Three years of hosting EVS volunteers
Curba de Cultură is hosting international volunteers for almost three years. We started in 2015 with one volunteer and in this moment there are 8 volunteers hosted simultaneously. From intercultural education done through nonformal methods in schools, outdoors, in the cultural centres and in the Youth Centre of Curba de Cultura to promoting volunteering through presentations and games and through videos showing EVS life, to gathering materials with regard to the specific of Izvoarele commune in order to promote it, to make it known and to show to people that rural Romania still has lots to offer.
Below you can see collected, from some of the volunteers hosted, the thoughts they had in the end of their stay in Romania at Curba de Cultura.
Personal comments
For my personal and professional development, this EVS was the best decision I could take. I didn’t expect to have as many positive things in return and to feel as involved in the project. The main reason was to have a really serious and helpful hosting organization, with the coordinators and president who did all what I need to feel at home and comfortable with my new life. This experience was amazing! (Estelle, France – 9 months)
So I’m going out of this EVS with a lot of happiness, it teaches me a lot, to become someone better, to understand things better. (Mael, France – 5 months)
I am really glad to come here. I learnt a lot of new things, about culture, people, places, but also about myself. Thanks for those perfect 5 months! I will never forget it, and it changed a part of me, I am really proud of that, and it’s thanks to you. (Margot, France – 5 months)
I feel a better person. (Sophie, France – 12months)
I am proud to have done and European Voluntary Service and I changed a lot during 10 months. I found out what is my passion and what I want to do after EVS. (Liina, Estonia – 10months)
Truly I can say that I feel extremely strong person now and I hope that I will never lose this feeling. (Ania, Poland – 9 months)
Thanks to the EVS I got to know what I really would like to do in the future and I hope to make awesome cooperation with my hosting organization. (Eleny, Estonia – 5 months)
I feel different than 6 months ago, now I have a more clear idea about myself. I hope that every person that starts an EVS project has the fortune to meet an association with amazing people like my hosting organization. (Alessio, Italy – 6 months)
I would never expect so many new experiences, although some of them were harder than I would think in the beginning of my staying here. And I would definitely not expect people taking so awesome care about me and all of us, EVS volunteers. (Anna, Czech Republic – 6 months)
At first when I accepted to come on this project I was a little bit sad because it’s an village and you don’t have a lot of things to do here, but meeting others EVS volunteers and coordinators of the projects this changed, because they made this six months more interested. Talking with people from others city and listening to their problems with coordinators, housemates, project and mentor I was really happy that I was part of Curba de Cultura. (Martina, Croatia – 6 months)
Just thank you to whoever was the genius who invented EVS, and of course to Curba de Cultura – you are simply the best! (Melanie, Belgium – 6 months)
Would you recommend EVS to others? Why?
Yes, of course, I recommend it! Because whatever you do as an EVS, you will learn more than you expected and you will discover stuff which will change your state of mind. It permits to learn better about oneself and about the other. It’s very good experience to improve competences and to discover new ones. (Estelle, France – 9 months)
Yes, I would recommend other to do an EVS because it opens your mind, it makes you aware about things that you never be, never thought about. It can really change a life. New chances can appear. (Mael, France – 5 months)
I would recommend to everybody who can do it, to do an EVS. (Margot, France – 5 months)
Yes. It’s good to learn to live by yourself (Sophie, France – 12 months)
Definitely I would recommend EVS to other people. It is a great chance to do something for yourself, to become a better person and in the same time to help the local community in another country. (Liina, Estonia – 10 months)
EVS is a life changing experience which makes you richer. (Ania, Poland – 9 months)
I definitely recommend EVS: – new ways of seeing things around you, have a chance to think about your life, learn a lot about yourself, improve your skills, find friends for life. (Eleny, Estonia – 5 months)
Of course yes! EVS is something very great for personal growing and is an amazing life experience. (Alessio, Italy – 6 months)
EVS brings together people who would never meet and live together. It can be hard, it is hard, but is one of the biggest experiences and one of the biggest improvement people can reach in their life. (Anna, Czech Republic – 6 months)
I would recommend EVS to others people, because is the best way to learn about yourself, about your life and your future, what you like and what you don’t like. You also have opportunity to express yourself, give your ideas and together with others you implement your ideas, you can learn about different ways of work, different types of work witch’s going to help you in the future for your job. (Martina, Croatia – 6 months)
I would of course recommend anybody to do an EVS, simply because it can be an incredibly valuable experience that can have great impacts on your future in any sense and for me at least it was most definitely the best thing I did in my life. (Melanie, Belgium – 6 months)
Voluntariat international in Germania
Partenerii și colegii noștri de la Kreisjugendwerk de Awo Karlsruhe, din Germania caută o nouă serie de voluntari pentru proiectele pe care le implementează la grădinițe și centre de îngrijire de zi, precum și într-un centru de tineret, din Karlsruhe sau împrejurimi.
