SCI International Voluntary Service

5505 Walnut Level Road, Crozet, VA 22932

Mission

"Peace through deeds, not words" has been our motto since 1920 when Service Civil International (SCI) founder Pierre Ceresole encouraged multi-national volunteers to come together in "workcamps" to help with physical and social reconstruction in war-torn sites of the First World War.

Today, SCI has official relations with
UNESCO as a partner non-governmental organization. We promotes worldwide short term and long term voluntary service to impact social, environmental and humanitarian issues. SCI is a secular movement depending on the general public for funding and support.

Purpose

The U.S. branch, SCI International Voluntary Service (SCI IVS USA), supports the UNESCO Manifesto 2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence as our statement of purpose:

Programs

Through various non-profit partner organizations worldwide and through the SCI network of international and regional development, SCI IVS USA participates in the exchange of over 5,000 volunteers each year in short term 2-3 week international group workcamps and in long term 3-12 months volunteer postings in over 50 countries.

 

Self Assessment

Each volunteer, each project coordinator and each sponsoring organization is required to submit a review of their current projects and give comments on future developments.

 

Chief Executive Profile

We are lead by our activist and hands-on unpaid board members. We make decisions and operate based on cooperative consensus of the board members. We do not recognize a Chief Executive position.

How you can support us

You can make a donation to help support our grassroots efforts and projects worldwide, please send your donation to our Seattle address or you may donate securely online by following the link below. Please be as specific as possible in the comment section about the programs you are sponsoring or else you can become a general member for $35 per year.

Note that some states do have restrictions on "solicitation of charitable contributions" so please acknowledge that SCI IVS USA is a legally registered U.S. Federal 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Our EIN is 36-6140178.

 

Short review of SCI's historical development
1920-1987

 

1920

Pierre Ceresole and Hubert Parris organise and carry out with a small international team reconstruction service in the was devastated village Esnes near Verdun in France. 

1924

First international voluntary work camp in Switzerland to clear rubble after an avalanche. 

1928

7810 volunteers from 28 countries clear the Rhine valley in Liechtenstein after a heavy flood. 

1930

Second international voluntary work camp in France (Lagarde) to clear up after flood devastation. 

1931

During the economic crisis in England a work camp is organised to restore self-confidence in distressed mining town. Volunteers with unemployed men build a swimming pool and layout public park.

1934

First service in India: re-building of a village in the earthquake area of Bihar. 

1936

First voluntary work camp in Sweden. 

1937

Assistance to civilians during the Civil War in Spain: evacuation of refugees and other transportation services; setting up a maternity and feeding programmes for children and old people in Madrid; installation of homes for evacuated boys and girls. First work camp in Norway. 

1939

IVS/SCI service is recognized in Great Britain as alternative to military service.

1940

Long-term re-forestation service in Britain for Conscientious Objectors. First work camp in the Netherlands at school of Cees Boeke.

1944

Relief work in Palestine, Egypt and Greece. 

1945

Relief work and reconstruction work by international voluntary work camps in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. First international meeting of European SCI representatives. 

1946

First work camps in Belgium and Czechoslovakia. Second meeting of representatives from Great Britain, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands, setting up an international Co-ordination. Committee and electing an international president and full-time secretary. First joint meeting of European branch secretaries. 

1947

First work camp in Austria. Community development service in Greece and Italy. Recognition of Norwegian, Belgium (Bruxelles) and Germany (Federal Republic) branches. Pressure to cease SCI activities in Czechoslovakia by new government. Transformation of International Co-ordination Committee into International Consultative Committee to prepare an SCI international constitution. 

1948

First international voluntary work camp in Algeria, followed by social work. Work camp in Denmark. First policy making SCI International Delegates' Meeting. 

1949 

Adoption of international constitution at 4th Delegates Meeting. -Recognition of Austrian and Italian branches. 

1950

Significant expansion of work camps and social work in Europe. Again activities in India (work with refugees)

1951

First service in (West-) Pakistan. 

1952

Recognition of Algerian branch. 

1953

Long term reconstruction service after floods in the Netherlands. 

1954

Assistance to earthquake stricken villages near Orléansville in Algeria. First Orient-Occident work and study camp. International constitution amended. 

1955 

International voluntary work camps with local partners in Lebanon and Jordan. First East-West camp on Poland, in co-operation with national Youth organisations and the World Federation of Democratic Youth.

1956

Community development project in Tunisia and first SCI work camp in the US. Recognition of Indian branch. Due to insufficient freedom to operate the Algerian branch is compelled to suspend its activities from 1956 to the end of the liberation war in 1962. The SCI insurance scheme is established. Strengthening of policy-making powers of the International Committee in view of the expansion of the movement.

