How CISV Helps Leaders at the Crossroads of Life

I didn’t have a conventional start to my CISV journey, as a child I didn’t even know it existed! I was 25 years old when I heard about CISV for the first time. One of my work colleagues, Giulia was sending her oldest son to a Village and the delegation from CISV Sheffield needed a leader. Giulia thought of me because I had done similar things with Scouts and Air Cadets. In fact, I had spent two previous summers at a Boy Scout Summer Camp in the United States. However, I didn’t end up taking my colleague’s son on his Village because after the interview CISV Sheffield decided I would be better as a Step Up leader. I think that, for my first camp, that was the right choice.