Simon took part for 12 month in the PlayRide project. The main goal of PlayRide project was to promote responsible outdoor recreational activities through in- and outdoor games, in particular, and different non-formal education methods, in general, and to increase recreational activities for children and youngsters from marginalized or isolated rural communities. The project involved teaching kids and youngsters the

It is already August and it seems almost unreal that 6 months has already passed since I came to Romania. There is now less than 20 days back before I will head home and say goodbye to a country and friends, there has become my 2nd home and family. If people in February had asked me, why volunteering?, Why EVS, why

One year in Romania have already passed and my volunteering service is finished. I have had an amazing time while meeting new people from all over the Europe, discovering new culture, preparing activities and learning new things. I lived in beautiful Saxon town in the middle of Romania where I worked in NGO called Mirakolix (like that magician from the

12 months, Brasov, Romania – playride project During my EVS in Brasov I was most of the time working wit  kids at schools from isolated communities – gypsy kids and kids from small villages. We were also exploring area around Brasov and surroundings and trying to create interesting route with some points of interests. – for this we create special

EVS has been an amazing experience for me as a person. To leave my home country, friends, family and home behind in pursuit for something completely different and unknown, takes already courage. But then that’s just the start. The real challenge was to live and work in a house and at an association that I had little connection with at

I had been living in Romania during my EVS and the first days of September I came back home. It’s such a mystery how the time flies…My project is called “Science Playground” and seeks promoting science through non formal education in the villages and small communities in the center of Romania, near Brasov. Lasts for 7 months. My project colleague

My EVS was a 12 months project called “PlayRide” with the Organization “Mirakolix” in Brasov, a beautiful city in the middle of the mountains in Romania, together with 6 other volunteers from 6 other countries. So far about the official part, my personal experience in this project was a lot more, learning various things about social work and myself, having