Workcamp with a view Written by Jessica LimaJune 2016 For a week I was in Vojsko, a village near Idrija with six other people. Together with the local community we would build a walking path and also paint a wooden storage house. My task in the group was just painting the storage house together with one of…
Experience of a camp coordinator Written by Ivana KosovacMarch 2016 The Bear the Peace camp was held in the Kuterevo bear refuge, where every year there is a large number of volunteers from all over the world, most of which subscribe to the same values and are interested in peace/building. There were 10 volunteers, from different…
SCI Workcamp “Bear the Peace” Written by Dora MedvaricFebruary 2016 In this short story of my first workcamp you will found something about bears, nature, peace and my experience in Kuterevo bear refuge. Velebit Association Kuterevo Velebit Association Kuterevo is a small local organization which was founded in 1995 and since then is active in fields of preservation…
Greetings from Valec Written by Almur SchlepperDecember 2015 Hello everybody, Today is our day off and the first rainy day so I got a chance to write. I am sitting in my tent, trying to keep it dry inside and the ants out. The tent is in the middle of an orchard with sheep bleeping all…
Story from Ittoqqortoormiit Written by SCI Switzerland volunteerJuly 2015 In summer 2015 I spent four weeks volunteering with Greenlandic children in Ittoqortoormit. That village is very isolated and is located next to the Scoresby Sund fjord. Getting there is difficult, but adventurous. The group of volunteers first traveled from Reykjavik to Akureyri, from there to Constable…
Volunteer Experience: Aki Takami, Keuruu Ecovillage Written by Aki TakamiFebruary 2015 WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY? My name is Aki Takami. I come from Japan – big city next to Tokyo named Yokohama. I’m 20 and I live there with my family. I am on my third year of…
Winter peace in Kuterevo Written by Nelly NaydenovaFebruary 2014 For the SCI movement and its followers 2014 is the year of climate justice. One element of the Create a Climate for peace campaign was the youth exchange ‘Winter Peace’ in Kuterevo at the very beginning of the year (5 to 15 January). The project aimed to…