Aves de Paso
Vanessa
Kawsankichu mashikuna! Hello friends! I am a proud Ecuadorian and belong to the Quichua culture. My name is Vanessa Grefa Vargas. I am 19 years old. I studied tourism. I come from the Sucumbios region, which is the cradle of Read more
Aves de Paso
Rommel
Hello, my name is Rommel Israel and I am 26 years old. I am an industrial engineer and I live together with my parents and my brother in the city of Ibarra in the north of Ecuador. The city is Read more
Berlin
Voluntourism: Just quickly saving the world?
Spending holidays in an “exotic” country and at the same time saving the world a little bit: this is how offers of the so-called “voluntourism”, a term consisting of the two words “volunteering” and “tourism”, are often being presented. A Read more
Osnabrück
FreDi-committee meeting in Osnabrück
Under beaming sunlight the volunteer program committee came together in the end of February above the rooftops of Osnabrück. While the Friday evening was spent with exuberant hugging, Saturday we aimed high: after a short input of a representative of Read more
Common
“You are rich because you are white”
In the end of January we screened the film “Concerning Violence” by the swedish director Göran Olsson in Osnabrück that shows “nine scenes from the anti-imperialist self-defense” in various African countries from the 60s, 70s and 80s. The film is Read more
Common
Mid-term seminar
This is the english version. Anfang September durften wir die Freiwilligen der Generation 17/18 in Hamburg begrüßen. Eva (Evelin) und Victor aus Ecuador und Taly (Citlally) und Romeo aus Mexico kamen ohne größere Hindernisse am ersten September an und verbrachten…