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Eilidh in Bremen, Germany // 1st Report
Hi! I’m Eilidh, I’m 21 years old and I’m from a small village just south of Edinburgh, Scotland. In September 2020 I moved to Bremen, Germany, to take part in a one-year volunteering project through the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), a programme funded and supported by Erasmus+ and the EU. I am volunteering for NaturKultur …
Lisa in Napoli, Italy // Final Report
Ciao! I returned to my hometown a couple of days ago. I spent the last days alone, isolated at home. Due to Covid 19, I am not allowed to have any personal contact to my loved ones at the moment. This situation is not ideal but it gives me the opportunity to acclimate and reflect …
Stefanie in Blanes, Spain // 1st Report
I start my travel on the 14th September 2020 to Blanes, Spain. With the plane I flew to Barcelona and from there I took a bus to Blanes. Arrived there, Josep the manager of the Botanical garden picked me up from the bus station and drove me to the apartment. There I met the other …
Simon in Blanes, Spanien // 1. Bericht
Mein Name ist Simon Zimmermann und ich bin 29 Jahre alt. Ich komme aus einem kleinen Dorf mit ca. 450 Einwohnern, nähe Heidelberg. Bevor ich an dem ESC Projekt “Solidarity Seeds 2.0” teilnahm, arbeite ich als Gärtner-Meister und als Fachkraft zur Arbeits und Berufsförderung für Menschen mit Unterstützungsbedarf. 3 Tage in der Woche arbeite ich …
Ludwig & Simon on Chios Island, Greece // 1st Report
I (Ludwig) arrived on Chios Island on the 15th of September. On arrival I got picked up by our Mentor Markus who drove me to the volunteer’s house. There I got a warm welcome from the other volunteers who were already there. In the first days our coordinator Dimitrios explained the project to me. Because …
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Dolores in Zagreb, Croatia // 2nd Report
Reflecting on October and the On-Arrival Training Hello everyone 😀 I have had 2 German Language classes so far and I was so nervous to teach but I had a really positive experience and now look forward to them. My class is very active and excited to learn German 🙂 The big event this month …
Abroad // Training Course “Get Updated” in Struga, North Macedonia
From the 1st to the 10th of September, two youth workers from Germany represented NaturKultur e.V. on a Training Course in Struga, North Macedonia. The TC is the second event of the Erasmus+ project “Get Updated: Project for Professional Development of Youth Workers”, this time focusing on communication skills for youth workers and conflict management. …
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Abroad // Training Course “No Hate Speech” in Braga, Portugal
The focus of the project was on online and offline hate speech. In order to raise awareness about the topic, there were applied different activities and methods, such as: group presentations, debates, living libraries, community guest speakers, etc. During the project, each group had to elaborate one specific topic related to hate speech. The different …
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Abroad // Youth Exchange “Let’s Dance Together” in Fuzine, Croatia
NATARAJA is a Sanskrit word that means the king of dance. It is truly the divine dancing aspect of God who defeat the demons by dancing above them. It represents the eternal flow, the primitive blow that maintain the creation together and guarantees that the sun will rise again every day. The whole creation is …
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Abroad // Youth Exchange “Eco-Education” in Coma Ruga, Spain
If I should describe the Eco-Education project in three words it would be: Outdoors all the time. Well now its 4 but you get the idea. We were given a lot of opportunities to do different kinds of work in nature and at the beach. Teamwork and communication always played a big role und together …
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Abroad // Training Course “Youth Work for Equality and Unity” in Caserta, Italy
On a farm 80km from Naples, Italy, a group of about 30 youth from all over Europe gathered for a week long training course about migration and human rights. The project was titled “Youth Work For Equality and Unity” #YW4EU. The other countries besides our German team that were represented at the training were Italy, …
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Abroad // Youth Exchange “Say No to Discrimination” in Fuzine, Croatia
Words can not even describe what we have experienced in a small village in Croatia called Fužine. The big and cozy guesthouse was brought to life by 35 young and motivated people. All participants came from seven different countries – Croatia, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Romania, Spain and Turkey. Every individual or even a group of …
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Abroad // Youth Exchange “Understanding our Human Rights for a Better EU” in Ayia Napa, Cyprus
