EVS in Santiago de Compostela

During Easter we had a family reconciliation campaign of 4 days with different activities organized for outside activities counting on the possibility of good weather, as well as on bad weather that made us stay and have fun in the center. The activities took place in the library (animation for reading), in the playroom (board games and workshops) and on the covered court (basketball, football, skating and other small games). All the activities were carried out by different animators because everyone had their own task when performing the different planned parts. We made three visits the first three days: the first day we went in search of fountains in the Park Bonaval, in the street of Virxe da Cerca and in the Plaza de Cervantes. The second day we went to several squares (Cervantes, Obradoiro, Azabachería, Quintana) of the old town looking for different gargoyles because it is always good to look a little more at the details. The third day we went to the Faculty of History t...

On March 15 we attended to a meeting organized by the Ministry of Social Policy through the General Directorate of Xuventude, Participation and Volunteering. The meeting took place at the Faculty of Economics and Business at USC where the European volunteers (Jessica and Imola), our coordinator and a Spanish ex-volunteer we were all present. We had to give information about EVS, publicize a little bit this type of mobility program which seems to me a very good idea because being volunteer is more valid to provide information about certain things. Unfortunately there were just a few people and I could not test me many times about my ability to explain but still I count on a very good experience. The first time, we attended a speech with the theme of mobility Experiences of mobility abroad, factor of success in the labor market which was interesting to see the different possibilities and difficulties in finding a job that is more difficult every day. After that there wer...