CISV - Brandywine Valley Chapter

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.

Maintained 20 Chapters in Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Cincinnati, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Gulf Coast, Mississippi; Jacksonville, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee; Orono, Maine; Miami County, Ohio; Michigan City, Indiana; New York, New York; Northwest, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California; Springfield, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C; and Youngstown-Cleveland, Ohio.
Maintained Steering Committees (a pre-chapter status) in Omaha, Nebraska, Columbus, Ohio, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Sent 50 delegations of 11 year olds and adult leaders to international Villages in 22 different countries, including the USA. Two hundred and fifty (250) children and adults from all 20 Chapters and the Omaha, Columbus and Atlanta Steering Committees took part in this CISV program
Hosted 6 Villages in the United States in Detroit, Jacksonville, Miami County, Rocky Mountain Denver, Smoky Mountain and Washington DC. Over 415 delegates, leaders, and Junior Counselors attended the various USA Villages. Additionally, the New York Chapter hosted a Village in Galicia, Spain.
Sent 29 Junior Counselors to Villages in the United States and 15 other countries.
Started 19 new Interchanges with families in 9 countries.
Sponsored 25 Seminar Camp delegates from 14 Chapters and 1 Steering Committee. The delegates attended Camps in the USA and 10 other countries.
Hosted a Seminar Camp in Dallas, Texas for 24 delegates from around the world.
Sent 5 Summer Camp delegations of 13 to 15 year olds to programs in 5 countries. Twenty-five youth and adult leaders participated in this activity.
Sent 12 delegates to International Youth Meetings in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.
Sent delegates to an International People’s Project in Thailand and Portugal.
Conducted an approved Mosaic activity in Jacksonville.
Was represented at the Annual International Meeting and the International Junior Branch Conference held in Sweden by seventeen participants, in addition to the CISV USA members who serve as International officers or committee chairs.

	Brandywine Valley CISV, P.O. Box 542, Westtown, PA 19395 email