From Ireland to Albania Written by Louise Mac ElwainMay 2020 I have recently returned from my long-term voluntary experience in Tirana, Albania with Projekte Vullnetare Ndërkombëtare (PVN). PVN is involved in numerous international and national trainings that deal with different social causes such as intercultural dialogue, prejudice, non-violent communication, environmental issues and more. Alongside this they work with…
Hospital Nursing and Clinical Services in Kenya Written by MichèleMay 2020 Hello everybody, I’m Michèle from Switzerland and I’m doing a long-term internship in Kenya. Volunteering connects people, cultures, languages, thoughts, emotions and much more. Volunteering means being flexible, motivated, understanding and willing to compromise. You get know a lot about another country but i find…
We are all Dreamers! Written by CéliaDecember 2019 Teodora, 6 years old, wants to be a ballerina, and Liridon, 11 years old would like to become a cameraman. They both have dreams and they both took part in the workshop organised in Mitrovica by GAIA Kosovo during November and December 2019. The project involved young children…
My inner healing is simultaneously contributing to healing of the world Written by EllieDecember 2019 When asked to reflect on her time here, Ellie said: “One of the simplest, yet power tools I have had the amazing fortune of learning during my time as an EVS volunteer in Sennrüti, is the Hawaiian forgiveness ritual: Ho’oponopono. It…
Work is Love in Action Written by IrynaDecember 2019 Two years ago I was sitting in a huge, loud, open-space office and my life was passing by without any sense; I didn’t know what the weather was outside of the office or what the weather was inside of me. I was working as a Human Recourses manager…
Sennrüti, a place of equality Written by NikolaDecember 2019 I had previously spent time on several short-term volunteer projects, including two months at a Croation eco-centre, where I gained plenty of useful skills and know-how in the field of permaculture, as well as learning basic Croatian. After this experience I found myself asking ‘How is it…
Memories of volunteering from El Salvador Written by Tania PortoJuly 2019 My name is Tania and I would love to share with you part of my long term volunteering experience with SCI in the ‘Consciente’ project in San Francisco Gotera (El Salvador). I think that our job as volunteers is to show the world the potential…
Volunteer summer in the Mountains of the Balkans Written by GAIA KosovoFebruary 2019 If you are from the Balkans you would not be able to imagine the landscape and natural heritage of the region without coming to think of Velebit, Sharr, Pirin or Frushka gora mountains. All of them are special places which provide home for…
European Solidarity Design was a most wonderful experience! Written by Isanne ten HaveDecember 2018 My departure I left early in the morning to Schiphol. Here the nerves struck me and once I was on the plane this continued to persist. But then I thought of the reasons I had chosen for the project. I really wanted…
(Re)Discovering the meaning of “feminism” in Tanzania Written by SaraMay 2018 My name is Sara and I have always had a weird relationship with the word feminism. In the beginning, when I was a kid and came to hear the word for the first time I found it deeply attractive. It sounded like something mystical as…