Our organisation
Volontariat International au Service des Autres, l’Année Diaconale (VISA-AD), is a Protestant association, accredited as a national Youth and People’s Education supplier, engaging in all genres of volunteering since 1959, including Service Civique, International Service Civique, European Voluntary Service and Internationaler Jugendfreiwilligendienst.
VISA-AD develops long term voluntary missions in the areas of social action, education, solidarity, culture, the environment and health.
VISA-AD organises the recruitment, guidance, support and training of young people who undertake to serve as volunteers in public interest missions under one of these categories, within a partner organisation for about ten months.
In the same way, we help associations to set up projects to host volunteers within their organisation.
VISA-AD bases its action on the values of its Christian background and of public education. It develops, in conjunction with organisations, a high-quality network that guarantees respect for good volunteering practices, and expresses its volunteering policy through its choices: long-term missions, civic and citizenship training, follow-up and support for young people for their projects, a policy of autonomy that aims to empower volunteers in their lives.
Based in Strasbourg, VISA-AD manages an operation that reaches across Europe and beyond.
The VISA-AD Team

Samuel Gerber
General Secretary
Coline QUENDERFF
Program Manager
Irène-Lucie NIORT
Service Civique in France Coordinator
Anaïs NWACHUKWU
Service Civique in France Coordinator
Thierry WEBER
Service Civique in France Coordinator
Nadège PETER
French Volunteering abroad Coordinator
Nathalie VELDHUIZEN
French Volunteering abroad Coordinator
Ianjamalala RAZAFINDRATSIMBA
Secretary
Simona DEGERATU
European Volunteering in France Coordinator
Guy TREFFRE
Pedagogical Manager
Inès CHEKATT
Service Civique in France Coordinator
Marin MARTIN
Volunteer