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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...

As Covid-19 started to spread also in the small island of Cyprus we have been asked to work from home, “smart working” they say, in order for everyone to keep safe in the house, reducing as much as possible contacts with the outside.   Challenge accepted! First...

For each one of us volunteering could have different meanings. Could be experience, self-development, engagement, participation, work opportunity etc. Well, personally I associate the word “Volunteer” with two other words: engagement and introspection. Be engaged for me represent the necessity to be actively part of...

It is never easy to leave what you are used to, the comforts of what you call home and the company of those who are dear. It is harder, maybe, to start a new life in a new city, doing a new job, living in a new...

Put together people always smiling, going slowly, speaking loud and using the car even for very small distances, smell of coffee around the city, very busy streets and you could not tell whether you are in Nicosia or in the south of Italy. This is exactly how it seems...

Can you imagine an island in Europe with more cats residents than humans?  Cat lovers unite! Today I would like to introduce you Cyprus!   1.5 million of cats versus 1.2 million of people!  According to the latest data of animal welfare organisations working in Cyprus, there are significantly more feline residents than people…   As soon as you...

I don’t particularly like new beginnings. I never have. Yet, I keep looking for them. It is like when I start writing on a blank page. I never know how to start: the beginning is the most difficult part. I would always prefer to start...