Smile in the squalor

2016/07/01
Smile in the squalor

A lot of young people have their plans to go and see the world, tearing themselves out from their usual peripheries, getting to know a different culture. Exoticness, adventure, culture shock – a… Tovább

The 3 little pigs

2016/06/21
The 3 little pigs - Kamilla 1

I am Kamilla Könczöl, social pedagogue. It was an old dream of mine to do volunteering in an African orphanage after graduating from college. After spending a long time exploring my options, I… Tovább

Veronika Kővágó’s account

2016/04/08
Veronika Kővágó’s account 1

The orphanage is located in a Paradise-like village, on Mountain Taita. Children everywhere. Tiny and big, everybody crying and saying what they have on their minds. Life is running its course.… Tovább

Life with them... (S. E.)

2015/11/13
Eszter Sebők - Life with them...

I decided to write a letter home every week…

The school closing ceremony has come (13th November) and it lasted for six hours... I was already on the verge of giving up but instead, I… Tovább

Mzungu (Andi T.)

2011/11/10
Mzungu (Andi T.)

At the beginning of my Kenya sojourn, when I was in the getting-to-know-each-other phase with the children, the following happened: we were sitting inside the "playing" room, just about to finish… Tovább

Udefulness game: hanging up the laundry (Petra Kozalek)

2010/11/23
Udefulness game: hanging up the laundry (Petra Kozalek)

The laundry woman is washing, I’m rinsing, the children are running around or playing in the courtyard, but one of them is standing next to my thigh, examining with clever eyes how the adults (us… Tovább

Life and death (Kati A.)

2009/08/10
Life and death (Kati A.)

How many years do people live in Kenya? – I asked the older children in relation to a village funeral; they obviously did not understand the question. You can die any time – they explained to me… Tovább

Polepole (Kati A.)

2009/07/10
Polepole (Kati A.)

That is: just slowly. Those who are in a rush don’t get far in Africa. But as soon as you get the vibes of the peculiar African pace, its rhythm of time, it is possible to find your joy in the… Tovább