Category: Volunteer experience

Volonteri starijim korisnicima olakšavaju živote

Kada sam prije godinu dana došla u Krugove kao nova volonterka bez previše iskustva u područjima kojima se Krugovi bave, najveći strah mi je bio da se neću moći prilagoditi starijim ljudima kojima sam trebala pomoći, budući da nikad nisam radila sa starijima izuzev svojih baka i djedova. Već prvi posjet jednoj od korisnica Krugova promijenio mi je mišljenje i...

Our mid-term evaluation meeting in Split

From 29th June to 2nd July, the participants of European Solidarity Corps projects from Krugovi and several other organisations in Croatia, met in Split for the midterm evaluation meeting organised by the National Agency (Agencija za mobilnost i programe EU). When we found out about the meeting, we were quite excited, especially considering that we haven’t had an in-person meeting...

How to find and apply for an ESC volunteering project

Last year, as I was approaching my university graduation, I realized I wasn’t too keen on finding a regular job in my city right away. I wanted to have another (after my Erasmus study exchanges) international experience, try something new and I thought volunteering might be a good opportunity to do that. Soon I found out about the European Solidarity...

Prevencija poremećaja u ponašanju

U proteklih 9 mjeseci u Krugovima puno vremena provela sam radeći s djecom koja pokazuju moguće poremećaje u ponašanju. S djecom sam se susretala kroz razne radionice  i pomoć u učenju i gotovo uvijek djeca pokazuju ponašanje koje nije primjereno za njihovu dob i mjesto u kojem se trenutno nalaze. Što su poremećaji u ponašanju? Poremećaji u ponašanju definiraju se...

Why we should all care about protecting the environment

The need for environment protection and slowing down climate change are topics that have been brought up over and over again for many years now. It is clear that the way we as a society live our lives is not sustainable and causes more and more damage to our planet. This is already affecting all of our lives in multiple...