SCI Regranting 2025 of non-EU members
SCI’s regranting fund was created in 2022 during the 87th ICM. In 2025, the fund allowed six non-EU branches and groups to receive grants between 2000 and 7000€ to fund their projects.
The objectives
Peace Across the Sea
This project hosted by IVP Australia conducted four online meetings to expand participants knowledge on nonviolent communication, peace promotion, conflict resolution and project management and coordination. With this newly acquired knowledge participants organised and coordinated their own short-term volunteering projects across Australia and Indonesia. Overall, the project contributed to promote and reactivate volunteering activities and encouraged peace and intercultural dialogue.
BRAVO (Boost and Revitalise Albanian Volunteering)
This project of PVN Albania aimed to counteract the issue of declining volunteer numbers by promoting the benefits of volunteering to youth and community through open days, community events, university workshops and a digital media campaign. Additionally, the creation of focal centre within the local branch and the holding of dialogue meetings with community centers and volunteering organisations and institutions served to increase capacity and interest in organising and hosting volunteer camps and activities.
For us, on us, a community-led call to action
This project by SCI Nigeria aimed to reduce environmental degradation and tackle the high prevalence of violence facing youth in Nigeria. It involved the training of 15 volunteer coordinators and the subsequent organisation of volunteer camps in the three states of Lagos, Eruwa and Shagam. The programs both aimed to increase knowledge and awareness on the topics by integrating peace education and environmentally sustainable programs in schools and community groups as well as to provide practical skills like the creation of permaculture gardens that the community can engage in independently in the long-run. Interviews, community dialogue and online advocacy allowed for deeper engagement with the topics.
Harnessing the power of volunteerism: enhancing sustainable food production through ecosystem restoration against the backdrop of climate change
A one week training and 3-day volunteer camp by ZWA focused on equipping 20 young people and 5 youth leaders from five south African countries with techniques and skills in permaculture, agroecology, bio fertilisers and water harvesting that they could subsequently pass on to youth in their own countries. The goal of the project was to produce a sustainable food production chain through the cultivation of drought-resilient crops that would allow low rainfall areas to counteract the negative effects of climate change, increase food production and promote economic empowerment and poverty reduction.
Volunteer for Peace-VCV20
This project by VCV Serbia promoted inclusion and dialogue through a volunteer camp in Tavankut, a region near the multi-ethnic city of Subotica that has struggled with tension between different ethnic groups. It also celebrated the organisation’s 20th anniversary through a festival in its founding city Novi Sad and the recording of a documentary which showcases its work since its creation, its future goals and gives volunteers an opportunity to talk about their own experiences.
Empowering Youth for Social Change and Cultural Understanding
This project organised by SCI Sri Lanka included three activities. The first activity provided expertise in leadership, project management and teamwork to 40 young Sri Lankan’s in order to create a new generation of SCI volunteer camp coordinators to follow in the footsteps of the increasingly retiring senior members and enlarge the number and variety of volunteer camps offered. The second activity, two 10-day exchange programs in which participants tackled local challenges together and took part in cultural activities, aimed to encourage regional cooperation, cultural understanding and collaboration between Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Finally, 6 theatre performances addressing topical social issues and vital civic values helped to raise awareness and allowed for the finding of solutions through audience discussions.
Partners
Funders
The projects above were funded by the SCI Regranting Fund.
