Solidarités Jeunesses Vietnam

solidarités jeunesses vietnam (sj vietnam) is an international youth ngo (non-governmental organization) that promotes values of solidarity, peace and tolerance through youth citizenship projects to improve society during and after the voluntarism. it was set up in 2004 by international and vietnamese volunteers with the coordination of mr pierre de hanscutter and miss do thi phuc. sj vietnam is managed by and for young volunteers with the support of undp vietnam at the beginning. sj vietnam is an independent vietnamese branch of sj france, a full member of ccvis (unesco) and nvda, a partner of yap and alliance. sj vietnam is an independent, non-political and non-religious organization open to everybody without any distinction of nationality, race, philosophy, financial resource, education or sex. in 2009, sj vietnam officially hosted 500 international volunteers and counted 3256 local members aged between 15 and 35 years old.