"not complaining, what not to change, but change what is to be deplored." (William Shakespeare)
Dear parents and friends, love
volunteers and star setter
It was jinxed! No sooner had I finished this newsletter, new messages have arrived, for their part, were hardly inserted already outdated.
Therefore, I will largely absent in this mail once all water levels (who yesterday had a cold and everything has now fallen in love). The overall impression remains: Chance, there are adjustment problems (look at the different culture, sometimes to the German co-volunteer who makes the kitchen always much less than you) - and sometimes get homesick (for example, of gingerbread!). We
close because of the many positive messages not green eyes, that one or the other - deep in him / her in it - has to fight quite beautiful, but the outside just want to show strength. In addition, this newsletter is not the place to share internals from maintainer talks.
But overall - and judged that we are statistically soon be in the worst time of year - it's our sensational! This vintage rocks!
And if we then want to take time but the mood monster on the horizon down then we just try it with humor - this Schwimmguertel on the stream of life. Our Palestine-FW have the same time a reusable sample invitation to a low-Party drafted (see Annex). Come on, U-Curve-volunteers: the world for the best low party and the best photo of it, we buy at the meeting between a bucket of Nutella. We are excited ... J
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Pure joy! Look at this clip from the slums of Santo Domingo on your 2 x. The first time you see children playing football. But the second time you see that it really right about something else all about: self-esteem, cohesion and dreams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg0UEdIzPYU
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Toll what we all can learn from these reports alongside!
did I just read the excellent report by Anna from Palestine and learned a) that Palestinians with a black dot in the passport never get through the checkpoints b) that Friday and Sunday there, the school-free days (normal probably Friday / Saturday) c) the Jerusalem = Al Qudz means d) only 20 minutes from Jerusalem Beit Jala is removed and both won worlds separate e), Anna in the West Bank feels safer in Israel f) that grow in the "vineyard" more olives than grapes and g) that one can live on site must be to understand why both opposite sides are so unforgiving and peace remains unlikely, unfortunately, for years to come.
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Here are the latest reports from the countries (in alphabetical order):
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Argentina:
Christopher and Ruben and sign (fortunately) each week the same, but always with other flowery words: "First of all, the greenest of green from the WG Rosada! going on here right now everything fine, "
or" WG rosada south BsAs announces tender spring green "or" Here with us in the South-WG straight All is well!. "
Or:" I am well and (still ) in excellent condition. With the project, the integration and the language we get here is going very well and expect a great time in the coming year, "
From the first project report by Reuben." Immediately we were surrounded by children, were pulled by the arm
, with questions (which we should understand some of them only weeks later) bombarded in thigh level embraces
or just staring with my mouth open (of course, particularly 2-meter man Chris). "
humor Officer Wolfi (photo left) reports from the north of Buenos Aires:
" Good day, dear ones,
with us is everything that is great! status green!
the work is fun, the language is getting better, and the first friends are already found. Although it rains a lot here mometan, but that does not spoil our mood!
and the most important: you could do all girls say that indeed there were no flat this year, the more balanced, more adventurous and better cooks than we are. We are already on the ascendancy, own WG cookbook to make!
So in one respect we are quite certainly "worth ";-)! marriage
Best regards, besos, wolfgang "
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from Jujuy Max writes:
at 3:10
here it is green, in a double sense: it is always green scenic and weekly announcement also technically. We started to go into separate projects, which is also very good. We understand well and are happy we can be here. greetings from the girls, your Max
at 11.10:
"Hello! We are doing great in Jujuy! The job is always better, the weather is now and almost too hot. We already have the 2. times visited again by tine. We enjoy it here very much. Status: Green Love, Regards, Max "
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Bolivia
Good news: Even our Bolivian team is now complete. Helmar has already settled in well and Vivi has landed well in BA and the weekend even more with our FW in Jujuy.
