EVS 2016/2017

My adventure in Cyprus started in October 2016, now its almost coming to an end with 3 months to go, it was a great experience so far so now its time to sum it up and describe why Cyprus is a great spot to...

  Cyprus with more than 300 sunny days per year, mild winters and its beautiful blue flag beaches scattered all over the Island is definitely a place where everyone can find something for themselves. But is this all this Island has to offer?   First of all...

  The learning goals resume is always something very difficult and complex for me. I usually start this resume-process making a list of all the most important things I’ve learned in a specific experience: achievements, changes, competencies, satisfactions. But every time I wrote this list for...

“Together above the border” was born from the reality we live every day in Nicosia, which constantly stimulates our thoughts and reflections. We decided to participate to the EVS film Festival with our small creation and we didn’t expect the first prize, a double...

   8 o’ clock in the morning. My Italian coffee is ready, the bag on the table with thousands of small papers and notes with appointments, ideas, things learned, useful information, telephone numbers. Glasses, my lunch, pens, telephone…Where are the keys? Found them! I take my bicycle and...

If you hear about the European Voluntary Service the first thing that comes to your mind is related to the future host organisation. Where are you going to be working? What exactly will you be doing? Will you like what you are doing? Which is...

  "As every year, the school is closed for 3 months during the summer, the reason for this I guess is the hot temperatures of Cyprus(up to 45 degrees). In order to avoid for the boys not get bored and also get some extracurricular activity...

Challenge is the word that represents best my EVS. Moving abroad for one year is challenging. Working in a foreign language is challenging. Dealing with unaccompanied minors is very challenging. Being an EVS volunteer at "Hope For Children" CRC Policy Center in Cyprus, for one year allowed me...

I didn’t know too much about this island before coming to Cyprus. My plan was to spend one year in Ukraine, and for this purpose I bought in January 2016 a good pair of hiking shoes, waterproof and warm. Just some days after I...

To find the right words to explain what Nicosia has meant for me is a big, big challenge. I came here with the expectations, thinking to find a normal European capital whereas my mind was dreaming exotic countries. Well, Nicosia completely surprised me. I remember...