{"id":55484,"date":"2025-05-13T11:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/?p=55484"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:04:43","slug":"young-hospitality-a-transformative-service-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/young-hospitality-a-transformative-service-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Hospitality: a transformative service experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Volunteering is much more than giving time:<\/strong> it is an act of dedication, empathy and openness to others. It is also a concrete way of living hospitality, especially when it is done from the heart, as Carolina Costa Bicho lives it.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina is a volunteer at the Sisters Hospitallers&#8217; center in<a href=\"https:\/\/irmashospitaleiras.pt\/\"> Condeixa-a-Nova, Portugal<\/a>. 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