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January 30, 2019

AN HONEST ZAGREB GUIDE

ILICA This is probable the first street that you’ll actually notice. It’s a street-photographer’s dream. Ilica is the 3rd longest street in Zagreb and it’s almost 6km long. What makes it so special is that all along it, there are shops- so it’s basically the shop street. There aren’t many cars and the atmosphere is happy, lively and fast. SHOPPING CENTRES Talking about...

Helping and sharing

January 16, 2019

Return home for Christmas.

After three intense months of volunteering, Christmas arrived. It’s the moment when we return home and see our family and friends. Although I have a lot of free time here, this “first stage” (as I call it) has been intense, and everything was new for me, so I missed the right and necessary my country and my people. Furthermore,...

Volunteer experience

December 21, 2018

The greatness of being a volunteer

“Many small people, in small places, doing small things can change the world” – Eduardo Galeano On 5th of december was celebrated the volunteer day. So, this time, I will talk not about being an EVS volunteer, but about being a volunteer in general. Volunteering is one of the most priceless things that a human being can do. Being a...

Learning process and Youthpass

December 14, 2018

THE ROLE THAT VOLUNTEERS PLAY IN OUR ORGANIZATION

“Being a volunteer is a way of being.” Volunteering is above all the reflection of a social conscience, converted into action giving an organized response to social needs, from commitment, cooperation and commitment to the common good. Active people, critics, stewards, who care about social problems, the situation of specific people and groups, deepening in the causes and consequences, and...

Volunteer experience

December 11, 2018

Living in a city right out of a Christmas movie.

In the past 3 years, Zagreb has become a famous for advent, by being named “Best-Christmas-Market” 2016, 2017 and 2018. That makes the whole city drastically change once December is nearing. It literally becomes a Christmas movie set. Apparently, advent quite a huge deal here- as if it isn’t everywhere in the world. Just like that, during December, whether you...

EVS tips and opportunity

December 5, 2018

BENEFITS OF THE VISIT

One of our tasks within the EVS program is the home visits. Each visit is different, because we aren’t always with the same person, each one is a world and has a different character. The communication with these women is very complicated due to the linguistic barrier, and it’s practically impossible to establish a conversation by our own. Therefore, we...

Learning process and Youthpass

November 23, 2018

New country, new language. What now?

Two months ago, I left Portugal and came to Croatia to do an EVS. One of the things that I always thought that would be a problem was the linguistic barrier. Not just because I don’t know to speak croatian but also because my english was not so good. The first thing that I figured out when I arrive here...

Learning process and Youthpass

November 17, 2018

HOW I FACED THE HOME VISITS IN MY EVS

It seems very important to my to dedicate one article in order to explain you my personal perspective about home visits. Why home visits? It is important to highlight that I am social worker. Therefore, the home visits is a technique that I have been studying during my whole degree. The exact meaning of that ones within my profession is:...

Volunteer experience