ESC teaches me something

Short stories and Volunteer Ventures

Author: volunteerESC

Meet Chloé!

My name is Chloé Letellier. I come from Rouen, a town in Northern France. I am 19 years old and…

Climate Change

Büşra Akbıyık, ESC Volunteer from Türkiye The climate system includes the atmosphere, land surfaces, snow and ice, oceans and other…

Meet Aytakin!

Hello! I’m Aytakin. I’m 25. I’m from Karabakh, Azerbaijan, but I have always lived in the capital city – Baku!…

A day at Wawel Castle

We all have had walks to Wawel Castle, some of us have visited some exhibitions, but none of us had…

Shooting day at IB Polska

This Monday was different. Aytakin, one of the European Solidarity Corps volunteers at the office, was in charge. Do you…

France with the eyes of a French

Today, our brave volunteer from France, Aurélien, gave a presentation to a group of seniors from CAS Zabłocie-Grzegórzki by the…

June’s volunteers’ meeting, a bittersweet day

June’s volunteer meeting was bittersweet. Why? Because the first volunteers had already gone back home, while others would have left…

Farewell party for volunteers leaving in June

June was a turning point for our group of European Solidarity Corps volunteers. Eugenia, Neamat, Khatia, Antonia and Mariami completed…

Szafa Dobra, Maria’s experience

Maria, ESC volunteer from Spain At the end of February, when the war began, I was scared. Everything changed overnight….

Emma’s contribution to Szafa Dobra

Emma, ESC volunteer from France Since 24th February, many things have changed, both at the European level and in our…

Proud to help Ukrainian refugees

Neamat, ESC volunteer from Egypt When the war started, I felt really bad for what happened to Ukranians. No one…

Oceans, our silent guardians, are in danger

Do we really talk about oceans? We all know about global warming. We all know that we should at least…

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