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. 

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.

MOMENTS TO LIVE FOR


 Summer camp feedback - thankful parents!

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!

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:

Website

Instagram

Magazine article

Danny in the middle, and volunteers

Danny's speech to Mussomeli people
Yes, news on real paper!


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. 

We had lots of connection problems, mostly because the internet in our house is moody, but I was still able to participate in every task. It lasted 3 days and was mostly entertaining.

One of the tasks was to make memes, these are 2 my favourites: