Hello!
In this past year we have had two volunteers that have lived in a remote village working to rebuild a school and learn more about and connect with the rural life and people. The project, called Rural Future, is co-funded by the EU through the ESC programme.
🛠️ If you like what you see, you can apply here.
ℹ️ You can get to know the project better here.
During the Rural Future Project, we are going to cover the weekly progress through the so-called “Weekly Recaps”. Here we will give a short overview of what is going on in this little village called Mrachenik and will report on our experiences.
Our Mrachenik volunteer team is made up of two people: Léo and Andrey . They all have different backgrounds and their ages span from 18-22 years.
Hiya!
Its Victoria, here to tell you all about how our last week in Mrachenik went.
The team was back together again after Leo and Andreys ESC training in Sofia and Victorias training in the Netherlands. We got back into the swing of things right away especially when it comes to our computer work. We also spent some time clearing a local garden and held a clean up event in the weekend. Keep reading to see what we did!
We started off our week filming a Vodcast for the Smokinya Youtube channel. Leo has spent alot of time on camera so he was a natural, Andrey and I…. well lets just say there were many takes. Every month we will upload a new video so with time it will definitely become easier to not overthink it. We answered some questions regarding ESC, our time with Smokinya, how to combat boredom and more so check out our channel https://www.youtube.com/@smokinyafoundation.
We did some physical work clearing a garden that has been abandoned for many years. It was super over grown with many little trees, pricker bushes, and vines taking over the entire space. It will definitely need more work but for now we managed to dig through the soil to the rock path. The biceps went hard on this 💪💪💪
It is the time of year for us to write project proposals for Erasmus. Much of our time this week was spent familiarising ourselves with all of the informative material regarding writing a project. Lucky for us Smokinya has compiled this material and provided great resources to learn and support ourselves with this process. Its a welcomed challenge, reading through the guides, gaining a deeper understanding of ESC and Erasmus, adapting to the EU bureaucratic language. Beyond familiarising ourselves we have also started to actually draft proposals and support each other in this.
The weekend came! We spent Saturday walking around Mrachenik with Marin, a local whose very active (literally), he has a love for nature and for hiking, even inviting past youth camp participants and volunteers to accompany him on the trails around the village. He was happy to join us for the cleanup and all in all we filled up 8-10 bags with litter. Not only did we clean up, we also really enjoyed having a walk through the village, enjoying the beautiful weather and last bit of warmth before winter comes.
Thats all for now! Check the Smokinya website regularly for any upcoming opportunities, weekly recaps and local event announcements. On that note this Wednesday the 26th at 14:00 we will be having an event for Cake Day, so get your hands ready to mix and your bellies ready for a delicious treat!
Want to learn about the benefits of our courses? Click here: https://smokinya.com/testimonials/
ВАЖНО! Първо прочетете наръчника за успешно кандидатстване.
Should you have a question, contact us: info@smokinya.com.
This program is co-funded by the Erasmus+ / European Solidarity Corps program of the European Union.
Финансирано от Европейския съюз. Изразените възгледи и мнения обаче принадлежат изцяло на техния(ите) автор(и) и не отразяват непременно възгледите и мненията на Европейския съюз или на Европейската изпълнителна агенция за образование и култура (EACEA). За тях не носи отговорност нито Европейският съюз, нито EACEA.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
