FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRATIC YOUTH

Profile:
"The aim of the Foundation For Democratic Youth is that today's youth become such full members of the changing society, who dare, want to and are able to change their own life."
The Foundation for Democratic Youth (DIA) is an organisation of public utility, for the development of civil society through the involvement of youth, ages 14-25, in voluntary work in Central and Eastern Europe. The voluntary programs of DIA enable students of participating schools, and youth organisations, to study civil awareness and to utilise the acquired knowledge in real life. The fundamental element for the program's success rests in the co-operation of young volunteers, local co-ordinators and NGOs. To this a continuous professional help and background is guaranteed from the foundation.

Activities:
Besides professional help the foundation organises trainings and conferences. A comprehensive manual and a continuously expanding Internet home-page make the trainings complete. Within the framework of the international program -EVS- the foundation sends and hosts volunteers to and from abroad. The purpose of international camps and exchange programs organised by the foundation is to get the volunteers of various countries together. In the area of international development the organisation primarily takes active part in the creation of legal framework and functioning mechanism for international volunteering. Its other main objective is the dissemination and acceptance of volunteering in public consciousness, and to initiate research projects and proposals encouraging voluntary work.

Regions: Hungary, Check Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Number of staff: 6

Volunteers: 700

Contact:
Attila Kaszás executive director
e-mail: kaszas.attila@i-dia.org
H-1063 Budapest, Kmety György u. 15.
T/F: +36 1 3541191
www.i-dia.org