EVS 2018/2019

If you choose to spend one year in another country as an EVS, as I did, you definitely know that what you expect is not always what you find. No one is here for the same reasons and no one is looking for the...

If I had to choose what makes me happy, one of my choices would definitely be food. Food is colour, creativity, culture and sharing, but above of all, food is delicious! I love food in all its phases: creation and plantation and cooking and...

Being a volunteer is a very personal experience that in the end will shape you more than you have ever imagined. Before my experience in the shelter I was a bit afraid of working with teenagers, let alone boys. I had plenty of preconceptions. I...

In this period, many organizations help migrants in their search for a better life, “Hope For Children” is one of them. “Hope for Children” is taking care of unaccompanied minors since 2014.  I had the priviledge to volunteer in HFC for 6 months. I listened...

Being a volunteer in Cyprus can offer you many opportunities to travel, both in the country and abroad. Since I am a travel lover, one of the first things I did when I arrived to the island was to check which low-cost flight companies...

For many their humanity has been reduced to statistics and numbers about migration, for me they are children. One year ago, when my family and friends congratulated me on my brave choice and asked me why I took the decision to spend one-year volunteering...

Before talking about my experience at “Hope For Children” CRC Policy Center I need to go back at the moment when I chose to be part of this project, the moment when I read about it and when I decided that, maybe, I could...

What does it mean to be committed in promoting and protecting children’s rights? How can everyone contribute to this purpose? “Hope for Children” CRC Policy Center, the hosting organisation where my EVS project took place, is engaged in working together with national, regional and international...

The first time I saw the island was when we were landing in the middle of the night during the first days of September. The lights and the dark sea made my heart beat so fast as when a new adventure is beginning. Expectations,...

What is the biggest plus of the voluntary service? The people. The ones that took care of you and devoted their time when life decided that you were too happy lately; The ones that preferred to keep a reasonable distance from everything you had done or...