What a show! Moers festival Written by Marie-Anaïs BarralJuly 2023 The Moers festival was an enriching experience, especially in human terms. It was an opportunity to meet new people and exchange ideas with them about their culture, traditions and ideas. We were nine volunteers, all of different nationalities. As most of us were in our twenties,…
ESC TEAM ZUPPA Written by Carole CorbeauApril 2023 In view of the 16th edition of the Festival Internazionale della Zuppa of Rome, 18 volunteers have been called in to provide assistance during the two weeks preceding and during the festival at La Città dell’Utopia. My name is Carole, I’m a previous volunteer from SCI Italy, I…
Experience of a volunteer at ‘Holiday for kids’ SCI workcamp. Written by Brelyantika Indra Jesa (Indonesia) & Hewad Alikhil (Afghanistan)February 2023 For more than 30 years the SCI Germany (Moers) has been active in many areas to support the youth in Moers. Last summer SCI Germany (Moers) offered a program designed for children aged 6-10,…
Building peace by picking grapes Written by ClaudiaDecember 2022 After years of working at home or at the office during the pandemic, this summer I felt the need to reconnect to the international activities of SCI, and to its core purpose: creating peace through volunteering. So I decided to go on a workcamp, and I chose one…
My experience at a workcamp in India Written by Zahir RaihanDecember 2022 I had the privilege to be a participant in the 8 days long work-&-study camp organised by Maharashtra Group, SCI India in collaboration with SANVITA Ashram to gear up SCI activities after the post COVID global situation. …
From Vietnam to two workcamps in Italy Written by Ariane JovovicOctober 2022 Thanh is a 26 years old girl who did two workcamps in Italy this summer. She will return to Vietnâm this year and is still trying to understand herself more trough new experiences. She agreed to share her summer experience with Ariane Jovovic. …
Workcamp at a School with Ukrainian Refugees Written by Craig DonnellySeptember 2022 On Saturday the 6th of August we gathered at a university dormitory in Poznan, Poland where I have lived since the middle of June as a ESC volunteer. There were nine volunteers including me from Ireland but representing Poznan and the Ukrainian coordinator of…
Grassroots Change project: Job shadowing Written by Stella-Filda NyamandeAugust 2022 I attended a work camp between 12 August and 22 August on ensuring sustainable water supplies, together with 8 volunteers from different countries. I was coordinating the camp with Kikka from Finland. The group dynamic was great, it was so easy to get along and share…
Grassroots Change project: a job shadowing experience Written by PhilipJuly 2022 As part of the Grassroots project, Philip came to Belgium from Nigeria for a job shadowing experience, co-coordinating a workcamp, visiting the International Secretariat of SCI in Antwerp and the local SCI branch in Brussels. Here is his experience during the workcamp: Between June 26th…
Ericka’s experience about participation in “The Animal Academy” workcamp Written by ErickaMay 2022 In March 2022 our Spanish volunteer Ericka, originally from Peru, participated in “The Animal Academy” Workcamp in Fuerteventura, Spain. She was happy to share her life-changing experience with us: “Whenever I talk about this experience, I start by saying that it was one…