EVS PROJECT

So, we are 6 volunteers from different European countries living and working together in Bucharest, Romania, for 6 months (April – September 2010). The fact that we are able to come together and live and work on a project without any cost from us is because we are participating in the European Voluntary Service. This is a project from Youth in Action and it funds volunteers from any EU country (and some volunteers from countries outside of the EU too, like Turkey) to volunteer in another EU country (and sometimes also countries outside the EU like Brazil or the USA). There are many different projects in many different countries you can take part in, you can search the database here: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/evs/aod/hei_en.cfm Not all projects are active all the time so it’s worth sending some emails to see which projects are available or if any similar projects are planned by the organisation in the future. Contact details are in the database.

Globe in the mirror

Our project is called Globe In The Mirror and its aim is to raise awareness amongst young people in Romania of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development through non-formal education and participative arts such us social theatre, street animation, video animation, photography and music and anything else we can think of. We create our own project using whatever methods we are interested in – ART Fusion are very flexible and supportive of us. We also participate with other related organisations such as FOND Romania and get involved with their events.

Additionally we aim to promote volunteering amongst young people and promote awareness of the EVS programme.

To sum up, the project Globe in the Mirror aims to overcame all language barriers and to raise awareness about global issues which are topics of considerable matter of nowadays society and to emphasise the importance of taking attitude (ARTitude!) in solving these problems.

Youth In Action

So, EVS is just one phase of the Youth in Action programme. There are many other opportunities available for Yoof of Europe and it’s all worth reading about in greater depth on the webpage: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm


Hannah