ESC teaches me something

Short stories and Volunteer Ventures

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“Once you come to Krakow you can never truly leave it!” – Amelie from Germany

Hello everyone <3 I am Amelie, 19 years old and from Germany. I just finished highschool in my hometown Kassel,…

“Being a volunteer is one of the best decision I took but for sure the best is yet to come!” – Maria from Spain

Hola! My name is Maria. I’m from the city where the sun never sleeps, Almería in the South of Spain….

“This city is magical!” – Deniz from Turkey

Hi, I’m Deniz. I’m 22 years old. I come from Istanbul, which connects Europe and Asia. No it’s not the…

Christmas time!

Christmas is a time for family, but since the volunteer’s family is also eachother they had to celebrate Christmas together!…

“Only after arriving here I realized what a great decision I made” – Pipia from Georgia

გამარჯობა,My name is Mariam, but after many confusions I just agreed that people could call me PIPIA. After finishing high…

“ESC for me is when your past dream becomes a reality” – Christina from Belarus

Privet, Dzień dobry, Hello, Hola, Guten Morgen!I’m open, curious about cultures and languages! ESC for me is when your past…

The plastic problem – by Antonia Spantzel

More and more people try to reduce plastic. But it’s a movement which has a different speed in every country…

International Volunteer day

A volunteer is someone that gives himself to a greater cause, in the hope to make the world a better…

“I came to do volunteering because I needed a challenge and I wanted to figure out what I want to do in my life.” – Elien from Belgium

Hello, hallo, bonjour, cześć!My name is Elien Van Gompel. I am from Leuven. That is a beautiful city in Belgium,…

“I wanted to crash myself into challenges and get out of my comfort zone” – Antonia from Germany

From the German city of Dr. Oetker, today we present to you Antonia Spantzel! Even though she doesn’t make frozen…

Independence day with seniors

Independence day in Poland is quite the important date, 11 of November marks the day that Poland re-emerged as a…

“I have a long story about Polish that suprises everyone.” – Büşra from Turkey

Today we present to you one of our volunteers from exotic Turkey!She is Büşra Akbıyık the Bağlama player! And she…

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