International Volunteering

When I read the name of our Project „Carnaval de nonformal“ back home in Germany, immediately pictures of half-naked Brazilian samba dancers, crazily costumed persons  throwing candies and hundreds of celebrating people lining the streets plopped up in my mind. Well, that was not exactly what our carnival looked like. Even though we had crazily

The volunteers and the Carnaval de Nonformal. Two concepts, two sides, two story lines. I think we can look at them as a couple in a relationship, as two subjects getting to know each other, as two identities that find themselves in the same room, in the same space and time, and feel the mutual

It all began in Baia Mare, of course. Weeks of images and desires for the trip, but no plans. Only the last 3 days were productive in this field, and instead of resting before the big trip, we stayed up all night, trying to find websites of trains, bus, couch-surfing, hostels, camping parks and all

My name is Vessie and I’m from Bulgaria. I’ve been in Romania for 2 months already. When I decided to come in Romania I really didn’t know what to expect, but one thing I knew for sure – I wanted to change my life and I wanted to find my own way. The sending organization

Thinking of hitchhiking used to give me the images of smiley, hippie styled people standing off the road effortlessly trying to stop a hippsterish car to get them to their happy destination.  Not anymore.  Instead I see tired, shabby people with undefined face expression desperately trying to get anywhere near their destination point before it