ICYE - International Cultural Youth Exchange

ICYE is an international non-profit youth exchange organization with the Head Office in Berlin, Germany. ICYE was formed after the Second World War to foster peace and understanding in the world through the exchange of youth. ICYE promotes youth mobility, intercultural learning, and international voluntary service, in more than 40 countries around the world. ICYE‘s goals are to foster peace and understanding in the world through exchanging our youth. ICYE volunteers live and work in countries throughout Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe, helping to support local community-based projects as they experience the culture of the hosts of their choice. As part of a federation, ICYE ensures excellent training and support.

The ICYE programme started in Kenya in 1989. ICYE Kenya is a registered NGO. It is composed of returnees, volunteers and a two-staff team working at the national office, located in Nairobi.