Senior citizens visit the Europe House for Volunteering project

Today 35 senior citizens from Bad Marienberg did visit the multinational youth project about volunteering at the Europe House Marienberg. Some of them over 90 years old! The youngster prepared different workshops: music, dancing, talk round, gaming, language course, PC course & a walk. After coffee & cake we had a nice welcome by a multinational group followed by a very interesting speech of an older lady about Bad Marienberg from the 13th century till today. The rest of the afternoon was reserved for the workshops. We did end with singing all together & the youngster gave gifts to the seniors – the group picture from the beginning of the afternoon with a personal message. More information will follow soon. It was an fantastic project!

europeers at the Europe House Marienberg – multinational youth gathering

think europe is realising a multinational youth gathering right now with the support of the EU youth programme YOUTH IN ACTION. The gathering deals with the European Year of Volunteering.

Just yesterday three europeers took part in the gathering. They supported small international workshops. The youngsters dealt with the different situations of volunteering in the five nations which take part at the gathering (Turkey, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland & Germany). They also discoverd opportunities to be active for developing countries, what the European Year of Volunteering actually is and everything connected to the European Voluntary Service.

During the presentation-session the europeers participated in the discussion, commented on the performances and raised interesting questions.

Afterwards the europeers presented the EVS from their perspective, and talked about the experiences they gained abroad. They also briefly  presented the programme „europeers“ itself.

Two of them stayed for the European country market in the evening with lots of music, dancing, food and fun!

It was great having had them with us. They enriched the discussion and presented volunteering peer-to-peer. It was active and not so theoretical. Hope to see you again here at the Europe House Marienberg in future projects.

If you are interested in „europeers“ or you would like to find out more information about the EVS visit their homepage

europeers Homepage – click here