Volunteer Stories

This week I taught my first Art lesson at the school we work in in Inanada, a townsip 40-minute drive from Durban. After my partner and I prepared everything at the volunteer center we split up, I was in charge of teaching the lesson with the help of the other volunteers I was very nervous,

The volunteerism phenomena worldwide is so popular and acceptable these days, that it rarely raises any eyebrows when someone decides to spend so much time, money and energy volunteering in a developing country. But it also seems that it is time we admit that more often than not it is more problematic to the community

On June 18th, Project Ten participants at the Sha’ar LaAdam-Bab Lil’Insan centre in Harduf performed their end of cohort play, Robin Hood. The production is something participants work towards throughout their five months in the project, and is a way of giving back to the community through artistic expression. The play is an integral part of

In the refugee camp in Samos Greece, the conditions are terrible, there are 7,500 refugees living in tents and makeshift houses. the refugees are from many countries but the only thing that they have in common is that they are waiting for a legal permit to move to Europe. My first visit in the refugee