SCI-India’s Maharashtra State Group organized a webinar to commemorate the World White Cane Safety Day. The Group has been associated with organizations working on issues faced by the visually impaired for over four decades. The aim of the seminar was to expose new volunteers to the world of the visually impaired, to the challenges they…
From the 6th to the 15th of October 2023, SCI Sri Lanka organised a workcamp in Kinniya, a seaside town located in the Trincomalee District, in the North-Eastern Province of the country. Its aim was to teach English in a school in the area in order to improve communication between the diverse communities living there….
Read the statement on the recent escalation of violence in Palestine and Israel, calling for an immediate ceasefire.
A couple of weeks ago the new volunteers arrived at “La Cittá dell’Utopia” in Rome to support and work alongside the projects that will take place here and in the organization. Fatma My name is Fatma, I am 26 years old and I`m from the Kurdish part of Turkey, Kurdistan. I decided to have…
Albanoi will be joining the IS offices for a year here in Antwerp, helping out with communication. Hi everyone! My name is Albanoi and I am the new Communication Volunteer for SCI IS. It feels weird even typing that because when I applied, I did so on a whim and did not think much of…
The Summer Short Term Camp was held from 20 to 28 August 2023. Three participants reached the campsite one day before from Mankundu. The local friends arranged the food and accommodation at Bhagot Singh club and since there were no international volunteers or volunteers from out of state, the local unit Members and four members…
SCI India, Maharashtra state group, organised a local webinar for the solemn observance of the Hiroshima Day on 6 August.
They reflect upon the two of the darkest moments in human history: the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945, respectively. They observed this event not just to revisit the horrors, but to strive to not allow that same mistake from happening again, especially now that the threat of a nuclear war seems all the more imminent.
Meet Alaa, the new Project Volunteer here at the International Secretariat! Read her introduction as she shares her background and her expectations for the coming year.
On 17 August, SCI India celebrated the 144th birthday of Pierre Cérésole, the founder of SCI. They did so SCI-style, with actions!
Sharmin Shara Mim, a young climate activist from SCI Germany, participated in the Bonn Climate Conference 2023 (SB58), to bring the voice of young people at the table. Read about his experience.