Although February was a short month, our long-term ESC volunteers were highly productive. They started having Romanian language classes, participated in several trainings and workshops, created databases, and many more.
Alpie, our newest volunteer in the ‘Youth Centres UP 2’ project, participated in a week-long training called “On arrival” where he met other volunteers that came to Romania at the same time.
Our two volunteers had several marketing and organising-related activities this month:
- an Excel training where they have mastered the basics of the program
- a SWOT analysis workshop where they learned how to create a SWOT analysis, and with the help of some ex-volunteers they have even created one for the Youth Centres UP project, based on their experiences and expectations
- a meeting about marketing practices, and how to use them in social media. They even put into practice their knowledge by posting on the Youth Centres UP social media accounts and writing some blog articles as well
- the two ESC volunteers created a database of organisations with the possibility of having a partnership and a mail list of high schools from Timisoara for the same purpose
This year FITT wants to create 10 more youth centres in Timisoara. So, our long-term ESC volunteers shared a form on the Youth Centres UP Facebook page to ask the local youth about their needs. It was necessary for us to have a clearer image of how to arrange these new centres in order to meet the expectations of the youth and be accessible to all youth.