CEV Spring Volunteering Congress

CEV Spring Volunteering Congress

The Centre for European Volunteering (CEV) Spring Volunteering Congress 2025 in Mechelen was a gathering of volunteering organisations from across Europe to talk about the future of volunteering. Participants shared ideas and experiences on how volunteering can support communities, promote inclusion, and develop skills. The event included visits to local projects, group discussions, and workshops….

Pioneering Sustainable Farming

Pioneering Sustainable Farming

Semoya is a sub-village located in Berbah municipality, Yogyakarta Province. Most of the years, they have been organizing international workcamp with local NGO since 2006. They started post-disaster workcamp in 2007. When 80 % of the building was destroyed due to a huge earthquake in 2006. Beginning with some 10 Japanese volunteers, we supported the…

International Women’s Day (IWD)

International Women’s Day (IWD)

We celebrated IWD on 8th March 2025 at Vivekananda Wisdom Mission School, Mankundu. The occasion was inaugurated at 11.00a.m. by Piyali Basak, the well-known summiteer of Mt. Everest and 5 other highest peaks in sequence in term of height. The theme of International Women’s Day 2025 was “Accelerate Action”. Our guest speakers advocated the theme…

SCI is leaving X

SCI is leaving X

As an organisation that values peace, inclusion, nonviolence and human rights, and like many like minded organisations did, we decided to stop using X as a social media platform for our communication. With the leadership and actions of its CEO, the platform has become a danger to democracy and the values that we hold dear,…

A group of people from AYAFE Youth Organization posing for a picture

COP29

The board members of AYAFE Youth Organization, representing Service Civil International (SCI), participated in the COP29 event as observers. During the event, they participated in the conference and discussion sessions on climate issues and closely followed the processes. Although it focused on one main theme in general, the event was very diverse and dynamic. In…

Old picutre of SCI, there is a woman working while some men watch her, proving that she can do the job as easy as the men do

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…