Hello again! What has happened since the last time I wrote here? Technically, not a lot. Each day feels similar to the others, and the workshop place doesn’t change, but there is something magical in that established routine, and the months leading up to the end of our volunteering. We can already feel in the air the excitement and sometimes sadness among the people we grew close with in the span of the last 9 months.
This last blogpost will certainly resonate as the conclusion of these 9 months spent here.In a week’s time, I won’t be taking the ferry across Karşıyaka to Pasaport as I’ve done so many times over the last few months, but rather turning my back on Çeşme and setting my sights on Chios, Greece then Italy and finally setting foot in France.
Hello and welcome to my fourth and final blog post about my volunteering experience in Türkiye. I’m Laura from Italy, and I have been living and volunteering in Izmir for
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Hi, my name is Dorin and for the last 6 months, I have been a volunteer in Kielce, Poland. Kielce is a small city stationed between Warsaw and Krakow, it is very calm and peaceful compared to the big cities.
Everything began when I found this project on the ESC portal and arrived in Latvia on the 15th of September. From day one, I had to start from scratch—learning how to work in a youth center, manage social media, and connect with local youth. It was all new to me, but somehow, it felt like I belonged there right away. Years ago, I was in Latvia for an Erasmus program in Latgale (Daugavpils); this time, I was exploring the beautiful western Zemgale region.
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I am a volunteer from Poland from the Silesia region. My name is Ruben When I first landed in Izmir, I didn’t have any expectations, I was just open to the unknown. That helped me to adapt in a new environment, country, different culture and start my volunteering journey. But little did I know, this experience would teach me more than I could ever imagine, not just about the world, but more about myself.
Life in Izmir is going very well. I feel more and more at home here. In fact, when I returned to Italy for a week, I realized that some habits from Türkiye felt normal to me, and I even missed them. This experience is helping me learn more about myself and the world. Even though Türkiye is not too far from Italy, the culture is very different.
