First thing that comes to my mind is the trip to  Taize with 4 Chinese students of LISEL..

For the beginning a quotation from Wikipaedia:

"The Taizé Community is an ecumenical Christian monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is comprised of a little over 100 brothers who come from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal work.

Every year around New Year (usually from 28 December to 1 January), a meeting in a large European city attracts several ten thousand young adults. It is organized by brothers of the Taizé Community, sisters of St. Andrew, and young volunteers from all over the Europe, and the from the host city. The participants stay with local families or in very simple group accommodations. In the morning, they take part in a program organized by the parish closest to their accommodation. For their midday meal, all participants travel to a central location, usually the local exposition halls. The meal is followed by a common prayer, and the afternoon is spent in workshops covering faith, art, politics and social topics. In the evening, everyone meets again for the evening meal and an evening prayer."

So in 2009 the above described meeting was in Brussels. We were  lodged in belgian host families for all 5 days. Me and the 2 girls were very lucky to be the valued guests of a very nice, intelligent and active elderly lady (Monique, as she asked to call her). She was not a rich Madame, and all she could suggest was some square centemeters on the floor and a single bed. But that was more than enough for us! What counted more was the attention, curiosity and thurst for cultural diversity that Lady Monique showed during our stay.. She almost fell in love with our Chinese girls: so "mignon" and "chouette"! The girls were also happy to give their caring host some souvenirs they brought from their country: what Lady without a "fan"?

Its been a long while... 

Today I'm back with new impressions on new project I had during the week.  LISEL co-organized with Amnesty International a small 3 day campaign of selling candles for a good cause in 3 campuses of Uni Luxembourg. This time the cause supported Roma people's rights in Italy. Unfortunately  democracy and human rights are often considered belonging to those human beings who "fit" into the frames of  European citizenship and European values. Those left outside the borders of "civilized" lifestyle are treated  with suspicion and certain prejudices. This is the case with Roma people. And as I heard from my Italian colleague, Italy is one of those countries where not corresponding to "standards" is "punished" by  direct exile to the world of social outcasts.  Such is the world we live in..
But back to the "Vendre des bougies". I was nicely surpirsed to discover so many young people supporting the cause and as much as I got, Amnesty is popular and trusted in Europe. The donations were another proof of that. We also gathered a lot of singatures for a petition to Italian government requiring to stop discrimination of Roma people via collecting their fingerprints. The petition beared a small box for putting a fingerprint on it and many students (consciously or just for fun) wanted to leave their print there.
In Limperzberg campus I met Katja Hoenes, a nice German young woman doing her Phd in physics at Uni Lux. Being a member of Amnesty, she initiated and solicited candle selling activity indoors of ther Campus as the previous year the administration prohibited Amnesty lobbying at the Uni and demanded to sell candles outdoors. To be honest, I understand their motives as Uni wants to keep neutrality and ethical code in international relations with partner countries/ universities like in the cause of Tibetan rights in China. But on the other hand I believe in the importance of giving everyone space to express his support.  Can we remain unpartial  and not present in  this extremely political times? I doubt it... So telling that Uni is a neutral place with no room for lobbying is diggin head like an ostrich into the sand.