Children’s International Summer Villages
is an independent, non-political, volunteer organization promoting peace education and cross-cultural friendship. It is a charitable organization independent of any government, political party, religious body or other “umbrella” organization.
From 1965 - 1996 CISV International maintained a Category “C” Mutual information Relationship with the Department of Education at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and is established as a reputable youth exchange organization which has had 134,433 participants representing 100 countries.
CISV host families, adult facilitators and staff members are volunteers and receive no compensation.  more info