Hello Everyone, greetings from a little town in North Sumatra, Indonesia.My name is Derio Hizkia Purba and people called me Rio for short. I am 23 years old and I love going to church,that’s why during the day I don’t believe in ghosts. During the night I become a bit more open minded. I am a former student of Mechanical Engineering at Jakarta State Polytechnic, so people sometimes called me Mr.Engine for I love fixing things. In my spare time, I love listening to classical music, I also learn to play the piano and am not very good at it but I just love playing at home with my family. Organ is one of the instruments that interested me a lot, I played the organ for Sunday service and enjoyed the hymn.

I am Median Habukali from Zambia, south region of Africa, traveled to Deutschland recently in November 2023. I am one month 3weeks here in Germany.  I live in the international volunteers house in Dortmund with other 4 volunteers from Sri Lanka, Rwanda and from Indonesia.

by Isaac from Rwanda I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank God that for today they have gathered in the past few months, thank God for his amazing protectionto protect us and thank those close to us in this life for helping us

by Roselva from Indonesia There is undoubtedly a significant difference in education between Indonesia and Germany. Additionally, there seem to be some notable distinctions between the educational systems in Asia and Europe. It really surprised me to see the significant difference when I moved to Germany to work as a South-North Volunteer in a kindergarden.

by Nisha from Sri Lanka I can’t believe that 8 months are over from our volunteer year and that it’s already December. This is the very first time I’m celebrating Christmas without my family. I see many differences in many areas of the way we celebrate Christmas in SL and in Deutschland. Food and drinks are the main difference I see. For example, most of the Christmas markets will be constructed around Catholic churches in Sri Lanka and most of the food items sold in these markets will be sweets. We have Aluwa (a sweet prepared in the Sinhala and Tamil new year), Christmas cake, Boondi etc and in Christmas markets in Germany I see a variety of food items like Currywurst, Reibekuchen, Chocolate covered fruit skewers, Baumstriezel, Pretzel etc. We also realized that

by Roselva from Indonesia I promise that it is untrue if a lot of people claim that Berlin is expensive. Nisha and me, have an experience

by Roselva from Indonesia It has been three months since I came to Germany. Sometimes I remember being scared to start a new job in a place I have never been. But in its place has come an abundance of comfort and pleasure. Today, it gives me great joy to be able to work in my current nursery school. It is a safe and comfortable working environment; the children who know what is right and what is wrong and can accept all education well; the colleagues who have become like a family; and the parents of the children who welcome me with a smile. Without my involvement in a volunteer program in Germany, I would never have experienced all this. I hope that everything will not pass too quickly and that I will continue