Helmar had received shortly after landing the first mandatory altitude sickness, but now - in the truest sense of the word - again full at the height J and his musical talents hopefully integrate well into the project. Quote: "have been received here from the other great guys that even after my plane 2-3 hours was late, still fit and were happy to pick me up at the airport. "
Each year, we have isolated Salmonella infections or to" fight to fiebre typhediea. Sebastian currently has core complaints on this matter, but he is the Medical in good care.
a good mood as Luke reports from El Alto: "We feel well embedded, into the project, in host families in the culture."
project goes OK. Helmar Franz has flu and birthday (yesterday).
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vO Simon writes about his work in theater social project COMPA:
"We ride our buses, which can be found here everywhere are often thirty to forty minutes to our jobs, often the roads are getting worse and worse until they are only sand and stones - where we work, do theater, Lego, homework help, video, radio, newspaper, ... (...)
My host brother, little, four years old, stood on a stool and tried to fly, ¡Voy a volar! he says, "I will fly!". Actually, most of what he hears in his life, instructions, prohibitions and worries. No vas a destrozar algo. You're likely to break anything! "
(PS: But the little boy stands on the stool, spreading his arms and calls all the physics in spite of" I will fly "
Sometimes! We can all learn something from 4 years)
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Stefan writes: "Hello dear ones. Santa Cruz is currently very hot and this is the smog, and when one that was not enough as South America feeling, you can always count on the sand storms here .. ;)
otherwise we will as always good here, I come to find anything in the projects .. the weekend we go out with Claudio to philosophize a bit about COMPA and discuss the work in the near term. Yesterday was a very important day for me, all of Voluntarios Alalay have met and under the coordination of Jesus (a Voluntario, not the Allmnaechtigen;) looked at various projects, and talked about problems and experiences. After that we went with social workers to the kids on the streets and have a bit set to them and talk.
From [street children project] Techo, we were last Saturday in a beautiful waterfall paradise, 3 hours from Santa Cruz ... was beautiful and very well better know the kids learn. First rule: be incredibly cool, even cooler than all the kids together-sounds strange, but Sun ;)
I write a lot of diary, on leaves, my monthly report and am currently very much English,'s just incredibly fun, because we know that every minute of what good and every word is needed ... I do very well in English talk, I was told I already have on it the Crucenischen Slang: P
runs with Meier family all very good, especially the talks with the mother are very valuable to me, that speaks very bitterly about the politics of Bolivia and the lack of social security. On my host sister I play every night after my English teacher projects, crazy how little is taught her in school! Otherwise, even the Neffinen are there, that I my free time (since the evening of 10 clock mostly) spend, which makes me a lot of fun. A bit of a pity that little time right now to explore the area or a little too easy stroll, but the project I'm also very good as I would like to not be shortened, So, therefore, is of the rest already shown, I think. All the best, by Stephanie.
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Andrea from Sucre:
"Yesterday's general strike but laessig all very, very calm, almost cheerful mood! As car-free Sunday. So no probem. besides that, we had no problems. health: gisela has overcome its salmonella, I still eat everything that tastes good to me cheerful and I feel very healthy, so everything fine, "
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Max and Teresa'm fine - in a few days they will learn from their host families in their new house. In the project there is just a "disagreement" between two Bolivian Project staff, and should be avoided wherever possible our FW to be caught in the crossfire. Otherwise all good.
Lisa and Julian (photo at a performance) are back with their musical and theatrical social project by Qatar's fresh from a tour of Bolivia. Two's fine, but they report something rare (Remember Mama Schenk :-).
excerpts from Lisa's
report about her project: "The Qatari collectivo is a group of concerned citizens of Cochabamba and international volunteers, since one and a half years, the wise-people an integral part of the group. Qatari Culture House but has no leads as workshops designed (talleres) directly to schools and regular they all afternoon with theater and games in parts of Cochabamba and enrich the cultural life of the city. The focus is on the content of the pieces: Important issues such as rights, equality, intercultural education, health and education are thus discussed in public.
a culture shock I have not suffered, and fall for me but more and more visible and invisible differences. So here it is, for example, normal that graze on the playground next one sheep, closed Sundays, all cafes and restaurants and drive the taxi driver to one year old daughter on his lap around and alongside still eat Jell-O. "
(...)
