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Arancha Ferrer de la Cruz spent one year in Albania as an EU Aid volunteer.

Arancha Ferrer de la Cruz, EU Aid Volunteer in Albania Arancha Ferrer de la Cruz, EU Aid Volunteer in Albania (Source: Arancha Ferrer de la Cruz)

Arancha Ferrer is a volunteer physiotherapist in Albania for ADRA Slovakia, a non-governmental organisation with 27 years of experience in implementing humanitarian, developmental and volunteering projects for those in need in Slovakia and abroad. ADRA Slovakia aims to help people lead dignified and free lives while better preparing them for a possible humanitarian crisis.

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Ferrer's task was to provide physiotherapy for people who do not have access to treatment due to a lack of economical resources or due to social exclusion. In this interview with ADRA Slovakia, she looks back on her experience.

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