Between December 1st and the 8th, I had the great opportunity to spend a week in an hostel in Errenteria, a little town located in the enchanting Basque Country. It was a EU-funded Youth Exchange, a project that gathered 36 young people living in 5 different countries (Italy, Spain, Moldova, Romania and Russia) to discuss about environmental issues and climate change. The beauty and peace that was surrounding us in Errenteria, was a constant reminder of what Mother Nature gave to us, and that will not last much longer if we keep mistreating and abusing our planet Earth. It was…

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ERASMUS+ Youth Exchange “Our Voice – Our Choice – Our Community” 01/12/19 – 08/12/19. Errentería, Spain When I decided to apply to the Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Errentería, pursued by Abarka and the wonderful Clotaire Ntienou Tchiengue, I had recently discovered what Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges were. During my first adventure, I had the chance to endure one of the best experience of my life. Therefore, the only thing I wanted to do was to undergo once again all those emotions and to discover myself through this kind of opportunity. For this reason, when I was selected, I knew that I…

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The project provided me with a unique combination to learning and fun.  I got to discover about the rich Basque culture, it’s delicious cuisine and beautiful landscapes. ot only this, the project helped me to meet people from 5 different countries including Italy, Spain, Moldova,Russia and Romania. The intercultural nights helped to learn more about the culture and traditions in the participating countries. Team and trust building activities helped to improve the team working skills. The project takes 7days of working with different interesting activities and energizer where all the people were involved by an amazing trainer Kirill, to think…

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Last December I had the opportunity of being in my first Erasmus+ Youth Exchange. This exchange took place in Renteria (Basque Country) under the slogan «Our Voice, our choice, our community». I chose being part of this exchange in large part because of the site where it was going to take place: Northern Spain has a lot of history, geographically it is impressive and the people are wonderful. Undoubtedly, this site where the exchange took place was a plus of emotion when launching me into this adventure. On the one hand, the issue to be discussed during the exchange, climate…

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