EVS - ON Arrival - my subject

EVS on Arrival Training is my subject for today we were fifty two people like always the only Tunisian and for sure a lot of Turkish.

We had a lot of workshop sometimes boring sometimes funny  emotional in others my best was the cultural differences we had to split in teams and I like working in teams we were five volunteering  Tunisian, Armenian, Argentina, Spanish and the last one from Denmark .

TYPS - Horse Assisted Education

In perioada 10-13.10.2019, a avut loc in Tarnobrzeg (Polonia) al doilea training inclus in cadrul proiectului Typs. In cadrul trainingului 12 lucratori de tineret din cadrul celor trei organizatii – Greentin, Ecocompartimos, Esteka (cate 4 din fiecare organizatie partenera) au invatat noi metode pe care sa le aplice in activitatile de tineret. Coordonatorul activitatii, Horse Assisted Education a fost Esteka.

Proiectul Typs a fost finantat prin intermediul programului Erasmus+

 W dniach 10-13.10.2019 r. W Tarnobrzegu (Polska) odbyło się drugie szkolenie w ramach projektu Typs. Podczas tego szkolenia 12 pracowników młodzieżowych (po 4 dla każdej organizacji) uczyło się nowych metod edukacji poza formalnej celem zastosowania ich w pracy z młodzieżą. Koordynatorem działania programu szkoleniowego metoda Horse Assisted Education było stowarzyszenie Esteka.

Projekt Typs został sfinansowany przez Program Erasmus +

First steps into emotional intelligence

October is the Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month and to start a journey to develop emotional intelligence, we should first understand the concept and its importance.

In simple terms, emotional intelligence is the ability to recognise and manage emotions, our own and from others, while, intellectual intelligence, measured by the IQ, refers to the ability to learn, understand and process information. There is no strict correlation between them, which means people can have high IQs and low emotional intelligence, vice versa and even high score in both or neither.

Time flies

Time flies! I already have been here for two months! When I first arrived in Baia Mare, I was so nervous. However, when I got yellow house, I realized that there was nothing to be nervous about. The other volunteers welcomed me very nicely and I had the feeling that everything was gonna be alright. The day after I have arrived, we had some activities in library with the children from Foster house. When you put a smile on child's face, you become the happiest person in the world. This is what I felt in the second day. Those smiles and warm hugs took my tiredness away and I had the feeling that I was ready for this volunteering experience for 10 months.

In the second week, we went to rural school which was in Asuaju de Sus. The age of students in the school was between 7 and 13. Because it was still summer holiday, we had some outdoor activities. Taught them how to make a bird from origami, played games and at the end put the smile on their 

faces, with so many hugs of course

After a week, we joint VoluHub. VoluHub was an event that Yellow Shirts Association has organized. 

Saving the world could start with giving better future for one child

This is my second article I have already started meeting the village school students and being a

part of their journey this year. At first I thought it is another experience to learn more about the non-formal education but I crushed with the same educational system that I left and I hated in Tunisia. An educational system that is not commensurate with them surroundings, aspiration and reality. A system that doesn't provide the simplest conditions and doesn’t considering their situation, their needs and ambition. I saw a boy in the school with a lot of wounds  in his hand from working, others with special needs they have a problem of focusing they need more time to understand and they don t have the same capacity of learning like others.

Reflection time!

I have to admit that this time, I had to resort to my calendar and photo gallery to recap everything that happened in these last 2 months. I had the impression that it was too much to be all during this period. But no, also for my surprise, all happen since last time I wrote.

Scheduled in my calendar were Paraglider, School summer activities, a reminder for my cat annual vaccine (and yes, she didn´t love it but it was taken care of), MythBusters events, Electric Castle Festival, Youth Exchange, more days of school summer activities, several cultural events, Volu-HUB workshop and a Road-trip in Romania. And a lot more of daily plans happen that didn’t even get to the calendar. So, I will try to resume all of this. Summer was a time in which we organized and participated in a lot of different activities, events and projects. 

La revedere, Baia Mare!

Yes, I am in Baia Mare for 8 months now and it is the end of my volunteer project. During these 8 months, I did and saw so many things I didn't expect before I came here! But for me, the best part of erasmus+ volunteering is meeting new people from all over Europe and living abroad. This is a great opportunity to discover Europe. When I arrived, I didn't imagine that I would have to speak so much English. I lived most of my EVS in an apartment of 8 people. None of my roommates spoke my mother tongue until the last month. The diversity of nationalities of the volunteers in my apartment and in Baia Mare has helped me a lot to learn English. I came with a very low level of English and I have progressed in this language with foreigners, like myself. It's easier it seems to me and it's also fun to be able to practice with different accents. Before coming here, I knew nothing about Romania and I made many discoveries. I will keep very good memories of my EVS in Romania and if I had to do it again, I would do it.