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I had to write about my Evs experience but I think a picture is worth a thousand words.  This video is a summary of my five months in Arad. I hope you like it!!

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Sonia Domínguez López

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Last 10 days

Unfortunately I am at the end of my beautiful experience. I have arrived in Arad five months ago but seem that it was one week ago. Yes, in the EVS the time run and sometimes too much!

When I have applied for the voluntary work I was just graduate. After that I felt the need to go out of my usual and safety life, to know new reality, languages, person and culture, to feel helpful for the society.

When my organization has given me the positive answer for come here I was really excited, I thought “finally I leave”! They send me more information about the project. I liked it! When you have only information on paper and you are not in place for sure your mind start to daydream. For me it was the same. I began to think about the place, my life, the work, etc…. The only my real worry was the English. I was scare to can not communicate with the other people, than little by little I have started to speak and understand.

I have arrived in Arad and after two days my prejudice about this beautiful country went away. One problem that you have to take on when you go in an other country is the prejudice built by your mind, and about Romania in west Europe unfortunately we have too much of them! The best way for fight them is travel and open yourself to the local person.

Concern the work at the beginning my impression was a little negative, because the impact with the center was strong, but little by little working with the guys you start to love them. They give you a lot of love and satisfactions, for example when they say you “thank you the work of today was amazing” with a big smile and clapping.

EVS is not only work but it is also a opportunity to know other culture, this is possible spoke with volunteers that come from every part of the world. Besides during this experience you can use free days, spending them for travel and know better yourself and think about your future.

My advice is not lose this wonderful and unique experience for grow and know something more, join us!! 

Luigi      

Halfway

      The last week, we worked in Creative center.

I like this center because we have a lot of material for working and the people enjoy with our activities. For example, the last day we made a dragon with colour paper and they are excited and happy with the activity and this is very rewarding because I feel that I am useful. 

      Another activity was to help painting two classes in a school and was funny but hard because the paint is not cleaned alone hahaha

      For other part, this week, for example, we are working in another center with little children and really I love this activity because I don’t need to know idioms for communicate whit them… is totally intuitive and funny and they love us.

      These two months and half have passed very quickly because I like my job and my life in Arad because teachers, children, mates, volunteers are very nice with me.

         

Sonia Domínguez López

Our first activities

The week started with the European day. With this event we had the possibility to share the EVS, fortunately, in fact during the morning we made sure that the young people, between 16 and 30, haven’t heard about it. Now we hope that someone will seize this fantastic opportunity. Add to this, the European day was amazing! We tested a lot of traditional food and saw traditional dances, for being able to know better the different cultures in our Europe. 

In this week we also started to work. When the last month we visited the centers, we weren’t very happy because we have feared to not be ready for this experience. When the last Tuesday we finished to work, we were very satisfied. We passed the initial shock! This was a good lesson, never trust of first impression!

The best satisfaction arrived the second day of work in Tabaccovic and Creative centers. There we had the possibility to work with older people, so we had the chance to do more focused activities. Both of the guys and the social workers were really happy for our presence.

We are waiting with a lot of enthusiasm the new week!

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Luigi Tredicine

The first month of EVS in Arad

The main task of this first month of EVS was to defeat and get through the cultural shock. Living in a new and different country is always a challenge but, the cultural shock is not only about the country or the language (English or Romanian in our case), is also about living with people from other countries, with other habits, almost in the whole aspects of our lives. After one month I think that the best way to defeat the differences is thinking about our similarities, because, for sure we are coming from different countries and from different social and cultural backgrounds, but, at least, we are here together, basically in the same situation of fear and disorientation, but we are young and bold as well.

After one month is easy to see the improvements, in a lot of aspects, language or behaviour for example. It is easy, at the ending of the day to perceive another brick of your general knowledge, and nothing is better than this, nothing is better than improving yourself.

I saw the biggest improvements for me during the week of On-arrival. The aim of the On-arrival training is to sponsor the Erasmus plus and the country Romania, but it was so useful for linking volunteers from different cities as well. During the On-arrival we discovered a lot of things about the Country and the habits, and about our rights and duties during the EVS. We learned the right approach for our working and a lot of activities. For me the On-arrival was the first step for defeating the cultural shock, and for me It was a success.

After one month it could be really easy, not easy at all but easy. You could find the right people for you, the right situations and, last but not the least, the right state of mind for living the EVS at the best of your possibilities.

                                                                                                                                    Alessio Gorgoni