Hey, I\u2019m Paula, 19 years old and from Germany. My story with CESIE began on the website of the European Solidarity Corps where I was looking for opportunities to do volunteering in Italy after I finished High school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was searching for a project that I would want to support and work for which is something that sounded really promising about CESIE, as equality, justice and opportunities for everyone is important to them. I was incredibly happy when I got accepted to be a part of the project Mapping Solidarity and couldn\u2019t wait to see what Palermo has to offer. I already knew about the amazing Sicilian food, the nice people but I wasn\u2019t really familiar with Palermo as a multicultural city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the many activities I have carried out, one that I really liked is volunteering at Centro Astalli, a place near Ballar\u00f2, where immigrants and refugees can find help and support in a city that is new to them. Centro Astalli has a broad range of services with the goal to integrate immigrants into the society in Palermo while also embracing and accepting the cultural background the immigrants and refugees have. I was there to help with the breakfast in the morning and to coordinate the appointments for the doctor, lawyer and the showers afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being at the reception made it fairly easy to connect with the people from all different countries and to hear their story. I got a small look into the diversity that plays a big role in Palermo. As a tourist you only see the different restaurants that offer food from many different countries. You see that a high percentage of people living in Palermo have some sort of migrant background. However, I am really grateful that I actually got to meet the people behind all those restaurants, talk to them and try to help them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also attended some CESIE training meetings about non-formal education, fake news about climate change, programming and coding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After 4 months in Palermo I had to go university in Germany, which has its good and sad sides. I\u2019m sorry to leave Palermo as it is an amazing city and staying here was a great opportunity for me personally. However, I am now excited to start a new path in my life and I\u2019m grateful that I made this experience in Palermo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Paula Neugebauer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ESC <\/strong>Vo<\/strong>lunteer - Mapping solidarity 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paula describes her ESC volunteering experience at CESIE with Mapping Solidarity, which gave an insight into the cultural diversity of Palermo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":112431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26913],"tags":[45155],"unita":[],"class_list":["post-112433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experiences","tag-mapping-solidarity-2-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t