Category: Peace Caravan


Peace Caravan – We have our volunteers :)

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May 14, 2012

With great joy I can share the news that as of today, the peace caravan has its volunteers! As is usual in SCI, we have informed the branches which should be updating the workcamp.info site very soon. The participants, those on the waiting list (which we are hoping to rely on if one of the selected participants can’t make it) and those we had to decline due to the limited number of places available should have been notified by now.

Thank you all very much for your applications – it was very encouraging and inspiring for the whole No-More-War team to read about your passion and energy for nonviolence and spreading knowledge about peace!

Next comes realizing it all. Thirteen branches all over Europe have been very busy together with us to prepare this all and we are still continuing that process. In the last two weeks the No-More-War team created and tested an online community tool for helping us exchange information and discuss stuff – very different and hopefully a good addition to this news blog. More in another article!

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More Peace Caravan? Apply as a Long Term Volunteer!

Filed Under: Peace Caravan by Sylvie — 5 Comments
April 15, 2012

** UPDATE:APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED **

Applications for the Peace Caravan are open – but maybe three weeks isn’t enough for you and you’re ready to take up the rewarding challenge of spending six weeks on the road to spread a message of peace, intercultural understanding and anti-militarism? Then you may consider applying as a Long Term Volunteer!Four positions are open: two LTVs will travel from June 30 2012 to August 9 2012; two others will travel from 5 August 2012 to 14 September 2012. More details below! View full article »

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The Peace Caravan is coming!

Filed Under: Featured, Peace Caravan by Sylvie — 8 Comments
April 15, 2012

** UPDATE:APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED **

That’s it, the Peace Caravan is officially launched, and you can now apply to join it this summer!

 

What is the Peace Caravan?

 

The Peace Caravan will take place this summer, between July 1st and September 13th, and will be an amazing opportunity to organise peace education actions and spread a message of peace! It will travel across Europe, from Finland to Catalunya, across 13 countries (Finland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Romania, Austria, Hungary, UK, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Spain).

 

Four teams will travel three weeks each (after an intial training and team-building seminar), mostly by train, and will organise peace education in cooperation with the branches. Some of them have been trained in the ‘Preparaing for peace’ seminar, taking place in Scotland in March. However, even if you have not taken part to this seminar, you can apply if you have peace education experience.

 

1st route: 30/06/2012 – 22/07/2012- Finland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia
2nd route: 18/7/2012- 9/8/2012- Serbia, Kosovo, Romania, Austria
3rd route: 5/8/2012- 27/8/2012- Austria, Hungary, UK, Belgium, Germany
4th route: 23/8/2012- 14/9/2012- Germany, italy, Spain

 

Travel will take place in sometimes challenging circumstances. Therefore participants will need to be flexible and ready to adapt to unexpected circumstances, and to travel sometimes long hours by train.

 

How to apply?

 

Like for any work camp! You can contact your branch but you can also do it yourself online, going to

 

http://www.workcamps.info/icamps
topic 3 (‘Peace and disarmament’), workcamp number: 3.72

 

If you are a member of one of the branches visited by the Peace Caravan, you can also welcome the Peace Caravan and join its activities. Contact your branch for more information on how to participate!

 

If you have any question- contact us!
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Peace Caravan – First steps, join the seminar in Scotland!

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February 17, 2012

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Peace Caravan, something a lot of you may have heard about or even discussed with us in the last month. And the first step, a seminar concentrating on working on the peace caravan and preparing volunteers for it is finally only about a month away – from 17th ot 24th of March .

If you have not yet filled in an application form and sent it to your branch, there are still some places left. Do that this weekend if possible, especially if you require a visa for coming to Great Britain as it will take place in Scotland, near Loch Lomond.
The following nineteen SCI partners and branches are eligible to send volunteers! If you are from one the branches & partners below, then you can directly send your application form (see at the end of the post) to them, so they can approve your application and forward it to IVS Great Britain. View full article »
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