Blog: volunteering experiences

Here you can discover the EVS stories from some of the volunteers within the project Planting Cities; have a look on what they experienced in India, China, Italy or Slovenia.

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The Alessandro’s experience in India

For me the EVS experience was fantastic. Very constructive and I would say, enlightening; First, because every single day seemed to be always surrounded by something magical, in a way, or another, but in the end I was also pleased with the minor inconveniences, such...

Let’s talk about your experience – Rajeev

My name is Rajeev Lochan Sahoo from India. I was in Koper (Slovenia) for 5 months for EVS experience.

Let’s talk about your experience – Purussottam

Hi, my name is Purusottam from India. I spend my EVS mobility in Palermo (Italy).

Let’s talk about your experience – Li Bin

Hi, it is Li Bin from Nanyang (China). I did EVS mobility in Koper (Slovenia) within Planting Cities project.

Let’s talk about your experience – Urbancic Masa

My name is Maša Urbančič and I am from Logatec, Slovenia. I spent my EVS mobility in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China.

Let’s talk about your experience – Nika Bric

My name is Nika and I come from Ljubljana, Slovenia. I spent my EVS in a town called Guangshan, located in Henan province in China.

Let’s talk about your experience – Fabrizia

Hi! My name is Fabrizia and I’ m from Benevento, Italy. I spent three fantastic months in a small town of China, it’ s name is Guangshan, Henan province.

Let’s talk about your experience – Dario

Hello, my name is Dario; as Italian EVS volunteer I carried out my 5-month volunteering experience in Bhubaneswar (India), hosted by the Indian NGO JRP.

Let’s talk about your experience – Ambra

My name is Ambra and I’m from Modena (Italy). I spent 5 months in Bhubaneswar (India) within the project Planting Cities.

Chinese seeds – Three months for discovering China through EVS experience

I was born in Europe, but I am feeling daughter of this earth. When I was a child I dreamed about countries around the world several times and I imagined to move from my home with an essential backpack, to board a ship and to land somewhere. Probably, too much...

Five months full of color, life and love in India

I arrived in Bhubaneswar (India) full of fears, uncertainties, everything around me was unknown but with the curiosity of a little girl on her first day of school. the first days were a complete shock, I had to get used to any situation, even the most banal thing...

Every single memory is unique and priceless…

When Maša (my roommate) and I arrived in Jiamusi it was beginning of April. It was still pretty cold… Ok, it was really cold! We were wearing 5 or 6 layers of clothes. On the streets there were few people not what you’d expect of a city with 2,5 million people. The...

A Chinese volunteer in Palermo – Ye Wu’s Experience

I am Ye Wu from China, an EVS volunteer hosted by CESIE in Palermo (Italy) within the project Planting Cities (Erasmus+, KA2 – Capacity Building in the field of youth). Before I came here, I was attending university in China and I always wanted to challenge myself and...