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Children’s International Summer Villages (CISV) is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to fostering world peace through international understanding and cross-cultural experiences.  CISV is not affiliated with any religious or political organizations. CISV is accredited annually by the Council for Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET)

CISV evolved from a firm conviction that lasting peace is possible if individuals and groups can learn to live together as friends. For CISV, the key to making this vision a reality was to start working with children and youth. Programs were developed which offered young people opportunities to meet their peers from other countries and to form intercultural friendships. These programs aim to prepare individuals to become active and contributing members of a peaceful global society.