As I sit here and type sound from a part of the cottage trombone etudes [By Julian Bidner-FW] over to me, on the other side just rehearse cello and Mauri (= Quimbando) with the guitar for her next concert. Anyone who knows me knows that I like it well and I'm really glad to have landed here. "
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Brazil: Brazil
evolves. We are pleased to now feel our two girls in Fortaleza well.
Eva writes: "For us here in Brazil everything runs well and we have Catherine happy weekend with a great surprise birthday party. :)
Congratulations!
Jacob settled "I was very good and even geknueft some contacts, which falls one here is not really difficult;)
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Dominican Republic:
Pablo is tired, but turned back enthusiastically. All FW are already well integrated, feel at ease, engaged and help in education and leisure activities in the slums. Tigre!
Max writes: "What works wonderfully constant, is the combination of Haitian and Dominican guys in our football team. It's just a good feeling to see how they work for a common goal and the same passion to share, if you know how hardened and hostile to the two fronts in other places and other events in the country are facing. "
Manu Geiger writes of a an" all-male-WG without problems "and concludes with a finding "I'm doing really good, I feel very comfortable and am happy to be here - the project with the kids makes a lot of fun. In this sense, I send you all greetings from the beautiful Dominican Republic, which really has to offer more than you see at first glance is scheint.Das here every day clear! "
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Nagua is great! Nagua is (next to Santo Domingo) Dominican our second location - even live here and work our volunteers directly to the base.
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Manu writes: "Everything here is good, we have a connection to the teachers here, the teaching conditions, although in the DomRep throughout the horror and the teachers are pretty overwhelmed (the English teacher for example, writes "We have somes mony" and blinged to his pupil, as she explains that this is wrong). We get it, but now pretty good guide of Mili. We have a total sense of achievement with the kids, even in the content switching, and the work plan is emerging, too.
And last week, "Wow, I had not written to you, just a status message? Re really to report only good things. We have in the 10 days actually in fact almost too much experience is real madness here. (Become one of the kids has almost broken his neck, one had from our engaged because of the uprising at the beach with the kids because of a jellyfish sting to the hospital, and then also still the house torched by two of our students) is also disturbing things, but Many beautiful and enriching. Every morning we bring the kids something different, new fruits, Sugar cane, and when we walk down the streets of Mantancitas, it echoes almost always from somewhere Manueeel. Lauri "The second course with Milie is a hit and run the Plus1Projekte to the project manager did not even let us go, because we can actually eat J. How and good.) Take care, dear ones, see you soon. Manu "
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Guatemala.
Florian has good English-progress made and now increases in correctly in the project work.
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are not confirmed, however rumors that Sebastian has his own female fan club, the regularly queue up to him to scratch his blond hair. J
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FW Antonia in its monthly report: "Cobán is really a brilliant city! Although it is manageable, and people know each other, "
but it has to offer but all that only some might be useful: Taekwondo
and saxophone hours, about jewelry and paint shops to Comedores and
Tortillerias. The city is still very much influenced by the indigenous culture, it is seen as
many women in traditional dress, the colorful cloth bags on their heads. "
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FW Jonni (the one with his saxophone alongside the Guatemalan rock band "Una via" play along) writes in his first monthly report:
"I'm fabulous! I already had a few days to depressed mood, simply because not everything in such a country, or we can say little about running and peace, joy and pancakes do not seem to always close. But I'm in a great group of Mitfreiwilliger with whom I have a lot of fun ... I've had
Physiologically, verwunderlicherweise to suffer not been any complaints. Also, the expected duration of diarrhea after arrival will still not adjust easily. FSJ is not in a Cobán Chili picnic in the hammock. I rarely have free time, including weekends I have been every
Once worked at least one day. It is satisfying, but sometimes it happens to me that I'm playing at nine clock in the evening to relax on my bed, guitar, and the next thing I know is that the alarm is ringing, and I with light, on my clothes in my entire bed again find ...
