This is Faruk reporting from Liège, Belgium and I can tell you that everything is quiet on the western front, except for the activities I have been taking part in my ESC project. I feel like I just arrived here but it has been an unbelievably busy period of four Read more…
Representatives of sending, hosting or coordinating associations from more than ten participating countries of European Solidarity Corps (ESC) gathered for a training course about increasing quality and cooperation in volunteering projects. The training had started before the actual face-to-face meeting with a virtual meeting for online preparation of participants in Read more…
My name is Vreni. I’m 19 years old and I come from Germany. I graduated from high school last year and decided afterwards to start a voluntary service abroad to get new experiences for my future. So, I applied for an ESC-project in Liège, organized by Views International. Doing voluntary Read more…
Article written by Faruk Where had we left off? My name is Faruk and I am the new ESC volunteer from Turkey working at the Views International office. You may have remembered me from the issue of a few months back with my advance planning visit and my struggles for Read more…
My name is Faruk Demir and I am a candidate for the European solidarity corps (ESC) program, soon to be volunteering at VIEWS International. Journeys always begin with an excitement and thrill that promise you different people to meet, new sights to discover, and further things to learn. My advance Read more…
BY Vicky Ago My VIEWS International experience started with sudden but genuine curiosity to enroll in their Belgium volunteer programme, and honestly, I did not expect to be accepted. But Ialways ask myself, what’s the worst that can happen?Well, as you all can imagine, nothing terrible happened. Not only did Read more…
By Anna Rita de Bonnis From 29 November to 5 December we hosted the training course More opportunities for adapted ESC for young VIP in Liège. Participants included Belgium, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and the UK and Slovenia who, due to the pandemic situation, participated online. The participants stayed Read more…
Hi everyone! I’m Candice, a French student who has been working for VIEWS International as an intern for the past few months. You first got acquainted with me in June, when I introduced myself for the newsletter as the newbie of the team. Now months have passed, I got used Read more…
My name is Vreni. I am 18 years old and I come from Germany. I graduated from high school this year and afterwards decided to start a voluntary service abroad to get new experience for my future and because I have a great interest in improving my language skills. So, Read more…
BY Candice Octave During my stay here I got to take part in many activities, among which walks with the Brussels-based association called “Bon pied mais pas bon oeil”. For several years, this association has enabled VIPs and sighted people to enjoy walks around Belgium together. I got to enjoy Read more…