by | Oct 20, 2020 | Stories
Influences Born in 1945 in southern Sweden, I was an only child of working-class parents. Both my parents came from poor families and neither had higher education. However, they had embraced the ideals of the Social Democratic Party which came into government in the...
by | Oct 9, 2020 | Stories
Pierre Ceresole was born in 1879 in Lausanne. His family was wealthy and his father was for some time the president of the Swiss Federal Council. Pierre was gifted and was given a good education. He studied mathematics with a plan of becoming an engineer and was...
by | Jul 16, 2020 | Stories
the port Names of the testimonials: Wilbert Helsloot Sending Organization: VIA Netherlands Years of the workcamps: 1993 Places of the workcamps: Zagreb, Croatia Host organizations: Refugee centre What was your motivation to join a workcamp? In October 1992, I noticed...
by | Jul 16, 2020 | Stories
Stephen Nah, from SCI-Malaysia (Official), shares his 50 years with SCI movement, from his twenties to his sixties, through bachelorhood, marriage, parenthood and now grandparenting. He talks about his first workcamp, which took place in 1970, just out of high school....
by | May 11, 2020 | Stories
the port Names of the testimonials: Denis Lavoisier and Joëlle Desseigne Sending Organization: SCI CAAL (Asia Africa Latin America Commission) Years of the workcamps: 1982, 1983,1984 Places of the workcamps: Ivory Coast (Tefredji), Ghana (Amafi), Cameroon (Foyet) Host...
by | May 11, 2020 | Stories
Activities in Bordeaux Name of the testimonial: Philippe Tiberghien Sending Organization: SCI France Year of the workcamps: 1963 Place of the workcamp: Bordeaux, France Host organization: PACTE What was your motivation to join a workcamp? After a few “weekends...
