Photo: The plaque on the Calimani Mountains
Thursday, 31st October 2019
As of today, count Dracula, the vampire from Transylvania, still remains the most famous blood-sucker in the world. Being originally created by the Irish writer Bram Stoker in ...
Photo: Photo: Stella Verstegen
Thursday, 31st October 2019
The name itself draws up an image of mystery; a magical land shrouded in tales of gothic romance and fantastical creatures. Vampires and werewolves, beautiful heroines and fierce ...
Photo: Stella Verstegen
Tuesday, 5th November 2019
After two full days of exploring this beautiful city, I can tell you that Brasov is definitely worth visiting! Historical buildings, cute traditional restaurants, a beautiful view ...
Photo: Sonja teaching at Maierus
Thursday, 26th March 2020
Millions of people are stuck in ...
Wednesday, 18th March 2020
Brasov 15th March
I arrive in Brasov under surreal circumstances. It is impossible to ignore the whirlwind which trudges through every detail of existence at this ...
Wednesday, 18th March 2020
It all started on the 9th of March when Cristina Gologan(44) and Estera Osorhan(39), had their morning meditation session together. With the current situation in the world they ...
Photo: By:Valendru chibrit
Wednesday, 18th March 2020
I am Sonja, from the Netherlands, a volunteer for Projects Abroad. I am here for the dance project, but due to circumstances I am doing a bit of the journalism on the side. I am ...
Photo: Andreea Tudor
Wednesday, 19th July 2017
The more time I spend in unfamiliar cities, the more firmly I believe that the way people get around says a lot about their identities and beliefs; and how people interact when ...
Photo: Dominique Cox
Monday, 10th July 2017
From the moment I felt the thud of the plane landing in Bucharest, I knew this experience would be unlike any other. To Americans, Romania is not much of a thought, besides the ...
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Monday, 10th July 2017
This past week and a half in Brasov, away from America, has almost felt like a detox. I haven't been glued to CNN or refreshing Trump's twitter account every few hours, to see ...
Photo: Oxfam / Aimee Brown
Wednesday, 3rd May 2017
“Quality in education gives people the chance to break free from the cycle of poverty and is the key that will allow many other Sustainable Development Goals to be ...
Photo: By Sérgio Valle Duarte - Own work
Monday, 17th October 2016
Psychiatrists say that dealing with grief and loss is composed of five stages : denial and isolation; anger; bargaining; depression and acceptance. Losing a loved one is one of ...
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Wednesday, 2nd November 2016
It is scary to think about all of the dangers that today’s teens are exposed to with the mass availability of the Internet these days. As a matter of fact, 70 ...
Friday, 9th September 2016
It is no secret that the media landscape has shifted since it started around ninety years ago. Where it started in 1927 with listening to the radio with the whole neighborhood, ...
Tuesday, 19th July 2016
Dressed in a puffed pollera and colorful blouse Justina cleans the house of the Antezana family. She is one of the many Cholita women in Bolivia. Everywhere you go in this country you can recognize women who are wearing long skirts and colorful skirts as Cholitas. Justina has been a Chola since she was five years old. Although it was not always ...
Friday, 17th June 2016
You can do a lot of things in Bolivia. For example, cycling on the death road, enjoying the nature in one of the national parks and climb the top of the Tunari Mountain. Those are ...
Photo: Jane Allan
Thursday, 28th April 2016
The Guembe Mariposario is a beautiful place located in one of the biggest cities of Bolivia; Santa Cruz. This Mariposario is the perfect place to go when you are tired of ...
Friday, 27th May 2016
Mother’s Day can be one of the most beautiful days or a painful reminder of a missing piece of your life. This day is been celebrated by people all over the world, but in ...
Monday, 14th March 2016
I arrived in Alaska around midnight at the Fairbanks International Airport. Soon after I was greeted at the baggage claim by Tom and Cathy Dimon and their dog Millie, work ...
Wednesday, 13th April 2016
The second day of my stay in Bolivia I walked to work with another volunteer. On the main street there was a zebra pad so I thought I could cross over. This thought was not true ...
Photo: Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro
Tuesday, 10th November 2015
It’s hard to believe that in 2015 sexism is still very present in America. From social aspects, gender expectations, and the workplace women have to deal with sexism every ...
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Tuesday, 10th November 2015
“How do you pronounce your name?” I asked.
“Paschow,” said the cab driver.
At least that’s what I think I heard as I looked down at the business ...
Photo: Maelle Thome
Thursday, 3rd September 2015
Walking through the woods towards Adormirea Maicii Domnului Monastery in the village of Izvoru Muresului, Harghita County (Romania), felt like something out of a fairy-tale. It is ...
Photo: Maelle Thome
Thursday, 3rd September 2015
As globalisation and modernisation increases all over the world, the villages in Romania are also affected. In the small village of Voslobeni, with a population of 2000 people, ...