1957

A well prepared SCI emergency team goes for the first time into action to assist flood-stricken population in the French Alps.

1958

SCI work camps in Israel and Japan. East-West camp in the Union of Soviet Youth in the USSR. First USA Conscientious Objector allowed to do his alternative service with SCI.

1959

Co-operation with emigrated Algerian Trade Union to establish Homes for Algerian refugee children in Tunisia and Morocco.Work with Tibetan refugees and long-term community development service in India. Creation of SCI international development fund. A North-Africa Sub-Committee is formed. Re-orgaisation of the SCI international secretariat to consist of secretaries for Asia, Europe and an international co-ordinating secretary.

1960 

First work camp in Sri Lanka. Social, educational and work camps activities in Mauritius.

1961

First work camp in Iceland. Cooperation with "Les Volontaires au travail" in Togo.SCI in the Federal Republic of Germany is authorized to organise construction and social work for Conscientious Objectors as alternative to military service. 

1962

Renews activities in Algeria: reconstruction of a war destroyed village, medical, educational and community development activities in various villages near Tlemcen. First work camps in Ireland and Bangladesh. 

1963

First work camps in co-operation with national Youth orgnizations in Yugoslavia and the German Democratic Republic. The French branch organizes camps for Conscientious Objectors. The British branch sends long-term volunteers to the Cameroons, Botswana, Swaziland, Malaysia and Thailand. 

1964

Important change of the SCI international constitution: an International Executive Committee is set up to give leadership between the meetings of the Delegates' Meetings.Recognition of the Japanese branch. 

1965

First work camp in Botswana and the Republic of Korea. Work camps in Ireland again. Long-term volunteers working in the Seychelles. French branch sets up permanent centre for orientation and training of leaders and long-term volunteers. 

1966

Work camps again in Mauritius. Long term volunteers in Lesotho, Senegal and Nepal. First SCI camps in Thailand and Canada. Appointment of SCI Asian Advisory Council. Acceptance of international 5 year development plan. 

1967

First SCI work camp in Nepal. First Asian Regional Training Seminar. An International Africa Committee is appointed.

1968

Abandoning attempts to reconstitute branch in Algeria because of impossibility to receive Governmental approval. Agreement of possible offer to work in South- and/or North-Vietnam cannot be reached within SCI. Change of international constitution: abolition of International Delegates Meeting, being replaced by policy-making International Committee in new composition. 

1969

Recognition of Internationella Arbetslag as Swedish SCI branch.

1970

Creation of an SCI international Commission for the activities of the Action d'Urgence Internationale (International Emergency Team). 

1971

Work with Bangladesh refugees in India. 

1972

Recognition of Bangladesh branch. SCI group registered in Penang/Malaysia. 

1973

Recognition of Irish branch. An Asian Regional Committee is set up. 

1974

Flemish section of SCI Belgium (VIA) becomes an SCI group on its own.

1975

A European regional Committee is set up as follow-up of the European bi-annual Secretaries' Meeting.

1977 

Recognition of Vrijwillige Internationale Aktie (VIA) as flemish branch of SCI in Belgium.

1979

SCI branch in Italy revived.

1980

L'Action d'Urgence International (AUI) becomes an independent organization, headquarters remain in Paris.

1981

Recognition of Kansainvälinen Vapaaehtoinen Työleirijärjestö as SCI branch of Finland and Service Volontaire International as branch in Mauritius. Austrian branch revived. 

1982

Work with Sri-Lankan repatriates in India and Sri Lanka. 

1983

SCI group revived in the United States. German branch helps to organize work camps in Greece again. French and German branches establish links with organizations in Nicaragua. French branch sends exploratory team to Lebanon to investigate possible SCI work: no immediate action is possible. The Immigrants Commission with secretariat in Bruxelles/Belgium becomes an independent organization.

1984

Affiliation of Servei Catala de Camps de Treball in Barcelona/Catalonia/Spain as a group of SCI. SCI Selangor, federal Territory, is registered in Malaysia. 

1985

Work with Afghan refugees in New Delhi, India. 

1986

SCI teams are sent from Europe to Nicaragua to work in agricultural development projects. The International Secretariat moves from Europe to Asia (Bangalore/India). 

1987

Northern Ireland group is recognized as a branch and Austrian branch' status is confirmed. An international sub-committee of Solidarity, Exchange and Education for Development (SEED) is established at the 52nd ICM in Belfast, Northern Ireland. SCI receives the United Nations Peace Messenger Award.

