Diri Daru Piyasa Weekend Camp Written by EvaAugust 2023 From the 30th of June to the 3rd of July, SCI Sri Lanka took part in a mini-workcamp in Diri Daru Piyasa, a day school and vocational training center for special needs children. Here is an overview of our experience there. About the school Located in…
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. …
Sharing my experience at ChangeMakers Written by Senka NenadovJune 2021 VSI Ireland’s ESC volunteer, Senka Nenadov, participated in the SCI Change Makers event on 3rd June, organised as a follow-up event to the FLOW project. At the event, Senka spoke of her personal experience growing up in Serbia, needing personal assistance and the obstacles in the…
Mutual integration in Monar Wyszków Written by Eliane PreiswerkSeptember 2019 Have you ever been greeted by a big applause upon arrival at the workcamp? This is how the community of Monar welcomed our little group of volunteers to their summer camp in Bachotek. Dancing around the campfire to the sounds of Disco Polo, we celebrated the…
Spastic Annual Charity Walk Written by AnonymousJanuary 2018 Spastic Annual Charity Walk Jog Wheel-a-thon (ACWJW) is an event organized by the Spastic Association Selangor & Federal Territory together with 30 over like-minded Non Government Organizations (NGOs) raising funds for the special-needs people. SCI KL is one of the long supporting NGO to this noble event. I…
Into the Hills with Che Guevara Written by Mike CrawshawAugust 2016 Che Guevara waited for me under the trees, I could see him from my seat in the garden of the small rural tavern that we had stopped at for lunch. Dust lay thick on the narrow road, dogs unmoving in the afternoon heat. I finished…
Life in Stanton Home – a Year as a Volunteer Written by Zora AchtnichJuly 2016 Working with people with special needs… What is this like? Driving to appointments, cooking, supporting them with their work, assisting them in their every day’s needs, playing together: That’s how a volunteering year in the social sector is usually understood by…