Hello people, I am Tanja and I am doing EVS in Lisbon, Portugal. From the begging I was extremely excited about the possible opportunity to participate in EVS. My first impressions were amazing, hospitality of the organization, starting life in new city, sharing apartment with…
On the very beginning I was afraid of this project, because it seemed (and it was) huge and I had no idea about media stuff, media equipment, I had no experience in that area at all and it was the main activity of the project.…
Volunteering is a well known activity in the Netherlands and many (young) people do so, either to get more work experience in their field, to help other people or to gain new skills and experiences. But when it comes to EVS, it’s another story. Partly…
We had some problems with the visas but that’s another story. The day has come, we arrived in Varna, the first “culture shock” was in the train, with Bulgarian head gestures, I think the picture says everything. Like all Volunteers are saying, the first week…
Description of the project: My project is in Tallinn. I work in a youth center called Haabersti Avatud Noortekeskus. Specifically I should teach English, but I am also involved in other activities, like helping the other coworkers, organize their clubs, I take part in the…
Description of Project: Involving myself in the activities of the Student Voluntary Service, that is, for example, conducting educational lessons for children from Gdansk. There are numerous activities, proposed by the students themselves, according to their knowledge and skills. I teach them lessons about my…
Each Year in France, between 800 and 1000 volunteers leave or come to France to do EVS. Exchanges are made with ‘partners’ countries’ and ‘on-program countries’. This year, 462 French volunteers have been sent abroad, and 305 European volunteers have been hosted in France for…
Tomas Marcinkevičius: EVS in Lithuania European Voluntary Service is for sure getting more and more popular in Lithuania. In my pre-departure training I learned that we are a record “generation” of volunteers, 34 of us going somewhere to Europe or Northern Africa this fall. Žydrūnė…
Description of the project: I am living in the flat together with one girl from France and one boy from Turkey. Both of them are EVS volunteers on the same project like I’m. We are volunteering in organization called Biloba Cooperativa which is working on…
Description of the project: I work in Venta Regional Park in Lithuania. The issue of my project is Environmental. This includes all activities which are connected with natural, from cleaning and protecting environment, animal monitoring, educational presentation in gymnasiums, workshops in summer camps, educational excursion…