Week 3 – Team 1
As usual, Pangea ends its working day with the weekly report, doing its best to organize the following week. On Saturday, Pangea gathered in the kitchen since the reading room was busy at that moment. Even though we were sleepy, hungry, and lacked the motivation because of the rainy weather, we ended up discussing the […]
Week 3 – Team 2
Moving on to the third week, we`re proud of what we`ve accomplished. We were able to clean theoutside completely and do some real progress on the inside. We repaired the walls almost entirely so that after some finishing touches it will be ready to bepainted and we cleaned the rust and painted the fence in […]
Week 3 – Team 3
Everyday in this week, we got home, dirty, tired, pieces of wall in our hair. Our legs, hands and feet covered in cement. The feeling of exaustion is a little bit overwhelming for all, the pride and satisfaction is even greater. How can we be so tired, sweatyand yet so happy? Maybe that is what volunteering […]
Week 2 – Team 2
“The best way to predict the future is to to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln As you know our journey began a week ago with the community engagement activities, this week we started the actual rebuilding of our center. This is how it was. It took us a few days of planning and scheduling before […]
Week 2 – Team 1
Week two started on a low note with one of the members of another group being sent home. Thereafter a common meeting was held, which involved all 3 groups in order to discuss the incident, as well as any other concerns the group had. On Wednesday the three groups split, after which Pangea began planning […]
Week 2 – Team 3
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou We believe that this sentence can be a perfect exemple for our past week. We had a lot of challenges to face, as expected, some diverging opinions and […]
Team 3
You ever wondered what a change maker is? Our main goals include contribution to local society and inclusion of people with fewer opportunities. Until now, an event like this one was never held in Timișoara. Thoughtsabout a more active and united community brought about tone hundred people together, from all over the world. How will […]
Team 2
Do you remember what you did on the 17th of July? We do, it was an important day for us: it was the day we had the chance to engage with local people from Şagului. To do that we had to come up with an efficient plan. First, we needed to decide what kind of […]
Team 1
Group one kicked off the first week with training. This training was meant to enable the group members to know each other better, as well as to understand each other’s capabilities better. This training consisted of a variety of tasks to equip the group with an awareness of what would be expected of them in […]
ESC Vacancy in Dworp – Belgium
We are looking for a volunteer to be part of the catering service team in Destelheide-Hanenbos, for 9 months, in the the village Dworp, 25km away from Brussels, Belgium. If you are: Less than 30 years old A good communicator Responsible Prepared to learn Dutch Outgoing and social Interested in cooking and catering Flexible Keen […]
5 tips for EVS
After not writing in the blog for some time, I started thinking that very hardly I would be able to remember what happened every single week, also considering that it’s not possible that every single week in the past 10 months had something minimally interesting to tell. News flash, it doesn’t. A lot of week […]
ESC Vacancy in Rakican – Slovenia
We are looking for a volunteer to join the ESC project “Heritage Forever”, starting from March 2019, for 7 months, in the Mansion Rakican in Slovenia. If you are: Less than 30 years old Speaking English, at least to an intermediate level Interested in protecting and preserving cultural heritage Interested in gaining new knowledge and […]