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Last summer, while staying at home in a difficult period affected by the Coronavirus restrictions, I was looking for some job opportunities abroad and I came across the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programme. I didn’t know a lot about it, so I started to...

When I first got accepted as a volunteer to come to Cyprus so to work at Hope for Children I was emotionally overwhelmed. After so many years looking for an opportunity in this sector, finally someone was giving me a chance to grow professionally...

Volunteering at “Hope for Children” CRC Policy Center is like diving into an ocean of cultures and stories. You will never come out the same as when you went inside.    During the months spent volunteering here I got to know many people: some stuck around for a long time, others just passed...

Quarantine, I don't fear you! We collected "99" tips on how to survive during pandemic.. In this guide you will find suggestions for Movies, Tv Series, Books, YouTube Channels, Cooking Recipes, Gardening, Indoor Activities, Themed house parties and Kids activities. So, you just have to chill...

How extraordinary is volunteering? Abroad or in our own country it doesn’t matter.. You know that you are doing something good in the world and you feel enthusiastic..   I remember my interview with Hope For Children..my anxiety and happiness when I met the other volunteers with whom I supposed to spend one year. The arrival in October at night,...

It has been so many years since I started to be more and more informed on the effects of climate change and pollution on human rights, and from my point view this approach to climate change and the respect of the environment is still...

Christmas is a special holiday. Almost all of the people celebrate it within family: there is lots of food, presents, laughs, songs, lights etc. But what about celebrating it in an amazing little Cypriot village with a local family? Well, you just have to...

If I had to choose one word to describe my experience as volunteer in Cyprus at ‘Home for Hope’, I would say intense. It was like experiencing different worlds in one same place, because that very place found itself being the center of many different worlds. And that center is only...

Nicosia is not a city with which you fall in love at first sight. It is a city to discover and live day by day. It is not easy to describe it in one word as it has many different faces, some of which...

On 7th and 8th March, I was invited to participate to a training organized in the framework of BASE programme. The training’s aim was to learn about working as cultural advisor and how to be a community advocate within the Cypriot society, in order to address...