In 1986 Volontariato Internazionale Per Lo Sviluppo (VIS) or International Volunteer Service for Development, a non-profit and Non-Governament Organization (NGO), began to operate as an educational agency.

In 1991, through a mandate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, VIS started carrying out projects of International Cooperation for development.

Promoted by the National Institution of Salesians (CNOS), VIS collaborates independently with the Salesian Congregation in Italy and in developing nations, thanks to the inspiration of Don Bosco's Preventive System and Salesian educational praxis.

VIS is actually present in 53 countries worldwide, with development cooperation projects, and 68 volunteers.

 

What We Do

In Developing Nations, VIS works particularly in the education and training sector, with International cooperation projects, through a holistic approach:

To educate, teach and sustain children and youths at risk socially
To assist and rehabilitate street children, abused minors and ex-soldiers children
To guarantee vocational training, work access and social rehabilitation
To promote human rights, particularly the rights of children and older youth
To promote the development of local communities, sustaining local educative realities, training for trainers and the development of youth enterprises
To train people able to work for the promotion of human development, offering the same opportunities to everyone and respecting the value of each culture
To improve information access and training through new technologies

 

In Italy VIS works, in accordance with its educative mission:

To raise consciousness within Italian public opinion on solidarity and international cooperation themes
To support the International volunteer service carried out with educative skill, directed to the human being in order to promote lasting human development
To train Italian operators to international cooperation, human rights and development of appropriate themes
To promote economic advocacy for International social justice
With these objectives VIS promotes training activities in Italy and in the European Community, and works throughout the world, carrying out human development, cultural and socio-economical programmes.