Experience of a camp coordinator Written by Ivana KosovacMarch 2016 The Bear the Peace camp was held in the Kuterevo bear refuge, where every year there is a large number of volunteers from all over the world, most of which subscribe to the same values and are interested in peace/building. There were 10 volunteers, from different…
Volunteering With SCI Has No Age Written by Pat BarkerMarch 2016 “I’m a person who loves to travel, but not just any old travelling. What I love about IVS volunteering is the range of nationalities, ages and backgrounds brought together. You’re not simply spending time with tourists like yourself. On most projects, you really feel you’ve…
SCI Workcamp “Bear the Peace” Written by Dora MedvaricFebruary 2016 In this short story of my first workcamp you will found something about bears, nature, peace and my experience in Kuterevo bear refuge. Velebit Association Kuterevo Velebit Association Kuterevo is a small local organization which was founded in 1995 and since then is active in fields of preservation…
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…
Camp Leaders Prepare in Belgium Written by Shane CarolanFebruary 2016 I arrived at Wereldwerf with 3 others choosing unanimously to walk the last few miles to the site of the VIA Campleader training weekend. Arriving in good time we met and greeted some of the other people we would be sharing this weekend with. After a…
EVS: (E)xperience (V)ia (S)olidarity Written by Angelilki KavallieratouJanuary 2016 Ask people around you what is EVS. Do you think that they know the answer? Well, it is difficult to say that with certainty but the common reaction that people have when I am saying that I am doing my EVS is with a huge question mark….
A voice from Kurdistan Written by Alberto SannaJanuary 2016 From December 16th to 26th a workcamp organized by SCI Italy, in collaboration with “Genclik ve degisim, Youth and Change Association”, was held in the refugee camp of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan. Within the area, run by the Kurdish municipalities, there are about 4,000 refugees, 1,500 of whom…
Greetings from Valec Written by Almur SchlepperDecember 2015 Hello everybody, Today is our day off and the first rainy day so I got a chance to write. I am sitting in my tent, trying to keep it dry inside and the ants out. The tent is in the middle of an orchard with sheep bleeping all…
Today I am happy Volunteer! Written by BakaryDecember 2015 I started running a lot – first alone, then with other people. They noticed my physical condition and invited me to play football in the first team of the city. Then my life finally began to change. But, precisely in this period of major change, there came…
Humanitarian Charlie Written by CharlieOctober 2015 I love asking young people what they want to be when they grow up because I’m still looking for ideas… However, when the opportunity to rebuild a school in Nepal caught my eye I told myself ‘I’ve found my calling’. I, Charlie 31, live in London and work in a…