Culture Without Borders
Culture Without Borders
In the past I have worked as a volunteer in several organizations, that directly or indirectly manage diverse groups, but I never had the opportunity to get really involved. Cooperating with Open Cultural Center, is a totally different experience. Not only I come across with different activities and get involved in different projects, but also have the opportunity to get in touch with people that I could never get in touch before.
“I am a greek volunteer in Barcelona. I have studied applied informatics and Dairy science, both in Greece. I love to listen and play music, to hike and to explore new cultures and languages. I love nature, especially mountains and I would like living my life in a mountain running a farm but for sure having time for travels.”
“I have to return and finish my last year of schooling at the University of South Florida. I will use the internships experience to hopefully find me a job closely related to non profit organizations as well.”
We are looking for volunteers to teach Spanish to refugees in Barcelona, starting as soon as possible. Who are we looking for?
El llibre Amic Meu! explica el viatge dels refugiats il·lustrat i narrat per infants. Es tracta d’un projecte d’Open Cultural Center l’objectiu del qual és augmentar la conscienciació sobre la realitat de milers de persones desplaçades per culpa de la guerra, les quals estan en procés d’empobriment i es troben en una situació d’estancament sense sortida.
Last Saturday, 17 November 2018, Open Cultural Center had a collaboration with Trenca Escenaris and Centre Sant Pere de Apostol to hold a theatre performance called El Mur. Since this was a charity event, the entrance was free but the audience could donate. “El Mur” means “The Wall” in Catalan, and it refers to the wall that prevents the displaced people entering the European countries.
The main focus was specifically conducted on the shift of being provided with money and free accomodation to being self sufficient and properly integrated within Greek life. It also focused on all type and groups of people from the elderly to the LGBTI community to orphaned children to ensure all considerations were analyzed. The amount of people surveyed were 1436.
El año pasado, tuvimos el honor de ser mencionados/as en una columna de Rosa Montero, periodista reconocida de El País y autora de libros de ficción. La pieza habla de…
El libro ¡Amigo Mío! explica el viaje de las personas refugiadas a través de ilustraciones realizadas por los propios niños y niñas. Se trata de un proyecto de Open Cultural Center el objetivo del cual es aumentar la sensibilización y conscienciación sobre la situación de millones de personas desplazadas como resultado de la guerra.
These everyday angels are between 20 and 42 years old; there is a naval engineer, students, social workers, computer scientists, teachers, unemployed… They do not have the funds to keep the cultural centers in constant operation so they have to take turns; that is, the volunteers usually spend about a month there [in Greece] and then return to Spain to make a living.
