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Rolando Kandel

Communication Officer President, SES foundation Mr. Rolando Ariel Kandel is an education scientist and he is Deputy Director of Fundación SES. Over last 20 years has been working for youth rights advocacy in Latin America, coordinating regional projects about education and labor inclusion of young people. He has specialized in development processes of participation and organization […]

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Julieta BLANCO

Communication Officer Juliet Blanco is a Digital Communication Specialist, Sociology Professor and Bachelor, and Content Creator.From Argentina but currently living in Budapest, she has extensive experience working with foundations, NGOs, and third sector organisations, designing educational and communication programs that have a positive impact on communities. As a copywriter and content creator, Julieta works as

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Victoria Lovelock

Director Vicky Lovelock has almost two decades of hands-on experience leading international NGOs, dedicated to voluntary service and community impact worldwide. She began her journey in the IVS sector in 2003 as a volunteer, and witnessed first-hand the transformative power of volunteering on the lives of people. She is passionate about strategic planning, visioning, advocacy,

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History. 2019 -2023

The C-19 pandemic brought  volunteer exchange to a halt in 2020 and 2021, with a slight recovery in 2022. During 2020 many organisations experimented with online activities bringing together volunteers and IVS organisations from different parts of the world, whilst this activity provided a necessary connection in times where people could not meet physically, it

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History. 100 years of Service Civil International

A Century of Issues, Integrity and Engagement Paul Winter Glastonbury 16 May 2020 The First World War, the so-called “war to end all wars” devastated Europe and much of the globe. Colonial powers shipped in battalions from their empires to join swathes of working-class lads from the “home” countries to die alongside them in the

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History. 2009 – 2019

At the turn of the 21st century, IVS had to adapt again to the new trends provoked still by the hegemonic and imperialistic approach of most industrialised nations which led to the new-born concept of terrorism and the creation of new stereotypes worldwide. In the 2000s, the direct effect of high-speed developing technology obliged IVS

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History. 2009 – 2019

At the turn of the 21st century, IVS had to adapt again to the new trends provoked still by the hegemonic and imperialistic approach of most industrialised nations which led to the new-born concept of terrorism and the creation of new stereotypes worldwide. In the 2000s, the direct effect of high-speed developing technology obliged IVS

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1992-2009: Expansion in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe

The famous writer, Albert Camus, who was a supporter of SCI, commented on the volunteers: “A writer who wants to be a witness sometimes feels he is lonely…But you are demonstrating every day that men can meet each other, that dialogue is always possible and that loneliness does not exist.” From â€œBreaking down barriers 1945-76” “CCIVS is

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1981-91: Campaign for Disarmament and against Racism

“Today voluntary service is not just a desirable activity but it is an activity that is badly needed. It is needed more than ever before in the field of local and national development it is needed for North-South dialogue, South-South collaboration and regional cooperation. It is not only a subjective discovery but also an objective

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