Wonderful and Challenging Monika Hemming, volontär på Berget.
Monika Hemming (längst till höger) med Michael Goldhammer (längst till vänster) och Bergets föreståndare.
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y name is Monika and I was a volunteer in Berget for 10 weeks. The Bonifatiuswerk from Germany sent me to Rättvik and I’m really thankful for that. The program from the Bonifatiuswerk is called “Praktikum im Norden”. Young people from Germany are send to different places in the Nordic countries to work as volunteers and to help, where help is needed. About half of the participants are send to Sweden and in my case, I was sent to Rättvik, together with Michael.
silence. If you have been to Berget once, you know that silence is a big part in the everyday life. In the beginning that was very challenging for me, especially because I love to talk and meet new people. After a while I got used to it and then I even learned to enjoy the silence.
We, that is Michael and me, were being part of the “Praktikum im Norden” from the Bonifatiuswerk. We had a lot of curious colleagues, who are volunteering at other places in the Nordic countries. Part of our For me the 10 weeks I was allowed program is, that we visit each other to live and work at Berget were to see and learn about the different wonderful, but also challenging places we work at. Our first three sometimes. One example is the guests work in Marielund and in Unum 16
