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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. You will also have lots of fun in the process!
Besides broadening your own horizons, workcamps will teach you to act locally while thinking globally, you will return home with a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you will never forget!
Interested? Check the workcamp databank under www.sciint.org to find a project that matches up with your expectations! Accommodation and food on the workcamp are free, you just have to arrange your own travel and pay a modest registration fee to your sending organisation.

One can only speculate as to the reasons that drove the Georgian government at this particular moment to send its troops to attack its breakaway province of South Ossetia, or whether its closest ally, the US, has given its approval for such a step. In any case, after 3 days of heavy fighting, and the tragic deaths of hundreds of civilians and young soldiers, the status quo has almost been returned, with the possible exception that in the future South Ossetia will resist even more being ruled by the central government in Tbilisi. When both Georgia and Russia joined the Council of Europe they both solemnly agreed & signed the convention to solve conflicts by peaceful means. Details...

Chernovtsy (Ukrainian Chernivtsy, German Czernowitz) is a regional center in Western Ukraine, along with Lviv is considered to be cultural center of Western Ukraine. The city has a rich history, architecture and cultural background (in different periods it was part of Turkish Empire, Austrian-Hungarian Empire and Romania, the city is called ‘little Vienna” or “European Alexandria” because of its rich cultural and historic backgrounds), and very multi-national community. One of the biggest ethnic groups is Jewish, and before 2nd World War the Jewish minority was playing an important part in the life of the city. One of the traces left by Jews is a large cemetery from 19th – first half of 20th century (6. Details...