Dust under the carpet Written by Lorraine Charbonnier and Barbara Casas BarrachinaFebruary 2016 Delhi is the world’s second most populous megacity after Tokyo. Coming from much smaller European cities (Torino and Barcelona), we have been amazed day after day by all the diverse ingredients of Delhi, thousands of cars, people, cows, dogs, trash, smells, shops, street…
Shared Home for Displaced Ukrainians Written by Viktoria GrivinaMarch 2015 The project I come to coordinate, “Making Peace in Ukraine” (SCI branch SVIT-Ukraine), is designed to bring a group of 7 foreign volunteers to help refugees in Kharkov, a city two hundred kilometers from the Donbas warzone. Not a usual place for a youth exchange, and…
Volunteer voice from Scotland Written by RozaliaFebruary 2015 “I was a long-term volunteer as a peer mentor with the Cyrenians at the residential city community in Edinburgh, supporting people who have experienced homelessness. “It was a very challenging project, sometimes a lot more than I expected and was prepared for. Yet, in many ways it was…