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After what some may consider careers in consulting and logistics, we quit our jobs, sold our stuff and left Germany to be full-time travelers and development volunteers. This blog is about our travels, our work as volunteers and our alternative life strategies - always looking to make an impact and to find the meaning in what we do or put some into it if we can't find any. -
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Shirt Raffle -Unser letztes Hemd
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Fundraising: Yodelin' for donations
15. März 2011 // 15 Comments -
How to survive in Belize City
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How to prepare for a hurricane in Belize
22. August 2011 // 7 Comments -
6 favourite places to eat (and drink...) out in Belize ...
6. Dezember 2011 // 5 Comments
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Volunteering in a shark tank to save the reef
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Von Cowboys, BHs und Handys
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Of cowboys, bras and phones
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Die 7 Grundsätze des Roten Kreuzes und Roten Halbmondes ...
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The 7 fundamental principles of the Red Cross and Red C ...
14. Mai 2012 // 0 Comments
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Earplugs Swiss Army Knife (or Leatherman) Eye Ma ...
3. Mai 2012
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Belize Red Cross move – from new to old
New building / neues GebaeudeThe Belize Red Cross is a Movement. And Movements move. In our case from office to office. To be more precise: From our ‘new’ building (rented from the Sisters of Mercy at St. Catherines Girl School; right at the ocean), to our ‘old’ building (burnt and restored after an arson attach in Decemeber [...]
A day in the field: Taking 180 kids on a field trip
Kerstin’s and my assignments in Belize are very different. We’re both volunteers and we both work mostly with local volunteers within our NGO/non-profit organizations and we both try to make a difference with our project management and consulting skills. That’s about it for the similarities. My usual work involves sitting at my desk, clicking away [...]
The Belize Red Cross Soup Kitchen
Wednesday is soup kitchen day at the Belize Red Cross. Residents of Belize City, who can not afford a meal, have the possibility to get a soup and a piece of bread every wednesday at the old* Belize Red Cross building. The soup kitchen is free of charge and relies on Red Cross funds and donations. [...]
Die Suppenkueche des Belize Red Cross
Mittwochs ist beim Roten Kreuz Suppenkueche. Einwohner von Belize City, die es sich aus Armut nicht leisten koennen, sich selbst zu versorgen haben die Moeglichkeit Mittwochs zum alten* Gebaeude des Roten Kreuz zu kommen und erhalten dort eine Suppe mit Brot. Die Suppenkueche ist unentgeltlich und muss mit den Spenden auskommen, die dem Roten Kreuz zur Verfuegung [...]
