EVS is the European Commission’s mobility Program allowing young people to spend up to 12 months volunteering  in another country. We are looking to host 2 young people from Palestine , 1 from YMCA Romania and 1 from YMCA Macedonia for 12 months from 1 May 2018. Two people (1 from Palestine, 1 from Romania) [...]

The first week of the new year was a peaceful one. We had few activities, and we had all the world to reflect on our future and to prepare our workshops. We rediscovered the Library. This place has become an anchor-point in Baia Mare and is now one of our favourite places in the city. [...]

Here we are, back towards our Romanian reality. How long ago was it, since we published our last Blog? How much did we live, what did we see, to what extend did we discover new things? During the few days before the start of the holidays, we committed ourselves to our last activities. The last [...]

Incepand luna ianuarie 2018, tinerii voluntari ai Serviciului European de Voluntariat (SEV) gazduiti de Federatia YMCA Romania vor oferi copiilor si tinerilor din Baia Mare ateliere non formale gratuite. Astfel, Jonathan van Varik din Olanda va sustine un program de invatare a limbii engleze pentru incepatori, focalizandu-se pe comunicare. Voluntara Angelika Petritz din Austria va [...]

A new and long week has passed. While the activities on the various schools in Maramureș do take place with increasing ease, work becomes never dull. None of the passing weeks are the same and every activity offers space to learn. In addition, the last week was a festive one. The approaching holidays made our [...]

After we spend our long weekends travelling in Maramureș and discovering Budapest, we returned to Baia Mare. After four days of separation we were back together; everyone except for Juan. He was still in Barcelona, and would remain there for the entirety of the week. Our week promised to be a stressful one. Our first [...]

Another week has passed in Baia Mare and thanks to the National Holiday only a short week of work can be described. Only five of us were in Baia Mare during the first days of the last week. Circumstances brought Barbara in Portugal, where she presented her final thesis. The first two working days, Monday [...]

At the start of the new week our fabulous crew was divided into two separate groups: Juan and Cecilia, our Mediterranean fellows, went to Bucharest for their On-Arrival Training whereas Jonathan, Maeliss, Barbara and Angelika stayed in Baia Mare and continued their regular activities. The On-Arrival Training in Bucharest was a great experience! Apart from [...]

After two long days of planning days we started our activities in the schools on Wednesday. School- 8 was our first victim. Hereafter we jumped into another challenge in the Hungarian School of Baia Mare. Armed with the knowledge of handling difficult behaviour, we were more confident to face the wild creatures that are kids, [...]

One week has passed since our last post. Time flies here in Romania. It was only a week ago, when we enthusiastically announced our activities at the Hungarian School in Baia Mare. Our visit to the Hungarian school was an unforgettable experience. We found ourselves in the middle of a noisy classroom. We dealt 11-year-old [...]