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We are all Made out of Mud

We are all Made out of Mud

In 2017, a couple of friends and activists from our organisation, GAIA, started a project in a small, remote village in the Eastern part of the...

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New year = New season

New year = New season

It's January and with it a new season begins. At SCI France we are living it with a lot of cold, but if possible with more excitement than cold. We...

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COP28: reflections of an activist

COP28: reflections of an activist

SCI/IVS member, Rob Unwin, attended COP28 as an online observer. Read his reflections on this important climate conference which determines the future of our planet.

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Building Utopias

Building Utopias

From the 8th to 19th of November 2023, 14 participants from Jordan, France and Italy  travelled to Rome to take part in the Youth exchange in "La...

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86th International Committee Meeting (ICM)

86th International Committee Meeting (ICM)

The first hybrid ICM happened this year from 6 to 10 December. Delegates from all over the world came together in Vienna, Austria and online. They shared ideas and made important decisions for the future of SCI.

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SCI End-of-the-Year Fundraiser 2023

SCI End-of-the-Year Fundraiser 2023

As we approach the end of this year, I would like to address all of you and ask for your support to SCI. The most reliable source and that which would give us the highest level of independence, is YOU!

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White Cane Safety Day event

White Cane Safety Day event

SCI-India’s Maharashtra State Group organized a webinar to commemorate the World White Cane Safety Day. The Group has been associated with...

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Workcamp in Sri Lanka

Workcamp in Sri Lanka

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...

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Become an international volunteer at SCI Germany!

Become an international volunteer at SCI Germany!

SCI Germany is looking for 2 volunteers for the period of 13 months: 1 March 2024 to 31 March 2025, to contribute to the work of their office (communication and volunteer placement) in Bonn, Germany. Application deadline: 15th of November 2023
You are welcome to apply if you are a EU resident between 18 and 30 years of age and you have a good level of English.

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Albanoi has joined the IS

Albanoi has joined the IS

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...

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Léo has joined the IS!

Léo has joined the IS!

Léo arrived at our office of the International Secretariat here in Antwerp on the 15th of September and he will stay with us for one year. Hello...

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Participate in a training in Hungary

Participate in a training in Hungary

The training will be held from 6 to 15 November in Hollókő, Hungary. This program aims to help you become a better leader through the principles of self-awareness, resourcefulness and accountability.

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Remembering Hiroshima day to not repeat the same mistakes

Remembering Hiroshima day to not repeat the same mistakes

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.

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Alaa joined the IS!

Alaa joined the IS!

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.

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EVENT: The many ways of peace and antimilitarism

EVENT: The many ways of peace and antimilitarism

On the occasion of ☮️ International Peace Day, we want to come together and share ideas on peace, nonviolence and antimilitarism. Join our ? online event ? on Thursday 21 September 2023 ⌚️ 12:00 – 13:30 CEST and let’s inspire each other to keep resisting the militaristic narrative that is permeating our societies today.

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Microgrants available!

Microgrants available!

Do you want to organise an action for International Day of Peace? Send us your proposal and you might qualify for funding!

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No more war: virtual exchange

No more war: virtual exchange

We are opening applications for an online 2-day exchange to create a new antimilitarist group in SCI. ?Online via Zoom | ? 23-24 September 2023. ⏰ Apply by August 31, 2023.

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International Voluntary Service organisations of the Americas meet

International Voluntary Service organisations of the Americas meet

Participants from volunteering organisations in the Americas and from IVS networks met in Costa Rica for the Frame[v]work project’s American Lab, its 3rd regional meeting. SCI was represented by Alexandra Vasileiou, international president, and Peter Stanton and Sandra Shilling from IVS USA. It was an opportunity to present IVS history, vision, activities and methods to organisations from the Americas.

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Unveiling the “Food for Thought Laboratory”

Unveiling the “Food for Thought Laboratory”

From July 10th to July 16th, 2023, Ferrara, Italy, became the nucleus of an inspiring movement as 21 participants joined forces to present the groundbreaking results of the Decolonise Participatory Action Research (PAR) and to explore how to bring about the necessary changes.

