İzmir Youth Voluntaries

Mission
İzmir Youth Voluntaries is to enhance international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities involving the exchange of ideas and experiences directly among people of different countries and diverse cultures.
Believes
International educational and cultural exchange among youth further ensures long-term friendship and understanding.
If people can better understand other cultures, they are more tolerant and accepting of differences.
Citizens of all countries need personal contacts with other peoples and cultures.
Objectives
To promote Informal education
Active youth participation
To encourage youth cooperation and mutual aid in cultural, social and educational aspects at an international level
Intercultural learning
Youth mobility
To attract, prepare and motivate young people to participate in international youth activities that make us more aware about the outdoor world
Promoting an understanding between young people across borders through international exchanges
To promote the idea of volunteering
To help build a society that is based on knowledge
To promote solidarity and peace
To support Freedom and Democracy
To provide equal opportunities for activities