Local volunteers – testimonials
As most of the long-term ESC volunteers from the project Set the Tempo are gone, we are glad that they have left behind some fantastic local volunteers who are happy to share their experience of working with them in the youth centre Aradului. Read the testimonials here: I really enjoyed being a volunteer at the […]
You can learn from everything, even from the worst
“Learning Patience can be a difficult experience, but once conquered, you will find life easier” – Katherine Pulsifer As a person, I was never really involved with Erasmus+ projects — I always had a preference towards projects and conferences that were made by universities and other organizations. So, when I was accepted after 4 months of waiting in the project Set […]
Instant moments by Alisa
365 or maybe a few more days passed by, but I feel it was just instant when I’ve just arrived and now it’s time to say goodbye. Say goodbye to the city that completed the warm environment for a year for me, goodbye to the organization that supported us till the end, goodbye to the youth centre that in […]
MY ESC EXPERIENCE IN TIMISOARA
I remember stepping into that huge building, Casa Tineretului. My baggage was heavy and so were my feelings, faced with the fact that I did it, I came back. It looked like nothing has changed. Dimmed lights were illuminating the walls, the echo of my steps was filling the space and the memories began to return in bursts. Happiness was mingled with anticipation and I stood in front of my decision, wondering if it was right. One year later […]
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 […]
2 Μonths in Lunacy
Being a part these past few months of an esc project was probably the worst time that I have ever spend in any country ever. My name is Marietta, and currently I am working on a project for FITT, I am a political scientist and I am doing my masters in Diplomatic and International Relations, […]