“Raising girls to be independent and confident”

By Linda Karvonen. (Taken from ICYE Federation Newsletter, 24th issue) My name is Linda Karvonen. I am a Finnish ICYE volunteer working now for six months in the orphanage Hogares Providencia in Toluca in Mexico. It is made for girls in difficult situations, for example girls who are beaten, sexually exploited, ignored by their parents [...]

My experience in Germany, or how ICYE changed my life.

By: Luis Alberto Lamprea. ICYE Colombia 2007-2008 As a 23 year old industrial designer, who lived his whole life in a 7 million inhabitants city, in Latinamerica, the options seemed to be very clear: to find a job in the industry, to make a career on it, to live 8-12 hours a day online, try [...]