Becoming a SCI officer Written by Hari & BophaMarch 2023 As a new recruit of SCI, we had the opportunity to follow two trainings, one with French volunteers going abroad, and one with recruits from other countries in Bern. This was an opportunity to get to know the other people with whom we are communicating behind…
Building peace by picking grapes Written by ClaudiaDecember 2022 After years of working at home or at the office during the pandemic, this summer I felt the need to reconnect to the international activities of SCI, and to its core purpose: creating peace through volunteering. So I decided to go on a workcamp, and I chose one…
My experience at a workcamp in India Written by Zahir RaihanDecember 2022 I had the privilege to be a participant in the 8 days long work-&-study camp organised by Maharashtra Group, SCI India in collaboration with SANVITA Ashram to gear up SCI activities after the post COVID global situation. …
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN Written by Tamara MilovanovićNovember 2022 It was just another working day for me when I accidentally saw the call for the “Inner Peace and Peace with Nature” training course by SCI Switzerland. It seemed it was the right thing I needed at that moment, after being, maybe even too much into work and…
Ray of green Written by Mihajlo NikolićNovember 2022 There aren’t many words in the dictionary to describe an experience which can’t be verbalised, but only felt. I feel as if the closest feeling to what us, volunteers in SCI Switzerland’s Training course in Winterthur had, was forest’s calling. The call of the wild can describe many…
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…
FUNding peace training course: ready for leadership! Written by BrixhildaJuly 2022 I departed as a young project coordinator from “Impact Centre”, and I came back as a future project leader thanks to this meaningful training course ‘FUNding Peace: the power grid for your project’. For over 6 days, I had the opportunity to develop new skills…
Pausing for breath after the first half of my ESC at SCI Catalunya’s office Written by Anna SachMay 2022 I wake up on the night train at the French-Spanish border. The sun is rising over the Pyrenees. I have three weeks “out of office” behind me: a week of online Mid-Term Evaluation Seminar; a week of…
Meet our new European Solidarity Corps volunteer! Senka Written by SenkaMay 2022 Meet our new ESC volunteer, Senka! Senka joins our office team from Serbia. She will be volunteering with the team in our Dublin office for two months. The VSI staff welcomes Senka and are excited to work with her. Read on to learn about…
My ESC in SCI Catalunya Written by VIOLETTA SFOUNTOURIMay 2022 Taking the decision to come to SCI Catalunya as a volunteer was pretty easy, as a very good friend of mine, who I trust a lot, advised me to take a look at the ESC placement in the organization last year. I did not know anything…