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En Allemagne et aux Indes pour la paix
A very interesting publication by Ceresole under label ‘Service Civil International’ about a trip to Nazi Germany and explanation about need for international voluntary service for peace.
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First tele-communication by mail in SCI (1989)
Berth Verstappen (Norway) and Dave Axtell (USA) exchanged workcamp information in 1989 through a mailbox system, a precursor of our e-mail system.
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Freiwillige Gemeinschaftsarbeit
Ralph Hegnauer, international secretary of SCI, discusses about his experience as volunteer in India.
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Hatibari long term project 1961-1966
Hatibari leprosy colony was in the 1960s a home for about 250 leprosy patients from Orissa which got medical care and social assistance. In 1961 two SCI volunteers went to Hatibari for a survey about possible volunteer activities. In the following years long term volunteers carried various projects to improve the medical, economical and social…
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International Civilian Service and Mutual Aid
This text comes from a undated leaflet, which was published in French, German and English. It is linked to the political petition to introduce alternative service for conscientious objectors in Switzerland from 1923/1923. Pierre Ceresole represented that petition in French speaking part of Switzerland. It seems, that he followed during this campaign the idea for…
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International Constitutions of SCI
The international organisation of all SCI branches and groups was started after WWII. In 1949 a first constitution was approved.
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International Voluntary Service 1931 Brynmawr (Wales)
During the Great Depression in the 1920s the Quakers initiated an unemployment initiative in which the Brynmawr Lido was also built. This was in 1931 and 1932, when unemployed men, students, and international volunteers together built the swimming pool in the colliery town which had suffered from an economic crisis.
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International Voluntary Service 1932 Rhosllanerchrugog (Wales)
The second workcamp in Wales (Great Britain), was also community volunteer service, in order to convert waste land near Rhosllanerchrugog [Rhos] into a garden and children’s playground