About 60 young people from 12 different countries came together in Ayia Napa, which is located at the south coast of Cyprus, to learn about this exciting topic of active citizenship. Here is the story of 4 members of the German Team who shared their valuable experience. Lea (18) “I’ve never been to an #ErasmusProject …
Abroad // Training Course “Act out of the Box” in Coimbra, Portugal
In the beginning of January 2019, we, Lina Iona and Sarah, had the chance to leave the cold country of Germany and travel to sunny Montemor-o-Velho in Portugal. We were ready for ten days of working and living with a big group of people, as we were part of the Erasmus+ Training Course “Act out …
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Lisa in Napoli, Italy // 1st Report
Napoli… so far. I am writing this looking at vesuvius. Since day one, no day has passed, that I haven’t sat on the balcony, listened to the neighbors chat, sing, play music…you can always feel the energy of the volcano in this mystical town. About eight weeks have passed and I fell deeply in …
Dolores in Zagreb, Croatia // 1st Report
The first month in Zagreb, Croatia Hello everyone 😀 This is going to be the blog post about our experience as volunteers in September and the other volunteers will focus on a different topic for their blogs, so watch out for that 😉 Our first official task as Volunteers was the Festivol 3.0 which was …
Carla in Cento, Italy // 1st Report
Die ersten zwei Monate in Cento Im August dieses Jahres ging es für mich nach Cento, eine kleine Stadt im Norden Italiens, um dort einen Freiwilligendienst des European Solidarity Corps zu leisten. Die Zeit seit meiner Ankunft im August ist wie im Flug vergangen. Überrascht stelle ich fest, dass ich bereits seit zwei Monaten in …
Catarina in Bremen, Germany // Final Report
My name is Catarina Garcia and I came from Portugal. I decided to go on ESC as an opportunity to live abroad, and also to try and learn a new possible career. In September 2019 I got accepted to volunteer at Deutsches TanzfilmInstitut Bremen for a year. Deutsches Tanzfilminstitut Bremen, or TAFI, is a Dance …
Germany // Youth Exchange “Complaining on High Level” in Garnholt
Complaining on high level was a youth exchange that was held in Garnholt, Germany from 28th of April- 5th of May 2012. There were 24 youngsters from 4 different countries – Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and Italy. “Complaining on high level” was a multicultural youth exchange about consumption where we have discussed how things …
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Germany // Youth Exchange “Somewhere I Belong” in Bremen
“Somewhere I belong” project has been inspired by the paradox of the mobility – while on one side mobility assumes possibilities to work and travel, some people, on the other side, have been forced to move due to a war, poverty or political repression. Generally, our project aims to make young Europeans be aware of …
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Luca in Amman, Jordan // Final Report
My ESC voluntary service for the organisation I-Dare began in 08.03.2020. But the idea to do so came much earlier. I found a display for this voluntary service online and in the beginning I was very sceptical about going abroad for half a year. But with time going by the idea became more and more …
Hanno in Beirut, Lebanon // 2nd Report
Irgendwie ist alles anders gekommen, als geplant. Mein ESC in Beirut hatte gerade an Fahrt gewonnen, ich hatte meine ersten eigenen Projekte, war in verschiedenen NGOs eingespannt und viele gute Freund*innen gefunden. Ich hatte mein eigenes Schulprojekt, habe einen Projektantrag für ein UNICEF-Projekt mitgeschrieben, habe mich mit vielen anderen Gruppen vernetzt und bin einem Chor …
Lea on Chios Island, Greece // 3rd Report
The beginning of the month of July meant the closure of the schools for the almost 3 months long summer holiday periode here in Greece. With the summer holidays also another aspect of my ESC project began: summer activities. This meant spending the afternoon playing with the kids of the neighbourhood in order to provide …
Lea on Chios Island, Greece // 2nd Report
While the last month was quite filled with new experiences, this month started rather boring with the schools and shops still being closed and the new measurements taken prohibiting also water sports. Being very limited in the options this meant spending the working time either on computer work or on finishing the paintings in the …
Germany // Training Course “Train the trainers: It’s up to me 5” in Garlstedt
The main goal of It’s up to me it’s to give young trainers all the necessary skills they will need in their work: team management, conflict resolution, communicational skills… For this fifth edition, we decided to maintain a regular “diary” of what was happening during the project so those who haven’t been able to assist …
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Kaja and Minou in Blanes, Spain // Final Report
Who are you, where do you come from? I am Minou Heinemann, from Bamberg, Germany (Bavaria). How come you’ve decided to go on ESC? I wanted to go on ESC, because I found it to be a great opportunity to engage in a new culture and to benefit a local community by helping in a …
