Reports

Looking at the current events when social distance is already an everyday habit and people gave it in, to celebrate 100 years of prominent volunteer work of SCI is a great challenge. But when you have a spirit of a fighter and don’t have the word ‘give up’ in your vocabulary, you start producing the new ideas adjusted to new realities. Social Tea is one of these initiatives dedicated to 100 years of SCI to get SCI family together and share the stories in order not to forget what was done and to commemorate the anniversary.

Securing the historical value of individual destinies

A well-known workcamp from SCI-Germany “Sun+Wind=Power?!” took place in this Power Park from 8nd to 22nd of August. Near the Danish border, on the Flensburg Fjord, is the most northern city in Germany the workcamp was located.

The so-called frozen conflict within the Republic of Moldova remains unresolved. A brief history and conflict analysis - does it still have impact on the Moldovan youth?

Do you dream of living abroad for a long time, but for some reason or ESC and Work & Travel do not suit you? Au Pair World is another great opportunity. It allows you to go to another country and live with a foreign family. What purposes it has - in the reportage below.

In order to translate peace into our surroundings, we should first become peace ourselves.

Benefits of a volontary service through self-development aspects

“Living and working together, learning from each other” - the main motto of such international voluntary projects as workcamps. That is actually what is going on indeed the workcamps, reaching the goals to promote peace, disarmament, and international understanding through volunteering. What you will be faced with as camp coordinator and which requirements should be fulfilled - in the reportage below.

Während und Dank der Coronakrise ist das Thema Arbeit in den medialen Fokus der westlichen Ländern gelegt. Die einschänkende Maßnahmen, die zum Schutz und Prävention von der Erkrankung dienen sollten und die zu einem Lockdown des offentlichen Lebens geführt haben. Die schwere wirtschaftliche Folgen, die die schon von der großen Wirtschaftskrise betroffenenden europäischen Ländern wie Italien oder Spanien stark getroffen hat. In dieser Reportage setzte ich mich mit den Fragen zu Sorgearbeit und die (un)sichtbare Ungerechtigkeiten hinter diesem Thema auseinander.

Summer is the best period to travel, but this year was different from the previous ones.

As the world was still struggling with containing the pandemic, the tourist industry and eager holidaymakers were shouting to politicians to open the borders, but at what cost? What are the new concerns when planning a trip?

Voluntourism (short for volunteer tourism) is an emerging trend of travel linked to „doing good“ which has been heavily criticized lately. Here are some reasons why.