Volint's English version is undergoing constant changes and additions, so that the final version will eventually mirror the Italian one.

 

ABOUT VOLINT VILLAGE

VOLINT Village is born out of the desire and need to have a venue where people can have access to and exchange information on the issues they strongly feel about. Everybody with an interest in development, interculturalism, globalisation can enhance the dynamism in their lives: visit Volint, leave your "own village"... and embrace the world.

VOLINT Village raises awareness and offers training on development issues through a methodology of open and distance learning.

Various development NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) are connected with one another with the aim to create an electronic village, VOLINT Village, where a real cultural exchange can be achieved. All led by a culture of the web, and for the web.

Volint is promoted by VIS (Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo).

 

OBJECTIVES

Our major objective is to train people wishing to become:

• experts, educators and workers in the field of development and intercultural education;
• experts and field workers for NGOs or for those institutions concerned with international co-operation;
• potential international volunteers.

VOLINT Village also wishes to provide and to disseminate specialised papers, academic material and instruments on development-related issues, as well as to increase and facilitate the dissemination of information on the following areas:

• the causes of economic and social inequalities between the North and the South of the world
• poor peoples and poor countries in the world
• opinion and action campaigns for human rights
• activities in favour of co-operation and human development
• support for minorities and vulnerable groups

with the promotion of a culture based on interaction and exchange.

 

VOLINT’S FIVE SECTIONS

1. News from the World. This section, entirely on the Homepage, is a regularly updated collection of articles from major public sources with a focus on development and international co-operation. A sub-section of this area is "Our Opinion", where VIS President Antonio Rainmondi presents VIS view over specific issues.
2. The area dedicated to VIS (Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo), the Italian NGO that creates and runs the web site. Here you find our mission with the description of our activites both in Italy and in developing countries.
3. Twinning and Sponsorship Programmes. Those are two of the programmes implemented by VIS, which directly involve people in the developed world. In this section you find a description of what they are, and how you can join them.
4. The Online School for Development Education, with the free course in Sustainable Human Development. A collection of lessons divided into three sections: human development; sustainable development; policies for a sustainable human development. Everybody can have access to the course. Just click on the Course Programme and follow the links.
5. The Notice Board, with information on vacancies for all those looking for a job in the field on international co-operation.