Toate proiectele sunt cu durata de 12 luni începând din septembrie sau octombrie 2018.
Detalii pentru fiecare proiect în parte aici:
Bilingual Day Care Centre German/French/English
Intercultural Day Care Centre Kita Monelli
German/French Day Care Kita Haydnplatz
Fiind proiecte EVS, cheltuielile cu cazarea, utilitățile, mesele, asigurarea medicală, banii de buzunar și transportul local sunt acoperite din grantul proiectului. În plus transportul la începutul și la finalul stagiului este rambursat în limita a 275euro.
Se asigură mentor pentru procesul de învățare și coordonator pentru implementarea activităților.
Dacă vă face cu ochiul unul dintre proiecte nu ezitați să trimiteți CV si scrisoare de intenție în limba engleză înainte de termenul limită specificat în fiecare anunț la a.foerter-barth@awo-reisen.de și cu CC la sorin@curbadecultura.ro
Pentru întrebări sau informații suplimentare scrieți acelorași adrese de e-mail.
A French Girl’s Guide to Bucharest – Ghidul unei franțuzoaice în București
[Textul în limba română, mai jos]
One of my favourite things when I visit a foreign country is when local people start talking to me like I’m one of them. It happens to me every time I’m in Bucharest: some old lady asks me in really fast Romanian if I know this or that street, and all I can answer is Nu ştiu! with a confused smile, but it still makes me happy because I feel like I belong.
But I also enjoy being a tourist. And even after a few months in Romania, I still feel like one sometimes. I’ve decided to just go with it and write a French Girl’s Guide to Bucharest.
TRANSPORTATION
From the airport to the city
You need to purchase this travel card at a counter downstairs. The lady there won’t speak English very well, but if you’re French it’s probably fine since French people all speak terrible English anyway. Just show the number of calatorii you need on your fingers and slip in your credit card. Get on the bus, wait half an hour and you’re in Bucharest.
Taking the Metro
Maybe you got off the bus at the wrong stop or your accommodation is a bit far from the center. Then you can just take the Metro. It’s a pretty regular subterranean network, so just get in. You can even choose to have the machine to buy the cards talk to you in French if you’re too lazy to try to figure it out in Romanian.
Taking the taxi
Ask for the fare before the guy drives off. If you’re French, you’re used to complaining a lot, so it shouldn’t be a problem for you to tell the driver that 80 lei for a ride that’s usually 30 is a bit much. If you’re not French and don’t know how to complain, just pay the guy whatever.
Walking
The center of Bucharest is not that big, so stop Ubering everywhere and walk around. And that’s coming from a person who hates walking.
VISITING
If you’ve been to Bucharest before, you’ve probably seen that passage with the umbrellas. If you have people visiting Bucharest with you who haven’t researched the city, it’s a good place to bring them so you can pretend that you really know all the cool hidden alleys and corners. You don’t need to tell them that it’s actually pretty famous. It makes good Instagram pictures, isn’t that enough?
