International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education, Development. (V.I.D.E.S. International)

VIDES is an international youth volunteering organisation which coordinates activities and initiatives to achieve by means of voluntary service the promotion of the rights of women, youth and children, especially for those most in need. VIDES works through the belief that is important to build a society based on the values of solidarity, justice and peace. VIDES International, as international youth organisation for education and development, put at the centre of its activities the human being and his/her dignity implementing programs targeted at children, youth and women’s education all over the world. Education is the focus of VIDES activities. The association in a continuous, innovative and attentive at every context way, offer to the young people, with a particular focus on women, training proposals in order to qualify them as active and participative citizens in their societies. The attention, since 25 years, has been given to the youth and women because we strongly believe they are the actors called to build the society and to answer, in a creative way, to the challenges the history pose on us. VIDES International works in 42 Countries: 15 countries in Europe 8 countries in Asia 3 countries in Africa 16 countries in North, Central and South America VIDES Int,’s Intervention areas: – Educational Youth Volunteering can be local or international. This program helps youth and women in realizing the importance of open up to the others and of seeking concrete and tangible answers to the issues of the society. – Support at Distance is a program directed at children, especially girls, by means of youth empowerment and the defence and promotion of their basic rights to receive a quality education: conceived as study, food security, health, play, house and family. – Projects and Micro projects are instruments which allow the promotion of sustainable development through the employment of local resources and capabilities. – International Relations refers to the possibility to intervene where the policies for children, youth and women are formed. It is a way to act on the new educational frontiers trough lobbying and advocacy