Geschichten aus Europa

Darüber wie hier in Belgien Sinterklaas (Nikolaus) gefeiert wird, Adventszeit und über die letzten Wochen.

The international volunteer day has been celebrating at the 5th of December, every year since 1985. Each year it has an own motto which was this year: “Volunteers build Resilient Communities”. We, the team of IIC Razlog, decided to participate and promote volunteering for youngsters in Razlog one week ago.

Long time ago, I volunteered in a refugee camp in Greece, but since then I am still connected to some organizations and people there on social media. The pictures they share and the stories they tell in only a few paragraphs frighten me, there is another winter to come on the island of Lesbos..

I met Karim Hallal Peche, during European Youth Media Days in the European Parliament of Brussels.

Ich habe es überlebt! Ich bin nicht vor Nervosität gestorben! Wenn ich zu dem gestrigen und heutigen Tag ein Motto finden sollte, dann wäre das: Ungeplant passt es am Besten.

Noch immer werden die Unweltprobleme der Welt oft zu wenig Ernst genommen und teils auch absichtlich zu Gunsten der Wirtschaft vernachlässigt. Auch in Griechenland sieht man die Folgen einer solchen Politik sehr deutlich.

Nowadays Germany is one of the countries, which has good practice examples on the inclusion of migrants and ethnic minorities in and through sport, which helps to raise the public’s awareness of the situation of refugees and to facilitate cross-cultural encounters. Germany implemented different sport projects at different levels, such as national- governmental and regional programs, professional further education, organized migrant sports clubs, sport projects for inclusion of migrant girls and women though sport into the local host society.

Die Weihnachtszeit ist im vollen Gange, und in Vereb wird der erste Advent im Dorf gemeinsam gefeiert. (02.12.2018)

Über eine kurze Reise nach Östersund, Flugzeuge, Sonne und Mond und einen Samstag voller schwedischer Kurzfilme. Darüber, warum Deutsch eine lustige Sprache ist und uns mit Englisch die Welt offen steht.

Brief description of my experience in the beginning of the voluntary program at Maxim's

Finally. I am here. I am sitting by my laptop to write a few words concluding the adventure of my life. The end of the year? Yeah, too. But what gave me the real impact and inspiration was… another me. Almost 40 clones of me that I met at the EVS evaluation meeting in Konstancin-Jeziorna (can a Polish city sound more Polish than this?). Seriously, these folks were so alike! Same mindset, same vibe, same hearts. You know, somehow my EVS in Berlin was almost flawless. Both my seminars/trainings (Hamburg and Munich) were amazing, all the people I met there were fantastic. And this EVS eval weekend for Polish volunteers now? It was the best icing on the cake one can imagine (“truskawka na torcie” hehe).