From 10 to 13 September, activists from Asian branches and groups of SCI gathered in Bogor, Indonesia for the annual Asian Platform Meeting (APM). The two-day meeting was hosted by IVP Indonesia. The character of this year’s APM was different because the aim this time was not only to gather and update each other –…
Boseja North youth leaders gather at BWA Headquarters to begin a journey toward certified, recognised skills On 11 July 2026, the Botswana Workcamps Association (BWA) hosted the local activation and launch of the global C-IVS Skills Project at its headquarters. Twenty-three community youth leaders attended, along with local authority representatives. The event marked the start…
Enneagram? What a strange word, isn’t it? Is it a new unit of measurement? Is it an art performance? Well, no it’s none of those things! The Enneagram is a tool, a framework for better understanding one’s own behavior and improving the quality of professional relationships. Volunteers from the SCI Belgium’s Alter’Anim group had the…
Two recent activities by SCI India support environmental sustainability through tree planting and awareness raising. Together for a Greener Planet 🌍🌱SCI India, together with the students of Mount Carmel College and volunteers from Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, successfully planted 100 trees in support of environmental sustainability. Despite the intense summer heat, all…
What if protecting a heritage site meant more than preserving history? What if it also meant building lifelong friendships, exchanging cultures, and inspiring young people to become global citizens? That is exactly what happens during the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) projects in Kenya. Organized by KVSO Kenya in partnership with UNESCO’s World Heritage Volunteers Initiative,…
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a new Recommendation on Peace Education by, with and for young people!The recommendation calls on member States to strengthen peace education by, with, and for young people. Among other things, it recommends that young people be actively involved in policy-making affecting peace education and affirms the recognition…
On Tuesday evening I arrived at the venue, the youth centre Kubiz in Berlin. A lot of participants arrived late due to major train delays so we just had dinner and one short introduction round before going to bed. On Wednesday we started the day with some games to get to know each other better…
Scenes of goodbye are emotional on a sunny April day. The 22 participants have just finished QUTIE 2.0, a week-long training for trainers on drag, intersectionality and colonialism run by Critical Queer Solidarity (CQS) in partnership with SCI Switzerland. “QUTIE for me was just more than a workshop, it was celebration of Trans joy and…
For more than 100 years, Service Civil International (SCI) has brought people together across borders through volunteering, building a culture of peace based on solidarity, cooperation, and mutual understanding. Today, SCI is a global movement of 40 branches and groups and more than 90 partner organisations across every continent. Together, we organise international volunteering projects…
For its first international edition, DOBROcast is traveling the world with Service Civil International (SCI) — a global volunteer movement dedicated to building a culture of peace through practical action, and of which CVS-Bulgaria is a proud member. SCI is more than an organization, it is a peace movement with over a hundred years of…