But what is EVS? What exactly are you doing in that project? Two questions I've been asked the most in this period. EVS is an acronym for European Voluntary Service. It's a program created by the EU. Its actual goal is to help young people discover other countries and experience the European ideals through helping , by many kinds of projects , the community. That explains it pretty much..
However, by that two-sentenced and pretty correct summed up definition, you still can't express what you actually get out of EVS. My project's main subject is anti-bullying and anti-discrimination. Going to schools and doing some interactive activities with children is what I and my team do in order to pass our message. Through this I saw three things.
One is the personal development, to overcome any struggles you might have. You are set free to be creative, you learn how to work in a team and you gain confidence as you have to speak to an audience, people that are interested into what you have to say. Second, the realization. The realization, that comes up when you interfere with the students , that it actually exists. The situation we are trying to solve with these activities, trying to be our best selves in order to deal with it. Well, it was obvious that the problem existed, that's why the project got created in the first place, but realizing it and seeing it with your own eyes is something different. And the third, that there are bright minds. In these classrooms there are bright and sensitive young people who are aware of the problem and by their attitude towards it they can actually help solving it and continue that way our attempt, be in a larger scale part of our project's group.
I've been in Arad of Romania with the EVS for almost three months already and what I described is only one part of my experiences here so far. The ones regarding the project itself. There are more to tell though.
-Michael
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