Since six months I’ve been doing my European Solidarity Service in Blanes, Spain. Even though there were a lot of rules and restrictions due to Corona, a lot has happened in this time. With time, I had the possibility to meet new people and get to know the city in which I live, so that …
“What in God’s name made me leave Germany? Why would I move to one of the poorest countries in Europe?” – I ask my best friend at the airport. It is Saturday, 16th of January and I rarely managed to get two hours of sleep. It’s departure day. Hey there! My name is Clarissa, I …
¿Hablas español? If you are curious to read about Maria’s experiences in Bremen, you can check out her monthly blog entries in Spanish: The Beginning January 2021 February 2021 Maria is volunteering at Tobiasschule und Kindergarten e.V. and hosted on our project “From Global to Local”, financed by the European Solidarity Corps and Jugend für …
What’s a Neapolitan used to o’ sole o’ mare o’ core doing in Bremen? There are many reasons. The first is that I am a bit crazy and impulsive. When I make a decision, I rarely use my head and therefore my reason, for the 99% of the time I rely on chance or follow …
Moin! 🙂 I’m Ionut and at the moment I’m doing my European Solidarity Corps project in ServiceBureau Jugendinformation, a branch of the youth education center LidiceHaus, in Bremen, Germany. Here’s a little insight of my journey so far 🙂 After finishing my degree in Journalism in Barcelona, I wasn’t very sure of what I wanted …
I’m Carla, and I did a volunteering service in Italy with the Bangherang organization. I went there in August and left in February, so I stayed there for six months. Leaving my home in Germany was a big decision for me as I had never been away from home before for such a long time. …
My adventurous ESC volunteering Middle of June…I am doing my last qualification exam at Charles University in Prague. All doors are open in front of me… But which one should I choose? Continue my study? Find a job? Try to do something completely new that I have never experienced before? My passion for adventure helped …
Hey everyone! My name is Katerina and I come from Athens, Greece, where I am studying theatre studies [which is related to the history and theory of theatre, and not acting]. Until last year I was working in theatres in Athens and renting a flat in its beautiful centre. Soon, however, Corona took all of …
Hello everyone, my name is Dolores and I am currently an ESC volunteer in Zagreb, Croatia. The month of November started off with Eduardo’s and Francesco’s intercultural evening (fellow volunteers) about their countries – Spain and Italy. Over the course of the whole month our language classes and Croatian lessons took place and I was …
From Summer 2019 until Spring 2020, Minou and Kaja were spending their ESC Voluntary Service in Blanes, Spain, where they were working at Marimurtra Botanical Garden. But – how was that experience for them, and what’s it like to be a volunteer? Watch the video below and find out! Video: Andrei Matalyha, BlindBear Production
