How volunteering changes your life (6 months later)
This year started out as one of the weirdest of my life. If someone told me six months ago everything I was going to live, I would have said, without thinking, that it was not possible to happen. Going out of the comfort zone This is the first thing you experience when you decide to […]
10 reasons to become a volunteer
Hi! My name is Charlie and I am a volunteer in Timis County Youth Foundation, I’ve chosen to volunteer in this organization because it was for me a great opportunity to leave abroad and to do something concrete for other young people like me, somewhere else in the world. I work together with a team […]
All the fun things to do as a volunteer
Hello, are you perhaps interested in volunteering ? As a volunteer myself, I can answer questions, tell you about my experiences and give you all the good reasons to go. But you’re maybe wondering what to do for fun outside of the project during a whole month once you’re here ?… So here is a list of […]
Step forward into the unknown and assume it will be brilliant
Lately, I have been thinking many times about how I want my future to be. Although things have changed a lot since the last time we could go out without a mask, and we did not have a curfew, life goes on, and we have to adapt to new circumstances. For this reason, after finishing […]
SHALL WE GO? –LET’S GO! Change your life
Sometimes, I wonder how something as simple as a single question can change your life that much. -Shall we go? –Let’s go! This is how my conversation with my friend Miriam ended the day we decided to go somewhere else to be volunteers. I have always been a girl who has thought that we all […]
Romania, the place to become change-makers
Several months have passed since we arrived in Romania to volunteer with the ESC project Youth Centres UP 2. Since then, the experience, which is still intense, has gone through different phases. We arrived in Timisoara without many expectations but with a great desire to give the best of ourselves. We found ourselves in a country of solidarity, […]
The Three Musketeers of FITT
This is the story of the three musketeers, namely Armando, Fatih, and Alperen, or Alpi, as known by many. We three met in Timisoara, Romania, a month and a half after the first of us, Alpi, came here. When we first met we did not know what we might have encountered and undergo altogether. After […]
My road back
I’ve always had the feeling that I should do more for the world. I was always interested in helping other people, but until now, I’ve never had the time to think about it and try to research some ways to get into volunteering. I’ve known about Youth Portal for some years now, other organizations were sending me […]
Youth Centres UP is back
We are looking for new local volunteers for the second edition of Youth Centres UP. Youth Centres UP 2 is a long-term project organised by Timis County Youth Foundation (FITT) through the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), in which 10 international volunteers from different countries and local volunteers are involved in setting up 10 new youth centres in the neighbourhoods of Timisoara. Through this project, we promote the participation of young people, as well as social inclusion, […]
My adventure on the road to Timişoara!
Before I start writing about my trip to Romania, I want to express my immense joy of being here because I have been waiting for so long to come here. I waited a year after I was selected, due to the pandemic and the closure of the borders. And here is how my journey started… […]
The monthly journal – Spring at its finest – April 2021
This month, the ESC volunteers enjoyed spring at its finest. They took advantage of the great weather and had picnics, were on treasure hunts, city tours, organised and attended various online and offline events. In a word, they weren’t bored at all. April started with a great learning opportunity for the volunteers. They had the chance to organise […]
An unprecedented spring
This spring is unprecedented… I can say that spring seems a little strange to me. In the spring, the flowers bloomed. With the wind touching your skin, hope spreads throughout your body. It did not feel that way this time. It came to me was like an endless storm that took everything. I felt as […]