by Adelia from Indonesia, Theology student Adelia from Indonesia supposed to start her volunteer service in April 2020 in Dortmund
By Carol from India, How do you know that someone cares about you? Have you ever heard about the quote „action speaks louder than words.“? This quote
Almost all volunteers who have lived in the volunteer house in recent years, who are currently Living there or would live there (if CORONA / Covid-19 had not prevented their departure to Germany) have participated: in a Music project. More than 20 People have formed a digital choir around the world. The church district of Dortmund invited all partners worldwide. Together we sing the song Siyahamba. Siyahamba from Ev. Kirchenkreis Dortmund on Vimeo.
by Stanslaus Shayo from Tanzania From time to time, we use this site to publish articles from friends of the volunteershouse. We call them guest blog articles. This is a guest blog post by Stanlaus Shayo. Stan visited the volunteers house in November 2019 when he completed his international internship program at the FN Brno Bohunice Hospital in Brno, Czech Republic. He is sharing his experience working as an Intern Doctor in Tanzania during this time of COVID-19 global Pandemic outbreak. He writes: "Graduating from Muhimbili University after 5 intensive years of pursuing a Medical degree came with an opportunity to travel the World. I had signed for the Medical exchange program in Czech Republic and it was well accomplished. I spared two free weeks which made me able to visit some German cities including Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Dortmund. I met Derek and Josephat whom we studied at the same University in Tanzania. I also visited the volunteers' house where Josephat was living during his volunteering year and I had fun to meet Carol, Dika, Hannah, Rachel and Andro.
By Carol from India, Restaurants and Shops are reopening, Students start going to schools again, parks are filling as the sunrises start appearing. People are going back to everyday life and are meeting for BBQS and sports.
By Carol from India, Hello everyone, I would like to share something with you all today. I would like to share how did I contributed online, towards empowering others during this COVID 19 situation and I would like to share
by Carol Naidu from India, After a wonderful cookie baking session with Frauke during Christmas holidays, I somehow wanted to learn how to cook German dishes. When I first learned and baked cookies with other volunteers under
By Carol from India, As I have mentioned in my precious blogs, I have been participating in the training for the organizing team of the Global Ecumenical Hangout. Now I was given a chance to organize the Global Ecumenical Hangout on ZOOM together with Meenuka (who lives in India but is from Sri Lanka) and my teacher Tom, yes you read it right, my German teacher Tom on whom I wrote a blog called as Mr.X
by Jenny from Germany My name is Jenny, I am 26 years old and have recently been living in the volunteer house! Actually, my plan was very different. But a lot has changed with Corona … At the end of August 2019, I traveled as a UEM volunteer to an interreligious women’s project „Upendo means love“ in Zanzibar, Tanzania. I wanted to live, work and live here for a year. On my blog I tell a little bit more about my time if someone is interested (https://2019-2020.vem-freiwillige.de/jenny/). However, due to the spread of the Corona virus, I was unfortunately not able to end my voluntary service. It was a big turning point for me because I was looking into the second half of the seminar and was really looking forward to it. I had
By Carol from India, Did you know that someone’s kind words and kind but small gestures can actually leave a deep impact on your life? Well, I would like to share a small and personal story with you all. There was a very good man, let’s call him Mr. X. He was 63-year-old.