But sometimes I stop and think a thought with pleasure at the end: This is my thing. I would rather be anywhere, do anything better than that here. Who has the good fortune to think such a thing?
Thank you for this opportunity, "
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Chiantla:
hears the call, Catherine prima at. Nevertheless, we all know that the harshness of life in the mountains is far more difficult than elsewhere.
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Mexico:
Desiree and Benni arrived safely. Benni wrote at 14.10. "Hello my friends! by giving just want to fix that I arrived and got a great reception from my rent Amigos (and I have taken them actually at the airport reception =)) The flight was super comfortable, had wonderful a whole row of seats for me and could ;-) sleep (Happiness protects the brave) is now only place I have warm but I'm happy and this afternoon we then ne sightseeing tour! ! Muchos saludos de Mexico "
WG
complete: Fabi, Patrick, Desiree, predecessor Nico, Benny and Luke Wetzel.
Fabian was able to receive training from the famous "Circus Solei" to learn the creative education for disadvantaged children in practice.
Fabian: "aqui in GDL, Todo es bien muy." (Rather Fabi: the need hot "esta muy bien", since it is a mutable state - or is it you in Mex just always good?)
A few days later he writes, "everything is still in Guadalajara chido (mex super geil klasse)"
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Patrick wrote: "here in Guadalajara still everything is fine. Mood is good, we are still quite enthusiastic, I would say! We understand us just fine. We ensure that each makes about the same (cleaning, shopping, ,...) and then like it! Dispute or something Thats has not come but once determined, but if it is balanced, it's so boring also in Mexico everything is alright! Viva Mexico, viva! September is also "el mes de la patria"). saludos de patrick.
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FW Hendrik (called "El Crespo") reports from San Cristobal: "green light, despite rainy season, every day of sunshine. Our heart and laughs seem. have already settled down well, Mitya was yesterday for the first time in the wooden barracks, home to the children with whom we work. Kaka had the first sheet. The project begins at sueniños now. "" The city is breathtaking. If one looks at life on the road, one might get the impression that Germany was extinct. The road, lives everywhere encounter a new smells and new sounds, music is always played. A way of life to which you can get used very quickly. (...) The moral values are not comparable with those of the Germans. In a country be raised to the office in which President by electoral fraud and corruption in a country that more than ninety percent of the drug consumed in the United States and exported in a country which respected human rights violations against indigenous peoples and be completed by the state, the police want you in the evening to make clear that it was immoral to smooch on the road ... "
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Nicaragua:
Achim reports via skype "green juicy, Leon itself is also pretty green"
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Don diarrea "However, it appears received the title to go for the most resistant intestinal adaptive function of this year at our Leon-WG, although Nueva Guinea are not yet defeated. But Janosz and Achim seem to be big favorites in the affectionate title of "Don diarrea.
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reports spokesman Paul states: "Matagalpa. Kolya and Anne live in Moment also in families and, more and more in the project to [PS: Kolja calls it "a really beautiful project," and "it gives me a lot of fun to work with the Kimdern"].
Masaya. Instead of bicycles and cars have been here now a horse (!) Risen as a means of transportation. Very environmentally conscious. Otherwise, the lessons are prepared diligently.
Nueva Guinea. Also here is a lot to do to prepare their lessons. Simon plagues a cold - annoying, not serious. Yet you live here in families up here, then soon begins WG-life. .
GREEN everything in plain text "
The results of language tests are generally very encouraging - just one of our tested Nica volunteers failed this respect is correct. But that will hopefully ...
is a small miracle how great the "Centro Creativo in Masaya developed (see Aron's report in Annex).
This self-help project has a budget of zero and € Blossoms still the best and most creative youth social projects throughout Masaya.
(We try to project manager Gricelda enabling future a monthly salary of 80 €).
