As my home country, Germany, is in the middle of Carnival, I felt a little homesick for the first time. Carnival is a colorful festival where people dress up in costumes and have fun together. It is a very old tradition, and originally, people dressed up in scary costumes to chase away the evil winter spirits and celebrate spring with songs and dances. Some people also say that the carnival was there for people to have the chance to feel…
Together with other volunteers I arrived in India about six months ago. After one week at an arrival-camp, I moved to my host family, where I will live for my entire time working at my project. This project is in my case a government aided primary school where I give english classes and assist the teachers with their daily work. The school has seven classes and a total of about 230 students. Those are spread out between 1st to 7th…
When I first heard about Outbound through FSL-India, it was the most exciting feeling I had in a while. It is hard to believe that it has been a year since we first started the process of coming here to Germany. From the time we set foot into this country up until this point, it has so far been an amazing journey of self-discovery, learning and also enjoying what Germany has to offer. I currently work in a kindergarten for…
1 hour, 15 minutes left. My phone rings. I open my eyes, switch off the alarm clock, try to wake up, but fail and fall asleep again. After a few minutes I wake up again and see the time. 1 hour left. After panicking I rush downstairs to my host family, recognizing I should have been there earlier. Nevertheless my host father greets me friendly in the hall and we talk a bit. Usually I go to the kitchen then….