Meet Brno in Brno for you: solidarity project

Helping in your local community The number of volunteer opportunities in Brno and Jihomoravský region is immense. Surely you will find the right one for you! All you have to do is to contact a volunteer center DC 67 dc67.cz/en based on Bratislavska street nr. 26 in Brno ( dc67.cz/en/about-us/contact ). They have a database of organisations where it is possible to volunteer and will help you to find the one where you can be useful even though you don't speak Czech fluently. Actually, that is an opportunity to improve it!  Contact them: E-mail : info@dc67.cz   Phone: +420 776 594 Skype, FB : Dobrovolnické centrum 67 There are many more ways to contribute to building Brno's wellbeing even though you don't have time or the right attitude for volunteering. Here are some tips: Blood donation in FN Brno: https://www.fnbrno.cz/en/the-university-hospital-brno/t1000 Donation of things you don't need anymore: http://dobra-karma.cz/ Donation of clothes for homeless people: arma...

International volunteering Veronika Bachtikova, Czech Republic, 9 months Russia Once upon a time … When I was 24 years old, quitted my study, having a job which I didn’t enjoy a lot, having some bad relationship experience and didn’t really know what that “life direction” should I follow, I knew about ESC and almost by coincidence I took a project in Russia. Many people were thinking that I’m insane but it was the best adventure in my life so far. Taking care of children and youth with autism or mental disease in a day-stay centre, trying to express myself in an unknown language while people thought I’m an idiot and not a foreigner, travelling through whole Siberia with other volunteers by the lowest class train to see the Baikal Lake, sometimes crying whole night without knowing why and hundreds of other stories came in my mind while thinking about my ESC experience. But one of them was really special…We were travelling with my friends - other volunteers during the summer to see the B...

  Developing yourself through travelling and meeting European cultures Imagine that you travel with five other people from the Czech Republic to Italy, for example. The group of Greeks, Romanians and Estonians is heading to the same place to spend there one week together. During this time you gather new experiences there, you learn, even though you actually play games led by experienced youth workers. You try to push your limits, to get out of your comfort zone, but only when you feel like it. No one judges your appearance, no one solves your orientation or skin color. The adventure begins with the first meeting. The activities change according to the theme you discover together during that week. It could be focused on human rights, ecology, mindfulness, etc. It's never boring. You will bring home new experiences, international friendships and probably the determination to take life into your own hands. Just like at school, you get a school report, so at those educational camps you...