Does life after EVS hard? No. After is not an end, but a start. the knowledge that I acquired as an EVS, I would say, is “in maturation stage”. During my time in Romania I heard several times an expression that reflects exactly what is life - “a learning process”. I am still learning about [...]

Programele de tabere sunt atât educaționale cât și distractive, acestea oferind o experiență unică, transformatoare nu numai pentru copiii implicați dar și pentru întreaga echipă de tabără: staff, animatori, instructori, consilieri. În vara aceasta YMCA organizează sesiuni de formare, dupa o curricula de bunele practici de tabara din SUA si Olanda, urmand ca aceste competente [...]

“Youth Power Space II ” EVS project will take place in Baia Mare city and its surroundings – Cavnic, (North-West Romania) with  11 months service, between 1st of October 2018 and 31st August  2019. The project will host 4 volunteers, from 3 countries: France, Portugal, Spain. The project partner organizations are:  Ville de Nevers(France), ProAtlântico [...]

Pentru vara anului 2018 YMCA v-a pregatit un program educational si recreativ de exceptie! Organizatia noastra dezolta un program de exceptie in ceea ce priveste planificarea, implementarea si evaluarea taberelor, ghidandu-ne dupa bunele practici la nivel mondial ( in special YMCA USA Camp - American Camp Associations standards), organizatia YMCA avand o experienta de la [...]

A question you hear and think about a lot in your last months of your EVS is „What are you going to do after this experience?“ Well I finished my EVS more than two months ago and things turned out quite differently than expected, not necessarily in a bad way! In October 2018 a new [...]

I daily recall the experiences of a not-so-distant past. The Romanian adventure is over. Experiences have become memories. For some weeks Baia Mare has been separated by distance. More and more will new memories crawl and take the place as the fresh thoughts in mind. At some point, Baia Mare will be a distant memory, [...]

Olde Vechte Foundation is implementing the project YES – Youth Employability Skills in the framework of the European Voluntary Service under the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (Grant agreement reference number: 2018-1-NL02-KA125-002009) and has an open call for Romanian volunteers with ages between 18-30 for  service starting September 2018. Olde Vechte is a training [...]

More than one month has passed since I came back from my EVS experience in Baia Mare, Romania. I took this time to adapt myself again in my city and in my life. It was an intense month. I saw my friends, my family, travelled, enjoyed Lyon with the sun and looked for a job. [...]

New methods for a new world. The world is changing: Everything is complex, fast-paced, globalized and inter-connected. More than this world needs people that are not only aware of today’s social challenges, but contributes actively to a better community.  IBC is an international multiplier training, where you will find out how to contribute with more [...]

In September a bunch of different nationalities were placed in Romanian city. They did not know each other and were unknown to the country they just entered. Six, later five, nationalities stayed in Baia Mare for months. During these months they went to countless schools and grew experienced with the planning and implementation of educational [...]