He gave me enough arguments to question my beliefs. Thanks to him, and my instructor for transcendental yoga, I realized the truth. Not seeing and ignoring the truth doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. Also I have seen a lot of videos and I made the biggest change of my life, becoming a vegetarian which…
Hello! My name is Gordana and I am a volunteer in Malaga, Spain. I work as a volunteer in the museum of science Principia. This project enabled me to improve my knowledge of Spanish and to improve my knowledge in science like biology, chemistry, physics etc. My work here is to explain the experiments and…
Arriving for the first time in Istanbul before three months ago I was "yabancı" and my first destination where I should go was "Balat". I came in Istanbul as "yabancı", but since I entered in the narrow streets of this historic İstanbul neighborhood I have experienced some strange feelings of shared energy and identity,... I…
L'Arche is a International Federation dedicated to the creation and growth of homes, programs, and support networks with people who have intellectual disabilities. Today, it is an international organization operating in 40 countries, and on six continents. My hosting organisation is Barka and is located in Slovenia. It is contained from two houses in which…
Through her work she is improving knowledge in science as biology, chemistry or physics as well as improving knowledge of Spanish. And what she is saying about her EVS town? “Malaga is a beautiful place and people are very nice. If you like to live by the sea and learn more about Spanish culture, I…
The first VOICES meeting in New Year will take place on Tuesday 14 January at 17:00. Do not miss the opportunity to join our team of local and international volunteers, improve your writing and designing skills and get to know new intercultural experiences. For more information feel free to contact us: vcs_contact@yahoo.com Volunteers Centre Skopje…
“Reading living books” was encouraged with the feeling of extra curiosity for confronting with your own prejudices, testing your own beliefs, discovering authentic life stories and coming in touch with another reality, which often is rarely visible. As part of the titles of the literature of “living books” there was: Roma, Muslim, vegan, feminist, disabled…
After the accommodation and the intro with the program and the opportunities of the EU commission we jump on effective work. The trainers and the participants, both were very pleased that despite of the diversity of different mentalities and culture the group grew into very homogeneous and highly motivated unit that fulfilled the tasks and…
On 6 December we are inviting you to meet and explore other cultures like Polish, Chinese, Bulgarian, English, Czech, Romanian, Slovakian, French... through interactive presentations, quiz, karaoke, dancing, prepared by EVS and ex-EVS volunteers that will take place in GEM club starting from 17:00. More detail information about both events please find in the links…
Why to borrow book? To get to know amazing life story of real person, to explore various lifestyle and moreover to face own prejudices and stereotypes that many time all of us have thus do not miss the opportunity to become part of this event that will take place on 5 December, from 15:00 to…
Already from the plane I saw an extraordinary view comparing to region I’ve been living for one year till now. Green meadows, straight streets and huge, flat space covered with woods, villages and fields everywhere! Not even a single hill visible, forget even having thought about a mountain! But green and clean. And still not…
Children are our future and fortune. We need to take good care of them in order to create better World for living for us, for them, for everybody else. Today - 20 November - is the World Children's Day to honor children globally. It was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1954, and established to…
For me, the seven wonderful days spent in company of young and some older participants from 12 different countries, was an unforgettable experience. Each of us brought a part from the culture and tradition of his own country, a pile of personal experiences and enthusiasm to share them with the group. The issue of the…
During his EVS project each volunteer has precious possibility to participate in many different workshops and trainings. One of them is on-arrival training in which with the greatest pleasure I took part 21-26.10.2013 in Sarajevo, together with other volunteers from the Balkans. The point of on arrival training is to better understand own role in…