VOLUNTEERING ABROAD

Time flies and now I find myself in the beginning of 2022 with a bit more than 3 monthly left in Greece. Covid is still around and keeps us busy especially with the cold weather. But I guess there are better days to come (Covid-wise), at least when the weather gets warmer again… Hopefully. Since […]

Isn’t it confusing when you know that you have just a fixed time in a country. So in fact you know that it is an insertion in your actual life but in the same time it becomes your actual life. For me, Antonia the 19 years-old German volunteer, this time in Macedonia was a solution

My one year volunteering project in Macedonia comes to an end, and I still don’t want to acknowledge this fact. Even though I’m not really sure what I could still get out of this place, it feels kinda difficult to leave it behind, but I know this is also due to the fact that my

One day can change your entire life. So just imagine how much will change when you spent 10 months in a country with a new culture, a different language and people you never met before.  Hey, my name is Antonia and I am a nineteen years old volunteer from the south of Germany. I live

Last week I had a crucial moment that changed once again my perspective on my time here in North Macedonia. On a party I was asked how much time I have left in Macedonia and when I will return to Germany. I answered: “I think in around 6 months.” A friend interrupted me there and

I remember when we had our mid-term training in Skopje, the facilitator introduced us to the “Stages of a year abroad.” Thanks to that I can clearly tell that I am in the “Accepting and Embracing” phase. I have faced the cultural differences and I realise that my time in Macedonia will come to end

“Feel the fear and do it anyway.” -Susan Jeffers ​The beginning of something new, exciting and unknown, can also be the most terrifying moment. At least for me, it wasn’t easy to step outside my comfort zone and decide to live abroad for ten months in order to be part of VulcanicaMente’s European Solidarity Corps

Its October and now summer is finally over. That’s what they told me. I still have problems to believe that. The summer is over. In Greece. For real. It rained today. It rained a lot and I finally have to admit to myself that its not enough anymore to wear my lovely sun-yellow textile sneakers

Third report about my time in Macedonia after 9 months The summer in Macedonia was hot, but great at the same time. The city park was the place to be, not during the day, because it was too hot to go out, but in the evening. I didn’t expect the weather to be that hot,

Preface  “Wow, you have been in Skopje for seven months now”. Whenever I hear that phrase, I have to remind myself how quickly time passes. Especially the last four summer months have been a rush between work activities, traveling around the Balkans and enjoying capital life to its fullest. Introduction  Hi, I am Clarissa, I am