For many other humans the 26th of April of 2022 is just the simple
“ National Pretzel Day” or the ordinary “ Hug An Australian Day”. For all of us, known as the “short terms”, is not just that, but the day we started a new adventure in which Europe is our mother and Romania our land. (by Pedro Javier Diaz Cabral ) This day we legally started to […]
The magic of volunteering
I find it incredible that a year has passed since I decided to come to Timisoara to do a European volunteering project. After a year of feeling lost and unmotivated, this experience came at the perfect time to give me back the desire and enthusiasm to do different things. During this year, I have done […]
Life as a volunteer at FITT
In the past few days, I have had a much better opportunity to settle into the daily routine of working here and to get used to the usual rhythm of life as a volunteer at FITT. During the week, I was able to get to know more of FITT’s youth centres and help out with […]
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS – One year after
There are always certain things in life that one would like to do, but that is not the right time for it on one side or another. I had always wanted to live a long period out of Spain (I have had other experiences abroad, but only for a few months). After one of the […]
Short-term volunteer (valeta)
My time as a short-term volunteer at FITT in Timisoara is coming to an end. Soon I will board the plane and say goodbye to Romania. But now it’s time to reflect on the days that have recently passed. The last week served both to finish some remaining youth centres and to prepare for the […]
Dorobantilor Road (By Ayoub El fitour)
All the roads lead to Dorobantilor! More than 13 nationalities travelled to Timisoara, Romania. We came here ready to start and finish our project, meaning renovating the youth centre Dorobantilor. -Social activities were the first and most important thing that helped us integrate and get to know each other, their effect is understanding through teamwork […]
A week of two wings (By Ayoub El fitour)
It was a week of getting ready and cheering each other on. The first wing was a preparatory group work, part and the end of last week. Week after week, we learn how to climb the mountains of adventure, our adventure is to jump in order to look into the far future. It was only […]
3 Stations – digital week window (By Ayoub El Fitour)
SURPRISES STATION The beginning of the week was full of surprises that put us to the test of self-control and prudence to continue our work and reach the next stations. It was a surprise with some of the things that we naturally encounter and how we should deal with them. VIEWS STATION It was the […]
From Agadir to Timisoara (By Ayoub El Fitour)
On my way to my first destination outside Morocco, It’s not easy to leave my beautiful country for a long time but Romania deserves it, especially for a volunteer project. Can you imagine? One of the most important stops was getting to know each other and discovering more about the organization FITT as well as […]
A day of accomplishment: +1 Youth Centre! (By Esther Ghesquiere)
On the 14th of December, the Youth Centre of Dacia exchanged the noise of construction work, with the sound of a guitar and a beautiful voice. Helped by the youth workers from FITT, the place changed its atmosphere. The opening was on! A little buffet, a workshop area, a lot of welcoming puff, and some […]
New team, new experience, new energy (By Esther Ghesquiere)
Here we are on our way to renovating the next Youth Center for the YCUP2 project. For a month, we will make our best to design a welcoming place for the youngsters around the Dacia market. But this project is not only about renovating, this is also about building a team, our team. Some of […]
Last week of our great experience (By Linda Markus)
The fourth week began as the third had ended: with a lot of paint. Walls turned yellow, ladders werecarried around and brushes were dipped into buckets until even the last corner of the building hadthe colour of our imagination. A little later, we slowly reached a point where things we hadn’t caredabout before suddenly became […]