Volunteering in the Time of Corona – Marisa’s ESC Experience in Portugal Written by Marisa PenagosNovember 2021 I first travelled to Portugal at the end of February/beginning of March 2020 when there were talks about a virus called COVID-19. Little did I know that in such a short space of time I would end up moving…
DOBRO.CAST from the world of local and international volunteering Written by INEX – Sdružení dobrovolných aktivit.November 2021 DOBRO.cast is a newest initiative created by INEX Association for Voluntary Activities. The podcast explores various types of volunteering. Now you have a chance to listen to a brand new podcast about volunteering and active citizenship in a global context. With…
Dobro.cast Episode 1 Written by INEX – Sdružení dobrovolných aktivit.November 2021 DOBRO.cast is a newest initiative created by INEX Association for Voluntary Activities. The podcast explores various types of volunteering. Now you have a chance to listen to a brand new podcast about volunteering and active citizenship in a global context. With DOBRO.CAST, you will “visit”…
Experiences of long-term volunteers in SCI Catalunya Written by Antonella and CristinaOctober 2021 Cristina Debu and Antonella Di Matteo were ESC volunteers in SCI Catalonia during 2020-2021. Through the months they stayed there, they gave support to the tasks of managing, receiving and sending volunteers as well as organising courses and trainings. We talked with them…
Unique adventure in Japan Written by Yann BenaventeOctober 2021 DISCOVERING JAPAN AND ITS CULTURE I went to Japan for over 70 days thanks to SCI Belgium. Japan is a beautiful country, it has always fascinated me and I dreamed of being able to discover it one day. I discovered a culture that I did not know…
Return to the roots – In the Amazon rainforest in eastern Ecuador Written by Sandrine MatthieuOctober 2021 Return to the roots in the Amazon rainforest in eastern Ecuador During my trip around the world, I wanted to do volunteering projects to live it more intensely and to be immersed in the local customs… A project in…
A moment out of time at Don Bosco Written by Chloé JeanneOctober 2021 A volunteering project is a space “out of time”, an immersion in a completely new context with strangers who quickly become your only landmarks. Participating in a volunteering project means learning, meeting, but also reinventing yourself. Sometimes it’s about discovering new qualities and…
An existential look on an ESC project Written by YelizSeptember 2021 After graduating from university, I could still feel the competitive and fierce air among my peers. While I was happy to have closed one chapter of my life ready to stretch out my sore, tired muscles after long nights of cramming for the last examinations…
Wikipedia for peace – workcamp on climate justice Written by ThomasSeptember 2021 Our first physical Wikipedia for Peace camp since COVID-19 is taking place!⠀⠀ Volunteers from Switzerland, Germany and Italy are creating, editing and translating Wikipedia articles around #ClimateJustice at the socioecological center Décéntrale in Mont Soleil. So far we added new information for example about wildfires…
My Online IVP Experience: Searching for Traces of Forced Labour: a Digital Photography Project Written by YvonneSeptember 2021 During the project, we learnt about a lot of things, such as about the forced labour during Nazi Germany but also about digital photography as each participant worked on their own project to document traces of forced labour in their home country,…