Back to that French perspective on things, you come from a Catholic country. Religious or not, now is the time to enter one of the many Orthodox churches of Bucharest. You can’t miss them, and they make our cold grey buildings look very sad (sorry).
But seriously, if you’re only here for a few days, just go on one of the Walkabout free tours (yes, I am suggesting that you walk again). They’re awesome.
GOING OUT
I can see you, French person trying to find a cheap glass of wine. It doesn’t exist (unless you’re from Paris, in which case everything will look super cheap anyway because you live in the worst city on the planet). So might as well go for a cocktail, a local beer (some bars and restaurant have their own) or even some ţuica (will make you warmer if you’re visiting during the winter).
The old city doesn’t lack places to go out. It might actually be more difficult to find a place not to go out, there. If you’re on a budget (or cheap), walk around (!) that part of town to find that 5 lei bar. A little further from the old city are a few clubs that will make you feel like you’re in Berlin, but without the impossible dress codes and the scary bouncers. Some places will allow you to see a punk concert and dance to techno one week apart – que demande le peuple?*
COMMUNICATING
Just bring your French grandmother who speaks zero English and only remembers German from Christmas carols. For some reason, she will manage to get anything she needs while you struggle to make one sentence in Romanian.
Also, tip people, and if you go to a restaurant, be hungry (Romanian portion sizes > French portion sizes).
*(what more could you ask for?)
Unul dintre lucrurile mele favorite când vizitez o țară străină este când localnicii îmi vorbesc în limba lor ca și cum aș fi unul dintre ei. Mi se întâmplă asta de fiecare dată când merg în București: niște doamne în vârstă m-au întrebat într-o română rapidă dacă știu o anume stradă și tot ce am putut răspunde a fost NU știu! cu un zâmbet confuz, dar mă face fericită în continuare dându-mi sentimentul că aparțin locului.
Totodată îmi place și să fiu turist. Și chiar și după câteva luni în România, mă simt în continuare turist câteodată. Prin urmare am decis să scriu acest Ghid al unei Franțuzoaice în București.
TRANSPORT
De la aeroport la centru
Trebui să îți achiziționezi un card de călătorie de la parterul clădirii. Tanti de acolo nu va vorbi engleză prea bine, dar dacă ești francez e în regulă din moment ce francezii vorbesc groaznic engleză. Doar arată pe degete câte călătorii vrei și plătește cu cardul. Urcî-te în autobuz, așteaptă o jumătate de oră și ești în centru.
Metrou
Poate te-ai dat jos la stația greșită, ori ai cazarea mai departe de centru. Atunci poți lua metroul. E la fel ca orice alte rețele de metrou, așa că doar trebuie să te urci în el. Poți chiar alege ca automatul de bilete să fie în franceză dacă ție prea lene să încerci în română.
Taxi
Întreabă de prețul cursei înainte de a urca. Dacă ești francez ești deja obișnuit să te plângi, deci nu ar trebui să fie o problemă să îi spui șoferului că 80 de lei pentru o cursă de 30 e prea mult. Dacă nu ești francez și nu știi să te plângi, atunci plătește.
Plimbare
Centrul Bucureștiului nu e mare, deci nu mai folosi Uber peste tot și plimbă-te. Și acest sfat vine de la o persoană care urăște mersul pe jos.
VIZITE
Dacă ai mai fost în București probabil ai văzut pasajul cu umbrele. Dacă ai pe cineva care vizitează Bucureștiul cu tine, ăsta e un loc bun să îi aduci ca să te prefaci că știi alei și colțuri ascunse ale Bucureștiului. Nu trebuie să le spui că e un loc destul de faimos. Și e foarte bun pentru poze de Instagram, nu e destul?
Întorcându-ne la perspectiva franțuzească asupra lucrurilor, vii dintr-o țarp catolică. Fie că ești religios sau nu, acum e momentul să intri în una din multele biserici ortodoxe din București. Nu poți să le ratezi, mai ales că ele fac ca clădirile noastre gri să arate trist (îmi pare rău).