Photo: Maelle Thome
Thursday, 3rd September 2015
A really special gathering took place in the central park of Voslobeni, a small village in the middle of Transylvania’s woods, in Harghita County at the beginning of the ...
Thursday, 3rd September 2015
When you first meet Corneliu Tepelus, you will immediately feel his passion and enthusiasm because it shines off of him like nuclear radiation.
Corneliu was born and raised in ...
Photo: Refugee from Syria - Wiki Commons / Russell Watkins
Tuesday, 1st September 2015
The Australian Government is currently attempting to give itself the right to remove the citizenship status of those it deems terror suspects, regardless of criminal history and ...
Wednesday, 2nd September 2015
In Voslobeni Village - Harghita County (Romania), a visitor can count 2000 habitants. Among these people there is a one blacksmith family. The father, Constantin Tinca, created ...
Wednesday, 2nd September 2015
‘You can’t judge the ability of a fish by telling it to climb a tree.’ This sums up Bucur Georgeta’s view on education. Georgeta is the principal of the ...
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Tuesday, 1st September 2015
Cannabis legalization has become a more and more discussed topic around the world, mainly due to it recently being legalized (for medicinal or recreational use) in almost 30 ...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Hardy Wagner
Tuesday, 1st September 2015
A lot of people are confused when it comes to these two similar, yet very different subjects. Some would call themselves religious because they go to church or worship some kind ...
Wednesday, 12th August 2015
Teachers have a unique calling in this life, and a very important place in this world. A mother’s desire to care for her children can be one of the most powerful sources of ...
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Tuesday, 1st September 2015
It was raining the Friday I was in Bucharest, and as I jogged out of Old Town and onto Splaiul Independentei, I began to feel that old, dusty sense of raw fear that had gripped me ...
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Tuesday, 1st September 2015
It would be very difficult for anyone travelling to different country and culture to not find oneself immersed in traditional foods. What I have learnt from my brief time spent ...
Photo: The reporter (on left) with Mr. Apafi, the traditional baker
Friday, 24th July 2015
The baker was a large, noticeably tough man, seemingly hardened by the years of early mornings, physical labor and close proximity with the fiery brick oven that the bakery ...
Monday, 20th July 2015
It’s sunny day in Brasov and I’m stood in a white marquee in the centre of Piatra Sfatului. Dancers from all over Eastern and Southern Europe amble around me - young ...
Monday, 29th June 2015
Fueled by a desire to teach theater to kids abroad, Elizabeth Lengyel signed up to volunteer in Romania through Projects Abroad with little idea of what to expect – and ...
Monday, 29th June 2015
Reclined behind a large, glossed table that served as the centerpiece of the teachers’ lounge, it actually seemed to me that the kids, teachers and staff of School no. 5 in ...
Monday, 27th April 2015
Untill a month ago, the term “Democratic education” meant nothing to me. From the context, I thought it meant an educational system based on a political curriculum to ...
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Monday, 29th June 2015
Like the phrase, ‘a roller coaster of emotions,’ the typical teen angst of betrayal is a common cliché. However I assure you that in this instance both apply. ...
Monday, 27th April 2015
Whether we cause visible ripples in our world, like a Malala Yousefzhai or a Nelson Mandela, or we just float on the current of our lives, we all have a story. We all make ripples in someone ...
Tuesday, 28th April 2015
Whether we cause visible ripples in our world, like a Malala Yousefzhai or a Nelson Mandela, or we just float on the current of our lives, we all have a story. We all make ripples ...
Monday, 27th April 2015
In the last few decades, the urban landscape has replaced nature and the wild areas more and more. The growing number of human population is demanding more space to live. ...
Monday, 27th April 2015
These days, young adults are striving to get to be known and heard by as many people as possible. Lucky for them, there has been a new trend on the Internet in recent years: ...
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Monday, 27th April 2015
"Healthy" is the new buzz word. Since the monopoly of the multinational food chains started to draw quite some attention, the idea of a healthy lifestyle has turned into a trend. ...
Photo: Ioana Ceh
Monday, 27th April 2015
Being a scout means being creative, free, in connection with nature, true to yourself and those around you. It means being the best you you can be! I am lucky enough to be a scout ...
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Monday, 27th April 2015
The human interest for immaterial aspects of existence might be extremely different from one man to another, if we were to take into consideration personal or cultural ...
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Monday, 27th April 2015
It’s not a secret anymore that the term ‘freedom’ has changed meaning. Back in the day, freedom was considered rare. To be free, morally and physically, was a ...
Photo: Seaside Sunrise / Amalia Petriu
Tuesday, 3rd March 2015
We all have doubts regarding pursuing a career and we all wonder if it's all about the financial aspects of our job or following our dreams. The woman that I've come to meet was a ...
Photo: Wiki Media Commons / Herder3
Tuesday, 3rd March 2015
Globalization is defined as a tendency of investment funds and businesses to move beyond the national markets to other markets around the globe; it also encourages cultural ...
