Being an Activist in La Città Dell’Utopia Written by AlessandroAugust 2022 Being an Activist in La Città Dell’Utopia I am Alessandro and I am 62 years old. I think I was in my late 20s when I moved to this neighbourhood. Casale was here when I moved here, but you couldn’t even tell it was…
Grassroots Change project: a job shadowing experience Written by PhilipJuly 2022 As part of the Grassroots project, Philip came to Belgium from Nigeria for a job shadowing experience, co-coordinating a workcamp, visiting the International Secretariat of SCI in Antwerp and the local SCI branch in Brussels. Here is his experience during the workcamp: Between June 26th…
Isabel Completes her European Solidarity Corps experience! Written by IsabelJuly 2022 Isabel, VSI Ireland’s European Solidarity Corps Volunteer, recently completed her European Solidarity Corps project with Rosto Solidário! VSI wishes her all the best in the future. They reached out to Isabel for her thoughts and reflections at the end of her experience. Here’s what she…
FUNding peace training course: ready for leadership! Written by BrixhildaJuly 2022 I departed as a young project coordinator from “Impact Centre”, and I came back as a future project leader thanks to this meaningful training course ‘FUNding Peace: the power grid for your project’. For over 6 days, I had the opportunity to develop new skills…
La vie collective in Vaunières Written by EveJune 2022 Hi! My name is Eve and I’m a VSI volunteer currently working with Solidarités Jeunesses in the Hautes Alpes region of France for four months as part of a European Solidarity Corps volunteer exchange programme. As I mark one month since my arrival here in Vaunières, in…
Dear diary… here is my journey at the IS Written by AnaïckJune 2022 September 2021 Dear diary, September was hectic! I went to Lille for a week training with amazing people and SCI France. We learned a lot and threw a great party. I arrived in Antwerp after the training and discovered the volunteer apartment. After…
Blanca – ESC – SCI – Italy Written by BlancaJune 2022 Blanca, a volunteer with SCI-Italia for seven months through the “European Solidarity Corps” program of the European Union, almost a year after the end of her project, continued to participate in various trainings, seminars and youth exchanges such as “Chapter: Challenging Propaganda Through Remembrance” ,…
Pausing for breath after the first half of my ESC at SCI Catalunya’s office Written by Anna SachMay 2022 I wake up on the night train at the French-Spanish border. The sun is rising over the Pyrenees. I have three weeks “out of office” behind me: a week of online Mid-Term Evaluation Seminar; a week of…
Ericka’s experience about participation in “The Animal Academy” workcamp Written by ErickaMay 2022 In March 2022 our Spanish volunteer Ericka, originally from Peru, participated in “The Animal Academy” Workcamp in Fuerteventura, Spain. She was happy to share her life-changing experience with us: “Whenever I talk about this experience, I start by saying that it was one…
Meet our new European Solidarity Corps volunteer! Senka Written by SenkaMay 2022 Meet our new ESC volunteer, Senka! Senka joins our office team from Serbia. She will be volunteering with the team in our Dublin office for two months. The VSI staff welcomes Senka and are excited to work with her. Read on to learn about…