For
a while we are talking about European Voluntary Service but I have a
question for you … Do you know what is European Voluntary Service ?
If
you don’t this article is for you !
You
are between 17 and 30 years old. You have a job or you are a fresh
graduated. You want to travel but in the same time to participate in
a project. Yes travelling can be different kind of things :
backpacker in Croatia, hitchhiking in India and volunteer in
Bulgaria, this is different kind of travelling.
The
European Voluntary Service is an Erasmus + program who allows people
between 17 to 30 years old to participate in an european project for
a duration of 2 weeks to 12 months. You can make just one Evs in your
life (BUT if for example your first Evs is 2 months you can make a
second one, but short ). This experience is an opportunity to travel,
to improve skills like linguistic skills, creation of project etc. It
is a good way to discover another country, culture, people. On
different plans it is a good experience to write on the Cv and for
yourself of course !
"But ... how can I find an Evs ?"
So
first step, you can begin to think about what kind of project you
want to do. And in the same time you contact a sending organisation
in your area.
This
is a portal where you can find a big part of the sending organisation
in Europe :
But
to be sure you can ask to your city hall for adding information.
After
this first contact, you will have to be more precise about your
choice for this European Voluntary Service. And you begin now the
hunting of a hosting organisation.
Your
sending organisation will give you tools to chose an organisation and
a project but finally you are the master in this choice ! Either you
begin to make your choice depending of the country and then the
project or at first the project and then the country. You go back on
the website : https://europa.eu/youth/evs_database
and you make your choice between the different hosting organisation.
To make short: a little mail for each structures who interest you, to
know if they are lookinf for volunteers. Wait, keep sending, wait …
Then if reply, you send your Cv and cover letter ! Wait and … first
meeting, generally by skype. And several meetings after …
There
is as well some projects who are looking for directly volunteers. So
you can apply for the project who interests you. On facebook you can
find different groups where ads are posted regularly.
When
you have your hosting organisation everything goes fastly and you
wont need anymore to read what I am saying ! The sending organisation
is here to help you to find an orgAnisation and to make the
administrative job.
So !
This is a brief glimpse about what is an European Voluntary Service but I gave you the main points about the way to have an Evs. I hope that you have understood what is an Evs and as well you would like
to do one ! :)
;)
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