About Universal Civil Service: Universal Civil Service aims at involving both European non-European citizens who live in Italy to remove inequality and to promote integration over the entire country. For those who want to do their Civil Service abroad, there is also the possibility to travel to another country (International Civil Service). Moreover, the young…
Jessica’s experience Jessica is a 26-year-old girl who has always been passionate about and fascinated by Brazil and its culture. That is why she studied the Portuguese language and literature at University in Venice. After she graduated, she spent three months (April-July 2017) volunteering in Brazil with Aiesec organisation. Aiesec is a non-profit, independent, non-party,…
A volunteering experience in Colombia Golden dust floats through the air as the motorcycle roams the dirt road that starts just off the busy highway in Santa Marta, Colombia. Some old ladies sit in the shade outside their tiny houses to escape the unbearable heat of a February afternoon; chickens, cats, and stray dogs chase…
The majority of us knows the Dominican Republic as that wonderful island in Central America, which is famous all over the world for its amazing seashores, its incredible music, its resemblance to a paradise, a place where everything is possible. As if it was disconnected from the rest of the world. A new experience…
After years of struggle, abortion is now legal in Argentina A historical moment has finally arrived: on December 30th, 2020 the Argentine Senate approved abortion legalization. Argentina legalised abortion and became the fourth main Roman Catholic country in Latin America to allow it, along with Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana, and the state of Mexico City. For…
Over the last few months, the world has watched the United States burning of anger for violent acts against African Americans. As a reaction, we have seen frustrated people all over the world militating to stop this violence in various ways, raising their voices and willing to change the persistent racial discrimination we see in…
The coronavirus pandemic has had an unprecedented impact in Latin America, particularly for low-income households and working women. Considered to be the worst recession in Latin America in the last 100 years with a rise of unemployment by 12 million, declining incomes, and growth of school dropouts, massive consequences in social inequalities are expected to…
