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 workcamp in India Written by DeboraNovember 2024 In November 2024, Debora Mantovani participated in a workcamp 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 without feeling…
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 Workcamp 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 workcamp focused on creating visibility at the concentration camp memorial Mittelbau-Dora in Thuringia. I decided to volunteer because I wanted to apply my…
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…
Two Unforgettable Months in Kenya Written by Regula IffMarch 2024 Can you introduce yourself? I am Regula from Switzerland and I am 37 years old. I live in Bern, and I currently work as an HR specialistI worked in HR for the government for many years, but then I decided to do something else and have…
Believe in yourself and you will make it! Written by Chiara and FedericoAugust 2023 Hello everyone, here from Soshanguve, Pretoria (South Africa) are Chiara Ortenzi and Federico Milan from Italy writing to you. We would like to share our experience and feelings about our time here at South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association (SAVWA). We are…