International Civilian Service

International Civilian Service, Service Civil International (S.C.I.), International Voluntary Service for Peace (I.S.V.P.)
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Founded: 1920
Sources: HB 1931, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

An international Committee (HB 1931) Un comité international se constituant par lui-même; comités nationaux élus par l'Assemblée générale annuelle. Un secrétaire général. (HB 1936) An international committee set up by itself; national committees appointed by the Annual General Assembly. A Secretary-general. (HB 1938)

Seats

Members in these countries

All individuals interested.(HB 1931) Tous les individus intéressés. Environ 3,000 membres dans la plupart des pays. Branche nationale avec sections régionales/ correspondants (HB 1936) All who are interested in the cause. About 3,000 members in most countries. National branches(with regional sections)/ correspondents (HB 1938)
Austria (since 1936) , Belgium (since 1936) , Czechoslovakia (since 1938) , Denmark (since 1936) , England (since 1936) , France (since 1936) , Netherlands (since 1936) , Norway (since 1936) , Sweden (since 1936) ,

Object

To gather men and women from all countries for international voluntary help in case of natural catastrophes (floods, landslides, earthquakes, etc.) and for constructive services without wages; to promote the creation of alternative services for conscientious objectors in conscription countries; aiming at the establishment of an official international service, if possible under the control of the Lague of Nations. (HB 1931) Recruter des hommes et des femmes de tous les pays pour apporter une aide matérielle lors de catastrophes naturelles et pour l'exécution de travaux d'utilité publique bénévoles; obtenir, dans tous les pays où le service militaire est obligatoire, la reconnais¬sance du service civil comme l'équivalent du service militaire pour des motifs de conscience; créer si possible, sous la direction de la Société des Nations, un service civil international. (HB 1936) To recruit men and women from all countries who will give practical help in time of natural catastrophes and will carry out voluntarily works of general utility; to obtain, in countries in which military service is compulsory, the recognition of civilian service as equivalent to military service, on conscientious grounds; to set up an international voluntary service for peace, if possible under the control of the League of Nations. (HB 1938)

Finances

Private subscriptions (HB 1931) Cotisations des membres et contributions volontaires de sympathisants. (HB 1936) Subscriptions from members and voluntary contributions from sympathisers. (HB 1938)

General facts

Service 1920-21 in the devastated area, Esnes, near Verdun, France; 1924, Les Ormonts, Switzerland (avalanche), and Someo, Switzerland (landslide); 1926, Almens, Switzerland (clearing river bed); 1927, 1928, 1929, Feldis, Switzerland (clearing pastures covered with parasitic growth); 1928, Liechtenstein (Rhine floods); 1930, Lagarde, France (clearing the village destroyed by floods); 1931, Aargau, Switzerland (clearing the fields) and Brynmawr, South Wales (helping to economic reconstruction, making a public garden and swimming tank with the aid of the local unemployed). (HB 1931) Service 1920-21, Esnes-Verdun, France (construction de baraques, routes, etc., suite de guerre); 1924, Vers-l'Eglise, Suisse (déblaiement à la suite d'avalanches) ; 1924, Someo, Aurigeno, Gresso, Suisse (déblaiement à la suite d'éboulements) ; 1926, Almens, Suisse (déblaiement après éboulement) ; 1927, Feldis, Suisse (amélioration d'alpages) ; 1928, Liechtenstein Ringgenberg, Feldis, Suisse (déblaiement à la suite d'inon¬dation) ; 1929, Feldis, Suisse (amélioration d'alpages) ; 1930, Albefeuille-Lagarde, France (déblaiement après inondations) ; 1931, Basse-Argovie, Suisse (déblaiement à la suite d'orages) ; Brynmawr, Grande-Bretagne (création de jardin public, piscine, etc.) ; 1932, Brynmawr et Rhos, Grande-Bretagne (création de jardin public, piscine, etc.); Safien-Platz, Suisse (déblaiement torrent débordé) ; 1933, Whitby (transformation d'un ancien couvent en auberge de jeunesse) ; 1933-34, Oakengates (déblaiement) ; 1934, Blaenavon (aménagement d'un terrain de jeux); Mont-Bailly (amélioration de pâturages); Les Amburnex (réfection d'une route); Santa Maria (réfection d'un lit de torrent); Hütten (déblaiement à la suite d'éboulement) ; 1934-35, Bihar, Inde (déménagement de villages, après tremblement de terre). (HB 1936) Service 1920-21, Esnes-Verdun, France (construction of huts, roads, etc. after the War); 1924, Vers4'Eglise, Switzerland (clearing after avalanches) ; 1924, Someo, Aurigeno, Gresso, Switzerland (clearing after land-slides); 1926, Almens, Switzerland (clearing after landslide); 1927, Feldis, Switzerland (improvement of Alpine pastures); 1928, Liechtenstein Ringgenberg, Feldis, Switzerland (clearing after flood); 1929, Feldis, Switzerland (improvement of Alpine pastures); 1930, Albefeuille-Lagarde, France (clearing after floods); 1931, Lower Aargau, Switzerland (clearing after storms); Brynmawr, Great Britain (laying out of public garden, construction of bathingpool, etc.); 1932, Brynmawr and Rhos, Great Britain (laying out of public garden, construction of bathing-pool, etc.); Safien-Platz, Switzerland (clearing overflowing torrent); 1933, Whitby (conversion of an old convent into a youth hostel); 1933-34, Oakengates (clearing); 1934, Blaenavon (laying out of sports ground); Mont-Bailly (improvement of pastures); Les Amburnex (road repairs); Santa Maria (remaking the bed of a torrent); Hiitten (clearing after landslide); 1934-35, Bihar, India (removal of villages after an earthquake); 1935, Hutten (continuation), Litziriiti (clearing after a flood); Mont Bailly, Les Amburnex (continuation), Switzerland; Oakengates, Rhos (continuation), Great Britain; 1935-36 India (continuation); 1936 Oakengates (continuation), Gateshead-on-Tyne (laying out of public garden, construction of bathing-pool, etc.), Great Britain; Robinson, France (fitting up of buildings and laying out of sports ground for a youth hostel); Mont Bailly, Les Amburnex (continuation), Selma (improvement of Alpine pastures, road repairs) Switzerland; 1936-37 India (continuation). (HB 1938)

Publications

Des rapports annuels et un bulletin semestriel, L e Service civil, bilingue. Autres publications : Entre autres : « Exposé de la Pétition en faveur du service civil » ; «Services civils internationaux en 1930 et 1931, Lagarde, Basse-Argovie, Brynmawr »; « Reports on International Voluntary Service 1933-34 »; « The International Voluntary Service Movement : a History » ; « Les Sœurs du Service civil » ; « Statuts de l'Association pour le Service civil international ». (HB 1936) Annual reports and a half-yearly bulletin, Le Service Civil, bilingual. Other Publications : Include: Expose de la Petition enfaveur du service civil; Services civils internationaux en 1930 et 1931, Lagarde, Lower Aargau, Brynmawr; Reports on International Voluntary Service 1933-34; The International Voluntary Service Movement: a History ; Les Sours du Service civil; Statuts de I'Association pour le Service civil inter -national; En Inde sinistree; En vue de Himalaya. (HB 1938)

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