The perfect EVS project Written by Anastasiia SpitsinaMarch 2021 When in October last year I was informed that I was accepted for an EVS project in Switzerland, my family and I could not believe it, because I dreamed about it for such a long time. For half a year I didn’t give up trying to find…
The beginning of my EVS story Written by Iuliia BeliaevaMarch 2021 It wasn’t that easy for me to find an EVS project that could meet my expectations. But once I had an interview with Nathalia and Loretta from SCI Switzerland, I had no doubt that it was a match. I arrived in Bern at the beginning…
My ESC project in SCI Catalunya Written by Bogumiła HładkiSeptember 2020 Time flies and good things come to the end as they say. It was like yesterday when I came to Barcelona to start my ESC project in the office of the SCI branch. I remember the advice given to me by the previous ESC volunteer:…
Propelling paths Written by Esther Hernández DíazSeptember 2020 I was scared. All my life I dreamed of living in a European city but my family responsibilities, jobs, or studies did not leave me the chance to find this opportunity. Finally, it was here. I was selected to be a communication officer for a full year in…
One year as an ESC volunteer in Tramonti, Southern Italy Written by KorneliaAugust 2020 It started in spring. Tramonti in spring is changeable: sometimes sunny and warm, sometimes green and flowery, sometimes sociable and extrovert, sometimes young and erratic – but sometimes also rainy, gray and grumpy. Tramonti is characteristic, and life in Tramonti is also…
Thirteen-month journey going to end, or…? Written by Nina MialoJuly 2020 For one year (actually a bit more) I was doing my EVS in the office of SCI-Germany. Normally, I was an incoming placement officer for the workcamps, however my working life was very diverse and full of various tasks. My project is going to end…
It is Written by Ana ObrezaJuly 2020 It is what it is. Soon after arriving to Herzfeld Sennrüti, I realised that this sentence spontaneously became my mantra. It is the Earth, the place where we landed – we, four souls from parallel universes who decided to volunteer for a year in ecovillage HerzeldSennrüti and accept Degersheim…
Notes of the one whose life will not be the same Written by Natalia BeketovaJune 2020 How I became heard and hearted by SCI… The 8th of March. Evening. My flight Kyiv/Bonn. And a fear. A terrible fear if I could find myself in this new life. I managed to get to Germany a few weeks…
Extract from a letter to my younger me Written by Silvia BrunJune 2020 You will have the most amazing experinces in moments you are dedicating the time for others. These moments, days, weeks and months will teach you that the things you worry about and are important to you now – your school marks, body shape,…
The way to find myself Written by Giuzel GaffanovaJune 2020 I can’t breath… I need something to change me and my environment. What should I do? This city seems so boring for me. Nothing attracts me. Everyday is the same: work – home – work. Is there a possibility to get rid of this daily routine? …