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…
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,…
My Service Civique Experience Written by Carole CorbeauAugust 2022 My Service Civique Experience My name is Carole, I am 24 years old and I graduated with a Master’s degree in communication, more precisely in event communication, in 2020. In times of a pandemic, it was not the best time to find work directly after the…
Isabel Completes her European Solidarity Corps experience! Written by IsabelJuly 2022 Isabel, VSI Ireland’s European Solidarity Corps Volunteer, recently completed her European Solidarity Corps project with Rosto Solidário! VSI wishes her all the best in the future. They reached out to Isabel for her thoughts and reflections at the end of her experience. Here’s what she…
Return to the roots – In the Amazon rainforest in eastern Ecuador Written by Sandrine MatthieuOctober 2021 Return to the roots in the Amazon rainforest in eastern Ecuador During my trip around the world, I wanted to do volunteering projects to live it more intensely and to be immersed in the local customs… A project in…
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…
Long term adventure in France Written by SarahSeptember 2021 Sarah Browne, one of VSI Ireland’s ESC volunteers did her ESC project in France with a Youth Information Point – Maison de l’Europe en Mayenne in Laval, from September 2020 to July 2021. She was an Ambassador of Europe and mobility with EuropeDirect. Sarah’s project was divided into…
Sharing my experience at ChangeMakers Written by Senka NenadovJune 2021 VSI Ireland’s ESC volunteer, Senka Nenadov, participated in the SCI Change Makers event on 3rd June, organised as a follow-up event to the FLOW project. At the event, Senka spoke of her personal experience growing up in Serbia, needing personal assistance and the obstacles in the…