It has been two weeks since I wrote a post about dealing with the coronavirus outbreak while being far from home. Back then, the situation was pretty different: we were just about to start working from home, the virus had just appeared in Turkey back then and we were more concerned about our families back […]
How does it feel when you live the experience of pandemics far from the majority of your beloved ones Although I would really prefer to write this post about something else, it is hard not to mention how much is the current reality influenced by the recently declared pandemics. Although the situation in Turkey is […]
Discussing the differences between Poland and Turkey Çay comes first Even though I knew about Turks’ love for tea before coming here, the sheer scale of it surprised me. Everyone in Turkey either has just drunk tea, is currently drinking it or is about to do it. It’s truly an addiction! And even though Türk […]
I must say that the last 2 months were really exciting for me as I got the approval to organise run my own micro-project on youthwork called Move Youthwise. Over the last month I was gathering the team and I can proudly say that I have now on board a group of highly motivated youngsters […]
Since I’ve stepped on the Turkish soil for the first time back in October, I’ve had one clear goal in mind- to make the most out of my ESC experience. For me, that includes learning everything there is to learn about different aspects of working in the field of NGOs, getting to know all the […]
As part of the ESC journey, me and my fellow volunteer, Martyna, are supporting the office team in looking for partnerships for Erasmus+ projects. Although I have had quite a rich volunteering experience before coming to Turkey (I have been involved in NGOs in my country for 10 years now), my European Solidarity Corps stay […]
In the second week of December Barbara and me had the privilege to take part in the on-arrival training in Ankara which was organised by the Turkish National Agency.The main goal of this event is to welcome all the new volunteers and adapt them into the new environment as well as to equip them in […]
Me and Martyna arrived to Izmir on 20th October from Warsaw, Poland to start our yearly adventure with European Solidarity Corps (previously called European Voluntary Service). We both never learned Turkish before and have never been to Izmir previously. Already on the second day of our activity we went with a group of local volunteers […]
It was my last year in University. I always felt the need to direct my life. I was feeling mixed emotions such as fear and worries about my future. I knew that I had to start to have a business life but working from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., rules, laws, procedures… Even thinking about […]
Amazing experience by FERSO and Erasmus + in Grotniki, Poland for 24 participants from different countries and backgrounds. A group of people from 8 different countries; Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Poland, Republic of North Macedonia, Spain, Turkey took a part in a training project in a lovely village of Lodz, Poland and as Turkish team, […]
