My name is Filip and I’m from Slovakia. On Friday the 5th we received a warm welcome in not as warm Spain. Apart from the first rainy weekend – that gave us the time to settle in and unpack, we spent most of our time getting to know Alzira and the particular schools we are … More Volunteering Blog
Con veintitrés años, durante el verano de 2019, decidí informarme en ‘IDEA – Ayuntamiento de Alzira’ y participar en un proyecto de voluntariado de un año que estaban ofreciendo. En colaboración con otra organización que también coopera con proyectos de European Solidarity Corps, ‘ICM Slaný’, en la República Checa. Hoy, después de un año, puedo … More Un año como voluntario en República Checa
No es difícil medir los efectos de esta crisis en nuestra rutina.Desde que vivo en Italia no cierro la persiana, aquí los díastienen otra estructura horaria, una muy distinta de la queconocía en Málaga. Me di cuenta de que me daba satisfacción levantarme a las 7con la salida del sol, lo llamaba “despertarme de maneranatural”. … More Cuarentena en todas partes
Hi, my name is Sheila Amorós! I’m from Alzira and I participated in Train the Trainers, a training course of Mladiinfo CZ from Czech Republic with 4 Spanish partipants more, Raquel, Gonzalo, Ricardo and Loles. In there we knew people from Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Finland which we spent amazing time during the activities and … More Erasmus+: LIFE in the Czech Republic!
As a person who has been living in Spain for 4 months I was really impressed by an event called fallas. When I arrived to Alzira in November, people were constantly referring to Las Fallas. “Oh, you don’t know anything about the fallas? You’re gonna love it! Wait until the fallas start… And how … More Las Fallas in the Eyes of a Foreigner
On the 27th of February we celebrated Carnival in my EVS hosting organization CEIP Tirant Lo Blanc. For the past two weeks we were doing different workshops to prepare the big festival. We were crafting maracas with the smallest children from 2 to 5 years old, using paper rolls, nails and lentils. With the primary … More Carnaval en Tirant Lo Blanc
It was during the first days that I was all alone in a new school in a new country. I used to sit in the library and feel quite lonely. Not that I would miss the human contact itself, but I missed to be in a familiar place – to recognize faces in the crowd, … More The Windows game
Being an EVS volunteer is more than just an oportunity of discovering a whole new way of life. Opens your mind and makes you see the world with a different eyes. That’s what happened with “European Youth in Alzira III” volunteer L’udmila Kostelniková, who was volunteering in “La Purísima” School in Alzira. She had … More Between English corner, dances & solidarity
A veces uno necesita perderse para encontrarse consigo mismo. A principios del año 2018, decidí dejar la carrera universitaria de 2018 de Ingeniería Química que estaba cursando en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. No me sentía a gusto con lo que estaba estudiando y no sabía qué hacer, por lo que decidí buscar un EVS … More Perderse para encontrarse
What does it mean to be a volunteer? For me it means independence, getting way more out of yourcomfort zone than you intentionally planned to, being left alone somewhere with little language skills, totally tired and completely without your family and friends. It means that you will feel alone, that you will see no sense … More What does it mean to be a volunteer?