Photo: Dog at the shelter / Ioana Ceh
Thursday, 19th February 2015
As a student of Colegiul National Andrei Saguna I have to wear my uniform every day without exceptions. To be honest, I sometimes hate it with a fiery passion! My classmates and I ...
Photo: Fundraising marathon
Thursday, 19th February 2015
Nowadays, we hear more and more the phrase "compassion is what makes us human". Undoubtly, you have felt it. I have felt it too. Everybody is aware of its importance. There it is, ...
Thursday, 19th February 2015
LEARN. PRACTICE. STEP UP. These are not some lousy words to describe everyday school activities. They acctually mean something for the initiated. What you have to do in order to ...
Photo: Tania Godeanu
Wednesday, 18th February 2015
From the very beginning, humans were designed to conquer the rough, dusty surface of planet Earth. Their endless hunger for knowledge and discovery broke numerous limits, thus ...
Photo: Photo : Wikimedia Commons / Giovanni Dall'Orto
Wednesday, 18th February 2015
In the light of the recent terrorist attacks that involved the killing of more than 20 people across France and the steel cold bullet that was taken by the free speech I ask ...
Photo: Andrei finishing a marathon
Thursday, 19th February 2015
Pollution, misery, hate, distruction. Well, you can’t find these in Zarnesti, the Romanian city placed at 722 m altitude, at the base of Piatra Craiului Mountain, that ...
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Thursday, 19th February 2015
The definition of sociability, when it comes to the teens’ opinion, has changed radically over the last few years. Thus, there seems to be an increasing number of teenagers ...
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Thursday, 15th January 2015
"Raise the corners of your mouth! Keep your head held high! Relax, let me see your poise!". These are only a few of the phrases that are going to hit you while strolling through a ...
Photo: Wiki Commons / Charles Le Brun
Tuesday, 20th January 2015
Hate? We all know that feeling, we all were in a situation when describing what we felt meant using the word "hate". We hated our parents when they didn't let us go out one night, ...
Thursday, 19th February 2015
‘Umm, is there any chance you brought 2 books with you?’
‘Yeah, you’re lucky. Here, my mum bought me this one, a week ago, right after the release. If you ...
Photo: Indian kids playing / www.imgarcade.com
Thursday, 15th January 2015
'What have I changed into?', I thought, looking at myself in the mirror. It was a typical Sunday morning. Should I play tennis? Ram will be calling me anytime now. A part of me ...
Thursday, 15th January 2015
It gets harder and harder for the new generation to find the pleasure of going to school. Unfortunately in Romania, conventional education is compulsory so teachers have to learn ...
Thursday, 15th January 2015
You see gymnasts on TV or Internet and you watch them with admiration. Your heart almost stops for a moment when you see them do the most incredible things with their bodies and ...
Photo: Wiki Commons / Derzsi Elekes Andor
Thursday, 15th January 2015
Who are you on Facebook? How often do you access your account on this social networking website? Well, if you've already created your personal brand, your own image in this fairy ...
Thursday, 15th January 2015
Nowadays we are utterly surrounded by technology, as it has penetrated every corner of our lives, and there seems to be no escape from it. People, especially teenagers, let ...
Photo: Boxing on Wii - Wiki Commons / David Murphy
Thursday, 15th January 2015
The gaming industry is as old as any of us can remember. The first platforms occurred on the market in the 70's. The arcade games, created in this period, represented a new form ...
Photo: Wiki Commons /Heinrich Hofmann
Thursday, 15th January 2015
I'll bring you face to face with a question that some people consider to be somehow offensive if not even rude: Why do people believe in Jesus, but not in Santa Claus?
I have ...
Photo: Claude TRUONG-NGOC
Thursday, 8th January 2015
A vicious attack aimed at Charlie Hebdo's office occurred in the center of Paris yesterday, Wednesday, January 7th. Two men entered the building and killed twelve people. The ...
Photo: Wiki Commons / McKay Savage
Thursday, 8th January 2015
Branded cars have taken over the markets, luxuries are made to move. Power steering, wireless players, and automatic gears add to the convenience.
Gone are those days when the ...
Monday, 15th December 2014
The elections of the Romanian president in 2014 have ended. No one could have missed the huge scandal concerning the vote in diaspora. How many Romanian people voted outside the ...
Photo: Beji Caid el Sebsi / Wiki Commons
Monday, 24th November 2014
This Sunday, November 23rd of 2014, Tunisian went to the voting booths to elect their first president since Ben Ali and the Jasmine Revolution of January 2011. Mehdi Jomaa, the ...
Wednesday, 26th November 2014
As I was paying my bus fare the other day, conductor turned to me and said: 'Boss, please take a look at your money'. We both examined it comparing it to another 10 Cedi note and ...
Photo: Lisa Axelsson
Tuesday, 2nd December 2014
It is one of those moments in Cape Town where the weather gods cannot decide what they want to do with the day. They chose to give us a little bit of everything. The morning ...
