Hopeland: A Journey into Sustainable Living in Greece
In the heart of summer 2023, I joined a group of volunteers from all over Europe for a project called “Hopeland” in Greece. For a month and a half, from July through August, we lived and worked together, united by a common purpose: to build an eco-friendly farm that would not only thrive but also […]
Volunteering in Poland
A story, or even two, from Armenian volunteers who gave part of their live to volunteer in Poland. Meet Anna and Ani, for whom European Solidarity Corps was a life changing experience. A “baby” of the volunteering community Hi! I’m Anna Kirakosyan from Armenia. I had a pleasure to join European Solidarity Corps volunteering project […]
From Belarus to Kraków: A Journey to Remember
Whenever anyone asks me about my ESC experience, I say: “it was a thrilling ride and one of the best decisions I’ve ever made!” – says Artsiom from Belarus, who spent his 6 months of volunteering in frames of the European Solidarity Corps in Poland and discovered his passions. Diving into a Multicultural Wonderland Living […]
Chișinău, the city where nothing lasts
Former localisation of Teatru Spalatorie, in November 2023
Two weeks to want to stay forever
The belief that one’s home is the World and that volunteering means cooperating with one’s brothers and sisters is strengthening and volunteering is now emerging as an introspective and outrospective key. At sunrise, they know it. It’s the day to take off towards an immersion which is still unknown to them but which contours are […]
Step by step in volunteering
Having the passion to be a part of a good change in my community, is what making me to do volunteering. Asmae shares her path as a volunteer within European Solidarity Corps., from the small city of Taroudant in the heart of Atlas Mountains – Morocco to southern Anatolia – Turkey then to Alpine region […]
Upside down – Let’s go to the other side!
Upside Down, when translated into Arabic, is the name of a typical Palestinian dish. Read until the end to discover what dish it is and how it brought young Italians and Palestinians for 3 weeks together in Palestine, between April and May 2023. Our aim was to live together and gain a community-rooted experience, to […]
When the paths crossed…
We were probably in one of the most successful partnership building seminars, just didn’t know it yet at the time! A story of the partnership building in Finland, including partners from Kosovo and Ukraine, that led to a group volunteering project. Start of a new partnership and what it leads to. Summer was slowly turning […]
The Transylvanian Metamorphosis. Journey of a Hero.
I thought to tell you this story briefly, but in my opinion good stories are rarely short. My name is Miko Shakhdinarian and this is how discovery of international youth work and volunteering opportunities turned my life upside-down. Let me connect the dots of the last 13 years for you! The ordinary world Growing up […]
