History
Towards the 100 years
With a movement formed by 42 branches and more than 80 partner organizations, SCI faces the celebration of its centenary..Read More
The participation in the workcamps increases
During that season, 341 volunteers from Catalonia, the Valencian Country and the Balearic Islands participated in workcamps around the world...Read More
The 90’s in SCI
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the territorial changes in Eastern Europe lead to the creation of new branches..Read More
First workcamp in Catalonia
It is the summer of 1982 that the first SCI workcamp of Catalonia is organized at “la Selva” colony house,..Read More
From the Catalan Workcamps Service to SCI Catalonia
After the Franco dictatorship, SCI reappears in Catalonia. Between 1981 and 1982, the Catalan Workcamps Service (SCCT) was created which,..Read More
Cold war
During the Cold War, SCI faces another challenge: the dialogue between Eastern Europe and the West after its division. From..Read More
The growth of the movement
SCI dedicates its efforts to develop projects in Asian and African countries where new branches begin to emerge. This is..Read More
Maternity of Elna
Elisabeth Eidenbenz, swiss volunteer of SCI, found near Perpinyà the Maternity of Elna. It was a refuge that hosted hundreds..Read More
Spanish civil war
SCI intervenes part for the first time directly in an area of armed conflict by distributing food, clothing and medicines..Read More
From Europe to Asia
Gandhi meets Pierre Cérésole (founder of the SCI) and three years later, he organizes the first volunteer workcamp in India. A..Read More
From the emergency to the social construction
If during the 20s the movement devotes its efforts to projects focused on the reconstruction of areas devastated by natural..Read More
First workcamp
In Esnes (Verdun, France), a group of volunteers work together to reconstruct what the war has wrecked : infrastructure and..Read More
The origins
After the IGM, peacekeepers from the International Reconciliation Movement meet in Bilthoven with the aim of making visible the rejection..Read More
SCI movement has 100 years of history. You can fins all the information in SCI International archives.