On 18th December 2019 we had a traditional Christmas meal in volunteers’ house after doing the Christmas cookies backing. After the meal, Carolin gave us some well decorated envelopes and we had to open up to see our Christmas surprise. With excitement, we came to find out that on 6th of January 2020 we would be attending the Planetarium show in Bochum city. Planetarium Bochum (Castroper Strasse 67, 44791 Bochum) is a domed astronomy centre with digital projectors showing the stars above Earth & far into space.

I would like to honestly admit that I was not so much into the political seminar before we attended it form 4th – 8th November 2019. I was though, a bit tired on my way from Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest trip with my friend El Pacific, another South-North Volunteer from the Democratic Republic of Congo. I was just happy that we were going to meet other volunteers whom we usually meet during seminars, and of course we were also happy to be in other German cities, the cities Braunschweig and Hannover.

At 30 November 2019, we have been invited to join the future lab in Dortmund. The future lab was part of the Climate Action Day campaign to raise awareness of Climate change among young people. The Future Lap took part in the Union Gewerbehof in Dortmund, a creative common space in Dortmund. Once, it was the centre of beer brewerys, today many groups and initiatives have rented offices, cafes and gardens.

Have you ever heard about “Climate Action Day”? Beside the fact, that nowadays it should be every day a climate action day, it is also a global campaign for and of young people who care about climate change and global injustice. It takes place once a year throughout the world, in different parts of the country, every November on same date. In 2012, it took place in the first time. Organizations like the United Evangelical Mission have started to organize it, and now it takes place in several countries of the world and young people in Africa, Asia and Germany participate in this campaign with different actions and ideas.