Hi
Everybody! Firstly I should tell you how I decided to apply for the
EVS project. Last summer I finished the university. Then I had to
choose to start a master program, to start working or to discover a
new country and get some new experiences. I chose the last one,
because I wanna have new experiences and learn more about different
cultures and languages before starting my career. So I searched for
lots of projects. The most important thing for me was to find a job
which could be close to my profession. Finally I found my project and
now I'm working in the nursing home with elders.
It’s
been almost three months since I started the project. However I’ve
already gotten over experiences, such
as new cultures, new friends, new lifestyle, to learn how
to cook (actually I’m not
still good at it)
and more than I
could
imagine.
My
EVS is about working
in the nursing home. Actually
it’s different from
a real nursing home, because
elders come there in the morning and they go back
home in the evening. They don’t live there.
It’s like a kindergarten
for elders. The main
idea of this kind
of nursing home is to improve some skills, read newspapers and books,
play games with them in order to make them active in daily life. We
think and prepare different kind
of activities and exercises
for them everyday.
When we
think and prepare
something for them or just take care of
them you can see happiness on
their faces
and that is the biggest
motivation for me.
The
nursing home is in Bolzano, so I
work in Bolzano but
I live in Trento. Everyday I travel to
Bolzano with Daniel, another
volunteer in the nursing
home. It has to be like this
until January, because in
January we’ll move to Bolzano. Before coming
here I was
thinking it would
be quite difficult to travel everyday to another city, but
now if I could
choose between
these two cities,
I would prefer to live in Trento, because
I'm
feeling
comfortable and delighted with my friends. I live with Julia, Mako
and Gizem. They’re volunteers like me. Although I have to move to
Bolzano
in
January, I think I’m lucky because I met them and I know I have a
second home in Trento after
January.
Seda Orhan
Trento, Italy
