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Get ready to embark with us on the Trans-Siberian Railway adventure!
For some months now, Service Volontaire International (SVI) has had a brand new project in mind that offers you the opportunity to organize an alternative Trans-Siberian trip. But where does that idea..
- Posted by Maxence Marin
- Posted in SVI
Slavic Languages
You want to start learning a new language, but you don’t know which one to choose? You’d like to know which is the one for you? The one that will become your most faithful friend on your foreign a..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
- Posted in SVI
Discover Antonin’s language stay adventure in England!
It’s been a few months since the SVI started its great language stay adventure! And what an adventure! After the end of the lockdown, it hasn’t been easy to make these beautiful projects come ..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
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Next Challenge: Learn Luganda Online!
When we think of “African languages”, which comes to mind first? Swahili? Zulu? Arabic? Wolof? Yoruba? Actually, we could spend a long time naming them all, as linguists reckon that about ..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
- Posted in SVI
Food Across the World
We can talk about travel and adventure. About world tour, about culture. About languages, about monuments. We’re all different on these matters. Everyone has their own vision and interests. But ther..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
- Posted in SVI
Voluntourism Against Volunteering: What is the Difference?
If you know the SVI well, or if you ever went on a voluntary project or language stay with us, then the concept of voluntourism is nothing new to you. Probably, you have already heard us harping on ab..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
- Posted in Conversation tables
Language Immersion: Another Way To Learn A Language
CUTE LITTLE SHEEP… Let’s say you have two weeks of holiday, or a month, or even a whole year that you can dedicate to learning a language, during or after your studies. First, it is a unique o..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
- Posted in SVI
Haste Makes Waste: What is Slow Travel?
SLOW TRAVEL: an alternative way of travelling There we are. The world has slowly begun to progressively reopen and, soon, life will be returning to normal. Normal, really? Not quite. Just because this..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
- Posted in SVI
Travelling as a Woman
During our online conversation tables on Zoom (every Wednesday at 5 p.m. in English, and every Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Spanish), we get to exchange with our participants about varied topics in connection..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
- Posted in SVI
ETHICAL TRAVEL
During one of our Conversation Tables (every Wednesday at 5 pm on Zoom), we got the opportunity to discuss in English about a topic that concerns us all: ethical travel. But what does it mean, actuall..
- Posted by Raphael Pares
- Posted in Conversation tables