My experience at a workcamp in India Written by Zahir RaihanDecember 2022 I had the privilege to be a participant in the 8 days long work-&-study camp organised by Maharashtra Group, SCI India in collaboration with SANVITA Ashram to gear up SCI activities after the post COVID global situation. …
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN Written by Tamara MilovanovićNovember 2022 It was just another working day for me when I accidentally saw the call for the “Inner Peace and Peace with Nature” training course by SCI Switzerland. It seemed it was the right thing I needed at that moment, after being, maybe even too much into work and…
Ray of green Written by Mihajlo NikolićNovember 2022 There aren’t many words in the dictionary to describe an experience which can’t be verbalised, but only felt. I feel as if the closest feeling to what us, volunteers in SCI Switzerland’s Training course in Winterthur had, was forest’s calling. The call of the wild can describe many…
My experience at the EPM 2022! Written by Grisel NoëllaOctober 2022 What is the EPM? The Exchange Platform meeting takes place every year before the ICM. It is the place where branches, partners and contacts can meet in person to exchange and discuss different topics. The aim is to establish a common action plan for the…
My ESC Journey with VSI! Written by NicolasOctober 2022 My time as VSI’s Marketing and Communications officer has certainly proved both eventful and interesting. I started in October 2021, so learning the ropes and my first few months as an ESC volunteer all took place online against the backdrop of a global pandemic. I’d like to especially…
From Vietnam to two workcamps in Italy Written by Ariane JovovicOctober 2022 Thanh is a 26 years old girl who did two workcamps in Italy this summer. She will return to Vietnâm this year and is still trying to understand herself more trough new experiences. She agreed to share her summer experience with Ariane Jovovic. …
Women and Community Development, a project that calls for sisterhood Written by Delphine DeclercqSeptember 2022 Sensitive to the feminist cause and invaded by a desire to escape after these last two confined years, I left for Togo in January 2022 for a project on women empowerment. Three months of emotions and learning that will serve me…
Workcamp at a School with Ukrainian Refugees Written by Craig DonnellySeptember 2022 On Saturday the 6th of August we gathered at a university dormitory in Poznan, Poland where I have lived since the middle of June as a ESC volunteer. There were nine volunteers including me from Ireland but representing Poznan and the Ukrainian coordinator of…
Grassroots Change project: Job shadowing Written by Stella-Filda NyamandeAugust 2022 I attended a work camp between 12 August and 22 August on ensuring sustainable water supplies, together with 8 volunteers from different countries. I was coordinating the camp with Kikka from Finland. The group dynamic was great, it was so easy to get along and share…
My Service Civique Experience Written by Carole CorbeauAugust 2022 My Service Civique Experience My name is Carole, I am 24 years old and I graduated with a Master’s degree in communication, more precisely in event communication, in 2020. In times of a pandemic, it was not the best time to find work directly after the…