Annual report

Annual report 2024

SCI’s annual report showcases the work of the international coordination and movement over the past year. Besides information on SCI’s finances, decision-making structures and statistics of the past year, the annual report gives information about our projects and campaigns as well as insights into the activities of our branches.

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Energised by all the activities implemented this year, we are standing strong in our commitment to peace and we keep cultivating the spirit of solidarity within and outside our movement. In a world that is driving deeper and deeper divisions between people, and that seems to turn more and more to violence as an answer, collective practices of resistance to the logics of hate and war are essential for our future.

Antonella di Matteo

International President, SCI

Our Strategic Plan

In 2024, the work to accomplish our mission was guided by our Strategic Plan for 2024-2027.

Read it here

Currently, SCI’s movement around the world consists of …

40
Branches

+90
Partner organizations

Volunteer exchanges

In 202, workcamps focussed on different themes, many centering their activities on art, culture and local history; environment protection; and children and youth. Other workcamps allowed participants to contribute to community life, participate in climate and sustainable lifestyle activities, galvanise efforts regarding antiracism, antifascism, remembrance, work with people with disabilities, contribute to peace and disarmament and raise awareness on the topics of poverty and social injustice. In a few camps, volunteers contributed to international solidarity and worked in support of refugees, immigrants and ethnic minorities, as well as elderly people.

We had a total of 1007 volunteers participating in SCI projects.

Workamps organized

Total volunteers

Of which:

Workcamp volunteers

Long-term volunteers or special programmes

Volunteers

Like each year, we organized international voluntary projects for people of all ages and backgrounds to promote a culture of peace.

40%Students

33%Employed

Unemployed8%

Other4%

Age range of volunteers

Children0.6%

16-173.6%

18-2548.4%

26-3527.3%

36-257.7%

46-658.3%

Over 653.6%

Unknown0.4%

EXPERIENCE OF VOLUNTEERS

first workcamp experience59%

1-3 workcamps16%

4-7 workcamps4%

8 or + workcamps4%

Unknown17%

GENDER OF VOLUNTEERS

90%Identify as F

39%Identify as M

3%Identify as Other

Projects

International projects are one of the tools helping the SCI Movement achieve its strategic goals and strengthen the organisation in the following key areas: cooperation, sharing, advocacy, financial strength and transparency, capacity building, and communication.

PEACE IN DIVERSITY

P.E.A.C.E. FOR NATURE

A group of people from AYAFE Youth Organization posing for a picture

COP-29 DELEGATION

PLACEMENT OFFICER TRAINING

EPM 2024, group of people posing for a photography, they have a flag that says SCI Austria, Volunteering for Peace

EXCHANGE PLATFORM MEETING

Partnership on Peace

In the second edition of its regranting scheme, developed in the scope of SCI’s Operating Grant under CERV, the International Secretariat of SCI invited proposals from its member organisations based in EU member states, for projects to be supported throughout the year. The aim of the Regranting Scheme is to financially support network branches to carry out activities which promote the core values of SCI and the values of the European Union (EU).

In 2024, 6 projects were submitted and selected.

Group picture of people looking in the distance

Peace Education Centre

by SCI Poland

No More War in 2024

by VIA Netherlands and No More War team

Reviving Community Building Through Quality Volunteering

by SCI Slovenia

WE ARE IN(clusive): Social and Youth Empowerment

by SCI Catalunya

Photograph of people taking a hike, it shows a forest and we can see people looking at the view

A Path Forward – Together for Climate Justice

by KVT Finland

Learning from history II

by SCI Germany

Awareness Raising

In 2024, wars and armed conflicts have continued across the world, with more than 30 registered conflicts—some occurring in areas where SCI has volunteers and partners. The escalation of the war on Gaza, along with its expansion to the West Bank and Lebanon, is one of the crises that has prompted deep reflection on our values and mission.

As a movement rooted in peace and with strong historical ties to Palestinian peace organizations, we felt it was essential to raise awareness on this issue through events, statements, seminars, and internal discussions.

Palestine Online Conference: Solidarity in the Struggle Against Racism

Two people wearing a Keffiyeh at a protest

Stop all genocide seminar

7 October One Year Later: A Call for Peace Amidst Escalating Aggression

Resources and tools

Peace on the Streets

Youth Green Deal: Guidelines for Eco-camps

Thumbnail for Green Diversity, it depicts illustration of a boy and a girl in green and yellow colours

Green Diversity! Storytelling for Climate Justice

My Well-Being Kit

Youth Urban Action

Group of volunteers taking a photo on a starway, they are looking up since the photo its taken a floor above them

K-SPACE project

Poster of Go Natural, background mountain

Decolonise Volunteering: Embrace Awareness and Inspire Action!

CARE flavour

The COMPACT Project Journey thumbnail image, it depicts a brief explanation with someone using the phone and another person scanning a Qr Code

IM-PROVE

Peace for Nature toolkit

Ljubljana, 2024, dissemination photo, credits DEFY project team

Depth Education for Youth

More from Volunteers

IThese two condensed weeks forged some wonderful friendships, friendships that had an invasive tree that’s hard to uproot, a horse ride or a few drinks as witnesses. Because that’s what volunteer projects are all about for me: getting together around a cause that you feel is right, sharing both effort and conviviality, acquiring knowledge and know-how, and forging precious friendships.

Elisa

Volunteer at a workcamp in Italy, SCI Italy

Looking around me, I realized that the friends by my side today had become close friends. I also met new volunteers who played an important role in my project. Surrounded and supported by these people from all over the world, who now held a special place in my new life, I felt loved and incredibly lucky. Even after some of them left, I continued to make equally meaningful connections until the end of this adventure.

Élise

Long-term Volunteer from Belgium, SCI Slovenia

Budget

SCI international accounts 2024 in EUR.

736,312
Income

615,807
Expenditure

Our supporters and donors

Thanks to all volunteers, activists, staff members, organisations and donors, in particular those who contributed via our SCItizens subscription, and the following donors: