Great news for YEE office! Our EVS (European Voluntary Service) project application was approved by the Erasmus+ programme. This means that our new EVS volunteers will join the office very soon. This year it will be Diana from Russia and Aljaž from Slovenia. 

You can read more about EVS project in YEE here.

Meet our future volunteers!

"Hello, my name is Diana. My home town is Khabarovsk – capital of the Russian Far East and now I am going to have a very long trip to Prague to do my EVS, joining the YEE team. My profession is an economist, but despite of the material way of my job, I was always interested in volunteering, so I took part in some campaigns of waste-collection, and was working with children in camps attached to school. Some month ago I decided that I want to devote more time to volunteering, and I am extremely happy that thanks to YEE I received a chance to make my wish come true. For me volunteers always seemed to be incredible people full of enthusiasm and creativity and I wish I can be the same.
I live in a very beautiful place, Far East's nature is very specific, so I just can't help loving it. It is the habitat of Ussury tigers, of which there are only 450; and lotuses, which grow only in a pure water, it is a land of great rivers and mountains. I have always enjoyed to spend time outdoors and long walks, riding bicycle and hiking. Besides I like to meet interesting people from different background and culture. I never cease to be amazed by new and unusual. I am sure I will have an extremely interesting year.
Now I can't wait to start my EVS with YEE, for me it is It is about expressing yourself to yourself, it is a challenge and a way to find my own place in this world." 

Diana Podgurskaya

"Hey everybody! I´m Aljaž and I come from Slovenia. Coming from the mountainside, nature has always been one of my biggest passions. I tend to spend most of my free time outside - hiking during days and stargazing in the nights. To gain better understanding of environmental processes and human-environment interactions, I decided to study agronomy - altough not having a agricultural background. During my studies I worked in various environmental sectors and also got passionate about volunteering. As I'm always on the hunt for exciting volunteering opportunities, I stumbled upon the EVS page and YEE. A long-term environmental experience abroad has been a wish of mine for a while now. Applying for the YEE project was therefore a logical next step, and luckily, I was given the opportunity to join YEE.

I am already looking forward to share my experiences, gain new skills and meet new people (and the cat), but most of all - to contribute to the wonderful work of YEE!"

Aljaž Malek