ON-ARRIVAL TRAINING IN VARNA CITY !

         After one month in Bulgaria, it is time for the on-arrival training. To make short: we aren’t the only Evs people in Bulgaria so this on-arrival training is for all people on EVS here for 1 to 2 months. It was the occasion to met Evs people from Sofia, Varna, Sliven and more. Around 50 people from Italy, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Spain, Turkey, France, Czech Republic, Austria were all together on one week in Varna, more precisely Saints Constantine and Helena, 25 minutes of bus from Varna, in front of the Black Sea. Nice place to talk about our own experience of Evs in Bulgaria.

      Our three trainers, Natalia, Katia and Petra managed this training. The different days were organised between talks, work in group, plays and animations in the evening. Our trainers managed plays to know each other, the names but as well the Evs of each one. Different size of group were made to talk, to learn more about Evs like what is the responsibility of each part of this voluntary so the sending organisation, the hosting organisation, the coordinating organisation (if there is), the mentor, supervisor even the National Agency and so on. After the rights and duties, we made a workshop to know what we want to learn in Bulgaria, of course Bulgarian but as well some skills like managing a project, work in a multicultural team etc. We decomposed Evs like a puzzle to understand the possibilities and opportunities that this program can offer. So to live deeply this adventure it was interesting to make a point : now how I am, how I want to be on the next training so mid-term, and then the main objectives, the project of the Evs and the personal project.

          So we talked about Evs, together, but we went as well in Varna to promote this program which is opened for any people between 18 and 30 years old. So during an afternoon, groups of seven people around, had a mission: to go in 3 places, defined before and go there to promote Evs. In the same time we had to collect pictures and videos to show how we managed. Challenge !

         The European Voluntary Service vs is a program but each Evs is really different, depending of the town, the project, the hosting organisation, the number of volunteers. We all have different kind of mission like working with people having disabilities, with children, in a natural park and different hosting organisation like university or associations. On different project we can see in the same time six volunteers or two. All these factors produce an unique Evs.

          Each moment of this on arrival was an occasion to share and talk with other volunteers. After this week we are now a kind of network in Bulgaria. The goals of this network might be to travel but as well to share our own experience in our project, to propose ideas for others etc. 


    THE European Volunteers 2015/2016 in Varna