A changed individual with SCI Written by Brelyantika IndraJune 2020 “Volunteering is that moment when you forget that you are volunteering in order to help change lives because it is changing yours” This sentence describes my experience joining volunteering with SCI because this organization changed my life. My first experience was Glucksburg camp, held in Glucksburg…
The Spirit of Volunteering Work – Good Deeds and Amazing People Written by Pia LexJune 2020 After finishing school in Germany in the year 2016, I wanted to try something new and different. Still having no idea what I should study, I thought maybe it would help to distance myself from my normal life. Participating in…
Back to my first workcamp Written by AlbinaMay 2020 This was my first and very successful experience of online workcamp. To be honest I have never had bad experience with SCI , especially with SCI Germany. I like that the atmosphere was very friendly and peaceful. This brought me back to my first workcamp in Iceland….
My inner healing is simultaneously contributing to healing of the world Written by EllieDecember 2019 When asked to reflect on her time here, Ellie said: “One of the simplest, yet power tools I have had the amazing fortune of learning during my time as an EVS volunteer in Sennrüti, is the Hawaiian forgiveness ritual: Ho’oponopono. It…
Work is Love in Action Written by IrynaDecember 2019 Two years ago I was sitting in a huge, loud, open-space office and my life was passing by without any sense; I didn’t know what the weather was outside of the office or what the weather was inside of me. I was working as a Human Recourses manager…
Sennrüti, a place of equality Written by NikolaDecember 2019 I had previously spent time on several short-term volunteer projects, including two months at a Croation eco-centre, where I gained plenty of useful skills and know-how in the field of permaculture, as well as learning basic Croatian. After this experience I found myself asking ‘How is it…
Marija and Diellina about the climate change in Kagel, Germany Written by Marija Sehtanska and Diellina MehmetiNovember 2019 Between 18th and 24th of October Marija Sehtanska and Diellina Mehmeti attended the Networking & Training seminar: “Climate beyond Individual Action! How to organize young people for climate justice” organized by SCI – Deutscher Zweig e.V. The main aim of the…
Somewhere in the Swiss Forest Written by Lena Schneider and Paul GriesbergerOctober 2019 For my second time as a SCI Switzerland workcamp coordinator I wanted to be at a special place and country I haven’t been before. That’s why I choose the Swiss Alps. The Alpe Loasa which is right at the border to Italy, surrounded by forest…
Volunteer summer in the Mountains of the Balkans Written by GAIA KosovoFebruary 2019 If you are from the Balkans you would not be able to imagine the landscape and natural heritage of the region without coming to think of Velebit, Sharr, Pirin or Frushka gora mountains. All of them are special places which provide home for…
Wonderful days at farming workcamp in Malaysia Written by LooWee ChiaJanuary 2019 It was a great learning experience to attend Organic Farming and Meditation workcamp at Cameron Highlands (Malaysia) last December (11-21). We got to learn the ins and outs of organic farming from seeding, planting, compost making, to harvesting and packaging. Among all, weeding was…