Germany // Youth Exchange “In the shadows” in Garlstedt – Alaa
The Erasmus+ project “In The Shadows” held in Garlstedt, Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany, from October 21st to 30th, 2023, focused on exploring stereotypes through theater and video methods. Participants from Spain, Greece, Estonia, Croatia, Romania, and Germany came together, totaling 42 young individuals. I chose to participate in this project due to my keen interest …
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Germany // Youth Exchange “In the shadows” in Garlstedt – Tugay
Between 21-30 October, the Erasmus+ Youth Exchange Project named “In The Shadows” took place at KulturHaus – Garlstedt, Osterholz Scharmbeck, Germany, with the participation of a total of 42 young people from Spain, Greece, Estonia, Croatia, Romania and Germany. In this project, which was carried out using non-formal education techniques, participants had the chance to …
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“Make Music. Not War. 2” 4.–14. April 2023, Garlstedt, Germany
There is hope in this world of conflicts, and young people believe that together they can create a brighter future. Their message is clear – drop the weapons and take on an instrument or use your voice to urge for reconciliation and peace building. 50 young people from countries affected by conflicts among which: Israel …
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Júlia in Bremen // Final Report
Hi! It’s the 24th of October. I arrived to Bremen exactly one year ago to spend 6 months here. Well haha. Mission failed. I’m still in Bremen, writing this final report sitting in my new WG where I just moved. I started doing my masters at the university last week and I’ll start my new …
Tamara in Bremen // Final Report
As I sit down to pen the final report of my volunteering project, the past year unfolds before me like a vivid tapestry—woven with threads of joy, friendship, and personal growth. The journey has been nothing short of a whirlwind of experiences, each contributing to the unique fabric of this unforgettable chapter in my life. …
Saida in Bremen // Final Report
It has been 2 weeks since I came back from Germnay. Now I am sitting in sofa and writing this report through thinking previous one year and looking at pictures. It is such an emotional moment. Let’s remember what happened in one year and how my project has influenced to my life. My Erasmus volunteering …
Arina in Bremen // Final Report
I started writing this report long before I left Bremen. It was a way for me to reflect on my past year and contemplate my future. Being surrounded by international people from all over the world, you learn to let people go. This especially applies to ESC volunteering – normally, volunteers commit for a year …
Abroad // Youth Exchange “Sustainable Cities” in Navarredonda de Gredos, Spain
Through the project “Welcome 2 Sustainable City” we intended to analyze the different aspects that intervene in the sustainability of cities. We did not only focus on energy and environmental sustainability, but also on other types of sustainability, not so frequently mentioned, such as social and economic sustainability. All these aspects contribute to a great …
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Kübra in Bremen // Final Report
I officially finished my project at the end of September and stepped into my new life. I can’t understand how time passed so quickly. It seems like just yesterday I got off the plane and stepped into my new home, I ended my first day at work with big curious eyes, I tried to learn …
Salome in Bremen // 1st Report
I was in dire need of some major life changes. After the whole COVID situation, my student life in Georgia turned upside down. No new faces, no exciting events, and after that it remained like that. I craved hearing different stories from different people, going on adventures, and expanding my horizons. So, when I got …
Vivianna in Bremen // 1st Report
When life gives you lemons, you don’t make lemonade. Maybe you will in the end. But that’s not how you’re going to start. You decide to leave your hometown for a year. And your life is all about that. But you don’t fully realize it until you’re passing through the airport checkpoints. You say the …
Nina in Bremen // Final Report
Writing this one feels very different from the first report. Because after six months I’m home, sitting in front of my computer and thinking about my past three months in Bremen. And when i think about it, so many memories are rushing through my mind and each one of them is really special. Even if …
Anja in Bremen // Final Report
Happiness is not having what you want, but loving what you have. If a person had to spend some time with me and talk to me the chances that I would cite quotes are extremely high. Everyone who gets to know me a bit better knows how huge quote lover I am. Therefore, if I …
Eva in Bremen // First Report
“God, please, let them choose not me”, it’s how my story began… I was walking on a night street after the interview and thought about my future. I really liked the vibe of people who talked to me, the description of the project was also really nice, nevertheless, all what I felt was fear. Fear …
Chrysa in Bremen // 2nd Report
I am happy to present my second report on my volunteer experience in Bremen. Over the past seven months, I have had the privilege of immersing myself in a completely different culture and embracing the challenges and opportunities that come with living in a foreign country. Living abroad has been a transformative experience, both personally …
Helin in Bremen // Final Report
I cannot believe it but this is my final report! The speed of life always surprises me. I arrived in Bremen today last year. The sun was licking our faces. After one year, on the same day, it is raining cats and dogs. I took advantage of the nice weather last month and had a great hiking holiday. …
