Capricchia, a place of resilience and dignity – Elisa’s story Written by ElisaNovember 2024 My name is Elisa, I’m 24 years old and a student. This summer, in the second half of August, I participated in a volunteer camp in Capricchia, a small village near Amatrice in central Italy, about two hours from Rome. This project…
Storytelling training in Vienna Written by Albanoi RetkoceriMay 2024 Ever since I started my work as a Communication Volunteer at the International Secretariat, I’ve been focusing a lot on making videos and using videos to promote volunteering. I was having a lot of fun, and I liked a lot of my earlier videos. But something just…
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…
Isabel Completes her European Solidarity Corps experience! Written by IsabelJuly 2022 Isabel, VSI Ireland’s European Solidarity Corps Volunteer, recently completed her European Solidarity Corps project with Rosto Solidário! VSI wishes her all the best in the future. They reached out to Isabel for her thoughts and reflections at the end of her experience. Here’s what she…
International Migrants Day: Jessica’s European Solidarity Corps experiences Written by JessicaDecember 2021 International Migrants Day: Jessica’s European Solidarity Corps experiences with Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen In Belgium The 18th of December, marks International Migrants Day! Join VSI as we stand in solidarity with migrants from all walks of life. Our European Solidarity Corps volunteer, Jessica, is currently doing a project…
Brazilian summer camp in Amsterdam Written by Esther Hernández DíazAugust 2020 Before I joined the workcamp ‘Summer Camp for children at the Sloterplas’, I ignored that more than 14,000 people of Brazilian nationals live in Amsterdam in an irregular administrative situation. During my participation as a volunteer in the summer camp, I discovered that they migrate…
Extract from a letter to my younger me Written by Silvia BrunJune 2020 You will have the most amazing experinces in moments you are dedicating the time for others. These moments, days, weeks and months will teach you that the things you worry about and are important to you now – your school marks, body shape,…
IIWC of PKBI: Street Literacy Camp 2017 Written by Mara MelãoAugust 2017 My name is Mara Melão, I’m a 24 year old student living in Lisbon, Portugal and I’m a volunteer in the Street Literacy Camp! This was my first time as an international volunteer and experienced this many cultural contrasts, and the first time I…
Volunteering impact: from Northern Ireland to Tanzania Written by Ruska LandyMay 2017 Tools For Solidarity (TFS) has three basic aims which I will use to talk about the organisation’s promotion of values like solidarity and inclusion and how what I do is having an impact on the lives of people in my local community and further…
My EVS in Albania: helping instill values Written by Shane OwensMay 2017 The world faces a huge, often seemingly insurmountable range of problems. Whether these be economic, social or otherwise, people with the fewest resources and opportunities always bear the brunt of their impact. Values such as solidarity, interculturalism and active citizenship are of paramount importance…