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Palestine / Israel:
"Palestine declares its Green Status
:-) The fasting month is coming to an end and we are actually a couple of holidays. Our work is influenced but this not so much. It's getting colder and we believe it or already 2 MONTHS here ... oh my god how time flies ...
Willy Brandt Center, Al-Qudz: January
light joke: In the last few days is nothing new, but you come back tomorrow and have talked on Sunday. He should be fine. Jan is well clamped in the work and has found in the Willy-Brandt-Zentrum probably just right. Jan newly elected president of the SPD local association Jerusalem J
SOS Children's Village, Beith Lehem:
Leo Henton & Thilo nun: The last days of fasting to be and I think that pleased both to regular food. My full respect. Today along with the Talithas and some Talitha and students from the Schmidt school sat together in Jerusalem for an activity with the SOS children as part of an "Interact Club" plan. Talitha Kumi
, Beith Jala (Anna, Peer):
We have again a lot of work. Everyone now has his hours for teaching. At least we now have a bit more structure in our work. We are concerned but good. We have enhanced our apartment - with a nice orange. Very comfortable.
Much love,
Peer
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From Anna's Report:
"We also pick you up at every school day a little boy is in a wheelchair and bring him from school gates in the morning service and then in his class. At noon we get him back. The problem, namely, that there are no facilities for the disabled. We'll have to more up-stairs or carry down. But he is sweet, it is worthwhile :-)
(...)
you always have to again make it clear that the distances between various places in Palestine and Israel is very low. One example is Jerusalem, or Al-Qudz, say the Palestinians
: we need from Talitha only about 20 minutes by bus to get there. The city is located almost next to Bethlehem, and one can see from the roof Talithas
. Nevertheless, it is for most Palestinians virtually unattainable. Those of you who are not as well informed about the situation here, I will now explain again: It is generally not Palestinians without special permission (permit) for one or a few days may be issued to enter the Israeli territories. There are a few lucky ones, the so-called blue ID, Israeli passport or a permanent permit for such work has, with which they come across. The rest has to wait many months or years for a permit and some, including many teachers Talithas have come over a so-called black spot on the list of border controls, so they never get a permit. So if you want to go to Jerusalem, you must pass a checkpoint. The "Tunnel Checkpoint" by which we go again and looks something like this as a customs station or a place where you pay road tolls in France. If you go by bus, keep this in one place and get all the people need. Then, Israeli soldiers check their passports and searching the bus, all rise, and the bus drives on. (...)
"I got 17 years of no permit to go to Jerusalem," said Miss Firial, a religion teacher at this school to provide us with a smile. "I have a black dot
on their list, which means I never get a permit. But last Easter I am . Jumped the wall, and then I was there "
[says another woman:]
." All the major politicians when they are debating about peace, sit in the 5 - star luxury hotels in the cities as can we talk about poverty, about strife and injustice
when you sit in a big hotel and did not see how it really is here? times you will come to us! "That they may be right.
(...) The
contact with children is actually a consistently positive (of course annoying sometimes
one or other of the children - and vice versa) and we had no difficulty
be accepted by them, because we represent visually an attraction alone (
blue eyes and blond, long hair is a rarity) and is therefore great interest to us.
were especially the little ones with which we play mostly in the morning, shy at first
something, but it has narrowed very quickly after they noticed how well we serve
as a living jungle gym. We help the elderly in the afternoon
homework and play often then table tennis, chess, football (on a far too
small courtyard with cars), or we teach them diabolo and juggling. All in all, it makes me
a lot of fun with the kids to be together and I have
already some very fond of.
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Peru:
countries spokesman Oli at 03:10 "everything green in Peru. We are all good and the work is going well.
I'm now a little over a month in beautiful Peru. Both enjoyed working with the children but also the land and the people that very much. I was immediately taken up in Peru and friendly here. The most important thing is that I'm healthy and not with the level still had problems with the food (which is rather unusual). "
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Germany, green, Peru,
Patrick will start a craft workshop and a Choir build (...) In the evening, when we hundemuede in house trainees try to relax, Patrick is still one of the children. On Saturday is even planned that he spent the night in his house.
