Chrystelle August 2019

Hello everyone, the last time you read our blog, my project was the summer school. Here are the following of my adventures in Romania :

The summer school having finished in the middle of July, it was necessary to tidy up and clean the center, before finally leaving for new adventures but this time with the library. We were in the park and this adventure allowed me to meet Maria, a very exceptional woman.

For this adventure I worked in partnership with another association named eiva, we were 4 French and here are some examples of our work with the library:

Three times per week we offered 2 or 3 games :

Then we proposed a story in French and English, the children had to read in English one after the other:

Then to finish manual activities, like created landscapes of the sea or knight's suits :

We also had the exceptional presence of another association, the smiley club, which allowed us to learn face painting :

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The end.

This experience is ending, and in this seven months a lot has happened, good and bad. However, I can’t complain because if i had stayed in home i wouldn’t have learned that much about the people and the volunteering. This experience has given me a lot of situations and moments that are worth it to remember. First of all, I have growth through some difficult moments where I have to adapt myself as for example not being able to talk with the children having to find other ways to communicate as I explained in the first article. Other hard moments have been understanding how Romania work, missing my family and friends or living in the same flat with people you don't know and even sharing the same room. Even though all this, the positive moments overcome the bad ones. I have find other ways of working and at the same time discover new associations where I had the opportunity to know and investigate different collectives like children with autism or refugee people. This would

Nicholas, November 2019

Autumn in Arad

Autumn in Arad With Aspis association we had to prepare a lot of plants for partnership, lavanda, origan, basilic… I also started to learn how to knit: With aid rom association, we went to the cinema, watched movies and had an intercultural night with food, music… With library, I workedwe did a lot of games, and we had a Halloween party and we also participated to a cooking tv show in Arad: It was my last month in Arad, during my time here I learnt a lot, about Romanian culture, and also about me. I met a lot of people, amazing people. So i would like to say thank you to all of them for this adventure :) PA PA LA REVEDERE !

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