Geschichten aus Europa

I am queer. I am non-binary. And after such a long time of speaking about it in a half-whisper and only to some, I put my story on the wall. Literally. And honestly? The most liberating moment of my life.

With the beginning of June and therefore the end of the school year in Sweden another big chapter is over and the last part of my voluntary year in this wonderful country starts.

Becoming part of a ESC-project does not only change your surroundings. New people and a new culture will eventually create a new you and make you grow in a way you haven´t known before.. if you let the change happen.One month ago I wrote about how I have been experiencing those changes.. here it is:post scriptum: If it was not for one very special person in my life I would not have been able to learn so much about me.. thank you.<3

When I was going to Germany for my voluntary year, my goal was quite simple - to live in a new country, to learn about its culture, to get an attractive supplement for my CV. But in 3 years after returning and rethinking this experience, I came to an incredible discovery - I can no longer stop being a volunteer. I asked my friends, ex-ESC volunteers, who are now helping Ukraine in its struggle for the right to be an independent European country, and it turned out that they could not stop being active as well. Why and in what it is shown? Right in this report.

Zum ersten Mal bin ich zu Ostern in einem fremden Land gewesen. Dabei habe ich vor allem die Katholische Kirche anders wahrgenommen. Auch die anderen Bräuche unterscheiden sich maßgeblich von denen, die wir in Deutschland haben.

The Netherlands…country of tulips and amazing gardens, tall men, bicycles and much more…I had a chance to witness all these myself while spending my Easter holidays in the beginning of April there- in one of the happiest countries in the world.

Es ist viel passiert, lest selbst!

With a big clean-up action, we joined and celebrated World Environment Day and talked with the Founder of Save Your Hood Greece about nature, sustainability, and civic engagement.

Sometimes a person feels like he belongs to the environment in which he is...