by Carol from India, As soon as I heard about the value balls, I was like what? What are value balls? “Value balls” is a game which is inspired by a very renounced Italian game called as Boccia.

by Carol from India, “Fair friends” well when I heard about this word and this event I was automatically very excited to attend this event as it sounds so cool.

by Carol from India, I think that I have recently started bonding more with Jenny as compared to last few months. In the beginning I was always shy around her but I really wanted to bond with her but unfortunately our timings never matched.

by Jenny from Germany, When I heard that the Ecumenical Department had bought a new game, I asked Carolin if we could try to play it together. I like to play, this game has even more depth. So we arranged to meet Jana, Carol and Christina

By Carol from India, Have you ever felt deeply connected to a country which you have never visited? In my case, the country is called as Rwanda. I spend a lot of time having discussions about Rwanda, its culture and about the

by Carol from India, August is almost going to end and I can’t believe that it is already 10 months since I am here in Germany. Sometimes I still can’t believe it that I made it fine and perfect. The lessons which I learned from the people around me is priceless. I know so much more now.

by Louis from Indonesia Louis was supposed to be volunteering with us in the church district of Dortmund since April 2020 and would be part of the team in the Volunteershouse. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Louis has not yet been able to enter Germany – we now hope that Louis will be able to start her voluntary service with us in January 2021. Here Louis writes about how she is dealing with the long wait and what she is doing in the meantime: Hallo. My name is Louis from Indonesia. I am 22 years old. My hobbies are painting, reading books, working out and hiking. Covid-19 cases grow very rapidly. It gives a lot of impacts in so many areas include my flight to Germany. At first, I a little bit upset, because

We have written a lot about what we do during our volunteer service. But what do we do in our free time? Here we show you a few examples in the pictures.

by Abdoulaye from Senegal My name is Abdoulaye Senghor and I am 23 years old. I come from Senegal, which is in West Africa. I have learned German language in my school for a very long time as I chose German as a foreign language. After graduating, I studied “German studies” in the University of Germany and graduated successfully from there after three years. In my third year, I applied for volunteering service as a federal volunteer at Diakonie, which is in Düsseldorf and then three months later I received a commitment with an agreement from the Wilhelm Florin Haus in Gütersloh. I remember saying goodbye to my family, especially to my mother. I can’t express how sad she was when I was leaving my home but I was still committed to my plans