Experiences

When I came back people asked me, what were they doing there? The question left me on a bit of a wrong-foot... what did we used to? We used to live but we were 20 people who lived and grew up together and learned together, and so we were in a remote village in the...

I decided to apply for this project after my graduation in Economy also if I knew that the activities were different from my field of study and work. Before coming in Sicily, I had a general idea about the project but I knew that I would have worked with...

At the beginning I thought that the EVS project could be a good opportunity to combine volunteer with travel. Personally, the spirit of the volunteering in local communities is something that is perfect for my way of thinking. I believe that supporting the local...

My name is Reggie Kemp, I am 21 years old and I am from Romford, a town in the London Borough of Havering. I have wanted to live in Palermo since I was twelve years old, afer meeting my sister’s best friend whose mother was a palermitana living in England. Despite...

Before I came I know the general idea about my project and its activities. I know I would work with migrants, designing and developing workshop for achieve the empowerment of them… I choose this project because it, because I like the idea of sharing my knowledge with...

Almost 7 years ago I had the opportunity to realise a short term EVS in Italy ; in 2015 the wind bring me back to Italy, in particular in Palermo for my long term EVS. I wanted to realize one long term project for having an experience in an intercultural way and for...

I am Zahraa Nemer from Lebanon, specifically from Bekaa Valley. I was born and I have always lived in Baalbeck city. I am an archaeologist and restoration expert, currently at Lebanese university going to begin my doctor post graduate session. My hobbies include...

I am Batoul Hamieh and I am 23 years old. I come from a small village in Lebanon locate it in Bekaa where there are limited opportunities for youth to development their skills and enhance their future. CaBuRuRa Project was the first stone in my future road. It has...

Hi! I am Abbass Mouawia from Lebanon and I am 24 years old. I am an interior architect and I graduated  nearly 9 months ago. I would like to talk about my special experience in Palermo city with CaBuReRa project: this experience with CESIE organization has been the...

I discovered CESIE on the Internet and I immediately got passionate about its projects and activities: I liked CESIE’s human attitude towards education, the social interest within its action, as well as the multicultural side of this organisation. My experience as a...

Sono stata informata in merito al progetto SVE – MORE (Servizio di Volontariato Europeo – More Opportunities Real Equality) tramite la pagina Facebook dell’associazione CESIE di Palermo, nel febbraio 2015. In particolare, il progetto per il quale avevo effettuato richiesta di partecipazione consisteva nel trascorrere sei mesi a Berlino, collaborando con l’associazione Gesellschaft für Europabildung, o GEB.

I’d like to present myself: my name is Ludovica, I’m 23 and at the beginning of 2015 I decided to take part to a European Voluntary Service’s project. After a degree in Applied Interlinguistic Communication and more or less short experiences of study and volunteering...

It is around a month I have just came back to Italy after 6 months of the most beautiful adventure of my life till now. My name is Francesca, I’m 25 and I have been a European volunteer in Portugal. My project was divided into two parts: taking part in activities with...

This year, CESIE had joined measure 5 within Youth Guarantee, the European Programme addressed to young people between 15 and 29 years of age who are neither in education nor in employment, which allowed to fund extra-curricular job placements aimed at easing orientation, access or reinsertion in the labour market for young people who applied for the programme within the provided deadline.

My name is Giulia, I'm italian (exactly from the beautiful Sicily) and I'm working as a volunteer in the NGO ''System &Generation''. I would like to share with you all the adventures that I had during these two months. First of all, If you are also thinking about...