My inner healing is simultaneously contributing to healing of the world Written by EllieDecember 2019 When asked to reflect on her time here, Ellie said: “One of the simplest, yet power tools I have had the amazing fortune of learning during my time as an EVS volunteer in Sennrüti, is the Hawaiian forgiveness ritual: Ho’oponopono. It…
Work is Love in Action Written by IrynaDecember 2019 Two years ago I was sitting in a huge, loud, open-space office and my life was passing by without any sense; I didn’t know what the weather was outside of the office or what the weather was inside of me. I was working as a Human Recourses manager…
Sennrüti, a place of equality Written by NikolaDecember 2019 I had previously spent time on several short-term volunteer projects, including two months at a Croation eco-centre, where I gained plenty of useful skills and know-how in the field of permaculture, as well as learning basic Croatian. After this experience I found myself asking ‘How is it…
Marija and Diellina about the climate change in Kagel, Germany Written by Marija Sehtanska and Diellina MehmetiNovember 2019 Between 18th and 24th of October Marija Sehtanska and Diellina Mehmeti attended the Networking & Training seminar: “Climate beyond Individual Action! How to organize young people for climate justice” organized by SCI – Deutscher Zweig e.V. The main aim of the…
The subtle art of being a “decent” camp leader Written by Nina MialoNovember 2019 This question: how to be a “good” camp leader I was asking myself many times while preparing for the international workcamp in August. That supposed to be my second time as a camp coordinator and forth – participating in the project like…
Somewhere in the Swiss Forest Written by Lena Schneider and Paul GriesbergerOctober 2019 For my second time as a SCI Switzerland workcamp coordinator I wanted to be at a special place and country I haven’t been before. That’s why I choose the Swiss Alps. The Alpe Loasa which is right at the border to Italy, surrounded by forest…
A summer of workcamps in Kosovo Written by Ismael LasantaOctober 2019 Imagine hiking up the mountains to a village whose houses spread all over the lush slopes of a peaceful valley, then going deep in the forest until you hear some bells ring, look up and notice the white tower of a monastery pointing at the…
Paint the walls away in Mitrovica Written by Jeremy FlauraudSeptember 2019 fter the First World war devastated France, the authorities picked one of the numerous fallen soldiers who could not be identified, and buried him under the ‘Arc de Triomphe’, one of the main monuments of the capital city. To this day, people gather to pay…
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…
At least I tried. Our workcamp in the wild Written by Shirin HodzhevaAugust 2019 It all started with the Gendered Realities project and the call for local activities on gender equality topic by SCI. The team of three girls Bea from Poland, Vili and Shirin from Bulgaria, who already had organized two workcamps on women empowerment…