Serios acum, dacă ești în București doar pentru câteva zile, ia un tur gratuit (da, îți sugerez din nou să mergi pe jos). Sunt mișto.
IEȘIT ÎN ORAȘ
Ca francez deja îmi imaginez că vrei să găsești un pahar ieftin de vin. Nu există (decât dacă ești din Paris, caz în care totul va părea foarte ieftin pentru că oricum locuiești în cel mai prost oraș de pe planetă). Prin urmare poți să iei un cocktail, o bere locală (unele baruri și restaurante le au chiar pe ale lor) ori chiar niște țuică (care te va încălzi dacă vizitezi orașul pe perioada iernii).
Centrul vechi are numeroase localuri. De fapt cred că ar fi mai greu să nu găsești unul. Iar dacă ești cu un buget restrâns (ori zgârcit) plimbă-te puțin, vei găsi baruri cu 5 lei. Un pic mai departe de centru sunt câteva cluburi care te vor face să te simți ca la Berlin, dar fără șinuta obligatorie și malacii de la intrare. În unele localuri vei vedea concerte punk și dance ori tehno, la doar o săptămână distanță – Ce ai putea cere mai mult?
COMUNICARE
Doar adu-ți bunica franțuzoaică care nu vorbește nici un pic de engleză și care își amintește doar germana din colindele de Crăciun. Nu știu cum se face dar ea va reuși să își cumpere tot ce are nevoie în timp ce tu te vei chinui să spui o propoziție în română.
Nu uita să lași bacșiș, iar dacă mergi la restaurant, să fii flămând (porțiile românești sunt mai mari decât cele franțuzești).
Héloïse este în România pentru o perioadă de nouă luni, din septembrie 2017 până în mai 2018, în cadrul proiectului EVS20: Let’s Move and Change [2016-3-FR02-KA105-012345] proiect co-finanțat de Uniunea Europeană prin Programul Erasmus+ și implementat în România de către Curba de Cultură.
Call for Slovenian, Portuguese, German and Estonian volunteers
Curba de Cultură is looking for Slovenian, German, Portuguese and Estonian volunteers for a seven months EVS in Izvoarele, a nice and cozy Romanian village.
Curba de Cultură focuses on teenagers and youth development. Our mission is to use non-formal education as a complementary method to the formal educational system for young people. We want to create the premises for a better development of the young people and their more suited integration within their respective communities. We want to make young people aware that they actively belong to their local and national culture.
We are looking for an 18-30 years old volunteer who has:
- motivation to live and work in rural area for 7 months
- motivation to work with youngsters and children
- motivation to do international volunteering
- basic knowledge of English both in writing and speaking
- interest in learning a different European language
The activities the volunteers would do, as part of the team, are:
- interactive activities, lectures, presentations, simulation games, role-plays with children and youngsters in the schools
- visits with pupils to the landfill and selective waste collection centre
- designing with students selective waste trash cans for classrooms
- preparations of the materials for the cans
- assembling and decorating the cans together with students
- organizing treasure hunts and other intercultural events
- writing blogposts and articles
- creating a brochure of the project
- attending trainings (education for environment, event management etc)
- preparing a dissemination event to be done after return to home country
Being an Erasmus+ project the volunteers receive:
- accommodation in a traditional Romanian house (but with wi-fi :P)
- pocket money and budget for food
- bus permits for local transport
- phone sim cards and monthly credit for it
- international travel costs up to 275 EUR for Slovenia, Estonia and Germany and up to 360 for Portugal reimbursed in the end of the stay
- Romanian language classes
- mentor support for personal development and personal learning plans
- coordinator support for implementing activities
- complete medical insurance through Cigna Insurrance Plan
- Youthpass certificate
- two international trainings provided by the Romanian National Agency
- internal trainings according to the topics of the project
- smiles and hugs 😉
Other details about the project:
- Name: Building Youth Supportive Communities – Environment
- Length: 7 months, May 2018 – November 2018
- Location: Izvoarele, Prahova County, Romania (the historical region of Walachia)
- Hosting/ Coordinating Organization: Curba de Cultură
- Sending organizations: Cruz Vermelha Braga (Portugal), PINA (Slovenia), Estyes (Estonia) and Jugendwerk de AWO – Karlsruhe (Germany)
If we caught your attention send us a CV and motivation letter asap at sorin@curbadecultura.ro
Also if you want to know more do not hesitate to ask using the same e-mail.
