Volunteers ages 16 to 30 joined efforts to clean up hiking trails and restore tourist facilities in the mountains of northwestern Romania as part of a 10-day ecological camp. Continue reading →

The project will build on the recommendations elaborated during the Moving Borders seminar which was part of ECF Enlargement of Minds programme, held in Villa Decius in Krakow in October 2003. Continue reading →

And the world today is changed, but while we achieved the goal of stopping nuclear weapons testing, we are all still living under the threat of nuclear weapons. The urgent task for us now is to abolish them.

We’ve set up a website commemorating the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior and recalling her mission to work for peace and nuclear disarmament.

Visit the site here:
[url=http://www.greenpeace.org/rw20]http://www.greenpeace.org/rw20[/url]

If you remember the bombing, you can post a recollection here:
[url=http://www.greenpeace.org/i-remember]http://www.greenpeace.org/i-remember[/url]

If you were too young to remember the bombing or not born yet, tell us how a new younger breed of activist would carry on the work of abolishing nuclear weapons here:
[url=http://www.greenpeace.org/i-say-peace]http://www.greenpeace.org/i-say-peace[/url]

(The winning submission will get a T-shirt and a grab-bag of Greenpeace goodies and possibly be featured in our media work. Don’t forget to register at the cybercentre — anonymous postings don’t count.)

Thanks for your help in keeping the Rainbow Warrior sailing, a living reminder to our adversaries that while you can send a boat to the bottom of the ocean, you can’t sink a rainbow.

While we are not an aid organisation, MSF needs help to get supplies to are?s in Aceh, Northern Sumatra. Many of the areas devastated are only accessible by boat and we have the Rainbow Warrior in the region. The Warrior and its crew of 19 is helping to transport food, medical supplies and MSF medical staff to the some of the worst affected areas.

Rob onboard is sending updates on how the ship and crew are helping the MSF operation.

We base our work on the following values that colour all the work of SCI:

Volunteering – in the sense of acting out of self-initiative, without seeking material reward and for the benefit of civil society, as a method and a statement for social change, whilst never competing with paid labour nor seeking to contribute to strike-breaking

Non-violence ? as a principle and a method

Human Rights ? respect for individuals as stated in the universal declaration of Human Rights

Solidarity ? international solidarity for a more just world and solidarity between human beings at all levels

Respect for the Environment ? and the ecosystem of which we are a pa?t and upon which we are dependent

Inclusion – to be open and inclusive to all individuals who share the aims and objectives of the movement, without regard to gender, race, colour, religion, nationality, social status or political views and any other possible grounds for discrimination

Empowerment ? empowering people to understand and act to transform the social, cultural and economic structures that affect their lives at all levels.

Co-operation ? with local communities as well as other local, national and international actors to strengthen the positive potential within civil society as a whole

We believe that all the people are capable of living together with mutual respect and without recourse to any form of violence to solve conflicts. We organise international volunteer projects all over the world because we know that peace can only be built if people with different backgrounds and cultures learn to co-operate and work together.

SCI has consultative status with the Council of Europe, operational relations with UNESCO and is a member of:

CCIVS: Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service Organisations
YFJ: Youth Forum Jeunesse
AVSO: Association of Voluntary Service Organisations
UNITED for Intercultural Action

In 1987, SCI was awarded the title of Messenger of Peace given by the United Nations, in acknowledgment of its efforts to promote peace and understanding.

More about SCI can be found at: [url=http://www.sciint.org]www.sciint.org[/url]

The workcamp will be followed by a study part of 3 days on volunteering and NGO wo?k. All the travel and board expenses are covered by AVI-Moldova, with the support of MilieuKontakt Oost-Europe.
If you are more than 18 years old, interested in international cultural exchange, don?t know how to spend the rest of the summer in a fun, useful way, and want to see the beauty of the Crimean peninsula, then you can be the right person for us! Here is the description of the camp: Continue reading →

The School for Leaders Association kindly invites you to participate in the Young Leaders Forum where young people from Central and Eastern Europe will be able to exchange ideas about the current situation in the region and exchange their views and opinions. The Young Leaders Forum is an event accompanying the Economic Forum in Krynica. Young representatives both from the EU as well as from neighbouring East European countries will participate in the Forum. Continue reading →