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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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My EVS experience

  My name is Davinia. I’m 23 years and I come from Spain. I’m volunteer in Arad since almost 5 months and I can say that come here is one of the best decisions that I ever took in my life. 

  At the beginning It was a little bit hard; new people, new country, different culture and problems with the English. Actually, if I have to be honest, until I come here, I didn’t be sure about what was my paper here, what I had to do. A long the first month, I met my peers in the project, I got use to life in my flat and I started to know the place where we work. 

With all this new information in my head, I become to understand why we are here. However,the first problem for us was how we could help this people, adults and children, with different kinds of disabilities, different ages. At the beginning all of this was a mess for us, but little by little we started to work preparing different kind of activities. Some people can be scared about how they can comunicated with this people without understand the languages, but if you try, nothing is imposible. They are really good, and they are so thankful for our presence there. About our activities, for example, we made a plane with recycle bottles, a picture with bottles caps, we danced with them and also we prepared a theater where the main character was in a wheelchair, to try promote that, even if you are in a wheelchair or you have some disabilitie, you’re able to make a lot of things.

  For the other hand, with children is a little bit different. They can not make activities, they can not play all together. We had to work with them in a individually way, take care of them and trying that they have fun. Maybe working in this way is a little hard, but also like this you can know better the children and connect with them. Really a love them, but I have to admit that one of them steal my heart!

This is only a little resum about all things that I have made in my job, but is not only this. Be volunteer is not only help the others, this experience help you to know yourself. Moreover, is a good opportunity to know more about the world and different cultures, like in the intercultural events, where you can taste food from different countries and also know more about. Furthemore, in my personal experience, I could also learn typical romanian dances. This is one of the better thing to made a volunteer in Arad, we are a lot of volunteers, and we have a lot of activities, so if you want, you can join with the others and you can participate in more activities, no just in your project.

  Another important thing that I have learnt a long my stay here in Arad is the English, so for the people who want improve their  English is a good way to do it, because you have to comunicate with people from different countries and English is the official language. Nonetheless is not the just language that you can lear, for example,  now I’m able to understand the Italian and I know a lot of words! It’s amazing all the things that I could do in just 5 months, like travel. Traveling is other thing that I made, and It was wonderful. I visited different countries a long my days here but also Romania. 

  I made a trip a long Romania to know better this country. A lot of people before to came here asked me: “Why Romania?, They don’t have nothing, just gypsis. Don’t go there, is so poor”. I had to listen a lot of things like this but now that I’m here I’m not regret. Romania like a country is amazing, the people is really frienly and they always try to help you. It is a normal country like other, have markets, have all the things that you need, and It’s true, is poor, but I didn’t need luxury things here to be really happy. Moreover, Romania is a country where you can do something that for example in my country is impossible, hitch-hiking! I traveled 10 days around Romania like this, and I met really good people, people who only wanted company, only speak with you and help you. 

  Consequently, now I’m really happy about took the decision to come here, and this experience change me and teach me that un order to know a country you have to be there, because a lot of people in Spain can speak about Romania, and usually is in a bad way, but just some lucky people like the volunteers here, we can say that we know Romanian and is beautiful.

  I only can say positive things a long my experience here, so if you don’t know what to do with your life because you finish your study, or because you want life abroad to know more about the world, you want help people, travel…don’t think more and do it! I were afraid before to come here, for my English, for the country, but all was perfect finally. Therefore, don’t be scared because with an experience like this you only can take good things.

Davinia

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

My onarrival training and weekly reports

Between 22-28 May I participated in a course in Bucharest. We were in a luxury hotel and I was enjoying the beautiful apartment on the top floor. Training was addressed to volunteers about 30 persons from diverse countries across Europe, but also overseas countries such as Cape Verde, the Canary Islands and Reunion. 

Through the traveling by train from Arad to Bucharest, I had good opportunity to met with other volunteers from other organizations based in Arad and also enjoyed beautiful landscape across Romania. Local rail traffic is not too good. The journey was about 12 hours, but I enjoyed it-views of the nature is amazing, like documentary film. Some tasks at onarrival course were pikants - for example: to finding 10 persons born in Bucharest and asking them what they like or dislike in life in the city, what is the sense of national humor, or what is insult to make funny of.. End of course wasnot easy for ew

eryone. We would like to stay there more time:).

Back in Arad-the most activity we were doing now in Tacovici center. People tere are very proactives. This week we planted together several summer plants to beautify the garden. The creative center continues with the teaching of English-and at the same time we learn Romanian language. Last time we learned part of the body. In addition, we try in both centers stimulate skills resident of painting and drawing. I like spend my free time discovering new places in town. Some places are strange-especially the periphery of cities, ruins, prisons..but it is also esence of local live.

Michael