Sascha in Skopje, Nordmazedonien // Rückblick
Mein Name ist Sascha Schlüter, ich bin 30 Jahre alt und komme aus der Nähe von Magdeburg. Von Mai 2019 bis Februar 2020 absolvierte ich meinen neunmonatigen EFD beim Volunteers Centre Skopje in der mazedonischen Hauptstadt Skopje. Bereits nach einer Studienreise mit den Jungen Europäischen Föderalisten (JEF) im Jahr 2017, hatte ich beschlossen, dass ich …
Lea on Chios Island, Greece // 1st Report
Arriving at the airport of the Greek island Chios, I was lucky enough to directly meet another volunteer of the project “TES”: Technology, Education and Sports for which I was accept as volunteer. We were picked up by our mentor and brought to the house in the small costal town Vrontados which was supposed to …
Hanno in Beirut, Libanon // 1. Bericht
Am Abreisetag noch schnell den Koffer gepackt und dann los. Als ich nachts in Beirut gelandet bin, die lichterfüllten Berge und mein Viertel „Ain El Remmeneh“ zum ersten Mal erblicken durfte, war ich überwältigt von der Schönheit Beiruts. Am ersten Abend wurde ich von vielen anderen Jugendlichen beim Chabibeh Club erwartet und durch die Nachbarschaft …
Juliette in Naples, Italy // Final Report
My name is Juliette, I’m 25 years old and from a small village in Germany. One year before my volunteering program, I decided to go to Italy. It started in the NaturKultur house, where I was participant in a youth exchange which inspired me to join more opportunities given by the european solidary corps. This …
Matthis in Skopje, North Macedonia // Final Report
It is surprising how fast the unknown can become known and a foreign land become home. And how fast time runs sometimes. It seems just now that two strangers picked me up at the airport and now I‘m already saying goodbye to them as good friends. I was in Skopje, North-Macedonia for 9 months #volunteering …
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Jana in Zagreb, Croatia // Final Report
Bok! I am Jana, a 19-year old German-Estonian from Rietberg, Germany. From September 2018 till August 2019 I lived in Zagreb, Croatia, where I took part in the programm known as European Voluntary Service. The decision to go on EVS was an easy one to make for me. After finishing my „Abitur“ in July 2018, …
Kaja und Minou in Blanes, Spanien // 1. Bericht
Unsere Reise beginnt am 04.11.2019. Wir, Kaja und Minou, haben uns am Flughafen beim Gepäckband getroffen und waren beide sehr glücklich nun endlich in die neue Heimat mit dem Bus zu fahren. Die Fahrt nach Blanes dauerte zwar relativ lang (3 Stunden), wir tauschten uns aber erstmal aus und es war perfekt um sich gleich …
Esther on Chios Island, Greece // Part 1
My journey to Chios began on 30th August 2019. Chios is the fifth biggest island of Greece. My group, consisting of five other boys and girls, and I live Vrontados, which is a little place located on the coast and inhabited by approximately 6000 people. Our home is one hour away from the city center …
Florian in Italy // Final Report
In February 2018 I have finished my university in the Netherlands and moved back to my hometown in the Thuringian Forest after many years abroad. At that time, I was working a temporary – a rather soulless – job in the industry close to my hometown. End of April, I was contacted by via the …
Malene in Bremen, Germany // Final Report
Packing your stuff and moving to a new city in another country might be scary for some people. At least, it was for me and I can tell you that it was not easy either. However, aside from being scared; I was actually extremely excited. I had expectations and I just wanted to go somewhere …
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Germany // Youth Exchange “Act Non-Formal vol.2!” in Bremen
Act Non-formal vol.2! aimed to provide new innovative methods and skills for youth workers to include marginalized youth into the society and provide opportunities for them to develop their non-formal education skills. This TC wanted to bring young people from different cultures closer together, and help them to express and reflect their opinion, gain self-confidence and take active …
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Germany // Youth Exchange “Make music. Not war.” in Syke
What a paradise it is to escape the world of conflicts and to come to an amazing place with beautiful surrounding to perform music! 45 young people from Palestine, Israel, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece and Germany came to Syke and colored it with sounds, passion, love and friendships! Organizations from these countries …
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Germany // Training Course “Recognition of youthworker/s” in Garlstedt
Recognition of youth worker/s was more than a training course and networking seminar. This project that had only 5 working days had a big mission. 35 youth workers with different backgrounds and level of experience have come together to start the process of changing International Youth work and getting the youth worker profession recognized on a …
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Abroad // Training Course “Better Together” in Barcelona, Spain
