Author: Irina

Why Romania? Weren’t there any Projects in Nicer Countries?

By Lara Bingger Living in Romania for more than two months already, I’ve come to experience a lot of new situations and connected to that as well emotions, some of which I expected, some I didn’t. But one thing really came as a surprise to me: The wish of having a different nationality. I had…

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To the Ones Who Don’ t Know What to Do with Their Lives

by Gesine Reinhardt Back when I was about to finish high school, all exams written and just waiting for the final papers to be in my hands, I felt a lot of relief. Finally, there was no need to be scared of black-outs, failure and sleep-deprivation anymore. In fact, I could do all the things…

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My Experience with Music and Emotions

By Lea Gerault “Music is the language of emotions” – Kant Language and emotions are automatically linked since all music is emotional. Of course, music has first an aesthetic function : all music is aesthetic; but not all music is necessarily expressive. However, not all music is expressive but all music is emotional. That’s also…

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Challenges of Self-Trust

By Alisa Kivirian “Look at yourself in the mirror. See who you truly are and repeat: I am enough. I can do it. Then hide it into your sock and whenever you feel like you are not believing in yourself enough, take it out and look into it again.” That’s what he said. He, one…

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Kids: aliens or humans?

By Alisa Kivirian The volunteering project I am taking part in is focused on working with kids and youth. So far we’ve been to about 3 or 4 different school and a day centre and met kids from 5 to 17. As a person who doesn’t have any siblings and haven’t had a chance to…

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How Teambuilding Activities Actually DO Bring People Closer Together

By Alisa Kivirian   First month when we arrived to Romania, we’ve been all put together. Living, working, hanging out. You and 5 random people you have no connection to. By sharing your daily routine and fighting over who left the dishes in the kitchen you get to know the visible superficial side of the…

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Words for Well-being: The Connection between an Efficient Communication and the Recovery Time of the Hospitalized Patients

Between March and July 2019, the Association for the promotion of creative-ecological education and innovative abilities implemented the first project since the beginning of the European Solidarity Corps program, with the help of two Romanian volunteers. Although the association has experience in European volunteering projects, “Words for Well-being” is a project was innovative because the…

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After 2 Years Since My EVS Experience

By Anna Koch Two years…. It had been two years since I had my EVS in Romania. It seems like a long time, but then again: Any amount of time seems like a long time when you’ve changed a lot. Taking part in that EVS two years ago has been a very spontaneous decision. And,…

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What Have I Learned from My Volunteering Experience

Project Creativity 4 Sociability, Constanta, Romania Felix and Sam  were two out of four volunteers, spending 9 months in Romania. Because Erasmus+ is funding learning experiences, through volunteering, look what they have achieved during their stage:   Felix, Swedish, 23 years old: “Improved communication Assertiveness is all about communication with your surroundings and within yourself,…

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Volunteers Caravan (2)

By Diana Barbu Main objective We embarked on this journey through Romania on the 15th of June starting from Constanta, then going to Craiova, Arad, Baia Mare, Sighisoara and Bucharest, our goal being to discover how other organisations work and how their EVS projects were developing, but also to discuss about our own. We wanted…

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