admin, Author at Circles of change

January 19, 2018

Improving social skills through the work with children

If you’ve ever worked on a school, summer school, children’s club or any other environment involving children there are a few things you will have learned. Working with kids has many sides. It can be hard, it can be challenging, you have to plan the day down to the minute, and make sure that you can rearrange your plans depending...

Learning process and Youthpass

January 11, 2018

Using, reusing and decorating art

What can be made out of plastic cups? As volunteers we have an opportunity to organize different kind of workshops, sometimes we can be really creative. Before Christmas we started our first workshops about crafts and recycling dedicated to children. Preparing was a lot of fun, we had to think what to do with materials we had:...

Learning process and Youthpass

January 10, 2018

Donation centre: behind-the-scenes work

Today I want to talk about another activities carried out here in these three and a half months, or work in the Donation Center. My first activity I did here, only one week after my arrival, was to fix games, books, and puzzles on the shelves of the office. It was a fairly simple, but useful job to give the...

Volunteer experience

December 13, 2017

I see children who leave with a smile on their faces

Helping others is the way we help ourselves Oprah Winfrey Raising donations for sick children I would tell you my experience during fundraising for sick children. Sometimes we organize low-cost-toy- charity days at the big Bundek park or Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall. We prepare the table, fix the balloons and billboard, flyers with information about Circles,...

Volunteer experience

December 13, 2017

It is so beatiful when one struggles for a noble cause and it is appreciated

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Ronald Regan Humanitarian activities- Success depends on the good preparation Today in my third article, I want to talk about other activities that I have done here in these three months. The first event took place on Sunday, October 15th, in the center of Zagreb, to find funds for...

Volunteer experience

December 4, 2017

Croatian articles: Moj život u Hrvatskoj

Croatian articles represents our knowledge in Croatian language. We will inform you from time to time how is going on with our learning competences… Learning another language is like becoming another person. Haruki Murakami Bok! Zovem se Asia i dolazim iz Poljske. Prije dva mjeseca počela sam raditi kao EVS volonterka u organizaciji Krugovi. Danas, o svom...

Learning process and Youthpass

December 1, 2017

EVStories : How to live with people you didn’t know before

EVS represents lot of things. It’s more than a learning process. This experience maybe will completely change your life. It’s an opportunity that will allow you to grow personally and professionally. You will meet lot and different people from other countries; you will learn new languages and many things about their culture. From the beginning of the project I...

EVS tips and opportunity

November 24, 2017

Friendship has no age and no limit

Caring for the elderly allows them not worry about the things they cannot do anymore and celebrate the things that they can, not only supporting them in their needs, but also providing them with a valued friend and confidant. Lasts weeks we were visiting our elders here, in the area of Utrina. We are always together with another Croatian...

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