Thirteen-month journey going to end, or…? Written by Nina MialoJuly 2020 For one year (actually a bit more) I was doing my EVS in the office of SCI-Germany. Normally, I was an incoming placement officer for the workcamps, however my working life was very diverse and full of various tasks. My project is going to end…
Notes of the one whose life will not be the same Written by Natalia BeketovaJune 2020 How I became heard and hearted by SCI… The 8th of March. Evening. My flight Kyiv/Bonn. And a fear. A terrible fear if I could find myself in this new life. I managed to get to Germany a few weeks…
My Incredible Peace Journey Written by Marc Ayle DuvalJune 2020 In 1960, I was only fourteen when I responded to a call for volunteers launched by the eminent Edwin de Robillard who was busy setting up “Compagnons Batisseurs” in the aftermath of cyclones Alix and Carol that hit Mauritius causing chaos and desolation. I then met…
Generations of inspirations through SCI volunteerism Written by Bernadine David YatawaraJune 2020 This is a story of how SCI with its rich essence of volunteerism, through Work-camps has especially touched the lives of 3 generations in Sri Lanka. My parents John and Therese David became SCI members in the 1960s. They were a young couple with…
Peace on the streets Written by Stanko NedicJune 2019 The 7-day-training “Peace on the Streets” took place from 1st to 7th June in Vienna, organized by SCI Austria as a seminar about Street activism and campaigns, which are connected to spreading peace in different ways. The international SCI training gathered 26 people from all over Europe…
Peace Messenger Study Session in Strasbourg Written by Arta AbduliApril 2019 Recently a SCI/VYRE peace messengers study-session took place in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg. Last week I attended the Study session “Peace in the Spotlight” that took place from 8th to 12th April organised by Service Civil International, Voices of Young Refugees in Europe and in cooperation…
What European Youth Event 2018 taught me about Europe? Written by Sonja BaraćJune 2018 The EYE2018 took place on 1-2 June 2018 in the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg. It is a unique opportunity for young Europeans to make their voices heard. “This might be your only chance to join this kind of an event. It’s…
Training Course and Seminar about the Good Practices in EVS Volunteering Written by AnonymousDecember 2017 My story started in September 2016 when I began my volunteer program in Naples. Thanks to this, my interest in the idea of EVS began and I was accepted as a participant in the great ECOS double project. The first adventure began on…
Perma… What ? Written by SCI SwitzerlandSeptember 2017 « What did you learn during this camp ? » « Many things, but anything about permaculture. » The answer of Alex, one of the participants An old house in the Jura-mountains, called the « Décentrale », about twenty people from all over the world and an international…
Tour of Freedom – Cycling Activism in Kosovo Written by AnonymousSeptember 2017 The Problem is not the WASTE. the contaminated AIR; WATER and SOIL. It is the collective Apathy that makes a whole global society live in the Illusion that everything is fine as it is. -Tour of Freedom participant We got used to our…