A primary school teacher that takes a one year break to discover different things and then came to us, this is Barla, our amazing, funny, positive, smart, always smiling friend! Since she’s a teacher she mainly taught in the Adult school but was also always there for any other daily tasks that we needed her …

Today you’ll meet our spicy fermented sauce inventor – Sam! Sam has been first with our partner Better days and was for everyone “Garden Sam”! But then, he decided to join our kitchen team where he spends most of his days at OHF now: preparing food, inventing spicy sauce, speaking with Fifie about sustainability and …

Sandrine, our dear friend from Canada! You arrived at One Happy Family and – since the very first moments – you were completely part of it. It was impressive to see how quickly you had a very good overview of what is happening on this Island. You were always around, and – even if we …

Today’s volunteer story is about Freddies experience at One Happy Family. He stayed with us for three weeks in summer. As a teacher Freddie was involved in the Adult School and did a lot of teacher training to all of our teachers – those who learnt teaching here and those who came with a background …

Rebekka has been with OHF for the last four months: After starting at the playground she joined the school after one week and “never left”. ☺  And Rebekka made an huge impact in the Adult School – thank you Rebekka for all of your heart and soul leaded actions that you let us participate in …

After volunteering with us for around 2.5 months, we had to say goodbye to our most motivated kitchen supporter – Anton! Anton, who will start studying “Geography of Africa” now, will be very deeply missed at OHF! This is my most memorable moment: I can’t think of only one moment, because most of the moments …

Ramo – a happy, positive minded teacher and barber shop manager – but also a dancer, cleaner (yes, we know that dish washing wasn’t your favourite daily task) and on his last day he even joined our security team! In total Ramo stayed with us for around 2 months – but it felt like he’s …

Melanie, 25 from Switzerland, student of Social Work, volunteered at One Happy Family for nine weeks. Thank you Melanie for all your energy, happiness and your support! This is my most memorable moment: This is a question I can’t really answer. Every day is in its own way very exciting and interesting. It’s the daily …

Sophia, 25, Social work student from Germany, volunteering at OHF for 6 months. This is my most memorable moment: It is difficult to define one single memorable moment. What makes the experience of being here so memorable to me are the many encounters with people of cultures, thoughts and perceptions of the world that could …