OUR GROUP
Since almost everybody has left, one of the volunteers made a video about us. We put the projector up to our balcony and watched it two times. Yes. some of us cried. We had to watch cat videos after this to not feel too sad. We're sad to leave, but happy because of the whole experience.
COVID VACCINE
To get vaccine abroad, you'll need local fiscal code. I went to get mine, had an appointment at 11:00. Had a local with me to avoid any misunderstandings. We were sitting in the waiting area for an hour (!) before we got any service. I really don't get the appointments here, what's the point to book if you still have to wait in a line?! I'm pretty sure I booked an appointment, not a disappointment.
When we finally got the service, they had trouble with my address - I'm from Põlva, so they didn't know how to find a letter Õ to find the town in the system. I gave them a postal code, but it was higher mathematics for them. It took 1,5 hours to sign one paper!
I wouldn't be stressed, being late is normal here, but we planned a trip to Tenuta Lanza with all the people from office and local volunteers. We had a very nice lunch together, swam in a pool and just had a good time.
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| Tenuta Lanza |
In the evening we arrived back to home and got the news from hospital, that there's soon-to-be-expired covid vaccine doses, so we headed to the hospital. Otherwise it would have been thrown out. I was lucky to get the fiscal code and the vaccine at the same day. I have never gotten a shot without getting a band-aid after - that was something weird.
THE GOOD KITCHEN
Mussomeli is blessed with an Australian chef called Danny McCubbin.
He bought a 1 euro house here and recently started rescuing food. It means that farmers, supermarkets and small businesses are supporting him with foodstuff and he's cooking for everybody for free. I am helping him with whatever I can - mostly cooking, but I also made signs and I support him and The Good Kitchen as much as I can. I just love the idea of not wasting food!
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| Me and my German friend making lentil balls |
Recently we made tomato salsa from the tomatoes donated by Nucera family. I don't know how many liters we made, but we used the pot big enough for me to sit inside. Local nursing home called Casa Vanessa got all the bottles of this delicious sauce as a gift.
Every Friday at 13:00 we prepare lunch for everybody who's hungry. Isn't it beautiful!
Links to Danny's work:
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| Danny in the middle, and volunteers |
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| Danny's speech to Mussomeli people |
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| Yes, news on real paper! |
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| Lentil balls, quinoa balls, hummus, pickled onions and fresh tomatoes, opening ceremony food |
MIDTERM EVALUATION
Every ESC volunteer is having midterm evaluation. These days, because of covid, it was online, which is little bit sad, because usually we can meet other volunteers, travel, and have fun activities together. We were still able to contact and share our experiences. We live with 10 people, but it's not that usual - some volunteers live with one person only. Actually everything can be different, depending on the hosting organization.
One of the tasks was to make memes, these are 2 my favourites:
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LOCAL NEWSPAPER IS TALKING ABOUT US
"MUSSOMELI – Sabato prossimo, 31 luglio dalle 10.30 alle 12.30 presso Sala delle Adunanze, Palazzo Sgadari, si svolgerà il cerimoniale di consegna di 10 foto che i volontari del programma “Corpo Europeo di Solidarietà”, ospitati dall’Arcistrauss nell’ambito dei progetti “Anticorpi di Solidarietà” e “Tabulè: Sharing Tables, Living Cultures”, hanno scattato e doneranno all’amministrazione e alla comunità locali per l’accoglienza e l’ospitalità che gli stessi hanno ricevuto durante questi mesi di permanenza a Mussomeli. I volontari vengono da Germania, Francia, Spagna, Belgio, Estonia, Lettonia. Sono questi i progetti:Con il progetto “Anticorpi di Solidarietà” si è voluto aumentare la consapevolezza nelle comunità locale della necessità di fare uso e buon uso della solidarietà per riuscire a farne un argine alle diverse forme di violenza che rischiano di infettare la società e rendere tutti i suoi cittadini avulsi dalla ricerca del bene comune.
Con il progetto “Tabulè: Sharing Tables, Living Cultures” si è fatto della tradizione culturale e culinaria lo strumento per esplorare la diversità che, diventando valore fondante dell’unione tra popoli, riesce ad essere occasione di sviluppo sociale e culturale dei giovani e delle comunità locali. "
MONUMENT FOR COVID VICTIMS
This is nice and everything, but also ... very useless. It just appeared couple of days ago in Mussomeli.
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