Davide from Brazil

One of our volunteers in Brazil came back to Italy for some days to present his dissertation
(CONGRATULATIONS!!!) and came on over to tell us about his experience. Here's what he said:

"Olá pessoal! Here I am, two weeks after my (first) return to Italy and one day before my longed for departure to Brazil. I can tell you my first impression after almost 2 months spent in Parnaíba as an EVS volunteer of the Youth in Action programme. Project and activities are going well, surely thanks to the welcoming atmosphere, the climate, and the kindness shown by the whole community of Barro Vermelho. They really embody that “jeito brasileiro”, the typical behaviour of those people who never lost their joy of living in spite of all adversities and hard plights. Our local activity covers different fields: from simply supporting children in after-school activities to collaborating with some Universities in Parnaíba, in order to give Arbave, our host association as much visibility as possible, and make it well known by as many people as possible. The aim is spreading their projects and ideas around in the widest and deepest way, so to create a network not just "by word of mouth" but tightly conected and integrated in the social and cultural structure. As for the personal side, sharing the same experience with 3 more people is exciting and challenging, and gives an added value to what we have gone through up to now. For the momente it "us" and "them", but I am confident that this distance between will get shorter and shorter. Até mais,

Davide"