From November 2019 until November 2020, a Slovenian volunteer Nives Ražnjević took part in a 12month long term volunteering project called ACTeen written and implemented by Ocean Znanja in cooperation with the Slovenian partner EUSA – European University Sports Association. The project was approved and financed by the Agency for Mobility and EU programs, through …
I am Zrinka, a 23 years old student, and I have completed one-year ESC programme working in European University Sports Association – EUSA in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I choose this project because I have been involved in sports since I was 3 years old, firstly as an athlete and with time I also became a Karate …
ESC volunteering in the association “Help at home” for the elderly of Lipik Here you can find the info pack for the volunteering opportunity in Lipik. Read it carefully before applying. Please don’t forget to send your motivation letter and CV to branimir.suk@gmail.com with the title SMILE in the Centre
Firstly, I moved to Croatia for doing my short-term volunteering service on the 5th of May 2019, but than a little later I became even happier person after starting a long-term. It was maybe the easiest decision in my life, as I was/am completely crazy about Croatia and the Balkans in overall. I just remembering, …
Everyone goes through tough situations in life. Whenever I encounter problems, I need to face it bravely. And counselling is one of the most effective weapons I have against the whole range of mental health issues including depression, anxiety or sadness. When you talk about it to someone who is professionally trained to listen, it …
I was thinking what topic to choose for writing. And stopped on this one. The main problem is that we think we understand the minds of others, and even our own mind, better than we actually do. Despite the fact I do it countless times a day, I’m sometimes terrible at it. Our lives are …
This week I first came across a biological weapon named “Wuhan-400” in Dean Koontz’s novel “The Eyes of Darkness”. I doubt anyone had the notion that the famous thriller author was “predicting” a real-world outbreak of COVID-19, coronavirus disease. But accepting the fact of today’s reality, after such an outbreak had occurred, I’d like to …
Last week throughout our Talent Fair event I learned how to sew my little Drawstring Bag. Together with the host of this workshop – Lucija, we called this baggy “for 2 lemons”. You can see this cuttie creature from the photo. But it’s really simple and with this post I just want to encourage you …
In our community and surroundings, there are probably several things that, coming from our own perspective, could have been better. Depending on the place we are coming from, it could for example be a lack of awareness about environmental issues, social injustice, exclusion of minorities, gender inequality, a big financial gap between rich and poor …
On the 23rd of February I visited the most fantastic event I have ever seen in my life – Sunday’s International Carnival Parade in Rijeka. Nowhere in the world I was able to experience such a distinctive blend of a European civil carnival based on historical and cultural customs and elements of folklore and mythology. The …