P.S. Explore this webpage to find out more about the community, the work and the volunteers we host.
Call for Croatian volunteers
Curba de Cultură together with PaRiter are looking for a Croatian volunteer for a six months EVS in Izvoarele, a nice and cozy Romanian village.
Curba de Cultură focuses on teenagers and youth development. Our mission is to use non-formal education as a complementary method to the formal educational system for young people. We want to create the premises for a better development of the young people and their more suited integration within their respective communities. We want to make young people aware that they actively belong to their local and national culture.
We are looking for an 18-30 years old volunteer who has:
– motivation to live and work in rural area
– motivation to work with youngsters and children
– basic knowledge of English
The activities the volunteer would do, in a team, not alone, are:
– promoting non-formal learning and volunteering through presentations and activities
– non-formal learning activities with children in schools and with youngsters in the youth centre
– organizing outdoor cinema nights
– managing the library within the youth centre
– organizing foreign language classes and cultural events
– writing articles and blogposts
– reporting and documenting activities
Being an Erasmus+ project the volunteer would also receive:
– accommodation in a traditional Romanian house (but with wi-fi :P)
– pocket money and budget for food
– bus permits for local transport
– phone sim cards and monthly credit for it
– international travel costs up to 275 EUR reimbursed in the end of the stay
– Romanian language classes
– mentor support for personal development
– coordinator support for implementing activities
– complete medical insurance through Cigna Insurrance Plan
– Youthpass certificate
– two international trainings provided by the Romanian National Agency
– one internal training for nonformal education methods and communication techniques
– smiles and hugs 😉
Other details about the project:
Name: Volunteer to Grow
Length: 6 months, 01.06.2018 – 30.11.2018
Location: Izvoarele, Prahova County, Romania (the historical region of Walachia)
Hosting Organization: Curba de Cultură
Sending/Coordinating organization: PaRiter
If we caught your attention send us a CV and motivation letter at sorin@curbadecultura.ro The deadline for applications is ongoing until the position is occupied.
Also if you want to know more do not hesitate to ask using the same e-mail.
P.S. Explore this webpage to find out more about the community, the work and the volunteers we host.
We are looking for volunteers to unveil the village of Izvoarele
Starting from June 2017 for one year we will host four volunteers from Italy, Spain, Czech Republic and Slovenia for one year. They will do sociological and anthropological research, they will gather information about crafts and arts in the area as well stories and food recipes. All these will be turned into video, photo and written material which we will use to promote the beautiful community of Izvoarele.
The fact that the people in the community are so hospitable made us think that this can be a great opportunity to collect local legends and pieces of history straight from the villagers and to turn them with the help of the international and local volunteers into tools of promoting the community. During this process, not only that the volunteers will have the chance of feeling and living local culture and getting the sense of multiculturalism but they will also get basic competencies in sociological researches and in creating and implementing promotional campaigns and promotional materials.
We are looking for four volunteers willing to work and live for a year in rural Romania, to experience the lifestyle here and to document it. We guarantee an unforgettable experience. What do you need to have?
