Category: Volunteering in Hungary
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🇭🇺 Week 31: Presentations, Workshops & Movie Flow 🎮🎬
(April 7–13 | Days 198–204) April 7 – Day 198On Monday we gave presentations at a local school, introducing ourselves, our home countries, and the European Solidarity Corps. It’s always interesting to see how the students react and what they ask! April 8 – Day 199We visited the people with special needs again. 😊 April…
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🇭🇺 Week 30: Farewell, First Workshop & a Trip to Western Hungary 🚆
(March 31 – April 6 | Days 191–197) March 31 – Day 191Monday was Mariam’s last day in Szolnok—she was returning home the next day.We all went with her to the youth center where she completed some final paperwork for her volunteering service. It was also a chance for people who knew her to say…
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Week 29 – Skating, Presentations, and Georgian Culture 🇬🇪
March 24 – Day 184We started the day at the youth center, but then Rebeka (a friend and former flatmate of Roli) and Petra (a Tesz-Vesz volunteer in her free time) invited us—Salome, Nino, Jordan, and me—for ice skating. It was the last day the rink was open since winter is over and the ice…
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Week 28 — On-Arrival Training & A Cultural Weekend
17th March – Day 177 to 21st March – Day 181 This week was dedicated to my On-Arrival Training in Budapest as part of the ESC program. On Monday, I met up with Ricsi at 9:00 AM at the Szolnok train station. Together, we took the train to Budapest-Nyugati, where we met two other volunteers…
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Week 27 — A Week of Work, Community & Budapest Adventures
10th March — Day 170 After our big weekend trip to Kraków and Prague, we arrived back in Szolnok around 8 AM on Monday. Even though we were tired, some of us decided to go to the Youth Center instead of resting all day. There wasn’t much on the schedule, so we took it easy…
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Week 26 – Kraków and Prague Adventure
3rd March – Day 163 On Monday, we held our first Language Club session. We introduced ourselves and focused on teaching the Georgian alphabet to the attendees. 4th March – Day 164 On Wednesday, we attended the workshop and started planning a tech-related club where people could learn 3D modeling, programming, math, English, and music.…
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Week 25 – Language Club & A Trip to Bratislava and Vienna
24th February – Day 156On Monday, we started planning a Language Club where young people from the Szolnok area could learn the absolute basics of Georgian, French, and German. We designed a flyer and planned an advertising video. Additionally, we booked FlixBus tickets for our upcoming weekend trip. 25th February – Day 157On Tuesday, we…
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Week 24 – The Newbies and Budapest Trip
18th February – Day 150 On Tuesday, I returned from my spontaneous visit to Germany. I had some dental issues and needed to see a dentist. However, since it wasn’t classified as a “real” emergency, the Henner health insurance from the ESC didn’t cover the costs. Additionally, Hungary has a different system for dental insurance,…
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Halbzeit Bericht – Woche 1 bis 20
Die Reise: Ich bin mit dem Zug nach Szolnok gereist. Die Reise begann am 30 August abends und wir fuhren über Nacht. Dabei hat mich meine Mutter begleitet. Die Zugfahrt war nervig, denn jeder unserer Züge hatte Verspätung. Dies führte dazu das wir nach jedem Zug die Fahrt um planen mussten. Wir kamen dann am…
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Week 23 – Dentis at home
10th to 18th of February. In Week 23 I had to go home to cologne, because I had problems with my teeth.This is also the reason I am late with my reports.