EC member, GIED Rhenelyn Queen P. Dadulo (Queenie) is the founder and President of Global Initiative Exchange and Development Inc. (GIED) in the Philippines. GIED is a non-government and non-profit organisation advocating for Social Development through International Voluntary Service Exchange and Social development initiatives. Queenie has almost two decades of government service experience as a Senior Youth …
Communication Officer EC member, ICYE Federation Ms. Anja Stuckert has over 20 years of experience working on youth engagement, gender equality and inclusion, working as a gender advisor and global project manager in an international child rights organisation. She is a trainer and facilitator. In 2020, she joined the International Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) as Secretary-General. ICYE …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Administrative and Financial Officer Linndgberg was born and raised in El Salvador until the age of 10. He then grew up in Los Angeles, California, where he lived for 13 years. He moved to Mexico, where he resided for 7 years to work in a non-profit organization dealing with the human rights of migrants. Later …
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 …
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 …
History. 100 years of Service Civil International Read More »
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 …
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 “Breaking down barriers 1945-76” “CCIVS is …
1992-2009: Expansion in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe Read More »