- to be between 18 and 30 years old
- to be motivated to do international volunteering
- to be strongly motivated to live and work in rural area
- to be interested in learning a different European language
- to be motivated to develop new competencies and to learn about community development
- to have basic English communication skills, spoken and written
- to be motivated to do research in the community and to create video and text promotional materials out of it
What do we provide:
- accommodation, food allowance and pocket money
- local transport bus permits, and car when needed for activities
- mentor support and language training
- coordination, materials and equipment for activities
- other task-related trainings
What we train you:
- teambuilding
- health and security
- video editing
- photo editing
- ethnographic research
How do you apply? If you are from Slovenia send a CV and a Motivation letter. The motivation letter should answer to the questions:
– why do you want to go for 12 months EVS?
– why would you work in rural area?
– why would you like to do sociological research?
Send these 2 documents to evs@curbadecultura.ro. The deadline is ongoing until the position is occupied. Also, send any questions you have to the same e-mail address.
Hope to see you in Romania 😉
Call for Belgian volunteers
Curba de Cultură is looking for a Belgian volunteer for six months EVS in Izvoarele, a nice and cozy Romanian village.
Together with our partner CODEC Belgium, we are developing and implementing an EVS for Belgian youngsters who would like to do this service in Romania, starting from spring 2018.
The profile of the volunteer we are looking for:
- motivation to live and work in rural area for 6 months
- motivation to work with youngsters and children
- basic knowledge of English
The activities we propose:
- promoting non-formal learning and volunteering through presentations and activities
- non-formal learning activities with children in schools and with youngsters in the youth centre
- organizing outdoor cinema nights
- managing the library within the youth centre
- organizing foreign language classes and cultural events
- writing articles and blogposts
- reporting and documenting activities
The support we offer:
- accommodation in a traditional Romanian house
- pocket money and budget for food
- phone sim card and monthly credit for it
- bus permits for local transport
- international travel costs up to 275 EUR reimbursed in the end of the stay
- Romanian language classes through OLS system
- mentor support for personal development
- coordinator support for implementing activities
- complete medical insurance through Cigna Insurrance Plan
- Youthpass certificate
- two international trainings provided by the Romanian National Agency
- internal training for nonformal education methods and communication techniques
- smiles and hugs
Other details about the project:
Curba de Cultură focuses on teenagers and youth development. Our mission is to use non-formal education as a complementary method to the formal educational system for young people. We want to create the premises for a better development of the young people and their more suited integration within their respective communities. We want to make young people aware that they actively belong to their local and national culture.
CODEC Belgium – Promotes the European policies and values that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. At CODEC you will meet design thinkers, project managers, communicators, education specialists, technology and social media experts that can respond to your organisation’s needs and understand the social challenges you wish to address.
Length: 01.06.2018 – 30.11.2018
Location: Izvoarele, Prahova County, Romania (the historical region of Walachia)
Sending/Coordinating organization: CODEC Belgium
Hosting Organization: Curba de Cultură
If we caught your attention send us a CV and motivation letter at sorin@curbadecultura.ro by 25.04.2018
Also if you want to know more do not hesitate to ask using the same e-mail.
P.S. Explore this webpage to find out more about the community, the work and the volunteers we host.
La revedere România!
I arrived to Romania six months ago, in the beginning of August and now my EVS finished. I arrived with summer and I leave with winter. I arrived with smile on my face with hope to make something good, to discover myself and now I’m here with a mix of feelings, surprised, impressed, happy, sad and many more. I’m making my luggage and I am thinking of all the things that I’ve made here, of all the people that I’ve met.
Looking back… before coming here I’ve never worked in a school. But it was fantastic! I was afraid to work alone at the beginning, but after, I decided to fight against my fear and I did it. I made my own workshops and every time they were an amazing experience. Alone or in a group I loved every activity and I loved to see them happy. It was the best gift that someone can receive. Those moments of happiness helped me overcome problems and sadness. During my EVS I lived lots of different experiences: beautiful moments and bad ones, happy and sad one, sunny days and rainy days, easy moments and hard ones, accompanied or alone. But I met people and they became my friends and… this is life.
