A Baby in the Backpack
If you find yourself in the strange age right after your whole education has ended, you have worked for several years and have a trusted partner (or maybe not entirely) and a large family that will be soon expecting...
Forgotten in Greece
Until today, more than 50.000 refugees of all ages and nationalities continue to find themselves stuck in a bureaucratic limbo in Greece. Barely protected by authorities and organizations, the violation of their human rights and right to seek asylum...
Day 4: School Project in Port Elizabeth, SA
Early this morning, we took another busload of children to Cape Recife. The grade 7 learners took part in another “pick and match” lesson where they found all kinds of different animals and plants in the rocky shores of...
Start of Follow-Up School Project in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
We arrived at the Fontein Primary school in Port Elizabeth for the first time after our stay in 2012 – almost one and a half years later! We found that everything at the school was still up and running...
“It takes a village to raise a child“ – LIVing for three months
In summer 2012 I joined Mike Horns Expedition to Africa. If not earlier, the visit of the township Masiphumelele was definately when I decided I was going to spend a few months living in Africa to volunteer at a...
Agricultural and Pastoral Show in Christchurch
Every year in Christchurch, we have an annual A&P Show – Agricultural and Pastoral Show. It runs for three days, people bring their cows, sheep and chickens to show off, there’s horse riding competitions, sheep shearing and wood chopping,...
Teaching Examples
“Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach” Albert Einstein Very often I heard poeple talking about purposelessness of youth’s being from an old generation. However people usually don’t think about reasons of such behavior....
A life changing eco-camp!
The eco camp that took place in Tara National Park, Serbia, in May this year, changed the lives of the kids who participated. This experience was something unusual and new for them. They learned a lot and enjoyed the...
Back in Port Elizabeth – Geberit project part 2
It was with broad smiles and big hugs that we were welcomed at Fontein Combined School in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. After three months, we are back at the school with the team from Geberit! Our main goals for...
Mexico Humanitarian Trip 2012
March of 2012, I had the incredible opportunity to embark on a journey to Mexico lead by the organization “Live Different” with my Global Initiatives class. In four eventful days, our large group of sixty students built four houses...