{"id":977,"date":"2021-01-03T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/ester-spain\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:20:51","slug":"ester-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/?p=977","title":{"rendered":"ESTER (SPAIN)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ESTER-SPAIN.webp\" alt=\"Ester\" class=\"wp-image-91\" style=\"border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;width:300px;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ESTER-SPAIN.webp 1022w, https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ESTER-SPAIN-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ESTER-SPAIN-768x577.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">ESTER (SPAIN)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Volunteered From JANUARY 2021 TO MARCH 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">2021  After some time thinking about doing something to contribute in some way to the refugees\u2019 situation, I found Habibi Center through a friend of my family, who knew the project first-hand. I really liked the idea of teaching English, as it is something that I\u2019ve been doing for years in my own country. When I arrived in Greece, the country was under lockdown but expecting to reopen in a few weeks as the covid cases were decreasing. Schools like Habibi Center were closed and we only could teach online. Teaching this way was quite challenging as the students have many difficulties (lack of good Internet connection, a lot of noise coming from their rooms\u2026) but Alex and Stephie always tried to find a solution by buying SIM cards for them or speaking to the students\u2019 social workers to improve the learning environment. I was surprised to see how motivated the students were and how they really want to learn. There were many issues during the lessons but still, they were trying to join the class again and again. Covid cases in Greece got worse so, unfortunately, I was never able to teach my students face-to-face. Even though it wasn\u2019t the experience I had imagined, I don\u2019t regret having travelled to Greece to teach online because at least, I could meet amazing volunteers like Jake, Camille and Tim. I also witnessed all the difficulties around the students and, in some way, I tried to do my bit. I could realise that far from my home and far from my daily life, there are people who really need our help and who can\u2019t be ignored anymore. Thank you for this opportunity that has changed a part of me. Ester \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESTER (SPAIN) Volunteered From JANUARY 2021 TO MARCH 2021 2021 After some time thinking about doing something to contribute in some way to the refugees\u2019 situation, I found Habibi Center through a friend of my family, who knew the project first-hand. 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