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Village - (Age 11)

What is a Village?

The Village is a four-week long international residential camp unique to CISV. Villages consist of delegations of two boys and two girls, all eleven years of age, accompanied by one adult leader. These delegations come from 12-14 different countries. In addition, four to six Junior Counselors, aged 16-17, who also come from all over the globe, come together to complete the village structure. The host country provides the staff, which will be both from the hosting country and other countries with CISV chapters. In any event, everyone comes together to participate in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, international camp.

 The Villages emphasize international friendship and cross-cultural communication through cooperative living, non-competitive games, and a variety of typical camp activities such as arts and crafts, music, swimming and sports. One of the highlights of the Village experience is the “National Night”.  Each country plans one evening’s activities around games, food, stories and dances, particular to their own culture. Many countries have official costumes; these are worn on the national nights. Day by day, the children learn that despite certain cultural differences, they have much more in common as members of the human family in an increasingly interdependent world.

 The size of the Village is important.

The small size allows for children to develop close friendships with the other children. Equally important is the opportunity to practice the problems of everyday living in the children’s parliamentary sessions. In the face of the many different languages represented, instead of aimlessly arguing, the children learn to deal with situations in alternate ways.

Momma Mullenix guide to Village (for parents of selected delegates  (click to open)

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