Study visit “Better Together” took place in Barcelona, 11-15 March 2018. One of the members of our team, Viktoria Panfilovich, went there as the coordinator of the German group representing NaturKultur e.V, Here you can read a bit about her experience: 19 young people – social workers, volunteers, youth workers, NGO employees – from Spain, Ukraine …
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Germany // Training Course “Act Non Formal” in St. Andreasberg
ACT – do not hesitate, do not procrastinate, do not wait, DO something and do it! NON-FORMAL! Let’s make a strict line between formal and non-formal learning methods that was the main idea behind this project! Let’s make learning super funny and have two in one: entertainment + tangible outcomes! 42 participants from Italy, Greece, …
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Germany // Training Course “Train the trainers – Its up to me 4” in Braunlage
IT’S UP TO ME, IT’S UP TO YOU, IT’S UP TO US Day I: IT´S UP TO ME Wilderness, no internet, interculturality, learning processes, transformation, love, fun, joy, hard-working…Hmm…sounds like… Yes, you are right: Training Course, Train the Trainers, “It´s up to me 4”! Internally, we like to call it “Training Plus”. It has become …
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Abroad // Youth Exchange “Culture.World.We.” in Ukraine
8 days of the Culture.World.We. encounter came to an end. Working and hiking together, having fun, exchanging cultures and traditions, sharing smiles and international friendship will remain in our memories for a long time. During the encounter participants worked with creative media of theater and video. As a result of working together they have prepared six short …
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Abroad // Training Course “Supporting Employability through Self-Development” in Prizren, Kosovo
From the 21st to 28th of March, three participants have represented NaturKultur on a Training Course in Prizren, Kosovo, which is part of the project “Supporting Employability through Self-Development”. Thirty youngsters from ten different countries from the Balkan peninsula, Italy and Germany learned methods to improve young people’s employability skills, including communication training, time management and self-esteem. On …
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Abroad // Training Course “Flourishing Youth” in Northern Italy
In late September, I took part in Flourishing Youth – Training Course on positive psychology in youth work organized by the Anatta Foundation and co-funded by Erasmus+. Over the course of almost a week I learned the principles and methodology of this relatively new field of psychology. I found the intersection of scientific research and …
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Germany // Training Course “Learn IT Tools” in Hohegeiß
Middle of the Spring, 23-30 May 2016 and 38 young people coming from 10 different countries (Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Germany, Egypt, Albania, Ukraine, Turkey and Spain) with their smart phones and computers in Hohegeiß, a village of a German small town Braunlage. What is this about? What are these people with …
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Germany // Youth Exchange “Me. You. The world.” in Berne
From 2-12 of August 2016 in the small town of Berne which is located near Bremen in the North of Germany, 44 young people between 16-25 years old met to reconnect with the nature. They went a long way from Macedonia, Croatia, Reunion island and Spain, and they left behind their electronics, laptops and play …
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Abroad // Training Course “Who wants to be an Entrepreneur?” in Limassol, Cyprus
Businesses have a far more important mission than delivering the services and products promised. The culture formed within the society of a firm, shapes employees’ personality which in turn has an impact on the greater society. It is therefore, vital, that competent entrepreneurs cultivate healthy attributes when leading their businesses and create an environment where …
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Germany // Youth Exchange “Culture. World. Me” in Menslage
From the 31st of October until the 7th of November 20 youngsters met up for the international cultural exchange „Culture.World.Me.“ in Menslage, Lower Saxony. One half of the participants were from Germany the other half from Ukraine. The broad Workshop offer from the youth encounter dealt with questions such as: What is culture actually? Where …
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Germany // Training Course “Be part of the solution” in Braunlage
“Be part of the solution” was a conflict resolution training that was held in the small city of Braunlage in Central Germany from the 1-7th of December 2015. There were 45 youngsters and youth workers that came to learn how to build peace between each other, how to organize projects and activities that will bring …
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