workandparaguay

The hospital from the outside

After hearing a lot about the culture and nature of Brazil from our colleagues at work, we decided in December to ask our boss here at 'Pastoral Social' if we could have a few...

Our 'travel bus'

After three weeks in the Paraguayan hospital, during which we learned a lot about the life situation of our patients and hospital financing, we would of course like to pass on...

I was sitting in the middle of Asuncion on a bench when I heard a woman next to me say 'it's fucking hot'. As it turned out, she was a Paraguayan woman who teaches German at the...

Am Montag, den 11.11., war endlich unser erster Arbeitstag in Paraguay gekommen. Wir schälten uns also voller Erwartung und auch ein bisschen ängstlich besorgt um 5.15 aus den...

On Monday morning, I started my work at Hospital San Jorge. I will be in the operating room for the next 2 weeks. After entering surgery at around 7:30, I was in front of my...

After Marie and I found out that we won't start work until Monday, we decided to use the free time for our first trip in Paraguay. As our Paraguayan acquaintances had mentioned...

Tereré

After a 17-hour journey, we arrived in Asunción this morning at 7:25. We were warmly welcomed by our coordinator at a temperature of 30 degrees, which is quite appropriate for...