A moment out of time at Don Bosco Written by Chloé JeanneOctober 2021 A volunteering project is a space “out of time”, an immersion in a completely new context with strangers who quickly become your only landmarks. Participating in a volunteering project means learning, meeting, but also reinventing yourself. Sometimes it’s about discovering new qualities and…
Wikipedia for peace – workcamp on climate justice Written by ThomasSeptember 2021 Our first physical Wikipedia for Peace camp since COVID-19 is taking place!⠀⠀ Volunteers from Switzerland, Germany and Italy are creating, editing and translating Wikipedia articles around #ClimateJustice at the socioecological center Décéntrale in Mont Soleil. So far we added new information for example about wildfires…
Zero Trash workcamp in Portugal Written by YelizAugust 2021 I took part in the Zero-Trash workcamp in Portugal over this summer. Our main activities were collecting trash in the village of Serpins near Coimbra. We went to the nearby woods where trash had been illegally thrown out and our job was to separate them based on…
Nature Park Alp Experience Written by RiccardoAugust 2021 “Bring warm clothes” was mentioned three times in the information sheet for the workcamp “Nature Park Alp Experience” on the Illalpe 2360m above sea level. For a good reason: While most of the time we were lucky with sunny weather to maintain stonewalls, meadows and trails, but also…
My workcamp in the mountains Written by RudiJune 2021 Rudi was a camp coordinator in the Workcamp Mountain Hiking Trails (Maloja GR, 23 May – 03 Jun 2021). The workcamp in Maloja has been an awesome experience. Besides the truly marvelous region, I met some wonderful people and spend an incredible time in the middle of…
Wikipedia for Peace: Climate Justice – Online Volunteer Project Written by Maria Conte and Aine BoyleFebruary 2021 Before signing up for the Wikipedia for Peace: Climate Justice online project, I was feeling a bit apprehensive about volunteering in an online space. I couldn’t grasp the idea of interacting and connecting with other volunteers in virtual reality while…
Wikipedia for Peace on Climate Justice Written by VarshiniDecember 2020 Climate Justice is a virtual workcamp organized by SCI Switzerland and Wikimedia Switzerland which is part of a movement that wants to strengthen peace on Wikipedia by producing better content on social movements, justice, and peace in general. At first, it was an opportunity I took…
This year’s third Wikipedia online camp Written by Thomas SchallhartNovember 2020 Our Wikipedia online camp on climate justice is finished! During the whole week, 16 participants from 9 countries and 3 continents edited Wikipedia to make climate activists, climate organisations, and terms related to climate change more visible on the internet. We are excited about the…
Peace rally & study camp Written by Md. Kamrul AhsanOctober 2020 I’m proud to be a part of an international peace rally in Penang, Malaysia in 2018. It is very special to me as a participant. I shared my volunteer knowledge with the local members. Worked nice, grow up leadership by sharing the experiences I have….
Wikipedia workcamp Written by Thomas SchallhartSeptember 2020 After 8 days of our online camp to edit Wikipedia articles about the history of Service Civil International, we are proud to have written more than 50 articles in English, Armenian, Croatian, Russian, Spanish, Catalan, and German. We also uploaded lots of new pictures from the SCI archives to…