You know how sometimes people say, “The more often you see something, the more used to it you get?” In a lot of cases, this statement is true. It seems like you already know what is going to happen because you have already experienced something similar before.However, for me, it […]
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Before I came here I promised myself one thing, I didn’t want to look back and regret not doing something and asking myself what if? During the last year, we tried to make every decision with the motto: “As you grow older, you’ll find that the only things you regret […]
“I am actually living the Mamma Mia life”. This thought was stuck in my head ever since I stepped off the airplane in September. I thought at one point I will get used to everything around me and nothing will feel special or new anymore, but that was not the […]
For the past ten months, we have spent our evenings in front of the computer working on our articles for the organization’s websites. When the summer holidays started we spent a couple of days in the school to support the teachers with getting the school ready to close. Then, starting […]
In the last one and a half months of my project, the school where I worked was closed due to the summer vacations in Greece. Unfortunately, we were not able to plan and promote official activities because the other volunteers and I are leaving at the end of July. Instead, […]
After my exchange year in the USA, I decided to go abroad after school again. I informed myself about the possibilities and learned about the European Solidarity Corps. Five months ago, the time had come. I left my home in Germany, to start a new experience. I arrived at a […]
A little more than a year ago, I was graduating high school and I was thinking about plans for my gap year. I knew that I wanted to go abroad and maybe work or do a volunteering service. I was really excited for the next year but also a little […]
As an ESC volunteer working in a primary school, there is a lot a lot is going on around the Independence Day of Greece on the 25th of March. There is also an important history behind Greek Independence Day to learn, which took place in the 19th century; By the […]
Sometimes I ask myself how I ended up here. To leave my home and my life as I knew it for one year. On Chios Island, a place that I didn’t know existed before I came here. And now, almost a year later, it feels like home. I found my […]
No school, crowded beaches, hot temperatures and cold drinks. Summer arrived. For us volunteers, this means there is no more work in the schools and kindergarten on the island since it is summer vacation. Instead of that, we meet in the evening, when the sun goes down in the schoolyard […]
March 25th 2023In 1814 a secret organization called the Filiki Eteria (Society of Friends) was founded to liberate Greece. The insurrection was supposed to start on March 25th of 1821, the day of the Annunciation. Unfortunately, the plans were discovered and the Filiki Eteria was forced to start earlier. The […]
Greek flags decorate houses and gardens, students march through the streets under the guidance of their physical education teachers, children practise traditional songs and dances: In Greece, the days leading up to 25 March are packed with preparations for a big celebration. Parades and dances take place every year on […]