Italian Voice from the Heart Written by Italian volunteerJune 2016 This past autumn I was in Italy, waiting for the results of my exams and for the beginning of the courses. It was a feeling I’d had for a long time, but it had always remained latent, behind a mountain of other worthless commitments. Suddenly, I…
Volunteering With SCI Has No Age Written by Pat BarkerMarch 2016 “I’m a person who loves to travel, but not just any old travelling. What I love about IVS volunteering is the range of nationalities, ages and backgrounds brought together. You’re not simply spending time with tourists like yourself. On most projects, you really feel you’ve…
EVS: (E)xperience (V)ia (S)olidarity Written by Angelilki KavallieratouJanuary 2016 Ask people around you what is EVS. Do you think that they know the answer? Well, it is difficult to say that with certainty but the common reaction that people have when I am saying that I am doing my EVS is with a huge question mark….
How to overcome the post-workcamps blues Written by Marta Palau,September 2015 We don’t know how it is in your part of the world, but here in Antwerp it is getting colder. Trees are changing their leaves, the days are shorter and sunny days seem far away… We can’t help but already miss that time of the…