SCI workcamps
Since the mid-80s I have taken part in international workcamps which
were organised by the Service Civil International (-or SCI for short).
As the SCI puts it:
 Service
Civil International - International Volunteer Service
The activities of SCI started in 1920 in Verdun (France),
where Pierre Ceresole and other Pacifists organized a practical
peace services in order to create reconciliation after First
World War. Soon the services became a practical effort to introduce
an alternative service for Conscientious Objectors too.
From the beginning the promotion of International Understanding
was an important value of SCI. By this the organisation became
an worldwide movement with around 30 branches and groups today.
Today SCI continues organizing a big number of workcamps in
order to supports actions which encourages the development
of a new of living founded upon international solidarity, justice,
mutual understanding, participation in policy-making at all
levels, and respect for individuals.
Well, yes- there is that. I think, the camps are just brilliant
fun and a really good way to meet lots of different people, go to other
countries and do some interesting projects. For more information and
for camps available each year click here for the German SCI: http://www.sci-d.de/ and
here for the English organisation:http://ivsgb.org/info/
On this site you will find pictures, sound bites and videos from some of the
camps I took part in. The list is not complete yet so keep on checking.
In two camps, as part of the project, we produced the websites
(Buchenwald)and/or videos (Buchenwald, Emlichheim) you can see here. In order to keep those pages as original as they were
designed, the navigation menue at the top of the page might be missing.
Instead, there is a small floating menu-link in the upper left hand
corner that you also can see here in the
lower feft hand corner.
In order to leave the workcamp-pages click on the link and you will
be referred back to this page.
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