Write a book, plant a tree and have a... solidarity trip!
Jose Aparici knows what it is like to live "in the middle of the jungle". He volunteered for several weeks in Nusa Penida, one of the most unknown islands of Bali. He combined working on the beaches and in the vegetable garden with English classes and also took the opportunity to tour the island on a motorbike. Why did you choose Bali and specifically Nusa Penida for your solidarity trip? I have always been attracted to Asia and nature.
The realest smile you've ever seen
Lucía with one of the girls from the Kenyan orphanage. This summer, Lucía has taken a trip that she will not easily forget. He has traveled to Kenya to improve the education of boys and girls in an orphanage and school. “The experience has changed my life,” he says. So much so that she feels that part of her "is still there." But, do you know what he found in addition to affection, friendship and solidarity? "The most real smile I've ever seen." Do you want to know whose it is? Homework, sewing and hygiene The activities that Lucía carried out with
Four weeks with the wawachas
Itziar with one of the girls from the project.Itziar has just returned from her first volunteering outside of Spain and her experience can be summed up in one word: “learn”. He has collaborated for a month with the youngest boys and girls (the “wawachas”) of the little solidarity school in Cusco, Peru. And he liked it so much that he is already thinking about his next solidarity trip. Why did you choose Peru? When choosing a destination, he was not at all clear. I hesitated between Kenya, India, Mexico, etc. But Almu of Tumaini
Mouthfuls to eat the world
Lunchtime at the orphanage and school in Kenya.If we listen carefully, food can tell us many things about the countries we visit. The tastes, the textures, the smells... tell us about landscapes, ways of life and even religious beliefs. Because we believe that cultural immersion is an important part of a solidarity trip, we invite you to take a trip around the world in 5 countries through their culinary delights.
"When you go to help, you can only bring out the beauty of life"
Laia in one of the temples that she visited with the rest of the volunteers. Laia Crestemayer had always dreamed of getting to know India but when she saw that, in addition to traveling, she could volunteer there, she jumped “headfirst into it”. For several weeks, she immersed herself in Tibetan culture in McLeod Ganj, helping with a charity nursery and teaching English to Tibetan refugees. But one of the best things about his trip was the people he met on the project: “in a short time we formed a small family”, he explains.