Veso Miayshita, volunteer of Vitality, is an amazing filmmaker and a photographer. On Saturday we went to a concert in Montechiaro d’Acqui and he took some really nice photos, we were trying to play with the lights and the eyes. We spent a really good afternoon and night. We explored the village and made photos, then we went with the major and the musicians to eat a delicious pizza and we ended up listening the concert surrounded by this beautiful landscape. Here are some pho

NEWS! We are going to have a new weekly section, it's going to be called Vitality Monday! Our volunteers from the Vitality ESC are going to be sharing their experiences in Bergolo, let's start! "Bergolo is the expression of art itself. In this village there is a painting or a sculpture everywhere, it makes the place much beautiful and special than it already is. Some artworks are clear and direct, others can make you be thinking for hours and others are even aligned with the

Today we want to share with you one of the experiences of our volunteers of the ESC VITALITY, that is taking place in Bergolo (Italy) since July 2020. "We feel deeply lucky that we are living in Bergolo. Every week is different, every experience is fulfilling, every place is magic. This summer there is a festival in Bergolo and the villages around that is called "I suoni della pietra", all the weekend there is at least one concert, every one of them unique. From a classical m

After several years of collaboration and many projects organized in the territory of the upper Langa, in the south of Piedmont, from now on we will also have our operational headquarters here, at the tourist office of the Municipality of Bergolo. We introduce you to the new office that will host our international volunteers. #associazione #vagamondo #erasmus #bergolo #volunteers #new #office #work #italy

Today we meet Vicky , she is 1 of the 3 ESC volunteers that will work in our organization from July till January 2020! "I am Vicky and I am being. I used to work in a Montessori school and I was studying primary education. The first youth exchange that I went to was the spark of the firework that was about to explode, there was only one question in my mind, who am I? Working with kids has opened me a new world of curiosity and introspection, and going to projects has opened m

Today we meet Veso, he is 1 of the 3 ESC volunteers that will work in our organization from June till December 2020! "My name is Veselin Marinov, 27 years old filmmaker and photographer from Bulgaria. 3 years ago I found out, kind of by accident, that I have a passion for sharing peoples stories through videomaking and taking photos. And by now I already have a dozen of projects such as music videos, documentaries, interviews, motivational and fiction videos and my newest end

Welcome to our Vitality blog! Where us, volunteers from the Vitality ESC are sharing with you what we do every week: what we do in the office, our schedule, our tasks, our small trips and our life in Bergolo. Enjoy! Do you want to know what we have been doing this past week in the office?  During the training course “Move to Move on”, that happened in September of 2020 in Bergolo, Veso recorded daily all the activities and moments and this past weeks he has been editing all t

With the farewell of our most veteran volunteer, Janis, a new chapter in the Vitality experience has begun. In some way, he has been our guide these firsts weeks and he has helped a lot to understand how things work here. He has been like a big brother to us, but also an authentic friend. Someone truly inspiring thanks to his work, his personality and his way of approaching life. That’s why the farewell was an emotional episode in our experience. It was hard to say goodbye. H

Almost a month of work here in Vitality, and we keep working to revitalize Bergolo and Bormida Valley. This previous week we started with the manual job in Cascina Crocetta, and we have been literally “dealing with tons of shit” to get the job done. And, this is like that. Because we have been using tons of horse manure to fertilize the soil for our beautiful garden. Soon, we will begin with seeding! In addition, we keep making progress with office work. We had to face our fi