Photo: Photo of original painting / Elvis Katsana
Monday, 10th November 2014
The residents of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo don't take much interest in local Artists and their work. Buying art remains a luxury only tourists can afford, ...
Photo: Andrei Saguna, one of the best high schools in Brasov, Romania / Edi Weissmann - WikiCommons
Thursday, 6th November 2014
Once upon a time, located in Europe, was a country named Romania. Romania always wants to keep up with the other European countries and brings in measures and techniques that look ...
Tuesday, 28th October 2014
I found myself sitting close to the stage of the Council Square in Brasov, impatiently waiting for a live concert to start. In only five minutes, one of the most beautiful souls ...
Photo: Asger Skovdal Jepsen
Monday, 29th September 2014
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Monday, 6th October 2014
Writing is more than words, it's more than mere communication, writing is an art.
As the world goes faster and faster with electronics, there is something we tend to lose with ...
Photo: The Black Church / Asger Skovdal Jepsen
Monday, 29th September 2014
The feeling I get from wandering around Brasov City is that of a city aware of its history. Brasov has endured a lot throughout its existence, and is not afraid to show the worst ...
Photo: Anca Coman
Wednesday, 24th September 2014
I found myself in the front of a huge building. I climbed the stairs and I stood staring at the manager's office, not knowing how I was going to start my speech. This is my summer ...
Photo: Wiki Commons / Cristian Chirita
Wednesday, 20th August 2014
The flood caused by torrential rains has made serious damage to the villages in Southern Romania. According to the local authorities, one was killed and other four were missing ...
Photo: Traian Basescu, Romania's President
Friday, 1st August 2014
Amongst the notorious aspects of Romania, accusations and convictions of corruption, blackmail, and bribery are hard to ignore. Two frequent targets for such claims are the ...
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Friday, 1st August 2014
Our world is being ripped apart. The people in it are a major contributor. Why are we doing this, how are we doing this and what is making all of this continue? One could argue ...
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Friday, 1st August 2014
Filantropica is a 2002 Romanian film directed by Nae Caranfil. The plot of the film follows a teacher named Ovidiu Gorea, as he joins a scamming operation to create a luxury ...
Photo: Wiki Commons
Friday, 1st August 2014
Romanian Traditional Clothing is a historic, culturally immersed, and diverse part of Romanian culture. The style of clothing varies in terms of season, gender, and geographical ...
Photo: Wiki Commons / Michael Maggs
Friday, 1st August 2014
Romania currently lies in 28th in the world football rankings, just 8 places behind England (although that’s not saying much…). Although this may not seem that bad to ...
Photo: Wiki Commons / Mstyslav Chernov/Unframe/http-//www.unframe.com/
Friday, 1st August 2014
Unrest has been a constant in Eastern Ukraine since winter as more and more of the country's citizens look to rejoin Russia, and Russia is not ignoring the call. Russia's alleged ...
Wednesday, 28th May 2014
I’ve been reading comic books for the better part of my life, and that’s saying something. I’ve dabbled in underground classics and mainstream releases but I ...
Wednesday, 28th May 2014
Wanna play a game? It’s not hard, I swear. All you need to bring with you is your imagination. Paint in your mind this image: You’re in a crowded place, most ...
Photo: Wiki Commons / Michael Maggs
Wednesday, 28th May 2014
„Touching ball! Fault! Free ball!” These were the words that resounded in a room full of tables, balls and dressed up gentelmen. Surprisingly, expressions ...
Friday, 18th April 2014
Have you ever been told: “ You can’t do that! ” or “ That’s not for you!”? Have you ever been laughed at for wanting to achieve a dream ...
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Wednesday, 21st May 2014
As we become part of the information age, technology has become more and more important to our society. Computers are becoming more affordable and future generations have more ...
Friday, 18th April 2014
Put your hand on your heart. Can you feel that? Your heart should be beating in sets of two: one off, one on, dee-dum! Why I said “should”? Your heart knows better! It ...
Photo: ACME Squares - WikiCommons
Friday, 18th April 2014
A keyhole and a window. Imagine this: you are in this room. In the room there is an open window and a locked door. You are allowed to look out of the window, but you are banned ...
Friday, 7th March 2014
“I’ll do anything to further the vision. It’s about making people wake up to the idea that they can do something for others. There are a lot of people that could ...
Photo: Sarmale, a traditional Romanian dish
Tuesday, 18th March 2014
„Mommy, mommy, it smells great! Is it ready? When is it ready? Hurry up, mom! C’mon!” These were exactly the words said by my little cousin who was anxiously ...
Friday, 7th March 2014
We all have bad days. Life spares none of us the experiencing of hard times. The kind of day when even breathing feels like torture. While walking with your head bowed down, you ...
Friday, 14th February 2014
Do you know the feeling of discovering old things within dusty crates in the attic of your grandparents? The kind of things whose existence has been wiped out from your memory? Is ...
