Volunteer
UK to Poland via France: hitch-hiking Europe
You could stay in a hotel in Egypt for a week. Or you can spread the same amount of money over a month and a half for a trip of an alternative kind: hitchhiking Europe. Here’s one way to do it, which included 30 drivers, volunteer work and new friends
volunteer, money, backpacking, languedoc, jazz, hitchhiking, hitch-hiking
'Generation 112': the civic erasmus programme
The 'euro-militants' of this French initiative feel the need to expand the erasmus student exchange programme, by adding a spirit of civic service
volunteer, civil society, expresso, eurogeneration, debate, euweek, voluntary service
‘Outlandish’, ‘comical’, ‘shocking’: volunteers for international experience speak
The ‘VIE’ gives 18 to 28 year olds the opportunity to work in a company or in administration abroad for between 6 to 24 months. Those who have experienced it speak highly of it
volunteer, expatriation, expatriates, travel, job seekers, eurogeneration, testimonianza
Acts of Random Kindness Ltd: Irish clothing startup to ‘change your world’
'It’s like putting on a superhero costume - except your superpower might be the willingness to give up your seat on the bus,' said the Irish Times about a group of young people who hold business meetings up trees. With a new website and T-shirt range due for launch, one of the four members describes the nature of the startup
volunteer, association, initiative, dublin, clothing, ireland, start-up company
The organic army: joining the WWOOFer volunteers
It’s wet and it’s muddy, not to mention the slugs. I've come to England, where World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms first began, to find out what's behind the mysterious appeal of the green holiday alternative known as WWOOFing...
volunteer, green, animals, organic, united kingdom, travel, holiday
Europe's volunteers speak: 'Action Reconciliation Service for Peace'
The 'ARSP' was founded in Berlin in 1959 with the aim of carrying out reconciliation work in the countries worst affected by national socialism. Every year, 500 people in eleven European countries, Israel and the USA get involved in the short, medium, and long-term voluntary services
volunteer, history, culture, holocaust memorial day, zeitgeschichte, national socialism, aktion sühnezeichen friedensdienste
International Volunteer Day: imagine a world without volunteers
It would be a world without at least 140 million people, the global economy would lose around 400 billion dollars, our GDP would diminish by 3-7% and millions third sector employees would lose their jobs. As the special day approaches on 5 December, we take a beat from John Lennon
volunteer, money, ngo, voluntary service, european voluntary service , society
Studies without borders: from war-torn Chechnya to France
In its five year history, ‘Etudes Sans Frontières’ has enabled 190 students to go to university even if their country is involved in an armed conflict. Is it an answer to guaranteed peace in the future? President Aurélia Chaudagne says yes. Interview
volunteer, university, war, students, studies, european voluntary service , society
Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?
Associations like Generation Precarity or Fairwork expose an exploited flexible labour force with intermittent incomes and no job security
volunteer, democratisation, identity, labour, future of europe, germany, education system
Berlusconi's back
Add a dose of alcohol abuse and hail Europe’s volunteers and globalisation - it’s your latest news from Brussels
volunteer, belgium, alcohol, umberto bossi, androulla vassiliou, euweek, silvio berlusconi
