From 29 January to 2 February our Belgian delegation, our Director Anca and Abraham Diatta from Centre Loryhan (Centre de Rencontres et d’Hébergement) flew to Romania to meet with our partners at SAKURA NGO, who hosted the visit, to have meetings and common activities with local NGOs and educational institutions, Read more…
“Komiksilnitsa”, a combination of the Bulgarian words for “comic book” and “workshop”, is a project implemented by the association “Arsov Sound”, gathering a group of passionate artists with and without visual impairments who joined forces to adapt comic books and make them accessible for blind and partially sighted people. The Read more…
Are you interested in youth work? Would you like to develop your skills as facilitator? Are you ready to start your professional path as a trainer? With ODTIZ Institute and Arkhe we are launching “The Big Thing” project, to encourage participation of persons with disabilities in the field of youth work and non-formal education Read more…
Hello! My name is Patricia Kalanyos, I’m 22 years old and I come from Cluj-Napoca, in Romania. I work as a massage technician and I’ve prepared a lot for my specialisation: I have a post-secondary school diploma in massage therapy and I’ve also taken many private courses. I’ve decided to Read more…
Noa, a young nature lover from Belgium, joined an European Solidarity Corps project to support the restoration of the ecosystems and the biodiversity in the Riet Vell Nature Reserve in the Ebro Delta, Spain. In this blog post, she shared her experience with us. Hi everyone! I am Noa, 23, Read more…
Dinners in the Dark is an immersive experience that will guide you through a three-course meal in complete darkness. In this discovery journey, guided by blind and partially sighted service people, you will be able to explore the full potential of your senses, and focus on smell, taste and touch Read more…
Between 27 and 30 November, Patricia, our new ESC volunteer from Romania, has visited us in Liège for her advance planning visit. Her time in Liège was full of activities and meetings that provided an introduction and prepared her for her imminent arrival. She visited our office, where we discussed Read more…
In September our volunteer, Anna Czaman, was in Budapest to attend the Strategic Partnership for Inclusion (SPI) Harvesting Conference 2023, an event that gathered experienced and future Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps volunteers, as well as youth workers from organisations interested in implementing inclusive practices in their European mobility programmes. Read more…
Last month, between 4 and 6 October, our director, Anca David, was in Podgorica, Montenegro, to participate in the SNAC Volunteering Conference 2023: “Shaping Volunteering in Europe and Beyond”. The event gathered actors of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programme and enthusiasts of the volunteering cause from across the EU Read more…
Between 20 and 25 October, Marie-Claire Lavater, Trainer at the Institut Régional de Développement du Travail Social (IRDTS), travelled all the way from French Guyana to Belgium to meet with us and other partners and talk about cooperation between youth in French Guyana and their peers in Europe. In her Read more…