Author name: Sandra Dimkovska

Hey, you! Thinking about volunteering? It can be quite challenging, so ponder it well first. There will be awesome moments, but it all depends on your predisposition, mental strength, and the qualities you already bring with you. It will not be a piece of cake, yet a constant fight for respect and for your rights. […]

Hey hey little one, welcome to this report where I tell you a bit about my world.  It all really started when I got off that plane and entered this new world thinking “Wow, I’m so mature and independent now” and was faced with my first problem, a lost suitcase.  It wasn’t so bad! Once

After four months of volunteering the feeling of arriving in a cloudy and cold Bremen at the end of January still feels very fresh to me and even though time passed I still think dearly of that scared and confused girl that left her hometown to embark on an almost unknown adventure.  I´m sitting down

Hallöchen! I am writing on a sunny Bremen day, after a long (very long) and dark winter we are enjoying the sunshine these days. I still haven’t gotten over the geographical shock that it’s not quite dark at 11pm 🙂 Faster than the subway in the photo, (classic Berlin photo 🙂 time flies.  My effort

The last four months of my voluntary service have shown me how much a person can develop in such a short time. Whereas in the first third of the project I still had to get used to my new surroundings, my new work and my new circle of friends, I can now see that since

We have come full circle. I’m writing the final report in the same room where I packed my things for the Bremen adventure. This is a chance for self-reflection I suppose although my mind is not in the same place as my body at the moment.  A year ago, I walked up the steps of

As I sit in my hometown, thinking about the past year, it feels strange. It’s like the year in Bremen flew by, but the memories are still very real. The last two months were full of emotions, whether from knowing I would leave soon or just the events themselves. Life is so weird and I

As a person who is usually responsible for posting volunteer reports on the website, I remember that special feeling when posting second reports: while 4 months is still a relatively long period, I always wondered what it was like to realise that you only have half as much time left as you’ve already spent here. And