Volunteering
The humanitarian vision of our project has fueled our entire trip. As explained on the page detailing our deep motivations and the goal of our world tour, we have carried out volunteer missions to be as close as possible to the locals and learn about their lifestyles, ways of thinking, customs as well as all the things that ultimately make us different. We left to find the wealth of each person, community and culture to broaden our understanding of the world.
Today, the planet and humanity are facing serious issues that concern us all (inequalities and discrimination, poverty, access to education, environmental protection, migration, etc.). In an increasingly individualistic world, we have come to realize our collective involvement and our power to change things behind all the excuses built by our society and our selfishness.
We took advantage of our privileges to reach out to the most remote and discriminated communities to help them improve their living conditions. There, we helped and supported the most disadvantaged. In our own way. But we also learned. Learned a lot. On the importance of international and human solidarity, but also on the differences and strengths of each person. Despite our monetary wealth, we are sometimes very poor in our humanity, our knowledge and our way of thinking, which always believes itself to be superior.
This is all our experience and what we learned during these volunteering missions, which we share with you. On the program: moments that give hope in humanity but also reflections on the planet we share.
Pollution cleaning - Bali (Indonesia)
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Our experience in the community of Seririt, in northern Bali, was brief, but long enough to realize the scourge of plastic and the backdrop of this popular Indonesian archipelago. The discarded plastic invades the rice fields, so much so that the rice we eat is intoxicated. We address the issue of overconsumption and pollution of waste. Read more HERE.
Health care - Thanlyin (Burma)
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Thabarwa is a Buddhist refuge run by volunteers welcoming more than 3000 people in need (homeless, elderly, sick, infirm, blind, deaf, disabled, psychologically unstable). The conditions are extremely precarious and difficult (2 deaths per day) for these people who only have their faith to survive. Happy to have a roof over their heads, they are motivated by gratitude and positivity. We brought them some sun and some medical care. This center is a perfect example of solidarity and the experience described in this article brings things back to their right place. Read more HERE.
Education - Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania)
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The children of the small community of Chamazi in a district of Dar es Salaam do not have access to education (lack of means, discriminated against by the government, lack of transport…). Emmanuel, founder of the Samaritan association, welcomed us to his family for 2 weeks, as well as to the small school he created for these underprivileged children. In this article, we reflect on education. On the one hand, education that we call “useful”, which can be used on a large human scale to solve problems such as poverty, famine, global warming, health, conflicts… And then the biased education, which manipulates, imposes a way of thinking or living, under the pretext that it is superior: conception of happiness, wealth, success, place of religion… Read more HERE.
Poverty Fighting - Katete (Zambia)
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The mission of the NGO Tiko is to fight poverty in Katete through better education, better health and progressive independence; by helping locals help themselves while maintaining their traditional values. The topics covered during our visit were education, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, agricultural techniques, HIV / AIDS prevention and counseling, and family planning. We have been an integral part of this warm community and we have learned a lot. We address the vicious cycle of poverty and then offer a reflection on its multidimensional concept, which not only captures the monetary aspect but also encompasses the deprivation of basic rights. We end up establishing the inequalities present in the world, our status as privileged and end with a message of solidarity. Read more HERE.
Project Development - Windhoek (Namibia)
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Namibia is a country with one of the highest rates of inequality in the world. As a result of its colonial past, the country is divided between a small, very rich and white minority, and a large, poor and black majority. Nicole, founder of the NGO Human Dreams e.V., welcomed us at the beginning of her new project: the opening of a center dedicated to disabled children from neighboring slums and therefore discriminated against. We were able to help her develop her project. In this article, we reflect on the discrimination and inequalities present in Namibia, which ultimately fully reflect the situation in the world today. Read more HERE.
Indigenous Empowerment - Chiapas (Mexico)
Ch’ieltik is an association created by young indigenous people to help young indigenous people severely discriminated against by the system. Indeed, the school system is not adapted to their needs because their identities and difficulties are not represented. This prevents them from developing the skills necessary to live in today's world. Indigenous women suffer further discrimination within their own communities which relates to the violation of their rights. Indeed, there are many forced marriages and early pregnancies leading to dropping out of school. Poverty, lack of access to education, health and justice services are many obstacles to their development. We took pleasure in sharing our experience of traveling the world with these girls full of dreams, but also in participating in football games aimed at making them gain self-confidence. Read more HERE.
Reforestation - Pachaj (Guatemala)
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Today, it is no longer a secret that the destruction of trees leads to a sharp increase in greenhouse gases, making deforestation one of the biggest contributors to global warming. Poverty is predominantly rife in rural Guatemala. Deforestation therefore appears to many as a solution. In this article, we describe the activities of the reforestation process in which we were able to participate. Beyond protecting the surrounding forests, the association aims to counter climate change by involving and empowering the next generation of Guatemalans, defending indigenous communities, cultivating biodiversity and inspiring supporters around the world to take action. We end by offering reflections on our contribution to deforestation and solutions to act within everyone's reach. Read more HERE.
Environmental sustainability - Amazonia (Ecuador)
The paramount importance of the Amazon in the fight against global warming (regulation of greenhouse gases), the resources it contains, the populations who inhabit it and the attention it arouses have made the largest reservoir of biological diversity, an essential step in the humanitarian goal of our project. Many people are turning to a partially or totally self-sufficient lifestyle as the answer to save our planet. Indigenous populations have lived independently for a long time and therefore possess exceptional knowledge. This is the case of Misael, from the Kichwa community in Ecuador, who welcomed us and shared all his knowledge and cosmovision with us. We end the article with a reflection on our political systems which are against the economic non-participation of the natives. We give a voice to those socially excluded people, who have so much to teach us about their lifestyle and visions as solutions for environmental sustainability. Read more HERE.
Homeless children - Lima (Peru)
It is at Niños del Rio, which fights for the well-being of homeless children (5-18 years old) in Lima, that we have been able to make ourselves useful on our scale. 35% of Peruvian children work to support their families. The same percentage represents the proportion of those who live below the poverty line. As a result, hundreds of children are living on the streets, completely on their own. They fled their unhealthy environment for various reasons: abandonment, violence, poverty… and preferred to take refuge outside. Despite the fact that direct help stopped because of the pandemic, we toured hotels in Lima in search of hygiene products to distribute to street children. We end the article by raising awareness about the cause of homeless people and we send a message of solidarity and humanity. We finally create a link with the issue of overconsumption and waste. Read more HERE.