Nina in Bremen // 1st Report
The idea of living alone in another country can sound scary and challenging at first. However, it can also be exciting for some. It is normal to face some challenges at the beginning of our adventure. It can be a culture shock when we arrive in another country, the language, the way of how other …
Kübra in Bremen // 2nd Report
This is my seventh month in Bremen, and time goes by really fast. But interestingly, sometimes it feels like I’ve been here for years, I’ve gotten used to it, I like Bremen a lot, my friends, my work… I’m good with German now. I feel like I have an good life here now. The closer …
Angelina in Skopje, N.Macedonia // Final Report
I still remember entering the plane all excited about my new life in a foreign country like it was yesterday and it felt like one year passed in the blink of an eye. Suddenly I was hugging people goodbye, laughing, and crying at the same time. While I was sitting at the breakfast table with …
Giulia in Bremen // Final report
Before leaving my country, I fantasized a lot about the life I would have in Bremen. With a certain naivety, I thought that leaving a worn routine, jobs and habits that had left me exhausted and without energy, would represent a burst of vitality, a new electrifying beginning. I could not imagine that the exact …
Natan in Bremen // 1st Report
It’s been three months… they’ve flown by, and that’s a good sign, it means that i really enjoyed my time here! I arrived in Germany without knowing a single word of German, without a clear idea of who I would meet, live with or work with. I was a bit frightened by the idea that …
Tamara in Bremen // 2nd Report
This is already the seventh month of my volunteering, and I can’t believe that time has flown this fast. Seven months of experiences, ups and downs, adventures, lonely days, challenges and feelings of happiness. One can think “Yeah it’s just seven months” but for me as a person who has experienced this time, it was life-changing. I will …
Abroad // Youth Exchange “I NEET to work” in Xanthi, Greece
It was a great personal enrichment for us to travel to Xanthi within the framework of a youth exchange and to become a part of the cultural exchange with many other nations. This exchange indeed united young participants at the age 16 till 26 from countries like Italy, Spain, Greece, Estonia, Serbia, Cyprus and Germany. …
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Júlia in Bremen // 2nd Report
My sister took a photo of me at the airport when I left Hungary six months ago. It was early in the morning, I’m standing on the edge of the driveway in an oversized purple pullover, black jeans and with a big suitcase. I’m standing there all by myself, and now I just feel like …
Arina in Bremen // 2nd Report
Today I was riding my bike at 7 am, going to work. To me, this is the most suitable time to reflect on my volunteering journey. Firstly, because I should think of something during these 40 minutes since I can’t shut down my brain. Secondly, the deadline for writing this report was a couple of …
Helin in Bremen // 2nd Report
Moin everyone again from Bremen, I can not believe that time flies. In my second half in Bremen, my German and the weather is getting better. Finally, my new northern home is getting warmer. Flowers bloom, nature refreshes itself… It is important, because if you come from a country where have sunshine in every season, …
Saida in Bremen // 2nd Report
It’s been six months, I can’t believe that I have another report to write. I am really happy that a lot has happened on my personal life so far. Just a short remind, I am Saida and work at school in Bremen. I have met so many people since I came here, and it’s made …
Yanitsa in Bremen // 1st Report
This is an opportunity that gives you the chance to write your story, to live it, to step outside of yourself, your circle, and what you know before. To be whomever you want to be, however, you want to be. To be vulnerable, to pile up situations to laugh or just cry over later because …
Anja in Bremen // 2nd Report
Airport. Rush, chaos, touched destinies, goodbyes, greetings, smiles, tears,.. What is a better place to start writing my second (middle) volunteer report than the airport? I always try to search for hidden meanings in everything that surrounds me. And it makes perfect sense. I feel that airport perfectly symbolizes my current position in life – …
Gabriel in Bremen // 1st Report
My name is Gabriel Domínguez, I am 20 years old. I come from Gijón, a small city in the North coast of Spain. When I was 3 years old my family moved to Brussels in Belgium where we stayed 9 years. I did all my Primary studies in the European School. Then we moved back …
Emanuel in Bremen // Final report
My year at the Deutsches Tanz Film Institut came to an end, and I leave with the bittersweet feeling of a great experience, of having learned many things and met wonderful people. I leave with more awareness of my means, skills and possibility, with the confidence of going out there on my own, and with …
Esra in Bremen // Final report
If you ask me, life is a very personal path that we take with many choices and non-choices. When you look back on all the experiences that are sometimes satisfying and sometimes disappointing, you begin to see that the things that make you you do not come from the beautiful sunny days alone. Before I …
Kübra in Bremen / 1st Report
Under the influence of the culture I was born and raised in, I always felt that I had to finish school first and foremost; high school, university, then master’s, doctorate, business life… Like every Turkish student, I was unintentionally getting lost in the future-oriented career plans I was making. Yes, I loved my life there. At an …
