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Everybody has experience with these random encounters with people you know but who are not really part of your life. Out of nowhere, they ask superficial questions about things that go deep into your life or that would require a long explanation, and in the end, you just have to sum up all this complexity

Two weeks have already passed since my project finished. And only now, looking back, I can measure the way it changed me. I am back home, but home feels different right now, or is it me? I believe that this year volunteering in the Parliament of Bremen was just a stepping stone in my future

As my ESC project days in Bremen are already over, I would like to share with you my final report about this experience! The first thing that I would like to tell you about is the shift in my life in 2026. Now, sitting and thinking about my time in Bremen, my memory mainly brings

“Why are you even going?” – that’s what my parents said when I told them I was leaving to Germany to participate in a volunteering project. And at the time, I couldn’t fully explain or even understand myself the many reasons why I wanted to. But now that I need to put it into words,

Haloooo!! I’m Cecilia, I’m from Venice (Italy) and in May 2025 I started my volunteering project in the culture centre Schlachthof in Bremen. Probably this report is gonna be a lil messy cause it’s my first, mid-term and final report all at once. So, let’s start. You’re supposed to start your journey with the honeymoon

As I am typing this last report, I am already back home, in the land of cows and butter, apples and rain. Looking back at everything that happened, it feels like 12 months passed in a flash. What a year! It was a lot. A lot of wonderful people, a lot of marvellous trips, a

In July, I began my volunteering project at Jugendfreizeitheim Gröpelingen in Bremen through the European Solidarity Corps. It was my first month in Germany and the beginning of a completely new experience — living, learning, and working in a multicultural youth center. From the first day, I felt the atmosphere of energy, friendliness, and openness

Ich werde versuchen dieses eine Jahr, das ich erlebt habe so umfassend und aufrichtig wie möglich zu beschreiben. In der Zeit, in der ich mich für dieses Projekt beworben und später die Nachricht über meine Aufnahme erhalten habe, befand ich mich (wie viele andere) in einer eher instabilen Phase meines Lebens. Mit meiner Ankunft in