Hello everyone! I’m Konstantinos, the new project volunteer here at SCI’s International Secretariat. I come from the land of philosophy, olives, and political scandals, also known as Greece, and I have a great love for exploring new places and ideas. I studied social policy in Athens and later delved into cultural sociology during my master’s…
Hello everyone, it’s Rémi, from France. Having just completed my Master’s degree in politics and international cooperation, I’m now proud to join the SCI-IS team as a volunteer. I’ve been involved with many NGOs and charities during my studies, but SCI will be my first long-term experience with an international organisation.I’d like to make the…
Vern Cork was a co-founder of IVP-AU (International Volunteers for Peace – Australia). Vern was an author, translator, librarian, teacher and fount of knowledge on Balinese history, religion, art and culture. In his last years he lived in Bali, in a beautiful though neglected resort that was set up in the old style of a…
The Asian Platform Meeting (APM) is an annual meeting and program organised in Asia to accommodate SCI Asian branches and for them to face common challenges together. This meeting also aims to strengthen cooperation among SCI Asian branches in the future. This year, APM was successfully organised by SCI India – Karnataka Group in Bangalore,…
Hello! After spending some time in higher education (maybe too much time), I find myself wondering once again what to do with my life. I studied international human rights law and politics and sociology and all I knew was that I wanted to use this in some way. I was starting to question if I…
Meet Gonçalo, our new Communication Volunteer.
As part of the world peace movement of International Voluntary Service (IVS), we call for your action and participation to work together to achieve world peace! You are welcome to participate in any of the following activities: *Your thoughts, proposals, future actions,etc. Preferably with photo or drawing! Who can join? Everyone! How to join? Program:…
On the 16th of July, CCIVS and SCI organised a conference about Palestine. We had the chance to hear personal stories, learn more about Palestine and what we can do to foster solidarity and end racism, apartheid and the genocide in Palestine. The speakers were: Around 80 participants joined us to hear about how we…
The project Decolonise International Voluntary Service has been running for 2 years. Join the webinar on July 9th at 2 PM CEST to learn more about the project and its outcomes.
Description of the organisation SCI Switzerland is a peace organization, which is organizing around 15 workcamps with around 150 international volunteers every year. Around 80 volunteers living in Switzerland are participating every year in camps within Switzerland or abroad. Next to the workcamps, SCI Switzerland is hosting around 4 international trainings in Bern per year…