Week in my life as a volunteer - European Solidarity Corps
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- In this video I show you what my life is like as an EVS/ESC volunteer who has been living in Croatia for the past nine months. So if you have ever wondered what it's like to be a fulltime volunteer, take a look ;)
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My esc will start in 3 weeks and now I'm watching everything about esc 😅 unfortunately there aren't a lot of videos so thank you very much for your video 😍
Ah enjoy! I'm in my last week of my ESC now :) Glad to hear that the video helped you!
@@lisasknitclub enjoy your last week! (:
how was it? :D
Hi!
It has been 3 years, Can u share ur experience?
It was great, I am really glad that I did it, but I would recommend to choose your hosting organization very carefully, because I've also met quite a few volunteers who struggled a lot because they had a bad organisation. But all in all, I would really recommend to do an ESC :)
It’s a wonderful country to help each other and live together.
Hi Lisa! maybe my comment will be out of date, but I am thinking about doing a volunteer stay in the following months and I am wondering what would happen if for some reason I had to finish my stay earlier than established. Don't know if you'll be able to respond! Thank you ^^
Hi! As far as I know it is okay to quit earlier. My roommate actually left the volunteering projects a couple months earlier because she found a job and for her it was completely fine. I guess you would just have to communicate it. Hope this helps and enjoy volunteering :)
Hi Lisa, it's really nice to see your awesome vidoe I like it so much thanks for sharing. Id like to have the same experience as you so Please I have some questions. How did you participate? And what are the conditions for the applications? Thanks in advance ❤😗😙😚
That's so good to hear, glad to know the videos are useful! I participated through e-mail, but just google european solidarity corps and you will find all information about how to apply and the conditions ;)
Hello! I am almost 18, but not yet. I applied next week and i didnt recieve an answer yet. Do you think they would accept me?
Hi! That's something I can't really answer for you because it depends on the organisation. I would just email them to ask about it. Good luck!
Thanks. Have a nice day.
She seems so lovely
Hello i m also looking for a volunteer but i dont know how
I like the music at about the minute 7:00
What is it?
Hey Lisa, I just have a couple of questions if that's OK :) First do you need a driving licence to do an ESC placement and secondly are you allowed time off for a holiday? Thanks very much!
Hi Conor, of course you can ask questions ;) No, I did not (and still don't) have a driving license. There might be some projects where they want you to have a driving license, and in that case it is always written in the project description. Yes you are allowed to take tme off for a holiday, you get two free days every month (and of course weekend you are free), and you can accumilate them. And also you are free on bank holidays :)
@@lisasknitclub Thanks a lot Lisa! I just thought of a question there how did you find the language course?
@@conorscannell4504 Which language course do you mean exactly?
@@lisasknitclub Don't you have to take a language course for the country you stay in?
@@conorscannell4504 Ah yes, but you do it once you arrive, so not before. When you arrive you will get information about it, if it is an online course or if you get a teacher.
Hey, if I apply there I'll have time to visit the country??in weekends or idk??
You don’t necessarily have to visit the country before going there for a project
@@Irina-x1u if I go there Is for travelling in a free cost way...
How can they accept me
Hii, is this program is fully funded
Did they pay airfare tickets, and after you travel did they give you small amount of money to live
Hi!, Do you have any advise to get accepted in a project in the European Solidarity Corps, ( like tips in the motivation letter)
I would say to not make your application too formal, include pictures and your hobbies and really show how motivated you are. It is not really about your work/education experience and more about who you are and how motivated you are. So that's my advice ;)
@@lisasknitclub thanks ❤️❤️
hi! thanks for your video :). I want to know how long you wait for your application answer?
I think I only had to wait a few days but it really depends, sometimes it can take very long so just ask the organisation you applied for :)
@@lisasknitclub It's already 4 days that i applied, and the project starts in 1st of January, but i didn't recieve anything:(
When did you take apply for your ESC? Because I feel like I am rather way to late or way to early to apply currently...
Yes it's very difficult to choose the right timing. I started looking really early (I got accepted in January and went to Croatia in October), but I think especially now most projects are more last-minute. In another video on my channel about my full experience I explain it a bit further. I hope this helps you and good luck!
Hey! Do you by chance know if you can take pets with you? I have a disabled ferret who needs my help do do basic things like peeing, which means I’d have to take him with me. I’d still have time to do all the work and such, since he only requires my help early in the morning and late at night… but I don’t know if I’d be allowed to take him😕
Hi! I actually don’t really know the answer to this but I guess it depends on the organisation you’d want to volunteer in so you would have to ask. I did know a volunteer that had a dog that she took with her so it completely depends on the organisation and their rules and the apartment of course. Hope this helps :)
@@lisasknitclub thank you so much! 🥰
i would to do this, but beacuse of covid i feel like i might not meet other volunterrs or there wont be many . Also did you save alot of money before going , i feel like they wont give you much to live on
Yes I guess that now it’s a bit more difficult to meet other people but there are still projects I think. I didn’t save a lot of money (depends on what you think is a lot), I think I saved €1500 but that is just because I wanted to travel a lot, I could perfectly have a nice life with the amount of money they gave me. I also explain this a bit more in a video about my whole experience that’s also on my channel :)
Hello. Which level english need Volunteer in ESC?
Depends on the project really! So that's something you can ask your receiving organisation :)
I would like to ask ? How did you get accepted? Did you waited so to be accepted ?
How do you mean exactly? In my time I still had to do the application by e-mail and for me they just sent back that I was accepted ;) But this is different in the ESC now I think
@@lisasknitclub ook thanks 😄
hi i was wondering if you apply for European solidarity corps and you get accepted
can you apply again as a returning volunteer
What do you mean with a returning volunteer?
@@lisasknitclub can you be able to apply again on this program
if you have already taking part before and also if not do you know of similar project like this one?:)
@@aymz2979 You can only do a European Voluntary Service/European Solidarity Corps once, similar projects are youth exchanges or traineeships (for a shorter amount of time), or ESC jobs, Erasmus for Entrepreneurs and maybe even more ;) But just google it and you will find out more information
very nice vedio you are so nice Girl !
Hi you can help me
you are very beautiful❤❤❤