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Sustainability in focus

Sustainability in focus

IVP-AU is starting a new project: Goulburn Farmers Market. It will be a place for local growers to sell directly to the customers, promoting sustainability.

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Young people are the change

Young people are the change

The “Volunteering for Peace” project by SCI Poland aims to spread knowledge and create skills related to acting for peace among elementary and secondary school students and their teachers, to increase their awareness of peace matters in their daily lives.

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World Environment Day activities in India

World Environment Day activities in India

Service Civil International Maharashtra State Group observed World Environment Day on Monday 5th June. Although it was probably a working day for most of the SCI Volunteers, they still gathered together for this noble cause.

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Summer Camp 2023 held in India

Summer Camp 2023 held in India

From May 10th until May 20th SCI India in collaboration with Good Life Centre organized a summer workcamp with the participation of volunteers from all around the world.

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Kishori Shakti Programme Report

Kishori Shakti Programme Report

SCI India Maharashtra State Group organised a six day project about Girls Empowerment. Each day day tackled a different subject for more than 25 young girls.

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Call for an illustrator/graphic designer

Call for an illustrator/graphic designer

SCI is developing an online course to support young activists to communicate and advocate for peace. We are looking for a creative eye to support us on the visual side of this online course. Deadline to apply is 26th of May

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Tribute to Monique Hervo.

Tribute to Monique Hervo.

Service Civil International wishes to pay tribute to Monique Hervo who was a volunteer and activist among others with SCI in the 60s

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Strategies Against War: Call for participants

Strategies Against War: Call for participants

Join SCI’s antimilitarism project, near Vienna, Austria, on 25 June – 2 July 2023! We are looking for motivated young people, passionate about peace, antimilitarism and advocacy. Bring your idea for a campaign or project linked to antimilitarism and develop it with the support of the group! Deadline to apply is 7 May.

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ESC communication volunteer wanted in the IS!

ESC communication volunteer wanted in the IS!

The International Secretariat of SCI is looking for a Communication and Campaign volunteer through the European Solidarity Corps programme of the European Union. Position in Antwerp (Belgium) from 24 July for 1 year. Read all the details and apply by 11 May 2023.

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ESC project volunteer wanted in the IS!

ESC project volunteer wanted in the IS!

The International Secretariat of Service Civil International is looking for a project volunteer through the European Solidarity Corps programme of the European Union. Position in Antwerp (Belgium) from 14 August for 1 year. Read all the details and apply by 11 May 2023.

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International Women’s Day 2023

International Women’s Day 2023

SCI India West Bengal Group organised a seminar where five guests took part and spoke about the position of the women and their participation in social fields.

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One year of war and no end in sight

One year of war and no end in sight

Tomorrow marks one year since the full-scale military aggression against Ukraine by Russia. We want to reiterate our message in support of peace, standing in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as well as peace movements and peace activists. No to war in Ukraine, no to war anywhere! We invite you to stand up against the war in Ukraine and encourage you to join your local peace protest or activity or to organise one yourself.

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International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day

SCI India – Maharashtra State Group is organising an online discussion on the occasion of International Women’s Day with the theme “Women’s Empowerment”. ? 8 March 2023 15:30 CET ? Zoom

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The power behind good intentions

The power behind good intentions

In December 2022, SCI Austria organised a training about colonialism and volunteering, aiming to learn and think about colonialism, its definition and its structures, and to help organisations better prepare volunteers that go to the Global South. To decolonize ourselves, in other words. Participants from different organisations or branches of SCI benefitted from this training. Now they have returned to their organisations and activities with new tools to struggle with eurocentrism, racism and colonialism within NGOs.

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Utopias Against War: Call for participants

Utopias Against War: Call for participants

Join SCI’s new antimilitarism project, in Rome, Italy, on 16-22 April, 2023! We are looking for motivated young people, passionate about peace, antimilitarism and advocacy. Deadline to apply is 20 February!

