About us

We are a non-profit and non-religoius NGO created in 2008 to representthe Service Civil International – SCI – in Brazil . SCI is peace movement which exists since 1920, funded just after the World War I. SCI spread itself all over the planet promoting volunteer services exchanges among people from diverse nationalities, cultures and social backgrounds.

Today SCI volunteers exchanges in about 80 countries, present in all the continents. Every year SCI place about 4000 volunteers in several international humanitarian projects. From building schools in Kenya to social reintegration projects for woman in jail in Barcelona, passing through helping Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka. SCI has operational relations with UNESCO and Council of Europe.

The SCI structure developed itself first in Europe, then Asia and Oceania. Although SCI solid and long history, SCI structure in Africa and Americas is still very fragile. To promote the development of SCI in Brazil, starting by Minas Gerais, we created SVI Brasil. Brasil has a huge potential to receive international volunteers in its humanitarian projects and to send Brazilian volunteer in humanitarian projects abroad.