Monday, 17th February 2014
I was in a pirouette, a double one. As always, I had some trouble with my head scarf. It hurts when you tight it and somehow, it never stays in place. This time, in that ...
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Thursday, 30th January 2014
“God, if You truly exists, please, please make them stop !”
There he was: with a shaky and timorous figure, with head bowed down like a praying priest, he was ...
Photo: Léa Fournier-Bouvet
Tuesday, 11th February 2014
It has been a few days since I arrived in Egypt; a country that made me go back centuries in the history of the world. Today our guide, Abdou, brings us to a felucca, a typical ...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / epSos.de
Thursday, 30th January 2014
If Cinderella wasn’t a gorgeous slender girl with fair skin, luscious hair and twinkling blue eyes would you still regard her as worthy of finding happiness in the arms of ...
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Wednesday, 13th November 2013
When you are passionate about something, you are strongly willing to give up on everything you possess, to walk on rain and wind in order to follow your lifetime dream. ...
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Wednesday, 13th November 2013
University. Perhaps this word doesn`t say too much to you, but for the majority of youngsters, it is a need-to-turn-the-page factor. Like in a catching leading of a story, going ...
Photo: Sketch by Bogdan Zaharia
Tuesday, 1st October 2013
A moment of awkwardness set in as my friend and I were drinking our beers. It had been a long day and our drinks felt endless. At one point he stands tall and says “I know, ...
Photo: Andrew Brigmond/ sxc.hu
Thursday, 19th September 2013
Wolves are best known for moving and hunting in packs. We just look at their ferocity but very rarely admire their grandeur and majestic outlook. If real wolves were that ...
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Tuesday, 1st October 2013
What starts as a tingling sensation in the back of your head and ends with you fearing and questioning everything around you may be considered by many as paranoia. What is ...
Photo: Amelie Phillipson
Tuesday, 10th September 2013
The city of Bethlehem is known throughout the world as the place where Jesus was born, somewhere in or around the ChurchofNativity. However,Bethlehemcan also be remembered for a ...
Photo: The 'Quantiq' band
Thursday, 12th September 2013
Ever since man grabbed the nearest stick that was at his disposal and hit the rock next to him, his destiny would be stitched tightly to what will be later known as music. Since ...
Photo: Amelie Phillipson
Tuesday, 10th September 2013
Discovering the Armenian Quarter
One afternoon, I decided to go to the Old City of Jerusalem to take some pictures in the Church of the Holy Sepulture, as I have been ...
Photo: Bogdan Zaharia
Thursday, 12th September 2013
There is a saying that got passed around a lot along the years regarding variety it being the spice of life. That is what I thought and still consider being a valuable idea to ...
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Tuesday, 20th August 2013
Sorcery, supernatural or extraordinary evil – does this come to mind when you think of dark magic? Or could the term ‘dark magic’ be a misinterpretation of a ...
Photo: Romanian Palace of Parliament / Wikicommons
Tuesday, 10th September 2013
Since the fall of the authoritarian Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu,Romania has found itself on the rise in the political spectrum. But in reality how much has truly ...
Photo: Wikicommons
Friday, 23rd August 2013
Recently, I was given the opportunity to see for myself some of the richest cultural heritage Romania has to offer, in the form of four different fortified structures; Parohia ...
Photo: Telefonkiosk/Wikimedia Commons
Wednesday, 14th August 2013
Suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden seem to be the latest spot for riots similar those that took place in Paris and London. The violence started in Husby, when a 69-year-old man was shot ...
Photo: Kirsty Telfer
Monday, 29th July 2013
Many years ago, there were no proper roads in ...
Monday, 22nd July 2013
My seven-year-old cousin was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago. That was my first experience ...
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Monday, 22nd July 2013
“Beauty is the wonder of wonders”, said Oscar Wilde. He also was a passionate sustainer of appearance and its worth. We like to think that we don`t judge a book by its ...
Photo: Johanna Engebjerg Englev
Monday, 22nd July 2013
For two weeks, I have travelled through Budapest, Vienna and Prague, with my journey ending in the Slovak village of ...
Photo: artM/ sxc.hu
Monday, 15th July 2013
Your mindset plays an important role in achieving your success, whether it’s for minor or major goals. With minor, day-to-day goals, you know what you ...
Photo: Steffen Zelzer/ sxc.hu
Wednesday, 10th July 2013
Within the next few minutes, you are going to spend a few precious strokes of theclock reading a happiness mantra, which I wish to share with those longing to rid themselves of ...
Photo: Kazuki Shimada
Friday, 5th July 2013
After living her whole life in the exotic Far East, in a country that provides, literally, everything, she suddenly chose to change things a little by joining in a bold and an ...
Photo: Bogdan Ene
Friday, 5th July 2013
How do they manage to have such a huge success? Is it hard-work, intelligence, honesty, or all these together? Such questions you might ask yourself when you hear about ...
