Sci Germany

SCI Germany is the German branch of the global peace and volunteering network Service Civil International (SCI) and is based in Bonn. The organisation mainly organizes together with local partners short-term volunteer projects in Germany called workcamps and promotes long and short-term volunteering projects all over the world. We are a grass root organization based on volunteer engagement and most of the team members involved are volunteers and activists themselves. We believe that living and working together with people of different backgrounds helps volunteers to break down barriers and prejudices. It allows them to experience a world of mutual respect and understanding. In this sense, volunteering can be seen as a way of life, in our worlds “as a demonstration of the possible reality of a peaceful and cooperative world”. SCI offers a variety of volunteer opportunities to people, such as short, mid- and long term projects, but also the possibility to become active for a local branch or participate in seminars, training and thematic workshops focused on active citizenship, raising awareness and criticism concerning unequal and violent social structures.