If there is a beginning there is also an ending
It was five in the morning when I arrived after 6 months. I was feeling that I am at home, I was feeling that all the memories that I have left would come back again. My youth centre was my motivation; people that were coming to our events were giving me the desire to work and to do more and more. The secret of our (Aradului) work was teamwork. There is no place like home – we had a pillow with this text that […]
Moments of a year full of happiness and challenges
I feel like it was yesterday when this story has started. When I look back, even just for a second, I remember so clearly my arrival: I was entering a room which wasn’t giving me any warmness at all. But right now, when it’s time for me to leave, the same room is giving me so much warmness and it became so close to my heart, that it is so hard for me to leave it behind. Even if it […]
Making a change
In summer ’19 I got involved in a great adventure. I was among a hundred volunteers from different parts around the world who came to Timisoara with only one purpose. We built 5 youth centres in 5 neighbourhoods of the city, in order to help the local community of young people. To be honest, I was not very familiar with volunteering programmes in Europe and just […]
The monthly journal – February 2021
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 […]
First Steps of a Life-Changing Experience
I was ready for an adventure, but didn’t know where to start! Having graduated from the university during the times of pandemic and spending quite a lot of time staying home, I was a bit hesitant to go on an adventure that I had decided on during my university years. My dream was to go […]
Best cartoon character
What was your best cartoon character? Why did you like this when you were a child? Was it beautiful, fun, or colorful? I asked this question for myself, and I had no idea. I don’t know why. Maybe I didn’t love it enough to remember. My generation remembers how sweet Teletubbies were. Which one was […]
The Vision Behind
I’ve always been an outsider of sorts. Weirdly incapable of settling into what the majority would consider a normal (if not a must-have) way of life. Hence, I’ve spent a fair share of my life exploring new territories – geographically as well as spiritually. My involvement in volunteer work in Timișoara is fragment of a […]
A BREEZE TO ROMANIA
Hello, I am Burak and the purpose of my writing is to share my reason for applying to the ESC project and my journey with FITT with people who want to be participants in international projects. I hope you can find a way out of your difficulties after this article and you will never lose […]
Waiting
Sometimes I happen to get overwhelmed by great positive energy and motivation when I get in and start looking for work, I send cv to all the jobs I think fit my skills. I always look forward to an answer and when I see someone answering me I’m happy, I always tell myself that this […]
Facts about my Yerevan Jan
I am SOOO bad at writing and I just want to be good
Frida is here
The end of the week in Aradului youth center we had exhibition called ART FOR CHANGE . Frida came our youth center , first time in my life I met her. She was so close , she was all the time with me , we were walking together , we were speaking together : from […]