A wonderful and intense experience came to an end… …and precious memories that will stay with me forever! Each one of my Varones Grandes has touched me in some way at some stage during my 5 months experience in Casa Guatemala and they will all have a special place in my heart for the rest of my life that's for sure! Of course, I cannot deny the fact that I had some favourites and that there were some boys, especially five, that I got attached to the most an...

Emotions, emotions, emotions… Volunteering at Casa Guatemala (CG) means that you are literally sitting in a roller coaster…a roller coaster of feelings and emotions that can change within a second without any warning whatsoever! So when you first arrive at CG you go through various stages…you are overwhelmed by place and all the kids that constantly surround you asking you all these questions that you first don't understand - depending on your Spanish le...

¿Que pasó durante las tres semanas pasadas en Casa Guatemala?Not sure where to start as a lot of things happen at CG within only a day…always feels like rather a week than only 24 hours but I guess that is normal given the fact that we don´t only have to get up at 4.30am every day but also have to take care of a lot of kids with all kinds of different wants & needs!!!So first of all, we had a few special days within the last 3 weeks, and ¨El Día de la ...

Orientadora de Varones Grandes = Parent of the big boys!!! I try to outline my daily timetable so that you get a better understanding of what I am actually doing - if that is only possible 4.30am: getting up and being bitten by the first mosquitos 5.00am: waking "my boys" up by turning not only all lights on but also the stereo - important ingredient when it comes to making them "move" somehow! And then, of course, there are some that ...

Casa Guatemala - the place where anything and nothing is possible or where there is no one right answer for no matter what the question is The last 2 weeks have been just full of new experiences, challenges, up and downs, problems to solve, serious discussions, extreme happy moments on the one side and extreme sad ones on the other, difficulties to manage, emotions to share, and feeling like being on a roller coaster...but I will try to share it with you as b...