From Vietnam to two workcamps in Italy Written by Ariane JovovicOctober 2022 Thanh is a 26 years old girl who did two workcamps in Italy this summer. She will return to Vietnâm this year and is still trying to understand herself more trough new experiences. She agreed to share her summer experience with Ariane Jovovic. …
Grassroots Change project: Job shadowing Written by Stella-Filda NyamandeAugust 2022 I attended a work camp between 12 August and 22 August on ensuring sustainable water supplies, together with 8 volunteers from different countries. I was coordinating the camp with Kikka from Finland. The group dynamic was great, it was so easy to get along and share…
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…
Blanca – ESC – SCI – Italy Written by BlancaJune 2022 Blanca, a volunteer with SCI-Italia for seven months through the “European Solidarity Corps” program of the European Union, almost a year after the end of her project, continued to participate in various trainings, seminars and youth exchanges such as “Chapter: Challenging Propaganda Through Remembrance” ,…
A day away… Written by ErildaFebruary 2022 Away from home and my country but closer to myself, my identity. Maybe you are asking yourself why I feel like that. I invite you to think about the benefits of comfort. In that instant moment we feel relaxed, we are doing something we are good at, we…
DOBRO.CAST from the world of local and international volunteering Written by INEX – Sdružení dobrovolných aktivit.November 2021 DOBRO.cast is a newest initiative created by INEX Association for Voluntary Activities. The podcast explores various types of volunteering. Now you have a chance to listen to a brand new podcast about volunteering and active citizenship in a global context. With…
Dobro.cast Episode 1 Written by INEX – Sdružení dobrovolných aktivit.November 2021 DOBRO.cast is a newest initiative created by INEX Association for Voluntary Activities. The podcast explores various types of volunteering. Now you have a chance to listen to a brand new podcast about volunteering and active citizenship in a global context. With DOBRO.CAST, you will “visit”…
Unique adventure in Japan Written by Yann BenaventeOctober 2021 DISCOVERING JAPAN AND ITS CULTURE I went to Japan for over 70 days thanks to SCI Belgium. Japan is a beautiful country, it has always fascinated me and I dreamed of being able to discover it one day. I discovered a culture that I did not know…
A moment out of time at Don Bosco Written by Chloé JeanneOctober 2021 A volunteering project is a space “out of time”, an immersion in a completely new context with strangers who quickly become your only landmarks. Participating in a volunteering project means learning, meeting, but also reinventing yourself. Sometimes it’s about discovering new qualities and…
My ESC project in SCI Catalunya Written by Bogumiła HładkiSeptember 2020 Time flies and good things come to the end as they say. It was like yesterday when I came to Barcelona to start my ESC project in the office of the SCI branch. I remember the advice given to me by the previous ESC volunteer:…