Christian, aka "el Salsa King" continues to oscillate with the older girls the hip in Salsa Workshop and makes me Artes Marciales (currently only karate, because we have not had mats to make judo), which is super popular with the kids are. [Christian also will start a juggling course].
I even named Oliphant (because here aufgehoert jades almost word by p, the surface virtually Argentina), I have the last weeks, cared for the establishment of the gym, so I went twice to Cusco am. So far we have purchased four mats, followed by other device to use.
As you go read it us well [only the remoteness of the accommodation should be improved]
Many greetings from all oli
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Christian: "For that I have read the book about Muhammed Yunus completed. This book is just really awesome!
I have for the first time in a long time really been anything like perspective. A sentence I would absolutely be my motto for life is nehmn:
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can not, your right! "
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Russia:
FW Carsten: "I can only recommend to make a voluntary service in Russia! It's just so exciting here. ! That's Good "
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FW Robert writes:" Hi! a green light from Petersburg! Everything is going well. Maree is looking at all the projects this week and will then make your selection. My weekly schedule is as follows:
Monday: Youth Social Project Ostrowok
Tuesday: Disabled project DomMaletzkowa
Wednesday: DomMaletzkowa
Thursday: home visits to bettlegrigen and disabled people who can not leave the house
Friday: Ostrowok
Carsten also working 2 days in DomMaletzkowa but not with me together, because we believe that this is momentsan for the language better when we are forced to speak Russian. Two days he is in a nursing home and also a day he will make home visits. (Possibly together with me).
The mood is very good and we are all well and healthy! "
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green light from St. Petersburg!
Everything runs according to plan. The projects are, in my opinion, very well. At least, "Ostrowok" and "Dom Maletzki. Optimal order to make effekitve work. So in
Ostrowok (islets) has a new project manager. He is very accessible, Carsten and I were in a meeting yesterday some suggestions regarding the work done with the children.
One thing of which he was excited was as guitar lessons, I could offer the kiddies. Carsten had to build the idea of clay with the children to chess pieces and even chess boards. In the following, then he would like to teach the children to play and organize small tournaments. We then had the idea of rice and cloth Jonglierbaelle tinker with the children and teach them juggling. Furthermore, had the conductor asked us if we can help with homework (math, English, ...), which is not a problem yes (if the language is even better). Taken as a whole is much Wertevermnittlung take place, since in this respect much ground to cover in the 10 to 16 year olds is. They usually come from families in which much alcohol is drunk or in which they were simply neglected. We
for the meaningful work in keeping the many Freiraeume are and we can do basically everything that makes the kids fun. In the cathedral
Maletzki our first contacts with the mentally disabled have been handled very pleasant. They welcomed us very pleased. It must have been so very good experience with the volunteers made. Freddy (the manager) can use us in both craftsmanship some things well, and in the care if the motor during the kneading or similar offenses should be practiced. For him it is important that there are male employees, because the disabled are mostly mothers and fathers do not and they, therefore, proper management and the routine with men is something missing.
We can offer workshops there as seat football or even character (the main thing is the motor is funded). What we can offer even otherwise we do not know yet because we disabled people have no experience and therefore not really know what works and what does not. But we will make suggestions and discuss them with Freddy him.
We currently have 1 time a week 2 hours language course. The language is very difficult, but actually I have a good feeling. We want to start in any case be separated in the projects so that we least daytime only Russian around to us. Incidentally we also talk with the girl at the moment we live Russian. Kind regards, Robert
"I have not had the feel of a culture shock - I feel than when I shower every day with cold water. Strange to see, however, are the suburban areas, which I would call almost as ghetto. Since I and the old women who have seen endlessly digging in garbage pits, I am very glad that in Germany there such a thing as "social issues" are. This word is it so in the Russian way at all. "
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South Africa:
Alt FW Jonas describes in his final report after his return to the reverse culture shock:
"The terror that I'm back home, I then took a Monday and Tuesday
. I did not want to hear and see nothing of South Africa. No music, no
photos. They certainly do not tell. I was homesick. I wanted to get back into my life
in South Africa. That was not easily and not even allowed to go, I
was clear. But I wanted simple. I missed the joy of the people who
independence and the freedom of my old life. I did not want to fall into a rut
, as before I left.
