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“We left our mark on MCI”

What is the MCI Alumni?

Created in August of 2025, the MCI Alumni is a way for MCI to connect with previous volunteers, who helped to create what MCI is today. This also gives MCI the opportunity to thank and acknowledge the previous volunteers on their contributions.

The previous volunteers get a chance to connect and learn from each others’ experiences with volunteering and the life after it. MCI will facilitate events for the Alumni to be in contact with MCI and each other. The Alumni enables prolonging the volunteering life past the ending of the volunteering contract.

The idea for Alumni started from wanting to give the volunteers more spotlight for their work in bringing MCI to life. The volunteers have impacted MCI in so many ways: repairing and decorating the building, event management, social media and website design, community work and positive vibes to all of Idrija.

On this webpage you can see what the Alumni have done over the years and what projects they were part of. Interested in volunteering at MCI? Get a taste of what volunteering could be like here at MCI, and leave an application at the bottom of the page!

MCI volunteer experience

ESC group volunteering projects

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Individual volunteers

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This is what the alumni have said

My life here is stress free ~Visa, Finland

A life without ice cream and friends isn’t a real life ~Logan, France

Enjoy as much as you can ~Lukáš, Czech Republic

I felt like I was in the right place with the right people ~Ronja, Finland

This is how the building came alive
Hallway
Hostel room
Terrace
our previous ESC volunteering projects

Vivid Connections and Elf Around II

ESC 2025-2026

Creative Connections and Elf Around I

ESC 2024-2025

Respect the past, Revive the vibe and Positive vibrations in ecommunity

ESC 2023-2024

Thrive together and Youthful heritage

ESC 2022-2023

Move forward and Make the house alive III

ESC 2021-2022

Make the house alive II

ESC Group 2021

Common point

ESC 2020-2022

International community

ESC 2020-2021

(INTER)Active community

ESC 2019

Make the house alive I

ESC Group 2019

Active community / Active.com

EVS 2018

Step by step to international youth work

EVS 2017

MCI Alumni events

  • 27.2.-1.3.2026

    First ever MCI Alumni Event!

    Theme: Connections

    – 9 participants who volunteered at MCI during the years 2021-2024

    – 6 nationalities

    – Activities such as escape room, international dinner and photo orienteering

MCI Alumni research publications

The MCI Alumni have also left their mark in the field of academic research through cooperation with MCI. MCI provided access to resources and channels such as the Alumni club to make research possible on topics that were interesting to MCI. Below you can find the research publications of MCI Alumni.

2026

Impacts of the European Solidarity Corps on European Identity – Case of ESC Volunteers in Slovenia by Visa Mäntyneva

The research focused on the impacts of ESC volunteering on European identity among ESC volunteers in Slovenia. The research was carried out using a mixed-methods approach consisting of interviews and surveys with current and former volunteers of MCI and other Slovenian organizations. The results showed that ESC has a lot of positive impacts on European identity of volunteers and on their life in general.

Suggested citation: Mäntyneva, V. (2026). Impacts of the European Solidarity Corps on European Identity – Case of ESC Volunteers in Slovenia. Mladinski Center Idrija.

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