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Why I Volunteer
Channelijne from The Netherlands, recounts her volunteering experience from a young age all the way to The OCC as part of the CodeWomen+ team.
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Simone O.’s volunteer experience
Simone, from Portugal, recounts her experience volunteering with Open Cultural Center Greece, helping out with classes and our Women's Space.
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Unpacking the concept of a “safe country of origin”
In this article, Maria Chiara, one of our ESC volunteers, unpacks the concept of a "safe country of origin" and its consequences in migration policy in the European Union.
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Simone B.’s volunteer experience
Simone delivers a personal, heartfelt piece, capturing humanity, joy, and emotional weight of the daily life as a volunteer in a refugee camp.
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The Importance of Team-Building: a Volunteer’s Perspective on OCC Greece.
Now that we have come closer to understanding what "The narrative of the poor refugee" is, where it comes from, and we want to reflect on what we've learned in this series in relation to volunteering and the work of OCC. Read the last article of this series here!
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Mahsa Rahimi’s volunteer experience
From the very beginning, this trip to Polykastro was different for me. At the Brussels airport, during the baggage claim, I saw a man who was deaf and mute. He was trying to make the Read more
