Pihla ESK Prantsusmaal! Minu vabatahtlik teenistus möödus künka otsas, kommuunis elades. Kõndisin üheksa kuud paljaste varvaste välkudes mööda Prantsusmaa mulda, korraldasin kommuuni köögielu, magasin savimajakeses, tantsisin seeliku lehvides loojuva täiskuuga,
Hi! My name is Eszter, I’m 21, from France. In May 2021, I finished my bachelor’s degree in administration, economics, law. Before doing my Master’s degree in education, I had
Hello, my name is Elvira Popova and I am an ESC volunteer in Estonia! My project is related to preschool children: together we are studying the culture of their native
Hello everyone, my name is Artem. I am from Russia, from the city of Irkutsk. I take part in a volunteer project in Estonia Viljandi city. My project is related
My name is Lena, I’m 18 years old, I’m from Germany and I am a volunteer here at Britannica language school since September. So, I work at a language school
I’m Janne and I am 20 years old, I’m from Germany. I’m in Tallinn since October. I’m working in a kindergarten and I am staying until the end of May.
My name is Olga Travnikova, I am from Russia, I am 22 years old. In Tallinn, I work at the Tallinna Kuristiku Gümnaasium gymnasium. My project is mainly about helping
My name is Eva, I am 21 years old and I am from Saratov. I have been in Estonia for six months already. Here I work in the Montessori kindergarten.
My name is Candela. I’m from Spain. Now I have been in Tallinn for 6 months already on my ESC project. I went to the project right after leaving school.
My name is Alena. I am from St. Petersburg and now I have been in Tallinn for 4 months already on the international project of the European Solidarity Corps. About
My name is Monika and I am from Hungary. I did my ESC project in Tallinna Laste Turvakeskus, in Männi Turvakodu. The shelter hosts children and youth who have been
Hello to everyone reading this blog and at the moment, my report about how I established recorder lessons as a volunteer in a kindergarten in Tallinn! I started my service
Our volunteer, Tiruhi, who was doing her service within a project Volunteering promote Goodness (among the other volunteers mentioned), which is funded by the Erasmus+ European Voluntary Service program, wrote
“What’s stopping you? That’s right, nothing”. These words were my thoughts before participation in European Solidarity Corps (ESC), a part of which I wanted to be for a long time.
Quentin is a 21-year-old from France, who works as a volunteer at a centre for people with special needs in Tõrva. After he had done civic service in France, he
Maria is a 22-year-old from Ukraine, who works as a volunteer at Viljandi youth centre. After she finished university, Maria became a volunteer to do something completely different for her,
Emma-Charlotte is a 19-year-old from Germany, who works as a volunteer at Tallinn kindergarten Kullerkupu. She became a volunteer to dive into another culture and understand more. The thing she
Alyona is a 29-year-old from Russia, who is a volunteer at Food Bank in Tallinn. She decided to become a volunteer to try something new in life, to change the
Ksenia is a 24-year-old from Ukraine, who is a volunteer at Ukrainian Cultural Center in Tallinn. Her friend recommended volunteering. After she graduated art academy, Ksenia decided to become a
Binghan is a 20-year-old from Austria, who is a volunteer at Võru kindergarten Okasroosike. After she graduated, Binghan decided to become a volunteer to take a break from studying and
An international volunteer’s cafe was a project made by volunteers who spent their year in Estonia. The café was organized by 4 volunteers from Viljandi: Julia from Ukraine who was
Did you also notice, that children are entertained more and more by technology? And did you also observe the consequence of children’s rising unawareness considering their natural environment? Maybe you
Our EVS volunteer Anne Schiffers has been a role model for many others, making her voluntary service meaningful and impactful. This spring she decided to create her own initiative project
Baking-together we create the best things! I’m the volunteer of the Kullerkupu Lasteaed in Tallinn this year. Most of the time I’m working in the group with the 2-3 years
Our volunteers Laura and Matthias are doing their service within the project Volunteering in Educational Projects, which is funded by Erasmus+ European Voluntary Service program. They shared a story about
My first initiative project idea came to me when I first came to Laagna library (which is the closest to our kindergarten) and noticed a wide range of children literature
Eight months after arriving to Estonia I decided it was time for me to prepare a special day for everyone in my kindergarten, parents, children and even teachers and the
„I wanted something different, to work with children and to be in a totally new environment. As a result of a brief research, I figured out that there is a
In the middle of my service I started with the project about emotional education called “The colour monster”. It is about one monster who has all the colors mixed and
Irina Nikulina is a youth worker based in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. She works in a youth organisation SFERA Movement helping hundreds of young people to find their way to international
I am Anastasiia from Russia and I worked in Acrobatic and Circus School in Tallinn, Estonia for 12 months. As part of my volunteering service, I decided to promote healthy
28.09.2018 was event for children “Around the World in 80 minutes”, where they had a travel card and traveled between tables, where were represented different countries. My name is Sofia
It was difficult for me to come up with an idea for an Initiative Project, but in the end it might have been because I was trying to come up
On the 28th of September, a week before the end of my project, I cooked a national dish in the kindergarten where I’d been volunteering for 6 months. This dish
Our initiative project is a one day trip to Soomaa national park with a group of youngsters from Abja-Paluoja, which was planed by me in cooperation with Coretin Bideau, a
My name is Antonia and I am doing my 12-months voluntary service in a kindergarten in Võru in South Estonia. As my initiative project I organized a postcard exchange between
My name is Nefeli Vontella and I am from Greece. I did my EVS in Tallinn, at the kindergarten Tallinna Kullatera Lasteaed for 9 months. During my EVS, I had
I’m Carla from Germany. I am 20 years old and I am doing my voluntary service in a kindergarten in Võru in South Estonia. My idea was to establish a
Nefeli is an European Voluntary Service volunteer from Greece who is working in Tallinna Kullatera Kindergarten. On the 21st of April I visited the Viljandi Avatud Noortetuba youth center in
In December I had the opportunity to connect traveling with helping some of my EVS friends and spreading some kind of German Christmas spirit in Estonia. On the 7th of
The EVS is an amazing opportunity to go abroad and get to know another country through other eyes. You can learn a new language and travel around the world. And
In the following I will describe our initiative project, which included doing handicraft work with disabled people and took place in the last months of our voluntary service during July
My name is Sabrina Gollmer. I am a volunteer from Germany and I am currently making an EVS in the Youth Center and Culture Center in Abja-Paluoja. To record the
Katerina is an European Voluntary Service volunteer from Greece who is working in Imastu Residential School. In December, she was invited to Paikuse Kindergarten Mesimumm to organise – together with
Sofia is an European Voluntary Service volunteer from Ukraine who is working in Imastu Residential School. During Christmas-time she decided to visit another volunteer’s working place, a social centre in
A volunteer that works in a Kindergarten near Pärnu hosted a World Christmas Evening. She invited volunteers to do some games/handcrafts/traditional Christmas things what we are doing in our countries
My name is Viktoria Gurskaya, I’m from Russia. I’ve spent a year working as an EVS volunteer in a nice Estonian town Kohila. People I worked with became my Estonian
“It should be an event for the children, where they have fun and also learn something about agriculture. Especially in big cities like Tallinn children do not have so many
The NGO Youth Exchange Development Society EstYES was founded in 1991. and is one of the first organisations in Estonia to engage in cultural and youth exchanges.