Looking back I feel that I am changed, I know myself better and I am proud of my work here. This chapter of my life, which changed me is almost closed, but I’m happy and it was great.
I’m sad to leave, but we will meet again Romania, we will meet again my friends, we will meet again my other family… “La revedere”!
Am sosit în România acum șase luni, la începutul lui august iar acum SEV-ul meu s-a terminat. Am sosit vara și plec iarna. Am sosit cu un zâmbet pe față, cu speranța de a face ceva bun, de a mă descoperi pe mine însumi și acum sunt aici cu niște sentiment amestecate, surprins, impresionat, fericit, trist și multe altele. Îmi fac bagajul și mă gândesc la toate lucrurile pe care le-am făcut aici, la toți oamenii pe care i-am întâlnit.
Uitându-mă în urmă… înainte de a veni aici nu am lucrat niciodată într-o școală. Dar a fost fantastic! Mi-a fost teamă să lucrez singur la început, dar după aceea am decis să mă împotrivesc fricii și am făcut-o. Mi-am susținut propriile ateliere și de fiecare dată au fost niște experiențe minunate. Singur sau în grup am adorat fiecare activitate și am adorat să îi văd fericiți. A fost cel mai bun dar pe care cineva îl poate primi. Acele momente de fericire m-au ajutat să trec peste probleme și tristețe. De-a lungul SEV-ului meu am trecut prin numeroase experiențe: momente frumoase și mai puțin frumoase, momente fericite și triste, zile cu soare și zile cu ploaie, momente ușoare și mai grele, în singurătate sau în compania cuiva. Dar am întâlnit oameni care au devenit prietenii mei… așa e viața.
Uitându-mă în urmă simt că m-am schimbat, mă cunosc mai bine și sunt mândru de munca mea aici. Acest capitol al vieții mele, care m-a schimbat aproape s-a încheiat, dar mă bucur că a fost unul minunat.
Sunt trist că plec, dar ne vom întâlni din nou România, ne vom întâlni din nou prieteni, ne vom întâlni din nou cealaltă familie… La revedere!
Salutări,
Alessio
Alessio se află în România pentru o perioadă de 6 luni, din septembrie 2016 până în ianuarie 2017 în cadrul proiectului Building Youth Supportive Communities 2 (ref nr 2016-1-RO01-KA105-024246), proiect co-finanțat de Uniunea Europeană prin Programul Erasmus+ și implementat în România de către Curba de Cultură.
Call for a Polish Volunteer
Curba de Cultură is looking for a Polish volunteer for a six months EVS in Izvoarele, a nice and cozy Romanian village.
Curba de Cultură focuses on teenagers and youth development. Our mission is to use non-formal education as a complementary method to the formal educational system for young people. We want to create the premises for a better development of the young people and their more suited integration within their respective communities. We want to make young people aware that they actively belong to their local and national culture.
We are looking for an 18-30 years old volunteer who has:
– motivation to live and work in rural area
– motivation to work with youngsters and children
– basic knowledge of English
The activities the volunteer would do, in a team, not alone, are:
– promoting non-formal learning and volunteering through presentations and activities
– non-formal learning activities with children in schools and with youngsters in the youth centre
– managing the library within the youth centre
– organizing foreign language classes and cultural events
– writing articles and blogposts
– reporting and documenting activities
Being an Erasmus+ project the volunteer would also receive:
– accommodation in a traditional Romanian house (but with wi-fi :P)
– pocket money and budget for food
– bus permits for local transport
– phone sim cards and monthly credit for it
– international travel costs up to 275 EUR reimbursed in the end of the stay
– Romanian language classes
– mentor support for personal development
– coordinator support for implementing activities
– complete medical insurance through Cigna Insurrance Plan
– Youthpass certificate
– two international trainings provided by the Romanian National Agency
– one internal training for nonformal education methods and communication techniques
– smiles and hugs 😉
Other details about the project:
Name: Active Youth in Rural Communities
Length: 6 months, November 2017 – April 2018
Location: Izvoarele, Prahova County, Romania (the historical region of Walachia)
Hosting Organization: Curba de Cultură
Sending/Coordinating organization: FRSP
If we caught your attention send us a CV and motivation letter at sorin@curbadecultura.ro The deadline for applications is ongoing until the position is occupied.
