Vanessa comes from the Tuscan countryside in Italy. She studied Economics & Finance and gained several years of work experience in the financial industry both in Switzerland and Malta. She decided to follow her passion for sustainability and started her Msc Studies in Sustainable Business Leadership in 2023. She loves travelling and getting to know...
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Sofie Bojkova
Sofie has a Master’s degree in European Studies and International Relations. She has volunteered in various NGO’s and student organisations in the past, notably Amnesty International or AIESEC. Besides enviroment, she is passionate about women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. She has also been an intern in German institute Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Cyprus. She loves hiking...
Nazlican Demir
Nazlıcan has a master’s degree in International Relations and a deep passion for making a positive impact in the world. Her academic journey has covered various fields like Development, Inequality, Social Movements, and Political Ecology. Nazlıcan has actively volunteered in projects focused on refugees, youth, and sustainability. Nazlıcan is also a member of the Polen...
Elizaveta Merinova
Li has been strongly connected to environmental activism and NGO from her University time. She has experience as a volunteer in student environmental movement, program coordinator on plastics in NGO and co-chair of FoE Russia. Li studied Earth sciences and has graduated with an MSc in Environmental management and sustainable development. Recently Li joined the...
Muhammed Enes Sengul
Enes is the third volunteer of the European Solidarity Corporation at Friends of the Earth Malta. He joined the finance team in January 2023 and will be with us for one year. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Marmara University, and has been working at KPMG Turkey and Pwc Turkey....
Elina Medvedeva
Elina has joined our team as a Communications and Campaigning Volunteer under the European Solidarity Corp programme. Elina holds a Master’s degree in National and Transnational studies from the University of Münster, Germany. The programme focuses on multiculturalism and globalisation processes along with intercultural communications and the English language. Elina was also awarded with scholarship...
Elisaveta Kamardina
Liza is the first volunteer of the European Solidarity Corporation at Friends of the Earth Malta. She joined the finance team in November 2022 and will be with us for one year. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the Financial University in Moscow, Russia and has been working in accounting for the...
Sabela Rubio Caamano
Sabela comes from the green region of Galicia in the North of Spain. She studied International Relations in Madrid and after some years in the city she decided to head Latin America to explore different ways of living and relating to the environment. She spent two years working with NGOs in rural and indigenous communities...
Sonja Saumweber
Sonja is doing an internship at Friends of the Earth Malta as a project assistant and will stay in Malta for six months. This is her first time in Malta and she really enjoys escaping the cold months in her home country Germany. There she is currently studying environmental ethics and is involved in climate...
Ann Bugeja
Ann holds a degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester and studied Play Therapy at the University of Leeds. She’s been active with NGOs since her teens starting with Third World Group in Malta and going on to volunteer with WWOOF (France and Spain), Amnesty International (Belfast), solidarity work with women’s co-ops and...









