The No-More-War team kindly invites you to our second topic based seminar: No-More-War seminar "Forget fists, forge voices - the power of nonviolence" from the 12th to 18th of November 2011 in Helmarshausen, Germany What are the topics? 1. How to orchestrate and organize peaceful, nonviolent demonstrations and related public actions 2. How to build consensus within and between groups 3. How to deal with violence during demonstrations or related public actions Why should we do something about that? The goal of the seminar is to strengthen the voice of SCI for peace and nonviolence. Details...

“Baikal for all!” is a voluntary service project for promoting social inclusion of disadvantaged young people (orphans & physically disabled) & aims to demonstrate ways of overcoming the isolation of orphans and disabled in Russia and promote their social integration which “Siberian Creative Group” hopes can become a future model for Buryatia and whole Russia. The project will take place near the village of Tankhoy on the shores of Lake Baikal from 16th July to 5th August 2011 and is supported financially by youth directorate of the Council of Europe. Details...

The full list of over one thousand exciting summer vacation projects in 2011 is now available under  http://www.workcamps.info/icamps/ If you want to make a meaningful contribution to a better world, make friends with people from many different countries, enjoy a rich intercultural experience, and find out something new about yourself and your own culture, this is definitely something for you! Projects are available which support local NGOs dealing with the following issues (among many others...): - ecology & sustainable development - anti-racism and discrimination - alternative ways of living - peace - gender equality - HIV/AIDS prevention - North-South justice and solidarity Once you start international volunteering, you will never stop.. Details...

As one contribution to the 2011 International Year of Volunteering SCI branches & partners will be continuing the No More War Action that began already last year. Throughout the world a series of NMW international work & study camps are being scheduled to take place in the summer months, enabling volunteers of all ages, backgrounds, religions and colour to discuss together what civil society activists can do to prevent wars & violence and solve conflicts by peaceful means. They will equally be contributing to the no more war effort by supporting grassroot peace groups who are working to solve local problems on an everyday basis. Details...

There are more than 1000 international workcamps around the world waiting for you this Summer! In an international workcamp you will meet special people (like yourself) who want to do something meaningful to change the world by helping a local community. Besides doing some interesting practical work in the social or ecological field, you will have the opportunity to gain new friends from all over the world, share your different cultures, practice your foreign language, sample different recipes, engage in intriguing discussions and get an inside view of the country where you are staying. Details...

Call for Donation. SCI Belarus with support of SCI Switzerland are announce campaign on collection funds for “Victim of Georgian Abkhazian Conflict” supporting Mikalai Kvantaliani fine. Dear friends, As you know Nikolai Kvantaliani, who is a member of board of SCI Belarus, due to participation in youth exchange in Georgia (30.06 - 05.07. Details...

PART I: THE STORY Dear friends, On 30 June I was detained, when I had arrived to Tbilisi Airport. On 3rd of July I had a trial in a court, and in the everything after accusation and paying the fine 2000 Lari (approximately - 1200 dollars) I was released. Sunday morning I arrived to Minsk. Safe and happy, but with the previous conviction by criminal article. But let's start from the beginning and let's follow the chronology of the event: I was invited on the international event "Democratic Citizenship and Youth participation", which was organized by National Youth Council of Georgia (NYCoG). Details...

In August 2009 for the second time a group of international SCI volunteers is coming to Chernivtsi to work on historic Jewish cemetery, one of the biggest preserved historic cemeteries in Central and Eastern Europe. During two weeks in August, 18 volunteers from 11 different countries will work on the cemetery, removing the bushes and cleaning the tomb-stones of creeping wines. The work at the cemetery will be completed by a 4-days seminar (24-27. Details...

From 7th-30th August SCI Germany will be organising a German-Russian summer school on the subject of climate change. Topics to be discussed include, among others: - what are the causes and affects of climate change? - what can I, as an individual, or my organisation, do, in order to prevent climate change? - how can I, or my organisation, influence political decision-makers in this field? The first week of the school will be devoted to an inter-active series of workshops, keynote lectures and project visits, in order to exchange ideas & experiences among participants. Afterwards the group will be divided in order to support the work of different grassroot ecological projects in different parts of Germany. Details...

Although Moldova is steadily, yet too slowly, advancing in strengthening the awareness of such social problems as human rights infringements, xenophobia, racism, and gender stratification, very little focus has been on promoting religious lenience. Therefore, Association of International Volunteering in Moldova (AVI-MD) invites you to a one day seminar dedicated to promoting religious tolerance. Basic Info Since it is hard to tolerate what is unknown, the structure of the seminar will be composed of five academic-like lectures and one hour of yoga, whose purpose is to help you create an open-mindedness and understanding to the religious diversity of our world. Details...

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