Recently a plaque honoring Ruth von Wild (1912–1983) was unveiled to commemorates a Swiss SCI volunteer in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War.

The exhibition Commitment and solidarity. Swiss aid in time of war (1936 – 1945) is taking place in the Delegation of the Catalan Government in Switzerland from September 17 to…

On 11 September at 18:00, an event will be held in Geneva on Swiss aid in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

Throughout 2024, SCI Switzerland is celebrating the 100 years of the first two international voluntary services which took place between August and December 1924 in Les Ormonts (Vaud) and in…

The French historian Christian Maillebouis, who is dedicated on the history of French protestantism and local history of the village Le Chambon-sur-Lignon published recently a short documentary about Swiss help…

On 20 November 2023, Theodor (Thedy) von Fellenberg has died, at the age of 88.   

Ruth von Wild was a Swiss volunteer who had worked in SCI’s humanitarian aid projects during and after the Spanish War – both in Catalonia and in neighbouring France. The…

In August, a “Wikipedia for Peace” workcamp has taken place on Mont-Soleil in Switzerland. The participants from seven countries have been editing articles to Wikipedia about journalists and organisation advocating…

On behalf of SCI India I am sending you very sad news. Our friend and activist Chandru Raghavan passed away last night 17 January 2022, at his home in Bangalore.  

In the frame of of the 100th anniversary of SCI, SCI Archives made the selection of objects and wrote the corresponding texts for Virtual Museum – an online gallery in…