Photo: Natalie Hrazdilek
Friday, 5th July 2013
I didn’t even properly feel I was finally in Romania, as I arrived in Bucharest at midnight and couldn’t see anything on my trip from Bucharest to Brasov. In brief, my ...
Wednesday, 3rd July 2013
Japan and Romania: an Asian civilization and a European one. It seems unlikely that the difference gap between these countries can be bridged. But a volunteering experience has ...
Photo: Wiki Commons
Wednesday, 3rd July 2013
Friendly and puffy, pillows succeed daily in making our lives more beautiful. Everyday after finishing work or school, millions of people around the world throw themselves in ...
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Tuesday, 25th June 2013
If someone is over 60 years old and has no friends, no lover, no children and no one to share his home with, that person is probably not very happy…
Ta Songa was my ...
Photo: alex27/sxc.hu
Tuesday, 11th June 2013
An alarming number of children are over-weight. In South Africa it is estimated that nearly 1 in 5 children is obese or over-weight. Whether due to poor diet or lack of exercise, ...
Photo: Leonard Denes / Wikimedia
Friday, 23rd August 2013
I received my first real hit of typical tourist culture shock in a plane hundreds of miles above Bucharest city, nose pressed up against the window like a toddler, eyes focused on ...
Photo: Sriram Janak
Wednesday, 5th June 2013
It was in the May of 2008 in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, the only place in the world where you can still see Asiatic lions in the wild, the sun was on its way to light up the other ...
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Wednesday, 5th June 2013
Social media is shorthand for the multitude of ways in which people can interact and exchange data in virtual environments. Many technology experts claim that social media ...
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Friday, 23rd August 2013
I arrived in Bucharest at nine in the evening, leaving the airport just in time to catch a glimpse of the setting sun. As a luminous glow descended through the wispy, feathery ...
Photo: Lusi/www.rgbstock.com
Monday, 3rd June 2013
Everything in our world today is accessible with a click of a mouse or a push of a button. Nothing is off limits it seems. Thus teaching our children about social issues and ...
Photo: Kirsty Telfer
Tuesday, 28th May 2013
Talented Kids is a television show in Ghana for children aged 7 to 12. It is for children ...
Photo: Camil Ghircoias / Wikimedia Commons
Friday, 23rd August 2013
Before boarding the plane to Brasov, I had no idea what to expect as Romania is portrayed as a land of mystery and magic in Australia. Most exposure to Romania comes from movies ...
Photo: Kazuki Shimada
Friday, 24th May 2013
Imagine experiencing a sparkle of the historical past in recent times. This is exactly ...
Photo: Andrea Booher/Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday, 21st May 2013
For a lot of people volunteering is an important and much appreciated task where individuals often selflessly dedicate their time to support disadvantaged organisations. ...
Photo: Constantin Barbu / Wikimedia Commons
Friday, 24th May 2013
When I first started telling my family and friends that my next travels would take me to Romania, many did not understand. To them Romania was just another country in Eastern ...
Photo: emmalemma/sxc.hu
Tuesday, 21st May 2013
It's not easy to speak about Italian music and it's so only because of its unbelievable variety of facets and nuances. But there's something that is typical of Italian music and ...
Photo: Leonardo Ciannella/sxc.hu
Tuesday, 21st May 2013
Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots that date as far back as 4BC. Italian cuisine has been influenced by other cuisines ...
Photo: Katherine Evans/Sxc.hu
Wednesday, 8th May 2013
After being sexually and physically abused by her own father, 17-year-old *Anni Samson turned to drugs and alcohol. She tells us the story of how her own mother refused to believe ...
Photo: Johanna Engebjerg Englev
Friday, 17th May 2013
Colors, parades, music, men on horses, beautiful costumes and a week full of fun, dance, ...
Friday, 3rd May 2013
Mass media is an unavoidable and indispensable presence that has the power to shape our society, yet we seem to have no control over it. Although some may disapprove of its ...
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Thursday, 18th April 2013
Independence Day is a special day in Ghana. It is the day Ghana was freed from British rule. We celebrate it to remember Dr Kwame Nkrumah who fought for our independence. It is ...
Photo: VLADGRIN / Shutterstock
Friday, 26th April 2013
With the emergence of modern technology our life has completely changed; we have become attached to a virtual world and cabled to our digital devices. Familial warmth is no longer ...
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Monday, 8th April 2013
Venezuelan presidential elections will take place on April 14, the first in almost 20 years not to feature Hugo Chávez. Such is what the Economist calls Latin ...
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Wednesday, 10th April 2013
“Life is too short to be sitting around feeling miserable! Get a drink, down it and turn it round with another drink. Whether you are doing bad or good, put your glass ...
Monday, 8th April 2013
We went hitch-hiking all the way to Rosia Montana.When we finally got to the village we were wet and exhausted ,but we had to walk though the forest to the main stage. It was dark and ...
