In a time of compromised, cancelled and delayed travels, I remember that about a year ago I was coming back from my 40 days volunteering trip in Uganda. A slightly crazy and improvised journey that helped me to get to … Continued
(Last update: 15/07/2023) My volunteering experiences have always been with organizations I either personally knew or had good connections with. They were NGOs, missionaries or even simple groups of friends that had won my trust. In 2019, though, I organized … Continued
The words “volunteering” and “cooperation” are often confused and used as if they were interchangeable.What a volunteer and a cooperator have in common, especially seen from a not expert eye, is a generic wish to help in a situation of … Continued
Belgium is a country known for beer, chocolate, moules-frites, European politics, rain and comics.Let’s try to go beyond these common places and find an alternative side of Belgium! 5 experiences to visit Belgium off the beaten path Belgium is divided … Continued
I’ve been sponsoring a young girl, now an adult, for the past 10 years or so. She lives in the Philippines, on one of the central islands with mostly rural areas. We write and send pictures to each other. She’s … Continued
Tanzania is been my introduction to Africa, when everything appeared new and I constantly found myself amazed by life and everything surrounding me.Stories and what transform a travel into something to be told and shared. And since pictures speaks more … Continued
A comment I often hear when I tell about my volunteering trips is “I wouldn’t be able to do what you did”. This sentence always leaves me perplex.I look at these people and I’m sure that it’s actually not true. … Continued
Update 5/5/2020 The average life expectancy in Italy is around 82 years, in the US is only slightly lower. In Haiti is around 64, the lowest of the entire American continent. Crossing the border to reach the other half of … Continued