Long term adventure in France Written by SarahSeptember 2021 Sarah Browne, one of VSI Ireland’s ESC volunteers did her ESC project in France with a Youth Information Point – Maison de l’Europe en Mayenne in Laval, from September 2020 to July 2021. She was an Ambassador of Europe and mobility with EuropeDirect. Sarah’s project was divided into…
Zero Trash workcamp in Portugal Written by YelizAugust 2021 I took part in the Zero-Trash workcamp in Portugal over this summer. Our main activities were collecting trash in the village of Serpins near Coimbra. We went to the nearby woods where trash had been illegally thrown out and our job was to separate them based on…
Nature Park Alp Experience Written by RiccardoAugust 2021 “Bring warm clothes” was mentioned three times in the information sheet for the workcamp “Nature Park Alp Experience” on the Illalpe 2360m above sea level. For a good reason: While most of the time we were lucky with sunny weather to maintain stonewalls, meadows and trails, but also…
My workcamp in the mountains Written by RudiJune 2021 Rudi was a camp coordinator in the Workcamp Mountain Hiking Trails (Maloja GR, 23 May – 03 Jun 2021). The workcamp in Maloja has been an awesome experience. Besides the truly marvelous region, I met some wonderful people and spend an incredible time in the middle of…
Sharing my experience at ChangeMakers Written by Senka NenadovJune 2021 VSI Ireland’s ESC volunteer, Senka Nenadov, participated in the SCI Change Makers event on 3rd June, organised as a follow-up event to the FLOW project. At the event, Senka spoke of her personal experience growing up in Serbia, needing personal assistance and the obstacles in the…
The best volunteering opportunity Written by Kelemen GáborMay 2021 The best volunteering opportunity is to go to Romania for an ESC project. The best way to go to ESC is to go to Romania for the first time. It was the best place to experience all four seasons in 3 months. I taught English to kindergarten…
An Interview with VSI’s ESC Volunteer, Senka Written by Maria and SenkaApril 2021 What causes are you passionate about? I’m passionate about volunteering, languages, travelling, and horses! What inspired you to apply for ESC? I have wanted to make the world a better place since I was a child. During my childhood, I was passionate about…
Banana bread unites people online! Written by Lili StepchenkoApril 2021 How to repeat the success of the online project? In my opinion, you should prepare together banana bread online, have the most productive team and very motivated participants to create a positive base for implementing the second successful online Work- and Studycamp “Female Perspectives on Police…
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…