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Hello! Welcome to the Wild Vibes recap. Since February 2025, we hosted 7 young people for 3 months and more in Mrachenik, rural village in the Sredna Gora region. All working together to renovate an old school into a volunteering and training center while connecting with rural life and locals.
We currently have two volunteer staying for 6-12 months and nine others staying for 3 months this summer!
If you wanna join, all the details are HERE
You can already apply HERE
We will cover weekly progress through the so-called “Weekly Recaps”. Here we will give a brief overview of what is happening in this little village called Mrachenik and report on our experiences.
ВАЖНО! Първо прочетете наръчника за успешно кандидатстване.
Hello everyone!
August has officially arrived, and it started in the best possible way—with the village festival! Music, a wonderful atmosphere, and plenty of activities for our little friends to enjoy. It was great to see the children having fun with everything we had prepared for them.
On Monday, we woke up at 5:30 a.m. because we’re still trying to find the perfect working schedule. This week we tested a 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. shift, hoping to avoid the unbearable summer heat.
Our morning mission was to map every bench in the village. In the coming weeks, we’ll start repairing the damaged ones and maybe even build new benches in places where we think they would be useful for the local community—or simply in beautiful spots where people can sit down, relax, and enjoy the view.
On Tuesday, our task changed. This time, we explored the areas around the village to locate places where rubbish had been illegally dumped.
Both morning missions were surprisingly enjoyable. Exploring the village while the weather was still cool made the work much more pleasant. Of course, during the second half of the day, we continued clearing weeds around different areas.
While clearing weeds in one of the areas, we came across some unusual abandoned items, including a manual meat grinder and a huge metal bowl. Naturally, we couldn’t resist joking that Dario finally had everything he needed to give us a drum performance!Wednesday started with more weed clearing in different locations around the village. At the end of the day, however, we had the opportunity to help a local family clean their garden. As a thank-you, they prepared a delicious barbecue for us. We were truly grateful for their kindness and hospitality—it was a wonderful way to end the day.
Unfortunately, Thursday morning greeted us with another surprise: the water still hadn’t returned. Yes… we experienced another water outage that had started on Wednesday afternoon.
Since the natural spring near the training centre was providing only a very small amount of water, we had to find another solution. Leo and Vic drove to a nearby village to refill our emergency water containers.
The rest of the day was dedicated to improving the training centre. We organised firewood, installed curtains in the bathrooms and toilets, and worked on building a shelf to make the bathroom area more practical, especially since we’re looking forward to welcoming the new Vitality Vibes project very soon.
On Friday, we focused on cleaning and clearing weeds around the training centre, including the yard and the road in front of the building. We also continued organising the firewood for future use.
The next few days are our days off, so it’s time for a little break! See you next week—and now we have to go catch the bus!
Until next time!
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IMPORTANT
Come in person to learn about Smokinya, Erasmus+, this project, reimbursement and ask your questions.
Participation is obligatory, an option is to join via Skype / Hangouts apps.
Read more details in the infopack.
Important! Read carefully the info letter, it contains important details.
This is learning program funded by Erasmus+ programme.
That requires commitment. You will be asked to organise a follow-up activity after the program.
The program is intensive and challenging.
The program does NOT include cultural and touristic sightseeing.
Get to know all provided information in the info letter before you submit your application form.
Apply only when you know you want to participate and you have the dates of the training available.
Travel reimbursement is only sent to those who fully participate in all phases, including the follow-up and dissemination.
General applications are disregarded.
Want to learn about the benefits of our courses? Click here: https://smokinya.com/testimonials/
More information: Info letter
COST AND FEES
This project is funded by ESC program: accommodation, food, materials, the program and the travel costs up to the maximum allowed amount are fully covered. No fees.
Smokinya Foundation operates thanks to hundreds of volunteering hours per month and donations.
Your donation covers some of our administrative and organisational expenses and supports Smokinya Foundation’s dream to establish youth-run international volunteering and training centre.
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.
