Motto | Linking knowledge with needs |
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Type | Non-profit, Social and Humanitarian organization |
Location |
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Coordinates | 46°11′24″N 6°08′36″E / 46.190083°N 6.143332°ECoordinates: 46°11′24″N 6°08′36″E / 46.190083°N 6.143332°E |
Key people
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Viola Krebs, Adama Samassékou |
Volunteers
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13,000 |
Website | www |
ICVolunteers ( / ) is an international non-profit organization (federation) active in the field of communications, in particular cybervolunteerism, languages and conference support. ICVolunteers works with volunteers to implement social and educational programs in order to help populations and local communities to develop. Through volunteer effort, it cooperates with organizations in the humanitarian, social, environmental and medical fields to implement projects and conferences at local, national and international levels. In addition, ICVolunteers promotes volunteerism and its recognition, by enhancing civic commitment and involvement, and by providing leadership and links between organizations, individuals and communities. With its headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland), ICVolunteers has offices and permanent representation in a number of other countries, including France, South Africa, Mali, Spain, Brazil and Canada. Work of ICVolunteers began in 1997.
ICVolunteers is a network organization, linking knowledge with needs. Its network includes close to 14,000 individuals, volunteers and partners worldwide, speaking 170 different languages and residing in over 180 countries.
ICVolunteers is an organization the mission of which is, on one hand, to create opportunities of personal, social and professional development, and on the other hand, accompany structures, institutions, associations, communities and companies in the implementation of programs and projects.
Language, culture and society, education, science and research, information and communication technologies, migration, sustainable economic and social development, peace, health, human rights, humanitarian.