EuroAfrican EVS (part 1)

EuroAfrican EVS: crossing experiences and visions for social transformation. A project to promote the voluntary service between Europe and Africa The idea was to build a link between Africa and Europe through a project for young volunteers of the two continents. There were eight promoters: associations from Burkina Faso, Portugal, Kenya, Spain, France, Senegal, Italy and Botswana, all belonging to the Globa-l-inks network of NGOs working for social transformation. The tool we chose was a multilateral European Voluntary Service (EVS) project, a measure of the Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission. We had three main aims. First, to give eight volunteers the chance of an enriching intercultural experience for them and for the people they were in contact with. Second, to share experiences and visions in order to allow the young volunteers to work for social transformation in their own communities. And third, to create a cooperation process between the associations which were involved in Europe and Africa. Eight volunteers from Europe and Africa crossed their paths, each of them living a unique experience of 9 months of voluntary service in another country, in another continent. Janet, Prudence, Mariana, Maria Cristina, Biel, Matshidiso, Laia and Modeste, lived in communities, worked in local associations, learnt, gave, received, exchanged visions and knowledge, changed their perspectives, made new friends and came back richer. This video offers you the stories that the volunteers created themselves, filming their own experiences. This video has been produced by Nexes with the support with ¨Youth in Action¨ Programme