EVS in Santiago de Compostela

Magosto is usually celebrated between 1st of November (all Saints) and 11 of November (San Martín de Tours). It is the best period to celebrate Magosto because it corresponds to the season of chestnuts. In the center Don Bosco, we started to collect chestnuts with the children one month before the celebration. On Saturday, November 14 th the whole team of Don Bosco (monitors, supervisors, coordinators) realized the celebration of Magosto. We prepared traditional games before and children or other motivated participants were expected from 5 pm. The event started with the traditional games and then some memories about last year were recalled in the theater by the director of Don Bosco. Also there was a performance realized by the participants of a leasure time course . To finish the celebration in a good way, chestnuts were offered to every participants and also there were scouts selling “piedras de Santiago” to finance some of their activities.

In the opinion of the most experts, the On arrival training is always very impressive for the new volunteers. Probably, many people has already decided to write a few words about this event but I also would like to share my thoughts. We had three incredibles trainers/formers who were highly prepared for any kind of question or situation. But, why do we need so much this training? For me, firstly, it was a good training because we meet other current volunteers, we get to know a bit their personality, their activities/ project, but it was also good think about our rights and duties or getting to know the organizations that can help us if we have problems during our stay. Of course, there are different types of problems and this training also helps us to be able to distinguish them and to know what could be the appropiate solution. Also, it is very important that we get to know better our personality, abilities, knowledge and aims. As this event brought 18 volunteers (17 in Galicia, 1