First International Meeting on Solidarity Exchange, Oct 8-12, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Network in Favour of Exchange (Red a Favor del Intercambio-REDAFI) is an initiative of the Civil organisation Voluntarios Sin Fronteras-VSF (Volunteers without Borders), which aims to strenghten the development of Social Projects and their Organizations through international exchange of volunteers, leaders and employees.

The network pursues the creation of real life experiences from volunteering involvement and organise visits, capacity building sessions and spaces for dialogue among civil society leaders.

The network is the follow-up of several exchange activities led by VSF from 2005, and now has as members from 30 different NGOs, community groups, Governmental Offices, Universities and corporations from Argentina.

From 8 to 12 October, the network will host in Buenos Aires the First International Meeting on Solidarity Exchange, with a program that includes voluntary actions in various districts of the city and different spaces where to exchange knowledge and opinions.

VSF invites all those who may be interested to know more about the meeting to visit their site, http://www.voluntariossf.org.ar (in Spanish).