Few weeks ago I went to Bretagne, the region of wind and the most tasty salted caramel. Most of the time I spent at Saint Malo, city that is situated right on La Manche channel. Before coming here I saw the pictures on internet, but I didn’t expect that reality will be even better. There…
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Predeparture training: EVS is coming soon!
On Monday, 2d of Jully, Mission Jeunesse orginised the predeparture training for the volunteers who soon going to start their EVS: Sara celected for a project in Austria and Merwen – in Italy. It is one of the important steps of EVS programm which gives the opportunity to answer all the questions that volunteers have….
Le Jardin en Partage de la Baratte, Nevers
Le Jardin en partage (dans le quartier Courlis/Baratte.) – is a place which was created for people who want to rent a small piece of land and use it for gardering during 1 year. There is one interesting thing – people who work in the garden have different nationalities so that is a great chance…
Sara Bonté – new EVS volunteer selected for the project in Austria!
Sara Bonté, 17, was born in Paris but currently living in Nevers. Sara is going to start her EVS project in September 2018 so we met with her to ask few questions about her EVS and just to know her better. The project that Sara has been selected for called “European volunteering and solidarity in…
Cultural diversity is when same area shared peacefully by people from different cultures – Maëliss Vray
Maëliss Vray – former EVS volunteer in Baia Mare, Romania. She spent 6 month volunteering in YMCA Romania. Maëliss finished the project in the end of March 2018 and we decided to ask her few questions regarding her EVS journey . You can read an interview below: Maëliss finished her project in the end of…
« Volunteering can change everything and if so, it will change you in the best way possible! »
Gwendoline Ducros is an EVS volunteer from France who has been selected for a project in organization YMCA Kyiv, Ukraine. She has been in Ukraine for 8 month and she will stay there till the end of summer. We asked her couple of questions regarding her EVS journey to know how she has been doing:…
Job d’été, Nevers 2018. PHOTO
On 11th of April more then 200 people have visited Forum « Job d’été » which has taken place in Palais Ducal. This event was orginized by Bureau Information Jeunesse (BIJ) to help youngsters find a summer or temporary job. There were 19 organizations including « agence d’intérim », informational stands and other partners who provided various jobs’ offers…
Carnaval des écoles, Nevers 2018. PHOTOS
On 6th of April central streets of Nevers were burst with colors and kids’ laugh. More then thousand of ecole maternelle and ecole elementaire pupils were dressed with different costumes, it was hard to find even two similiar outfit that day. Princesses and superheroes. Witches and doctors. We could also see very unique costumes which…
On-arrival training in Narbonne
In the end of March I have visited beautiful town on the very South of France – Narbonne. That was a meeting point for 13 EVS volunteers who arrived in France just recently. Participants and 2 trainers came together to speak up about the expectations regarding our EVS projects and in general just to meet…
Thoughts on France
My time here in France has gone by fast, 5 months already. Winter was a little colder than I expected with temperatures pretty similar to Denmark. I imagined travelling southward halfway across Europe would make winter a lot warmer but it wasn’t so! Thankfully the sun is out a lot more, and it is a…