Društvo Lojtra

2 weeks ago

As expected, here is our recap🎉

December :
Célia and Laura started the month with presentations about themselves and their Christmas’ traditions (like the Czech tradition of cutting apples), in Vače and Kresnice🎄

We also took part in an event in Ljubljana with other volunteers, there was a ping-pong and table football tournament, and karaoke as well🙌

Visit of a few museum on first Sunday’s of the month for free. We personally recommend the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova🖼️

Dora’s and Mathieu’s birthdays was a great day and we celebrated it as it should be!🎂

Helped at the Christmas market before going back home for holidays.

For the Hanuman part, we filled lip balms and cleaned herbs to make some tinctures🌱

To finish we did some vision boards to put in picture what we expect of the nexts months of volunteering!

January :
Snowy first week in Slovenia as you can see ! It was really nice to discover the environmeent with that weather. We enjoyed doing snowballs battles and trying to do some snowmen with the kids, after all a lot of playing with the snow❄️☃️

Mathieu and Laura joined choir in Kresnice and it was fun! 🎶

Highlight of january was our hitchhiking race to Zagreb from Ljubljana. There were three teams, and the task was to find Célia in Zagreb. Mathieu and Laura were one team. It was quite an adventure and so fun to experience. Mathieu already had experience, but for Laura it was her first time. 🗺️ 🚗

We spend the rest of the weekend discovering the city and visited for example the Museum of Broken Relationships💔 and the Museum of Unfinished Art🎨

It is also the beginning of field work in the garden! For now we set up the future positions of the structures we want to build (new highbeds, fences, door), gather wood in the nearby forest for the natural fence, and we will start building it very soon🌲

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Društvo Lojtra

2 months ago

With a bit of a delay, here is our November recap!✨

👥Our November started with the on-arrival training at Thermal Park Laško, where we met other volunteers, learned more about their projects, and gained new knowledge and ideas on how to make the most of our time in Slovenia and how to work better with people.
One day we went to Celje, where we played a city game, Laura’s group can proudly say that they were the only ones who managed to finish it. In the evenings, we spent time together with all the volunteers, there was karaoke, dancing, and a Kahoot quiz about Slovenia. We really enjoyed the training, as it gave us a lot, especially new friendships.

🙌Returning to schools after two weeks was challenging, but the children were excited to see us again. Preparations for Christmas markets slowly began at all schools.
In Hanuman, preparations for Christmas also began—corporate orders and all so we helped as much as we could.

🌱We also joined the Permacultural weekend, our friend Simon, another volunteer, came with us and because he i salso French, they showed Laura what is true Raclette.

🚗The highlight of the month was definitely transporting a piano in Célias small car. We also went on a small trip to the nearby Bogenšperk.

🪴Mathieu - For my part, the garden project is still in the planning phase, but we do regular workshops for the winter works with VDC a local center for disabled people.
Also I did a trip in Croatia this month with some friends that came to visit by hitchhiking, the island of Krk is really cool!

⛰️We ended the month with a trip to the Škocjan Caves, where we joined a guided tour, followed by a visit to Predjama Castle and Lipica, where we saw more horses in one place than we ever had before. We would like to thank Monika from Hanuman for taking us on this beautiful trip. We really enjoyed it, discovered new places, and are looking forward to what else we will see next✨ ... See MoreSee Less