Imagine, that you are walking up on the stones, the road is narrow and you can not almost see nothing more than a bushes. Suddenly, you can see an old tracks which you start to follow, but then is even worse, because you get into dark tunnel. And now you can see just the darknes. Hapily, you realize, that you are not alone: someone take your hand, other start singing. You stop think about darknes and just go straight on together. And then you notice a bright ray on the end of the tunnel.
I walked this road last week with other EVS volunteers during our arrival training to realize that this tunnel is like ours projects, like ours lifes.
What is EVS?
Few days ago my friend wrote to me: I want to go for EVS but I have no idea what is going on. So, the arrival training is for get to know it. I will try to describe it in as short way as possible: EVS is for people from 18 till 30 years old who wants to get new experience in other country. To go for EVS you have to find organisation who can send and host you or apply for project (which you can find for example here:http://www.youthnetworks.eu/SearchVacancy.aspx ). During your EVS you have to have minimum you need to live like: accomodation, food (you can get money for it or home and food), bus tickets if you live far from organisation you work and some pocket money. You have to have 2 days off every week and work no longer than 38 hours per week. You can not also doing a job like workers in this place who get money for their job. You are here to help, share and get experience, learn new language, develop yourself, learn and find yourself. All this things you learn you should put in kind of certificat – Youthpass. More details about it you can read on my tutor's blog: http://learneplus-evs.blogspot.com.es/2016/02/on-arrival-training.html.
But the thing which I remember the most is: do not come for help somebody, come for find yourself and then someone will be follow you.
The most important thing
I learned during this training is maybe simple and obviously right that always and everywhere you can meet people who have similar or this same experiences, problems, who can understand you even if don't understand your language or can not agree with your ideas or behaviour and support you, if you'll give them a chance to do it. And you realize that it is like in this gospel song: „you'll never walk alone”.
Welcome home
I had not noticed when I started call Granada – home. What's new in home? New volunteer join to us and there is a fiesta on Sacramonte. It is gypsy's neighbourhood of Granada. Amazing and unique place situated on hills and mountains where some people are living in the caves. Inside the caves are also some churches, pubs, museum. And they celebrate their patron's day – St. Cecilio. This day you have to take salty bread and asparagus and make a picnic watching flamenco show.
Unusually? For me for sure, but there was another thing which suprised me most that day. We were in autobus which stoped on second stop and went back. There was police on the streets and crowd of people on the both side of one of the main street. What happened? Accident? King is comming? Did they give something for free? No. Real Madryt team was in hotel. And all those people were waiting almost all day for one moment when the team goes out, gets into their bus and departs from the city to make some photos running for the bus. That was incredible. Well...bienvenido en Andalucia ;)
Me En-Can-Ta! :*
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