A piece of home
I’ll be back in Germany in just under a month. I don’t even know where to start. The last few months have felt like…
Blog posts
Half-Time: My “Winter” in India
Christmas time was very different this year to the usual cold December in Germany. But I have to say: I didn’t really miss the…
Between School, Celebrations and Hospitality
Vanakkam from India! I’ve been here for almost two months and I can hardly believe how quickly the time has flown by, or how…
The end is drawing near
Hello, and welcome to my final blog post from India! It’s crazy how quickly time flies, but we’re actually heading back to Germany in…
Final phase
Hello everyone, With about two weeks to go before I – or rather, we – leave, and thus the end of my voluntary service,…
Excerpts from my diary
Elwin Centre and Goa holiday 15 October: Morning exercise was cancelled. We attended ‘staff prayer’ (a short morning prayer session with the staff) in…
Pre-Christmas activities at my placement
There was plenty to do during Advent 1 December: We made Christmas crafts, rehearsed for the nativity play – in which Leander and I…
Varanasi – The City of Light
My journey to the holiest city in the world Varanasi, also known as Benares or Kashi, is the most special and impressive place I…
Time is flying…
At the moment, we’re in the run-up to the long summer holidays at school, which is closed for the whole of May due to…
Start of the voluntary service
How were the first few weeks in India? After we four EMS volunteers, whose country of assignment is India, arrived at the airport in…
India at Christmas
When I think of Christmas, images of snow-covered streets, fragrant biscuits, candlelight and family evenings spring to mind. But this year, everything was different.…
Half-time
Hello everyone, It’s mid-February, so we’ve been here for almost five months now – which means we’re already halfway through! I thought it would…
Christmas time in India
Ups & Downs Hi everyone, After the exciting days leading up to Christmas and our holiday over Christmas and New Year’s Eve, I thought…
And so it went on…
Hello everyone, We are already well into the Advent season and it is time once again to publish a short update on the past…
Settling-in period in India
Vanakkam everyone, I’m writing to you today for the first time from India. We landed in Chennai two months ago now, and so much…
First days in India
Arrival and First Impressions Hello everyone, I’m writing to you for the first time from faraway India and already have plenty to tell you…
The struggle with colours
„What is your favourite skin colour?“ This was one of the first questions i‘ve been asked by the girls, once they‘ve gotten more used…