Archive

Curious enough I have been craving for cultural shocks since I came to Cyprus. Before arriving in spring of 2017, I was under the impression that Romania and Cyprus don’t have too many common traits, but I was deeply mistaken, as I was soon...

If you choose to spend one year in another country as an EVS, as I did, you definitely know that what you expect is not always what you find. No one is here for the same reasons and no one is looking for the...

If I had to choose what makes me happy, one of my choices would definitely be food. Food is colour, creativity, culture and sharing, but above of all, food is delicious! I love food in all its phases: creation and plantation and cooking and...

Being a volunteer is a very personal experience that in the end will shape you more than you have ever imagined. Before my experience in the shelter I was a bit afraid of working with teenagers, let alone boys. I had plenty of preconceptions. I...

In this period, many organizations help migrants in their search for a better life, “Hope For Children” is one of them. “Hope for Children” is taking care of unaccompanied minors since 2014.  I had the priviledge to volunteer in HFC for 6 months. I listened...

Being a volunteer in Cyprus can offer you many opportunities to travel, both in the country and abroad. Since I am a travel lover, one of the first things I did when I arrived to the island was to check which low-cost flight companies...

“Hope For Children” CRC Policy Center is an international humanitarian and independent Institution based in Nicosia, Cyprus. Our Institution is established on standards and principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and European Union Law. It works on humanitarian and...

Situated at the maritime crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean basin, Cyprus has a rich and varied history. Many invaders, settlers and immigrants have come here over the centuries, such as Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Lusignans, Genoese, Venetians, Ottomans, British and Turks seek to take a...

For many their humanity has been reduced to statistics and numbers about migration, for me they are children. One year ago, when my family and friends congratulated me on my brave choice and asked me why I took the decision to spend one-year volunteering...

   8 o’ clock in the morning. My Italian coffee is ready, the bag on the table with thousands of small papers and notes with appointments, ideas, things learned, useful information, telephone numbers. Glasses, my lunch, pens, telephone…Where are the keys? Found them! I take my bicycle and...