Testimonies ESC

A guided tour of 31 536 000 seconds

This will be a retrospective weave of memory threads of one year of my life, in which I have lived more than 31 million seconds as a volunteer in Lisbon. It’s quite an enormous number, no? (Trust me, I Googled it, it’s correct.) In the first second I was confused, and in the second one… Continue reading A guided tour of 31 536 000 seconds

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O testimunho final da Monika

This time I will not write a lot, because I understood that the more I want to say, the fewer words I find to do so. I came to Portugal by chance, I was not planning it nor I was trying to find a project or an opportunity that would bring me here. I want to… Continue reading O testimunho final da Monika

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O testimunho da Giulia

Por começar, é bem apresentar-se: sou Giulia, uma rapariga italiana nascida e criada em uma pequena aldeia de Sicília. Vim para Lisboa a primeira vez para começar o meu mestrado em desenvolvimento e cooperação internacional. Fiquei apaixonada por esta cidade que tinha escolhido sem conhecer nada. Desde o início aqui senti-me bem recebida e apaixonei-me… Continue reading O testimunho da Giulia

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O testimunho da Nikoleta

Hi, I´m Niki, and I´m from small town in the south of Slovakia. I´m doing my 9 months ESC project at SPIN from first of March 2019. But how this all happened? In my third year of University my roommate showed me projects and some Slovak asociations with words: “Look, I’ve never tried this, but… Continue reading O testimunho da Nikoleta

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Agnes’ testimony No.1

Congratulations, you are chosen! Pack and organise your life, your year in Lisbon starts in two weeks. I love a bit of a challenge. So I got my health checked, documents renewed, hugged my family and friends, and went to the airport. For me it made sense for I had a strong feeling that’s what… Continue reading Agnes’ testimony No.1