Basic Information

For individual tax filers who itemize federal income tax deductions, a cash donation to this public charity is fully deductible up to 50% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income (AGI). Special rules may apply to certain noncash donations and to contributions not made by individuals; consult your tax adviser.

Note that some states do have restrictions on "solicitation of charitable contributions" so please acknowledge that SCI IVS USA is a legally registered U.S. Federal 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity in Washington State. Our EIN is 36-6140178.

Executive: Crozet Office
Contact: Crozet Office
Phone: (434) 336-3545
Fax: (206) 350-6585
Website: http://www.sci-ivs.org
Email: sciinfo@sci-ivs.org
501(c)(3) Ruling Year 1967
No. of Board Members: 9
Employees: 0
Office Volunteers: 3
Financial statements available to the public: Yes
Location Served: Worldwide

Wordwide SCI
Branches, *Groups, **Contacts

IVP Australia (**)
499 Elizabeth St. Surry Hills
NSW 2010 Australia
tel: 61.2.9699 1129
fax: 61.2.9699 9182
email: ivpsci@ivp.org.au
http://www.ivp.org.au

SCI Austria
Schottengaße 3a/1/4/59
A-1010 Wien, Austria
tel: 43.1.535 9108
fax: 43.1.532 7416
email:austria@sci.or.at
http://www.sci.or.at

SCI Bangladesh
GPO Box 3254
Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
tel/fax: 880.2.9113623
email: sci@citechco.net

New Group Belarus (*)
Postal address: Postbox 91, 220023 Minsk, Belarus
Office address: Gintovta Str. 36-145, Minsk, Belarus
tel/fax: 375.17.2834352
email: new_group@user.unibel.by
http://www.newgroup.unibel.by

SCI Belgium
35 Rue van Elewijck
B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
tel: 32.2.6490738
fax: 32.2.6468792
email: sci@scibelgium.be

VIA Belgium
Draakstraat 37
B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
tel: 32.3.2359419
fax: 32.3.2352973
email: via@glo.be
http://user.glo.be/gd30411

SCI Catalunya
Carrer del Carme 95, baixos 2a
E-08001 Barcelona, Spain
tel: 34.93.4417079
fax: 34.93.4417018
email: sci@pangea.org
http://www.pangea.org/sci

SCI Denmark (*)
Svanholm Allé 2
DK- 4050 Skibby, Denmark
tel: 45.47.521332
fax: 45.47.566677
email: sci@svanholm.dk

KVT Finland
Rauhanasema, Veturitori
FIN-00520 Helsinki, Finland
tel: 358.9.144408/18
fax: 358.9.143657 and 147297
email: kvtscifi@kaapeli.fi
http://www.kaapeli.fi/~kvtscifi

SCI France
2 Rue Camille Flammarion
F-75018 Paris, France
tel: 33.1.42546243
fax: 33.1.42540618
email: scifr@club-internet.fr
http://perso.club-internet.fr/scifr/

SCI Germany
Blücherstraße 14, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
tel: 49.228.212086/87
fax: 49.228.264234
email: info@sci-d.de
http://www.sci-d.de

IVS Great Britain (Northern England)
Castlehill House, 21 Otley Road, Headingley
GB Leeds LS6 3AA, U.K.
tel: 44.1132.304600
fax: 44.1132.304610
email: ivsgbn@ivsgbn.demon.co.uk
http://www.ivsgbn.demon.co.uk

IVS Great Britain (Scotland)
7 Upper Bow, Edinburgh 
EH1 2JN, U.K.
tel: 44.1312.266722, 
fax: 44.1312.266723
email: ivs@ivsgbscot.demon.co.uk
http://www.ivsgbn.demon.co.uk

IVS Great Britain (Southern England)
Old Hall, East Bergholt
GB-Colchester CO7 6TQ, U.K.
tel: 44.1206.298215
fax: 44.1206.299043
email: ivs@ivsgbsouth.demon.co.uk
http://www.ivsgbn.demon.co.uk

SCI Hellas
Dipilou 10
GR-10553 Athens, Greece
tel: 30.1.3250491 / 3311379
fax: 30.1.3311378
email: scigr@x-treme.gr

UTILAPU Hungary (*)
Üllöi út 103. Fszt. 5
H-1091 Budapest, Hungary
tel/fax: 36.1.2154687
email: scihun@c3.hu 
http://www.c3.hu/~scihun

SCI India
K-5 Green Park
New Delhi 110 016, India
tel: 91.11.6564605
fax: 91.11.6863023 (attn. SCI)
email: scindia@bol.net.in

