Unlock the wold in Romania

My name is Giorgi Papashvili and i spent 5 month EVS in Romania. When I started my EVS, it was hard..  I was learning to be independent - how to survive by obtaining basic life skills, cooking, do some basic housework etc. 

At the beginning breaking the day routine was hard. After some time the situation was changing, for example my roommates moved to another flat and new people came. 

Active task implementation, and how without weekly parties, then the On Arrival Training which was so interesting, specially for me because I was alone from my country there. I met many people. I talked to many people and I learned many things.

This EVS was good for me, interesting and full of adventures. Camping in Romania was perfect. Thank you Valentine for the tent by the way. :)

Now I am back in Georgia. From here it is the same, but I realized that there I had more freedom..

I will remember my EVS in Romania. Thank you my hosting organisation - Asociatia EXPLORATOR.

EVS story from Latvia

Diana Uchumbegashvili: "As many of us know and have experienced, living in another country changes you forever. You will never be the same and will never see things the same way again. The joy of having spent time in another country is that you slowly become a part of it and bit-by-bit one of its people. Our attention to detail is heightened and we make a concerted effort to understand and fit in until we become one with our new location. This is just a little bit about my experience in my second home, Latvia. Honestly, I believe it's impossible to describe all the amazing things I got to do, learn, feel and experience here.. Long story short - This country has taken half of my heart and will always stay there".

Lets meet Gumbati

"Hide! Hide!
I heard. What? I don't know this word! I was looking at the young guy with very surprise face.

Hide — Let's go — he said again.

Ok, let's go.

We were walking up the hill. From the top you can see village and mountains all green. Gumbati, the village near to Tsalka when we were is small place where live around 100 families. Most of them moved here 20 years ago from Adjara region. During the summer when in Rustawi is incredible hot, in Gumbati temperature is more chill and you can be outside all day.

One of person which was moves here is Ira. I met her 3 months ago. She was participant in project: "Silence is not a gold” where I was helping. Few weeks ago she invited us to her village. To meet her pupils and motivate them to speak in English.

Ira is Georgian and English teacher at school. She and her parents open learning center, and they are helping kids with learning and prepare to the exams. This is also place where they are coming to meet each other and spending time. Actually besides playing field in the village is no place to go.

I was visiting this village with two volunteers from France. Lola and Mikio, which kids called Miki, because it was for them easier to use.

During this week we prepare activities, we told about our countries (Poland and France), we show few tips :” how to look for a job”, team buildings games and outdoor game in Gumbati. Kids from the village are amazing they were with us most of the time showing the neighborhood, taking us up to the hill, to the river, playing with us in volleyball and football. Even director of the school invite us for small supra when he was welcoming us in the village and took a toast for our friendship.

In previous week kids finish the school. One of the day, they decided to make goodbye party. Ira prepared for them small present. All of them get soap bubbles, and whole yard was full of them. Every young person get one big bottle full of magic liquid. And they start to playing, running, making bubbles in a thousand different ways. This is one of my favorite moment during this week. I will be miss this place and I hope see all of them again." Marta Polish volunteer.

Levani about his project in Romania!

Hi, I am Levani Shubitidze from Georgia. I did my EVS in Craiova, Romania. I participated in a blood donation campaign with a "Red Bracelet" group. 
https://www.facebook.com/redbracelet2club/
This experience has been amazing and unforgettable, I met so many talented, smart and open-minded people from different countries, we did together a very good job and also managed to enjoy our stay and have fun. We really lived like a small family. We traveled together around the country, also in Hungary.  Romanian people are very welcoming and I felt very comfortable there. This volunteering period is a great contribution to my future professional and personal life, I am returning to my country not only with stunning memories but also with better skills for life, new knowledge and most importantly, with big motivation to start a new better career. I am very thankful to the people who supported me before and during my volunteering time in this beautiful city.