Volunteering Stories
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Andra Onton – Life in Romania
- 13 December 2015
- Posted by: Team for Youth Association
- Category: Volunteering Stories
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Of course, everybody has their own reasons for going abroad and experiencing the EVS volunteer program. I left University after one semester and I felt that I was searching for freedom. So when I found out about the opportunity to volunteer with EVS, I took it. My thinking was that it’s now or never.
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A life changing decision – EVS
- 27 November 2015
- Posted by: Team for Youth Association
- Category: Volunteering Stories
My name is Maria, I’m from Belarus. It’s hard to believe it but I’m staying in Baia Mare for almost 9 months now (I feel like I have arrived here a week ago)! Only 3 months left and my EVS experience will come to the end. Now I can definitely say that the time I -
Two Ukrainians in Romania
- 4 November 2015
- Posted by: Team for Youth Association
- Category: Volunteering Stories
Anastasia and Mykola are two long term volunteers from Ukraine, hosted by Team for Youth Association in Baia Mare. Part of their activities include working with visually impaired people, organizing and implementing after-school activities for children and facilitating intercultural summer camps organized in the rural communities around Baia Mare. This is their story so far:
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Aleksejs and his Romanian experience
- 2 November 2015
- Posted by: Team for Youth Association
- Category: Volunteering Stories
Aleksejs – sau Alex, cum îi spunem noi – face parte din marea familie de voluntari Team for Youth Association. Alături de colega lui, Anna Alexeeva, a venit la noi pentru 6 luni, tocmai din Letonia. Despre prima lui experiență ca voluntar internațional puteți citi mai jos.
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Mariliis Saaret – My EVS Story
- 16 September 2015
- Posted by: Team for Youth Association
- Category: Volunteering Stories
My name is Mariliis Saaret. I am a 26 years old youth worker from Estonia and I have been in Romania, Maramureș, in the city of Baia Mare for 6 months. During my 12 months in this EVS project, my activities include teaching English to visually impaired people, organizing after-school activities for children (aged 7-12) and some events for blind people. In the summer period, a number of intercultural summer camps were organized in the rural communities around Baia Mare.
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Five months in Baia Mare and seven more to go
- 10 August 2015
- Posted by: Team for Youth Association
- Category: Volunteering Stories
Yuliia is a volunteer from Ukraine, hosted for a total period of 12 months in Baia Mare, in Romania. Part of her activities includes teaching visually impaired youngsters English, organizing and implementing after-school activities for children and intercultural summer camps organized in the rural communities around Baia Mare.