VSI Ireland
30 Mountjoy Square
IRL-Dublin 1, Ireland
tel: 353.1.8551011
fax: 353.1.8551012
e-mail: vsi@iol.ie
http://homepages.iol.ie/~vsi

SCI Italy
Via G.Cardano 135
I-00146 Roma, Italy
tel: 39.06.5580661 / 39.06.5580644
fax: 39.06.5585268
email: info@sci-italia.org 
http://www.sci-italia.org 

SCI Japan
c/o Kaneie Toyda
4-101, 2-3, Bessho, Hachioji-shi
Tokyo 192-0363, Japan
tel/fax: 81.426.753176
email: scijtoyo@bd.mbn.or.jp
http://plaza27.mbn.or.jp/~scijapan/

SCI Malaysia
c/o Stephen Nah, 58 Lorong Lintang Zooview
Taman Zooview, Ampang 58000, KL Malaysia
tel: 60.4.22779097 / 8286066
fax: 60.4.2277097
email: snah@chippac.com.my 

SVI Mauritius
4 Chellan Lane
Camp Samy Road, Moka, Mauritius
tel/fax: 230.4337287
email: svimauritius@hotmail.com
marcayle@bow.intnet.mu

SCI Nepal
P.O. Box 14193
Kathmandu, Nepal 
tel: 977.1.279572 (Anil Man Singh)
977.11.61093 (Suresh Sanju)
email: scinepal@hotmail.com

VIA Netherlands
M.v.B. Bastiaansestraat 56
NL-1054 SP Amsterdam, Netherlands
tel: 31.20.6892760 or 6892735
fax: 31.20.6184469
email: vianl@xs4all.nl
http://www.xs4all.nl/~vianl 

IVS Northern Ireland
122 Great Victoria Street
Belfast BT2 7BG,
Northern Ireland, U.K.
tel: 44.1232.238147
fax: 44.1232.244356
email: info@ivsni.co.uk
http://www.ivsni.dnet.co.uk

ID Norway
Nordahl Brunsgate 22
N-0165 Oslo, Norway
tel: 47.22.113123
fax: 47.22.207119 (attn. ID N)
email: idnorway@os.telia.no

SCI Pakistan (*)
c/o Amir Ali
No. 53, Mehran Block, Iqbal Town
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel. 92.42.44388 (ask for Amir Ali)
Fax. 92.42.5220930 (attn. SCI-Pakistan)
email: rabta@brain.net.pk

OWA Poland
ul. Krasinskiego 3A/1
PL- 60-830 Poznan, Poland
tel: 48.61.8484338 / 8484337
fax: 48.61.8484337
email: scipl@mail.icpnet.pl

SCI Romania
Str. Av. Darian 9, B1. 11B, Ap. 3, Sector 1
RO-71254 Bucuresti, Romania
tel: 40.1.2311820
fax: 40.1.2303010
email: sciro@fx.ro

MOST-SCI Slovenia
Breg 12
SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
tel: 386.1.4258067
fax: 386.1.2517208
email: drustvo.most@siol.net
http://www.drustvo-most.si

SCI South Korea
c/o Heung-moon Han
Yangchon P.O. Box 146, Seoul 158-600, S. Korea
tel: 82.226428948
fax: 82.2.26438947
email: scikhan@channelli.net
http://www.sci.or.kr

SCI Sri Lanka
18/A/4 Deveni Rajasinghe, Mawatha
Kandy, Sri Lanka
tel: 94.8.387188
fax: 94.8.232343 (attn.SCI)
email: sciac@slt.sk (attn SCI Sri Lanka)

SCI-SIV Madrid (*)
c/ Fomento, 18 Local
E-28013 Madrid, Spain
tel: 34.91.5424263
fax: 34.91.5592307
email: siv@nodo50.org
http://www.nodo50.org/siv

IAL Sweden
Barnängsgatan 23
S-11641 Stockholm, Sweden
tel: 46.8.6430889
fax: 46.8.6418188
email: ial@algonet.se
http://www.algonet.se/~ial

SCI Switzerland
Gerberngasse 21a
CH-3000 Bern 13, Switzerland
tel: 41.31.3117727
fax: 41.31.3117794
email: scich@access.ch
http://www.scich.org

SCI-IVS USA
Main Office: 
5505 Walnut Level Road
Crozet, VA 22932
tel./fax: (206) 350 6585
e-mail: sciinfo@sci-ivs.org
SCI LTV USA Office:
205 North Plain Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230, USA
tel: (413) 528 3401
fax: (360) 343 6792
email: ltvusa@sci-ivs.org
http://www.sci-ivs.org 

For SCI Partners, Working Groups and International Staff and Board:
http://www.sciint.org

 




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