Workcamp in Hölstein Written by Judith FrinkSeptember 2020 I’m a 19 years old student, who will start a University at the end of September. I’ve always enjoyed traveling, especially to countries with beautiful nature and friendly people. I’ve been here, in Switzerland last year..on the same workcamp and I really enjoyed my time there and the…
Propelling paths Written by Esther Hernández DíazSeptember 2020 I was scared. All my life I dreamed of living in a European city but my family responsibilities, jobs, or studies did not leave me the chance to find this opportunity. Finally, it was here. I was selected to be a communication officer for a full year in…
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…
Workcamp for the local project “Pro Terra Engiadina” Written by Sara CastilloAugust 2020 Between July 19th and August 2nd, I was with a group of 5 volunteers in Sent, a village in the Engadine valley. We were participating in the Workcamp “Pro Terra Engiadina”. Last summer I had already participated in this Workcamp as a volunteer…
One year as an ESC volunteer in Tramonti, Southern Italy Written by KorneliaAugust 2020 It started in spring. Tramonti in spring is changeable: sometimes sunny and warm, sometimes green and flowery, sometimes sociable and extrovert, sometimes young and erratic – but sometimes also rainy, gray and grumpy. Tramonti is characteristic, and life in Tramonti is also…
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…
It is Written by Ana ObrezaJuly 2020 It is what it is. Soon after arriving to Herzfeld Sennrüti, I realised that this sentence spontaneously became my mantra. It is the Earth, the place where we landed – we, four souls from parallel universes who decided to volunteer for a year in ecovillage HerzeldSennrüti and accept Degersheim…
A changed individual with SCI Written by Brelyantika IndraJune 2020 “Volunteering is that moment when you forget that you are volunteering in order to help change lives because it is changing yours” This sentence describes my experience joining volunteering with SCI because this organization changed my life. My first experience was Glucksburg camp, held in Glucksburg…
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…