The History of Service Civil International

SCI was born out of a passionate search for peace, immediately after World War I. Taking part in the first International Conference of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in 1920 in Bilthoven, Pierre Ceresole, a Swiss radical pacifist initiated a peace project with volunteers from different countries in France.

• 1.1.1.1: Overview
• Origin
  • 1.1.1.2.2: Pierre Ceresole and the first workcamps
  • 1.1.1.2.3: Influences
  • 1.1.1.2.6: Issues raised by the early implementation of a civil service
• A worldwide development
  • 1.1.1.3.1: An overview of SCI development after the war
  • 1.1.1.3.2: Re-building Europe
• Asia after World War II
  • 1.1.1.4.1: Introduction: 1947-1956
  • 1.1.1.4.2: Establishment of the Indian Branch
  • 1.1.1.4.3: Establishment of an Asian Secretariat - 1959
  • 1.1.1.4.4: Changing role of long-term volunteers
  • 1.1.1.4.5: Asian Secretariat changes location
  • 1.1.1.4.6: Golden period in SCI-India
  • 1.1.1.4.7: Summary
• Africa
  • 1.1.1.5.1: SCI in North Africa
  • 1.1.1.5.2: SCI in West Africa
• 1.1.1.6: Looking back
  • 1.1.1.6.1: Individual pathways
  • 1.1.1.6.2: SCI as seen by the veterans
  • 1.1.1.6.3: Personal benefits

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