Monday, 8th April 2013
Even with the rise of feminism and women worldwide vindicating their rights, demanding equal pay ...
Monday, 8th April 2013
Canada, once the symbol of environmental innovation, country of vast plains and untouched forests, a pacifying power and human rights defender, cannot fulfill the stereotype any ...
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Tuesday, 9th April 2013
“You don`t need school in order to get a future.”…some say.
After centuries of struggles and efforts made by so many academics and educated men to lead humanity ...
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Wednesday, 3rd April 2013
Since five years old, I’ve heard Chavez’s name almost non-stop and with his recent ...
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Tuesday, 2nd April 2013
Mole national park is in the Northern Region of Ghana and is the largest nature reservation in the country. It was founded in 1970 and covers an area of 4.840 km² of savannah ...
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Wednesday, 27th March 2013
Cape Coast is one of the most popular touristic cities in Ghana. Travelers enjoy lying at the beach, eating local seafood and buying colourful souvenirs. The adventurous go ...
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Wednesday, 6th March 2013
Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela fought to change South Africa and do away with the apartheid system. He didn’t want to achieve wealth or authority, but freedom.
His story
In 1918, Mandela was ...
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Wednesday, 27th February 2013
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a genital operation performed on females at a very young age or before they reach adolescent. It involves the cutting of the ...
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Friday, 22nd February 2013
Sally Ngissah is a journalist. She works as a reporter for a radio station in Cape Coast, Ghana. Sally did not plan to become a reporter. She always wanted to be a photo ...
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Monday, 18th February 2013
Sanitation is very important in our environment and community. Sanitation is the act of keeping our schools, churches, homes, compounds and our living environments clean and tidy. ...
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Friday, 15th February 2013
One of the greatest, if not the greatest gift life can offer a person is the gift of love. Firstly, what is love? What can make you know whether you love, or that you are ...
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Tuesday, 12th February 2013
Malaria is a disease in tropical Africa. It is mainly caused by a parasite which is normally carried and injected into our bodies by a mosquito. The malaria ...
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Friday, 8th February 2013
Freedom and Justice. Ghana’s motto is written boldly on the Independence Arch in the country’s capital.
Accra is a bustling and chaotic ...
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Monday, 4th February 2013
Child Trafficking is a serious problem facing children in Ghana. Ghana is not the only country involved in child trafficking. It also happens in Togo, Benin ...
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Wednesday, 30th January 2013
Probably the more precise term is to say: When in Accra, do as Accra’s population do! “Never shake somebody’s hand with your left hand, ...
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Tuesday, 29th January 2013
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When we were in the classroom yesterday our English master, Mr Marty, came in and started to write the lesson the chalkboard. His back was too ...
Friday, 28th December 2012
I want to tell a story. It isn’t really my story, but instead the story of a man who inspired me. There are two places in the world where you can see Orang-utans in the ...
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Thursday, 20th December 2012
If you knew this was your last day on Earth, how would you want to spend it? In recent months, we have heard a great deal about the day of 21 December 2012. According to some ...
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Wednesday, 19th December 2012
Health can be referred to as the condition of the body, especially concerning illness and disease. Therefore health problems in Sub-Saharan Africa relate to physical, mental and ...
Monday, 17th December 2012
Maternal mortality refers to the death of a woman during childbirth. It is sadly a common problem concerning the women of Ghana and especially teenagers. In Ghana, one woman in 66 ...
Monday, 17th December 2012
Immigration has become useful for ...
Wednesday, 12th December 2012
A road accident is an accident that occurs by the road side. ...
Wednesday, 12th December 2012
Music is literally accepted as a universal ...
Monday, 17th December 2012
Marriage is the lawful relationship between a man and a woman to live together as husband and wife. It is an important stage in the life of Ghanaians.
Christians believe that ...
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Friday, 30th November 2012
Dance is an important part of Ghanaian culture and a way of expressing one’s self. For instance, people ...
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Wednesday, 28th November 2012
It was the beautiful tennis player Maria Sharapova who said, ‘When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you’re wearing is very important. If you feel ...
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Monday, 26th November 2012
Did you know that there are more cell phones in South Africa than users? According to statistics there are more than 59 million cell phones in this country, while there are only ...
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Wednesday, 21st November 2012
Earth Day has become an international symbol of unity and respect for the environment and this year has been no exception. Under the slogan ‘Mobilise the Earth’, 192 ...
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Tuesday, 20th November 2012
Students at Mother Teresa School, Senya Beraku, write about what it’s like being a girl in ...
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Monday, 12th November 2012
It has been on the news since the middle of this year – South African miners on strike for higher wages. And after a strike got out of control at the Marikana mine on ...
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Wednesday, 14th November 2012
New Life Orphanage, Nungua, Accra, Ghana. Is there anything on earth more rewarding than ...
Thursday, 1st November 2012
Drug abuse can be said to be the excessive or improper use of drugs. In Ghana teenagers are the most dominant group of drug abusers. Why do people abuse drugs at all? Is it for ...
