Volunteering in Germany – Ajith Kumar, Outbound participant

Volunteering in Germany – Ajith Kumar, Outbound participant

I am Ajith Kumar, working as a Weltwärts volunteer, for the German Red Cross. Right now, I am working at Meschede, in an Old Age Home, as an in-house technician. I arrived in Germany on the 21st of November 2018. When I reached Frankfurt airport, the wind and the climate was really cold. But it was a new experience for me, because suddenly, I needed to adapt to the climate. Two German people were waiting for us, and then we met the volunteers from Africa.

We started our journey from the airport by car. First, we got something to eat, and after 3 hours, we reached Münster, where we stayed for a week. Then, we went to a farmhouse, where we stayed for 5 days, and there we needed to cook for ourselves.

In the seminars, we had a lot of games and then visited the cities. We had German classes and also had classes about politics and German history. On the 30th of November, we went back to Münster, where we met the team from our working organisation. Their names are Thörsten Gockeler, Vorvinkel and Christina. We had lunch together and after lunch, we left to Meschede by car, and that took us about  2 hours. When we arrived, they showed me my room and my working place and told me to come to work on the 3rd of December. The 1st and 2nd of December, I was in the city looking around.

I found a supermarket where I always go to buy something or the other, and found a restaurant where I always eat lunch on Saturdays. Till now, I have travelled to Bielefeld, a small city or town in Germany.

My working time is from 8:30 am-4:30 pm. My first work was fun, and I learned a lot of new things like how to fix a heater. I had a holiday on the 24th of December till the 26th of December, because it was Christmas. I celebrated Christmas with my friends and cooked food. Then, on New Year’s Day, I also celebrated with friends and saw a lot of firecrackers and lights in the sky. 

I am enjoying my time in Germany very much. Thank you, FSL-India for giving me this wonderful opportunity.

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