Tamara in Bremen // 1st Report
It all started when I happened to check my email and saw the letter from NaturKultur saying that I was selected as a volunteer. I can’t describe in words how happy I was at that moment, I was sure that I would have a wonderful opportunity to make friends, travel, gain new experience and make …
Júlia in Bremen // 1st Report
When I was little, my parents used to take us camping to the mountains in Transylvania. We always found a nice place for our tents in a valley by a stream, hiked all day, then cooked dinner on a small gas cylinder or roasted sausages over a campfire. Sometimes we had to spend the afternoon …
Anja in Bremen // 1st Report
Have you ever thought about how random life is? I mean, unintentionally you’ve been born on a random place, by a random parents with a random family history. It’s a random small, tiny point on this planet that shapes your whole reality and identity. You start acquiring a certain language, that shapes your thoughts by …
Saida in Bremen // 1st Report
Hello, dear reader, So, it is time to write a report it means 3 months passed. Time really flies. I am Saida from Azerbaijan. Before coming to Bremen, I was reading to other volunteers’ stories in websites and I hoped it would happen to me one day in my life, as well. So now I …
Helin in Bremen // 1st Report
Hello everyone! It is been 6 months since I came here in Bremen, and I feel like I have been experiencing one of the cornerstone of my life since 6 months. It is always hard to change something in your life and in your comfort zone, but once you do this you feel open to …
Arina in Bremen // 1st Report
Can’t believe that I’m writing it, but it’s my turn to reflect on my project. Wow, time does fly. And when time flies, it only means one thing – you’re enjoying whatever is happening in your life. As if you’re unhappy, you’re literally counting down minutes or even seconds until something that makes you feel …
Abroad // Youth Exchange “Food Exchange” in Van, Turkey
At the end of November 2022, 22 young people from Germany, Croatia, Turkey and Lithuania joined together to take part in a youth exchange project in Van, Turkey. The theme of this project was breaking barriers through food around the globe, so naturally all participants came with ideas of ways to exchange food from their …
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Joan in Bremen // 2nd report
Nine months ago I could not imagine all that I have experienced up to now. Now, I can confirm that it has been the best experience of my life. I have travelled to many places, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hannover, Hameln, Lübeck… even to Turkey, obviously travelling to Spain a couple of times. When you go back …
Efim in Bremen // Final Report
Visions in the past and what crashed clearly in my mind is a huge gray canvas with different flowerish leftovers blothes. Even after flowers are done blooming the plant can continue to grow if it has a special care. However if it dryed, you have some ways to handle it: first put it in the …
Emöke in Bremen // Final Report
It was more than nine months ago that I left my home country. As I’m trying to recall all the things I’ve been through since then, I can’t help pausing for a minute to think about the differences between the versions of me: the one that left for Germany last year and the current one …
Abroad // Training Course “Theater for Youth” in Guggisberg, Switzerland
Switzerland suprised and made us joyful… The Training Course “Theater for Youth” was located in Guggisberg, a small village in the region Gantrisch in Switzerland. Apart from fresh air and a picturesque view of the mountains, escaping the routines of our home countries for a week was among the things we enjoyed most about our …
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Elisabet in Bremen // Final Report
One year ago, I arrived in Bremen carrying a lot of expectations and fears. It was only a year ago, but I feel I was really young when I arrived, because this experience made me grow up so fast. Jokes Die Circusschule, I only have grateful words for them. Göran, Clara and Beni showed me a …
Esra in Bremen // 1st Report
I had a lot of thoughts in my mind before I came here for this year that I will spend as a volunteer. When I look back after coming here and spending three months here, I see that I was not wrong to be excited. I had graduated from university in June the year before …
Marie in Bremen // Final Report
My volunteering year is now finished. I’m not even writing this in Bremen, but in Paris. It feels a bit weird. I’m going to live a new life, far from German and English, far from the kids from school and the other volunteers. I will miss them all. This year brought me so much, new …
Joan in Bremen // 1st Report
Moin! 🙂 I am Joan Fabregat, and I come from Spain (Valencia). I found myself working on my passion, in a youth center. But I saw myself in an endless routine, when I received the information, I didn’t even think about it. I started the volunteer project in April, and during these months I have …
Eurielle in Bremen // Final Report
Hey! This is my final report, I already left Bremen since a few weeks when I’m writing this report. I’m preparing myself to come back to the “real life” and to my studies. Yes, “the real life” with all the problems, a short budget, a new life to rebuild, a new city to discover, and …
Sergio in Bremen // Final Report
My project in Germany is over and I am already in Gran Canaria thinking that I can write about this year which has been like a rollercoaster. I don’t feel that exactly one year has passed since I arrived in Bremen, it feels like 5 months. I still haven’t assimilated that my life in Germany …
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