Interregional voluntary organization "SVIT-Ukraine" was established in autumn 2000 as working group on volunteering, and officially registered in November 2005 as local non profit organization, which is created for promotion, support and development of volunteering in Ukraine.

The main principles of "SVIT-Ukraine" are:

• self-governance
• openness
• legality
• transparency
• democracy
• activism and creative initiative of its members
• cooperation with state bodies, local authorities and public organizations in Ukraine and abroad
• tolerance.

Organisation is active on the territory of Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Lugansk, Kharkov and Donetsk regions.

The aim of the organization is: to support development of volunteer movement in Ukraine.

The objectives include:

• promotion, support and development of youth volunteer movement in Ukraine
• promotion of ideas of peace, non-conflict community development and peaceful conflict resolution
• support and development of projects of intercultural youth exchange, which are aimed at international understanding and solidarity
• promotion of ideas of civil society and sustainable development in Ukraine
• involvement of young people in international volunteer projects in Ukraine and abroad
• realization of educational, ecological, informational, cultural programs, aimed at development of democracy, human rights, sustainable development, peaceful conflict resolution
• organization of international volunteer and special youth camps in Ukraine
• distributing information on volunteering among young people and everyone interested
• strengthening possibilities and role of NGOs and individuals in the sphere of volunteering