
European solidarity corps: long term volunteering experience
European solidarity corps is an amazing opportunity to learn about everything new and adapt to specific situations!

European solidarity corps is an amazing opportunity to learn about everything new and adapt to specific situations!

We are not always aware that we are victims of bullying. Thinking that we have to go through injustice and insults in order to mature as persons holds us back from researching our feelings. But sometimes we come to situations that are more difficult than our abilities to deal with them.

Traditionally, when we talk about health, we only take into consideration our physical body. Nevertheless, if we want to live a plenty life, we must also care our mental health.

My first article is about our (volunteers) arrival, so you will get a little bit of insight into our project, and you will get to know more about the new volunteers.

The European Union is a place full of opportunities. Living in it means living in the middle of 27 different cultures, 24 different (official) languages, people striving to unite backgrounds and ideas. Young people are the backbone of a successful European society. That is why many opportunities are offered to them. A common one is Erasmus+ Youth Exchange.

I feel like it was yesterday that I was writing my first blog, not really knowing how anything works and what to write about. At the time, I was in Zagreb for about 2 weeks, still just discovering all our tasks, and responsibilities and bonding with my roommates. And now? Now is the end, and I have to summarize my whole life here in one short article.

I had to pass through multiple steps in my life before being able to go to Zagreb with ESC. Every step helped me to gain something that got me taken to Amazonas. This year in Zagreb has been the most fulfilling year, the year that made me grow the most, personally and skills wise. Through this article, I want to describe this year, what it brought to me, what I learnt, the lessons of life, the memories, the good moments as the bad that I had to overcome in order to make this year a success in the sense that I achieved projects that mattered a lot to me, and that taught me a lot.

I cannot understand how it is possible, that this project is about to end already. Time really seems to be slipping through my fingers. It feels like I just arrived in Zagreb, after 12 hours of train, nervous, excited, curious, and very tired, not knowing what would await me in these ten months.

I have been in Croatia for a month speaking English daily. It’s the first time I have to, and apparently some changes appear. Sometimes, when

Human Rights House Zagreb is a human rights organisation established in 2008 as a network of civil society organisations with the goal of protecting and