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…
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…
We were part of the Macedonian group of volunteers on a short term EVS in Burgas, Bulgaria. Our main project was organizing and performing on the street festival Carrousel on the Streetin Pomorie and Lozenets, which turned out to be a fun way to explore the region, get to know the other volunteers from Macedonia,…
Hello people! I'm Frosina and a week ago I returned from a year volunteering in Sisak, Croatia where I was EVS volunteer in "Local Democracy Agency", and my task was to promote volunteering. Since about a year I can say that it was always nice, I laughed and I cried, I thought about life, about me,…
I spent my one-year arrangement as a volunteer in an institution for women in acute situations, where I was active directly in the admission team. There is a variety of reasons for anyone to take this step. I had several, and every one of them is equally important. Making a retrospective to the past year…
The first time for me to get in contact with volunteering and working on Youth field was back in 2009 when I came back from China and had finished my studies there. I didn’t know what to do, so I had accepted the invitation from a friend of mine to go to VCS’s office in…
The first time for me to get in contact with volunteering and working on Youth field was back in 2009 when I came back from China and had finished my studies there. I didn’t know what to do, so I had accepted the invitation from a friend of mine to go to VCS’s office in…
It’s not easy to blab with your friends at home, to be open, excited and in love with the world, to want to share that, but not to be able to say it. It’s not easy to be the only foreigner. To go somewhere where you’re not needed, where people function perfectly with or without…
The next step was the corridor leading to the plain, the excitement growing bigger and bigger, although I must admit that I don’t like plains so much. Anyway, it was time to take off, and when I saw Vasko turning pale, the fear increased. But everything went OK, after the three-hour flight we arrived at…
Believe me, there’s so so much to be seen in London, you don’t have time for the queeny and her waving. You just walk to some impressive building, only to find out that behind it there’s one more, and behind that one, one more, and one more. There’s no end. All the way from the…
Paul, Martha short EVS volunteers who spent two months in Skopje at short term EVS in Volunteers Centre Skopje and Monika who will spend 2 months as short term EVS in United Kingdom. Imaginative, traditional, surprising, graceful architecture and elegant gardens, and the most modern fashion are words that describe United Kingdom. From always I…
I first heard about EVS during a training course in Macedonia some 2-3 years ago. When the session about the YiA Programme ended, outside, during the coffee break, a friend of mine I had just met asked me, “What do you think about going EVS?” At that time, I had just a vague idea about…
After my short term EVS in 2009, which was 1 month project, I decided to take the next step and find some long term EVS. I was looking for something connected with culture and cultural events, organization of cultural happenings, marketing and promotion. My motivation was to volunteer in some area that will be beneficial…
Curiosity, discovering new cultures and the need to search for something new are some of the reasons that made me go to Poland. I think any country on Earth has its own beauty and has something unique to be seen. Wrocław - the city where I live now is the fourth largest city in Poland.…
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 people from different places. I have great experience working 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. Actually that was the challenge and the reason why I…