How to cope with being away from home when holidays arrive? Simple, travel, meet friends and learn new things the way the locals do!

Thoughts on voluntourism and how good intentions of young people can turn into bad consequences for the world

Many people ask themselves, what can be achieved through non-formal education and most often people doubt non-formal education methods. “It's just a game. It's not for adults, it’s for children, there’s nothing to learn”, they say… to understand what we get from non-formal education, let's see the principles of work of formal and non-formal education systems. The difference between formal and non-formal education is that non-formal education is learner-centered, its engaging life skills, experience and attitudes, its democratic and reflective.

An article about how complicated Belgian identity is and how does a foreigner perceive it. Is is quite funny to think about a contry so small being this amazingly diverse and unique.

Es ist wieder soweit: Die Tage werden kürzer, die Hände kälter und die Atmosphäre gemütlicher. Die Städte sind geschmückt mit Lichterketten und Sternen, Geschenke werden gekauft und Wohnungen dekoriert. Hier ebenso wie in Deutschland. Doch es gibt auch Unterschiede in den Traditionen: Hier beginnt die Bescherung quasi schon Mitte November. Wie das möglich ist? Das werde ich euch hier erklären.

We talk a lot about how to prepare for a volunteering experience abroad, but we often fail to aknowledge that coming back home may be a difficult and challenging experience as well. In this article I will discuss some ideas to keep the volunteering spirit alive when your time abroad ends and to go along with this change!

Trotz meiner ausgiebigen Recherche über Katalonien und Spanien als Vorbereitung für meinen kommenden Freiwilligendienst, bin ich nie wirklich über das Thema gestolpert - das am 14. Oktober stattgefundene Urteil über 13 katalanische Politiker, die zwei Jahre zuvor ein illegales Referendum durchgezogen haben und den damit verbundenen Katalonienkonflikt. Da es für mich ein unbekanntes Thema, hat es mich um so mehr interessiert, dem Ganzen nachzugehen und meine Rechercheergebnisse in Form dieser Reportage zu verschriftlichen.

Millennials are people who were born between 1981 and 1996. Like other generations, they have their own characteristics. Let's try to figure out how to survive in this world if you belong to Generation Y.

Every day, while going to work or studies or just going out we are thinking about what apparel we should wear, how to look fashionable or how to merge diverse accessories. With the clothes are we expressing ourselves, does it help us to feel differently in each appearance or just protect our bodies? Maybe our attitude towards clothes can change a bit after discovering what is standing behind and how it influences our present and future life!

Diese Reportage soll insbesondere junge Europäer und Europäerinnen dazu anregen über unseren interessanten Kontinent nachzudenken und zu philosophieren. Zudem werde ich auch meinen eigenen Gedanken in diesem Text freien Lauf lassen.

Today, 20th of November, is the International Transgender Day of Remebembrance, a day which purpose is to remember trans people lost to violence, hate and transphobia.

Summary about the current situation, how the climate changes and human impact has influenced the “aqua granda” phenomenon and the solidarity reaction among the local population.

A few very obvious - but very crucial tips for hitchhiking, gathered by own limited, but a productive experience

While we celebrate the fall of one of the most famous walls, new walls dividing the world arise around us

Thoughts on racism in Europe by a chinese-german Volunteer in Slovenia.