from South Africa are still many memories receive and I like to fall back
. I am always a bit of my successors from South Africa to hear
and I am delighted that it has done it again a generation to continue the wonderful work
. "
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successor and state spokesman Hanjo reports:
"South Africa announces green! :) All right here!
Ethembeni: Green! In school, everything is the same. Furthermore, we bring the kids ride the bike at the moment and build many things in therapy. I was sick two days, including one at home. But otherwise everything is clear.
Streetwise: the three but is still good.
Kimberley: Also green, make you comfortable now looking for a home!
Harding: reports also green! The two it is also good.
Plettenberg: Marie also reports green! All right in the township.
The weather in Durban is in the autumn as in Deutschladn. It has rained for 3 days and it is very cold. Well, even ne experience. :) Best wishes to all
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Hanjo "
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FW Daniel helps the street children project Streetwise (Durban):
" Many things are still new And of course, it will still take a while until we bring optimal. But contact with the guys is amazing well what we expected after all the warning not necessarily. With Sister also . All right, "
his beautiful monthly report includes Daniel with the words:
" I could go on to write very long. From the warmth with which we were taken
, from the probably most beautiful abode of all wise - vintage, by the
breathtaking natural beauty, our awesome children, or failed also on the a trip with them to the
beach almost would be because not every one pair of pants swim has and the fact that some
only a pair of shoes and have, despite all the efforts of project managers, hardly
more pants and tops, but I'm still too short to play in the project at this point
appropriate. "
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Kwanokuthula The Township is also all right. Alt FW Alex yesterday gave his farewell barbecue, the atmosphere was fine.
Matze by phone: "We's is wonderful!"
Till: "As soon as we are of our projects at home, kids from the neighborhood come to us. Then, in the garden
football played together or just juggle rumgealbert. The kids speak in addition to Xhosa and Afrikaans nor English fluently. They are good teachers and bring me their language (s) for, in return I learn them German - better than any language course,)
(...)
My work is very varied in Masizame and I was given from the beginning a lot of confidence. At the same time I have been given much freedom, which of course is related with great responsibility. "
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Simon Geiger:
"I'm doing really well here! Kahle kakhulu! (Very good!). The week without the children is overcome, and come back on Monday the little rascal. In the holidays we have included in the hospital in Harding and have the kiddies there, painted, played, laughed, and I was even allowed to feed a cute little baby:)
the weekend we were invited to a traditional ceremony in a "rural area", slaughtered cows for the extra 3 were. We were the only two Umlungus (white) and for some of the kids the first white men they have ever seen "live" - almost unbelievable in South Africa in the 21st century!
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David writes in his first Review of Kimberley from work with street children:
"The older kids are really quite difficult to motivate to take action together, but
interesting calls can be made with them all. They are all very friendly
and hostility does not exist. Especially the younger incredibly happy about any kind of attention and
are incredibly affectionate. Constantly has one or more children at a
hang it. That some of them are HIV-positive, so you learn to deal
. "
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Warm regards from Bad Elster in the world! May the sun shine on your face warm!
Pablo.
PS: Ex-FW Alex gives you the following poem:
staying verses for volunteers
I am the straw which does not move,
Because he feels the burden
At its highest point,
As a guest,
This he (as a light) received
senses And it's a butterfly.
I am afraid the wood, which contributes
been times
Since then, it beats those times -
The vase, which it never Got to see
-
bang like the sound, stand and stay.
And the sea I am the bridge, continue driving the
not
The all coming to the shore is a way
And until recently because of the waves
not break his weak points.
Goodbye, Alex
your
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