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

Last week we put out the final decoration for Christmas while awaiting the people around the region who came as a part of the Christmas market.🧣 Calm, solitude, and melting snow ventured within Bergolo throughout the last week. While people of this village were preparing themselves for holidays, we gathered around the fire to reconcile the final moments together. Yes, the volunteering experience is ending for Fahed and Lola. And during our last week together, we looked back

In the past week, we did a lot of traveling. Visiting Alps, nearby cities and saw the first hints of winter reflecting in the morning grass. The holidays are coming and along with that, so do the Christmas decorations. Last week we attempted to have our first mission in Asti, which from the outside looked like we were promoting Erasmus+ Jesus. And quickly we faced the language barrier when talking with young people in Italy. And we would be lost without Italian speaking coord

It has been weeks since fog and cold evenings reached Bergolo. And along with that came the isolation from social media. That is why we were gone for a couple of weeks. During the previous weeks, we were coming together and sharing ideas of what comes next. What is the next step for us? Mission in a local village, town, or city? Or create a video about our everyday lives in Bergolo? Nonetheless, we did start making a video about vitality to introduce our volunteering experien

It is better late than never to tell you what has happened in our lives during the last week. The pieces of art that decorated Bergolo throughout the summer has returned home. At the beginning of last week, Lola and Janis helped our mayor and, bring them back to Genova. Meanwhile, Fahed was involved with closing our first project this summer, Enjoy Eat. And Lola finalised the Decameron documentary, which if you haven’t seen, we invite you to check it out . Our Lola is quite a

During the last week, we were just a few of us - Fahed, Janis & Lola. And you can feel the winter approaching. Heaters turn on in the night, the sun rises later than usual and disappears faster than any day before this one. And life in Bergolo is starting to slow down naturally. 🍂 But meanwhile seasons change, life inside our office changes as well. Janis, who’s passionately learning about web design, has been outlining and working on a new vitality website design. 👨🏻‍💻 T

It has been quiet in the past few days, unlike the beginning of the previous week, when all of us gathered around the coffee table to celebrate Andres birthday. That is how we said our goodbyes before he left for a 10-day vipassana retreat. 🧘‍♂️ Meanwhile, in Bergolo, we reside inside our office, and after a long time, the heater has started warming our office space. The cold himself is not far away, and hints of the breeze are vision Bergolo during the night or early mornin