professional qualification are required. Types of projects: construction, renovation, environmental, education, social work... 2. Medium or long term volunteering: A project lasting between 3 to 12 months during the course which the volunteer is immersed in a local culture and devotes his or her time, work, creativity and energy to a project of interest to the community as a whole and in return has the opportunity to learn, to experiment and to develop on a personal level. 3. European Voluntary Service (EVS) This is part of the European Commission's programme "Youth in Action" which promotes mobility, social commitment as well as the active participation of young people in contemporary European society. The EVS is aimed at 18 to 30 years olds who would like to take part in a local project in one of the member countries of the European Union for 6 to 12 months. JAVVA asbl is a member of: CCIVS (Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service) ALLIANCE of the European Voluntary Organizations COJ (Belgian Federation of Youth Organizations) www.javva.org