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FEEL THE MEDITERRANEAN

FEEL THE MEDITERRANEAN

CI-Hellas with the support of the Anna Lindh Foundation organised a FEEL THE MEDITERRANEAN event on the Day of the Mediterranean. This was one of the many cultural, mainly music, events organised on that particular day to celebrate a sea that brings together so many different cultures and is invariably significant to Europe’s past, present and future.

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European Solidarity Corps volunteer wanted

European Solidarity Corps volunteer wanted

? The International Secretariat of Service Civil International is looking for a European Solidarity Corps volunteer! The volunteer will be ? based in Antwerp (Belgium), ? from 27 March 2023 to 26 March 2024, ? and will be working on projects. ⏰ Deadline to apply: 18 January 2023

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SCI General Assembly is concluded

SCI General Assembly is concluded

The International Committee Meeting (ICM), the annual general assembly of SCI, where all member organisations decide on the future of the organisation, took place online from 7 to 11 December 2022.

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Long-term volunteering in Bulgaria in 2023

Long-term volunteering in Bulgaria in 2023

CVS-Bulgaria is looking for motivated ESC volunteers to join their long-term initiative “Volunteering Circles II”, which consists of several circles: Volunteering, Social Inclusion and Integration, Human Rights and Art and Culture!

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International Volunteer Day (IVD) Webinar

International Volunteer Day (IVD) Webinar

SCI-India’s Maharashtra State Group celebrated the International Volunteer Day with a virtual meeting. The participants from Asia, Australia and Europe shared their experiences, remarks and wishes.

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Pierre Cérésole Awards 2022

Pierre Cérésole Awards 2022

Pierre Cérésole Award is an annual award given to branches’ projects that deserve special mention because of their innovative nature or the impact they achieved. Discover this year’s awards

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Learning Lab(oratory) Pro Training Course

Learning Lab(oratory) Pro Training Course

Our Polish branch in Poznan organised recently a training course where 28 participants from 9 countries got more in-depth on the topics of inclusion and new tools and trends in learning and development in online and in-person settings.

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Climate protection and class struggle! Climate beyond Classism!

Climate protection and class struggle! Climate beyond Classism!

People with lower incomes and low educational qualifications are strongly underrepresented in the climate movement. Yet it is precisely the economically weak and working class people who are most affected by the impacts of the climate crisis – both locally and globally. Find out more about the activity that SCI Germany organised this year on the matter.

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Inner Peace Adventure

Inner Peace Adventure

Participants of “Inner Peace and Peace with Nature” & “Learning Lab(orator) Pro” are conducting very interesting follow-up activities.

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Forging Ubuntu: “I am because we are”

Forging Ubuntu: “I am because we are”

In October 2022, SAVWA (South Africa Volunteer Workcamps Association) hosted a group of 16 young volunteers from 6 SCI partner organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa. They met in Pretoria for a training which combined discussions on the challenges of gender inequalities and climate change in their respective communities, with hands-on training in permaculture. 

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Inner Peace and Peace with Nature

Inner Peace and Peace with Nature

Between 13th and 19th of October, 30 youngsters from different countries gathered in Winterthur, Switzerland for the “Inner Peace and Peace with Nature” training course. The main goal of this training was to help the participant to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of peace and its different levels.

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2022 SCI End-of-the-year Fundraiser

2022 SCI End-of-the-year Fundraiser

We decided to run an end-of-the-year fundraiser to cover the costs of our projects for youth and a donation from you, or anybody you know, could help us achieve that goal and complete the year in December with a better financial outlook.

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SCI is Recruiting an International Coordinator

SCI is Recruiting an International Coordinator

SCI is looking for a new International Coordinator to lead its International Secretariat located in Antwerp, Belgium. We are looking for someone with strong leadership and communication skills, intercultural experience, strategic thinking and interest to work in an international organisation with a mission to create a culture of peace. Deadline to apply: 18 November 2022.

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A global delegation at COP27 in Egypt

A global delegation at COP27 in Egypt

Have you heard about the annual conferences by the United Nations that address climate change? This year’s conference will start this month already and the SCI sends a global delegation. Find out more about the conference and the SCI delegation below.

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