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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Volunteering shadowing in Craiova, January 2021
Some of the ESC volunteers from Timișoara participated for 3 days in a volunteering shadowing programme in Craiova, where they exchanged experiences and good practices with local volunteers and presented their projects to each other. They also had the chance to visit and explore a new town of Romania. The plurality and contradiction of…
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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…
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Volunteers in Romania – winter holidays 2020
2020 was so different than what we expected: shortly after coming to Timișoara (Romania) through the ‘Set the Tempo’ project, the pandemic started – and what happened next really challenged us. We stepped out of our comfort zone and adapted ourselves and our activity to the context. We’ve learnt a lot, tested different kinds…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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