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Wednesday, 31st October 2012
Electricity is one of the major important facilities in the modern world and something that is relied on a daily basis. Senya Beraku is a bustling town along the coast of the ...
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Monday, 29th October 2012
Alcohol results in almost 2.5 million deaths each year. If that doesn’t scare you, 320 thousand young people between the age of 15 and 29 die from alcohol-related causes. ...
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Friday, 19th October 2012
I can’t tell if Die Antwoord are a poor parody of a rap group, or an intangible art exhibition, representing the post-apartheid slum culture of South Africa, with one ...
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Monday, 15th October 2012
Why does bullfighting remain in Spain, and why it's important for the 'traditional art' to stop, as a first step against factory farming.
Two years after the historic decision ...
Monday, 15th October 2012
Along with a rich history observable in Machu Picchu and other archeological ruins, Peruvian food has become one of the strongest symbols of the growing nation and a way to ...
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Friday, 5th October 2012
Venezuela is the third world’s oil exporter and has been since 1998 governed by the same man, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias. This military that perpetrated a failed coup ...
Monday, 6th August 2012
Any Brit will tell you that the country has been bombarded with Olympic related everything for the last 7 years. After a few hiccups and doubts, the games are well on their ...
Thursday, 16th August 2012
The room was filled with an excited atmosphere: chatter and singing filled the air. For all the girls present in the room, the previous two months had been leading up to the ...
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Tuesday, 12th June 2012
"The international community needs to take immediate action after the massacre in Houla and take all necessary measures in order to protect the Syrian civilians." The Arab League ...
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Monday, 13th May 2013
The concept incubator ...
Friday, 20th July 2012
Time is 10 pm. The traffic gridlock on major Lagos roads has reduced. The streets were getting deserted as workers stood at various bus stops to return home. The street lights ...
Monday, 18th June 2012
Unlike many other volunteers, I was thoroughly prepared for my first visit to Romania. As a ...
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Tuesday, 12th June 2012
Binge drinking is a term used to describe the overconsumption of alcohol (generally five drinks ...
Monday, 28th May 2012
According to the U.S. Department of State, "Ghana is a country of origin, transit and destination for women and children subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking". Most of ...
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Tuesday, 12th June 2012
“God made Adam and Eve and not Adam and Steve”. How many have you heard that saying?
Realistically though, how many gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people ...
Monday, 28th May 2012
We live in a society where people use proverbs, tales, and folk songs to justify the discrimination that African women are subjected to. It is true that in the traditional ...
Monday, 28th May 2012
I have always lived in the midst of the country, surrounded by flora and fauna with which i was taught to live in symbiosis. Shared between a dense forest and the Atlantic sea, ...
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Monday, 28th May 2012
Many people living in South Africa don't know much about diabetes. "Diabetes is when your blood has too much sugar due to eating a lot of sweets," said Mary, a Sea Point High ...
Friday, 25th May 2012
Kenyan state schooling has a real challenge to face: a lack of resources, an outdated curriculum, and archaic teaching practices (including illegal caning). However, the children ...
Thursday, 24th May 2012
Senegal is a country where umemployment rate is very high. This is one of the main reasons why some people take advantage of this situation and indulge in begging.
Many of the ...
Thursday, 24th May 2012
I've always wanted to stop the time because...every year, at my birthday, I start thinking about the past year. And I realize that I'm getting lonely, I'm getting older. I'm ...
Friday, 25th May 2012
If you had the curiosity to leaf through the calendar of a Romanian, the 1st of March would surely come into your notice. The date would be marked by "Martisor", which is an old ...
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Thursday, 24th May 2012
India produces much of the needed commercial power, almost 55% from coal. As per the Government's estimate, the coal shortage in India is likely to touch 15 per cent to 81 million ...
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Friday, 25th May 2012
Teenage pregnancy is a topic often discussed and seldom looked upon with fondness or respect. When we hear about a teenage girl becoming pregnant we often associate it with ...
Friday, 25th May 2012
The prospect of helping the needy or volunteering is scarce in teenagers these days. Their hours are spent 'hanging out' with friends, socialising on Facebook or just chatting on ...
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Monday, 11th June 2012
The human spirit can be a powerful thing, especially when motivated and spurred on by the drive to pay tribute to fallen heroes.
The memory of 18 players killed in an air crash ...
Tuesday, 18th September 2012
Ghana is a country that takes religion and religious duties very seriously. With sixty three per cent of the population Christian, one only needs to pass a shop called ...
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Wednesday, 3rd July 2013
There is a fine jewel, dwarfed by high mountains; with a heart so big I feel it rise above the Carpathian Mountains. This jewel is called Brasov. This city has the air of a ...
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Wednesday, 2nd October 2013
When did our hearts become so immune to all the injustices happening in the world we live in? Was it when they started becoming so common that we began to view it as normal ...