Asian Voices is back!
News on SCI's work in Asia
Service Civil International is celebrating its 100th year as an international movement this year. The Asian Development Committee (ADS) of SCI thought that this was the perfect occasion to reignite the spark of the Asian Voices, a newsletter dedicated to news about SCI’s work in Asia.
This issue of the newsletter is dedicated to SCI’s founder Pierre Cérésole, who started this global peace-loving family.
You will find stories from Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Bangladesh and Nepal, including interviews with volunteers and updates by international activists.
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World Heritage Volunteers (WHV), Mozambique
This report describes in detail the activities carried out on the Island of Mozambique, Nampula Province between September 17 and October 2 of the current year. The activities carried out are part of the World Heritage Volunteers Program. Since the Island of Mozambique is a site declared by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage, the involvement of all is essential for its conservation, so AJOV and...
Is there a strong man here?
Pacifism, solidarity, friendliness, ecology, diversity and citizenship. These are the six values of SCI. This movement, now 100 years old, has witnessed many struggles and social changes and has also evolved over time. SCI advocates inclusiveness, equality and acceptance for all. So I was surprised to read, in an account of a volunteer project from the 1960s, that “men dealt with the physical...
Decolonizing is an active process, not a passive one
Interview with Sara Vaca, an Equatorian volunteer living in Austria. The interview was conducted in Brussels during a CCIVS event addressing decolonizing volunteering. Sara has already produced extensive work on decolonizing volunteering issues with SCI Austria, and here she is presenting key ideas to keep in mind when working towards greater reciprocity in collaboration with Global South’s...
