Frank Seidel at the Open Day in Stuttgart

On Saturday, the 6th of October, we were happy to welcome about 100 people from Germany, Austria and Switzerland at our Open Day in the beautiful town of Stuttgart, which is also the home of Daimler Benz and Porsche. The special guests for the day were Peter Slowe from the UK, Frank Seidel from France as well as three former volunteers from Germany. We (Doris, Stephanie, Tanja and Michael) spent a very pleasant afternoon talking about different countries and cultures. Our volunteer Anna talked about her experiences in a Nepalese hospital, Sarah about her experiences at our Indian Model farm and Stefanie about her stay in Bolivia. Listening to them, one really felt the call of far-away places!

Though our projects are open to all age groups, most of the people at the Open Day were in their early twenties - no surprise - as all German pensioners seemed to be busy spending their day at German motorway restrooms, trying to run down Stefanie and Doris!

We are already looking forward to our next Open Day!

- Tanja Schädle