Building Bridges Statement

The Toolkit was designed to collect and share the know-how on voluntary projects involving people seeking or who have recently found refuge, as well as raising awareness on forced migration in general. The collection of guidelines, methods and case studies is non-exhaustive and should simply foster your own inspiration and support you in implementing projects on the topic. The creation of the Toolkit has been driven by the ever bigger need of the international SCI network to exchange best practices on projects in the field. It was coordinated by SCI Switzerland with the support of Útilapu Hungary. Its existence wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the Mercator Foundation Switzerland and the active contribution of the Building Bridges working group and a number of SCI branches.

Volunteer house at the border Macedonia-Serbia

Volunteer house at the border Macedonia-Serbia

Volunteer weekend – come and share

Volunteer weekend – come and share

Winter full of fun + Summer Balaton trip

Winter full of fun + Summer Balaton trip

No borders corner + Fairy tales of the world

No borders corner + Fairy tales of the world

Broken windows

Broken windows

Vacation camp for refugee children

Vacation camp for refugee children

No Border Fest

No Border Fest

Challenges on the field

Challenges on the field

Urban gardening

Urban gardening

We connect / Mir bréngen zesummen

We connect / Mir bréngen zesummen

Regular Theatre Escape

Regular Theatre Escape

Theatre Escape workcamp

Theatre Escape workcamp

Migration workshop

Migration workshop

Are you prejudiced?

Are you prejudiced?

Restaurant Day

Restaurant Day

Film or documentary screening

Film or documentary screening

Prison game

Prison game

Intercultural football

Intercultural football

Workday

Workday

Most shocking second a day

Most shocking second a day

Cultionary

Cultionary

Impressions of war

Impressions of war

Social right in an envelope

Human rights through pictures

Human rights through pictures

Peace island

Peace island

Language barriers

Language barriers

Work and babies

Work and babies

World café

World café

Global wealth

Global wealth

Thematic workcamp

Thematic workcamp

Schools and youth camps education

Schools and youth camps education

Worlds of Women

Worlds of Women

Day of action

Day of action

Fundraising dinner

Fundraising dinner

Go visual!

Go visual!

Across the sea

Across the sea

Switched storytelling

Switched storytelling

Take a step forward

Take a step forward

Against all odds

Against all odds

Dreams

Dreams

Borders Trial

Antonio and Ali

Antonio and Ali

Living library

Living library

Conflictology course

Conflictology course

Workcamps in asylum centres

Workcamps in asylum centres

Where do you stand?

Where do you stand?

Diverse Communities: Playing cards

Diverse Communities: Playing cards

Guide on peace education and global learning

Guide on peace education and global learning

Study part on refugees in SCI workcamps

Study part on refugees in SCI workcamps

Common issues and proposed solutions

Common issues and proposed solutions

Preparing a theatre workcamp

Preparing a theatre workcamp

Preparing volunteers for regular activities

Preparing volunteers for regular activities

Preparing long-term voluntary projects

Preparing long-term voluntary projects

Involving asylum seekers and refugees in workcamps

Involving asylum seekers and refugees in workcamps

Labelling BB workcamps

Labelling BB workcamps

Preparing projects

Preparing projects

Preparing SCI workcamps

Preparing SCI workcamps

Preparing volunteers for BB workcamps

Preparing volunteers for BB workcamps

CONTRIBUTE!

You can share your experience, observations, tips and tricks, pictures etc. by uploading for instance a method or a case study to the Building Bridges Toolkit. As this Toolkit is a work in progress to which all involved parties are invited to contribute, we would also be very grateful for your support and contribution in order to inspire others to continue the work towards peace and intercultural understanding.