Also if you want to know more do not hesitate to ask using the same e-mail.
P.S. Explore this webpage to find out more about the community, the work and the volunteers we host.
In Craiova
After my trip, when I arrived in Craiova, Ludo was waiting for me at the station and from there we took a road to the flat of our volunteer friends. Fantastic hospitality, good vegan food, new people, and that spirit of friendship that we shared during the On Arrival Training which made me happy! In the following days I spent my time on the streets of Craiova and with friends. Craiova is fantastic, because I had the feeling that it maintain its gentle and refined style compared with past and present.
După călătoria mea, când am ajuns în Craiova, Ludo mă aștepta la gară, iar de acolo am pornit-o spre apartamentul prietenilor voluntarilor. Ospitatlitatea a fost fantastică, mâncarea vegană a fost bună, oameni noi și am regăsit spiritul prieteniei pe care îl împărtășisem pe durata On Arrival Training, ceea ce m-a făcut fericit. Zilele următoare le-am petrecut plimbându-mă pe străzile Craiovei cu prietenii. Craiova e un oraș fantastic și am avut sentimentul că a menținut o eleganță și un rafinament când vine vorba de a compara stilul prezentului cu cel al trecutului.
Along the streets of the city center, passing between graffiti and the statues you can feel like coming back to the past where children were playing on the street, gentlemen and ladies were sitting in a cafe speaking in a kind way, an old man who was giving bread to the pigeons, a boy who was selling newspapers… And here you are. NOW and HERE, in the present time with live musicians in a street filled by tables and waiters, where a couple celebrating their marriage.
In the end, as my tradition, I’ve prepared a dinner – risotto – for my friends and we had a nice meal all together, all those countries: Azerbaijan, France, Spain and Italy! And of course as it is usual in every flat of EVS volunteers I left my message on the wall, leaving my mark so my hosts will always remember our gorgeous times.
Pe străzile din centru, trecând printre graffiti și statui simți că te întorci în trecut unde copii se jucau pe străzi, domnii și doamnele stăteau de vorbă la o cafea, un bătrân hrănea porumbeii și un băiat vindea ziare… Și uite-ne aici. ACUM și AICI în prezent cu muzicanți cântând live pe strada plină de mese și ospătari și cu un cuplu sărbătorindu-și nunta.
La final, în spiritul tradiției mele personale am pregătit cina – risotto – pentru prietenii mei și am mâncat împreună, adunând la masă țări precum: Azerbaijan, Franța, Spania și Italia. Desigur ca în orice apartament al voluntarilor mi-am lăsat mesajul pe perete, astfel încât gazdele mele să-și amintească de timpul petrecut împreună.
A trip does not mean only to go in a place and then just come back home, but above all, it has the spiritual component that gives you the feeling of a very rich experience, the excitement from meeting old friends, new people and the certainty that even you grew a bit. Again!
See you in Schiulesti!
O călătorie nu înseamnă doar să mergi undeva de unde să te întorci, mai mult decât atât are o componentă spirituală care îți dă sentimentul unei experiențe puternice, încântarea de a întâlni vechi prieteni, oameni noi și siguranță că te-ai mai maturizat puțin. Din nou!
Să ne vedem cu bine în Schiulești!
Alessio
Alessio se află în România pentru o perioadă de 6 luni, din august 2016 până în ianuarie 2017 în cadrul proiectului Building Youth Supportive Communities 2 (ref nr 2016-1-RO01-KA105-024246), proiect co-finanțat de Uniunea Europeană prin Programul Erasmus+ și implementat în România de către Curba de Cultură.