CCIVS member organisations use national and international voluntary service projects in order to have an impact on the reality of a given local community. The projects can take place in any country of the globe. (Click here for concrete examples of different types of projects). Volunteers usually work together with the local population. The work project is seen as a tool to achieve active solidarity, mutual and intercultural learning. The volunteers do not come as experts, who are supposed to teach a local population. The sharing of the every-day-life both with the local community as well as among the international volunteers (in the case of group projects) is an integral part of the learning experience.

CCIVS member organisations base their methodology on an approach of non-formal education. Voluntary service is seen as a tool for the transformation of volunteers and the people they work with, having an influence on their conscience and their way to actively construct the societies they live in. Volunteering is a way of living active citizenship with little means. Generally speaking the projects are open for any type of volunteers and do not require any specific professional skills. Many organisations continue to involve the volunteers in their activities upon their return or orient them towards other ways to continue living a way of life dedicated to international solidarity and sustainable development.

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"IF YOU HAVE COME TO HELP ME, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME.
BUT IF YOU HAVE COME BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR LIBERATION IS LINKED TO MINE, THEN LET US WORK TOGETHER"
Aboriginal proverb