How to become a mentor Written by Dalia Yasin April 2026 In April, SCI MIDI working group organised a training for mentors in collaboration with SCI partners from Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine and Jordan. Since more SCI branches are organising long term volunteer projects, trained mentors guarantee a better volunteering pathway for the long term volunteers. The…
From the Tiber to the Tigris: Young People on the Move for Equality and European Dialogue Written by Marta from SCI ItalyDecember 2025 In June, in Rome, I took part in and co-facilitated Digital Equality, an Erasmus+ youth exchange coordinated by SCI Italy that brought together more than 20 young participants from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Türkiye….
From Catalonia to Lille: Volunteering, cooking and learning along the way Written by Africa from Catalonia October 2025 My ESC Experience Hi, I‘m Africa, from Catalonia, and I’m doing a nine month volunteering project with SCI France in Lille. After quitting my job and traveling for a year; I felt I needed to do something more…
Emma’s Testimony from the No More War Open Forum Written by EmmaMay 2025 “No More War” is more than a slogan – it’s a global network of activists taking action against the militarization of our world. Emma, a SCI volunteer, took part in the Open Forum in Bulgaria and shares her experience. At a time when…
Debora’s unique experience at SCI volunteer camp in India Written by DeboraNovember 2024 In November 2024, Debora Mantovani participated in a volunteer camp in India. In this article, she shares her unique experience and the most meaningful moments she experienced during the project. “It was an extraordinary experience. I shared everything with the other volunteers…
Sport, language and art in Shatila: voices beyond borders Written by Clara PunziJanuary 2025 As I left Shatila on my way back to Italy, I could hardly foresee that, in nothing more than a couple of weeks, this fragile yet vibrant community would have soon find itself at the heart of renovated violence. Although there were…
Emilia Fulfilled Volunteer Camp in Thuringia Written by EmiliaNovember 2024 My name is Emilia and I’m a sixteen year old student from Germany. I was volunteering with SCI Germany, where I participated in a volunteer camp focused on creating visibility at the concentration camp memorial Mittelbau-Dora in Thuringia. I decided to volunteer because I wanted to…
From Conflict to Collaboration Written by Jonas, Anna & MarleneSeptember 2024 From 02–08.04.2024 three volunteers Jonas, Marlene und Anna from SCI Germany had the opportunity to travel to Herentals, Belgium to participate in the training course “From Conflict to Collaboration: Building a Culture of Peace in Diverse Communities”. The course gathered 28 participants from 10 countries…
YOUTH ARTIVISM – strengthening cultural activism through theatre in Kalisz Written by NoeliaAugust 2024 This volunteering experience in Kalisz was my first one abroad, and I can’t describe with enough words how much I’ve enjoyed it. It definitely opens the door for me to sign up for more projects in the future. In just two weeks…
Cinema Without Borders – Rome Film Festival Written by Ángela García MeseguerJune 2024 From the 13th to the 20th of May the participants of the Erasmus+ seminar “Cinema without Borders” coordinated by SCI Italia came to Rome where by the end of the seminar we could see their beloved projects in the film festival that took…