| After returning back home from my Camino de Santiago, I spent a
few months just hanging out and enjoying California. But soon I felt the
urge to return to Europe to do some more good volunteer work. I was very
fortunate to find a 4 week project in Ticino, the Italian area of Switzerland,
on a farm working with refugees and prisoners. We had a terrific time and
had the unique opportunity to meet people from all over the world. As I
stated, we worked on a farm, but we stayed in a prison. The Swiss have a
unique program and opportunity for people who have committed crimes to help them
re-integrate into society. All these people were simply fantastic to meet,
especially my fellow volunteers. It is not too often for us in North
America to have the opportunity to interact and get to know people from Iran, Iraqi, Turkey, Afghanistan,
northern Africa, Albania, Syria and other places.
The farm was located in a small town called Muzzano, very close to some more famous towns of Ticino; namely Lugano and Locarno. I took so many photos that I need to split them up into groups to enhance your viewing pleasure. Please click on a link below to view the relevant photos. |