This is the activities of animation made by Aristid and Madame Awa, two great animators and professionist of storytellers de Dunia la vie, Burkina;
http://dunialavie.burkina.free.fr/guppydunia/index.php?lng=fr
Cristina

Holaaa, laa fi!!
I find a good cybercafé next my house (in the sector 19, where is located the association Dunia la vie), and finally I can give you more news from Ouagadougou. I arrived here just 2 weeks ago, and up to now there are 2 things that impressed me so much: the welcome of the inhabitants towards the strangers and to the nassara (white people), and the wonderful organisation and competence of all professionals and volunteer of Mjca (House of young people, culture and associations). They give the best they can to reach their aim: to give to young people who live here all that is necessary to grow up the better as possible. Dunia la vie is a no profit association, and there are a lot of activities here, fundamental for the inhabitants of the suburbs: the Library (with Athalie et Delphine); l’Etude libre, where young people can study even in the late evening with the help of Dianda et Denis. Then there are cultural activities and debate, discussion about topical matters avec Monsieur David, the Permanence sociale avec Safi, that take care of families in disease (for the health, the studies, etc..). Then there are laboratory of dance, theatre, traditional tales managed by Aristide and Ali, deux great performers burkinabè. Next time I’m going to describe you better all activities made by Dunia la vie, and there are a lot!!
Now I just can say that here I’m going to learn more than I ever thought, especially from the human point of wiev; yet they give me a fantastic baggage of cultural and professional skill. For more informations you can also see the web of Dunia, it’s really really worth while!!
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Cheers to all volunteers of Euroafrican Project, and a super super kiss to Italy
CristinaJ

Dumela-Oi-Ciao volunteers

The three wonderful volunteers Janet, Matshidiso and Biel in Botswana (Maun)

Ciao everybody

Hello everybody out there!!!!

It is a great privilege for me to introduce myself. My name is Janet Gadzanani Mahumba, I am a female of 28 years old. Guess what? I am easy going and hard working in every activity that i find myself involved in. I have volunteered for the Youth Council in Botswana, YWCA and also for a christian pre-school. I am eager and excited about going to Italy i believe this is a great opportunity for me to learn, explorer and experience. I believe this is an opportunity that comes ones in a life time so i WILL GIVE IT MY BEST.

Ciao

Oi everyone

Oi everyone i am Matshidiso Precious Pelotshweu

I am 24 years old and i am from Botswana. I have been doing my bachelor of arts degree in Psychology and English from the University of Botswana during which i have done voluntary work at places like Botswana Baylor Children´s Clinical Centre of excellence. I am so excited to be starting this great adventure and i am ready to learn from the people of Portugal and offer them my services too.Hopefully they will learn a lot from me too.I have never been out of the African continent so that in itself in nerve-wrecking yet exciting.I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity to experience Europe.

Hello everybody, Bonjour, Ni yiibeogo

I come to give you some news. . In France all is great. It is difficult to describe all the emotion I’m living at the present time in Bordeaux. It’s very fantastic to me because my daily life is stronger than I believed. Today except my skin color I am more European than African. Thanks to my tutor Samuel who takes care of me and changes myself. In the organisation with the team workers and youth workers, I’m very happy in this project and I know I will learn many things. Next to the organisation there is a public library, a cinema where I spend my free time. Also, I share my house with a Venezuelan trainee Miguel (who benefited from an EVS here in 2007), he stays in France for his end studies. Thanks to him I discovered lot of European and South America recipes. Moreover this Saturday I participated in his cooking workshop within an adult activity of the organisation and it was very funny. In April it will be my time to share my African cooking culture especially from Burkina. In the organisation I learn to use computer, internet. In Burkina it’s a bit expensive to learn it but now I’m more and more self confident with this… and as you can read now I’m learning English!!!
I wish you the best in this wonderful experience. See you.

News from Mariana, in Kenya

Hi everyone...this is my 8th day in Kenya and I cannot yet describe all the feelings I've been through. The clime, the environment, the beautiful colours, everything is different and I'm still digesting it.
The first days were the most difficult. I jumped directly from Porto to Kibera, a complex area from Nairobi, and my daily life immediately started to change. getting used to the food, the language (a part from English the main language is Kiswahili) the habits of the family who received me, were the first big challanges.
Now I'm living with Wangui Mbatia, my coordinator from Kengo. I've been getting more inside the projects of the organisation and trying to adjust myself as better as I can.
Hope to hear from you soon,

Mariana

Laia from Barcelona (Catalonia) to Louga (Senegal)

Bon dia a tothom! Hellow everybody !
Salaam malekum !

I’m Laia, the volunteer from Barcelona who’s traveling to Senegal.
I was born in Catalonia the 2nd July 1985, but it is just a coincidence, one random fact…;)
I could also be called Mame Diarra and be born in Senegal 24 years ago. I’m arrived the last week in this crazy colored country and once again I feel at home. The country of the Teranga, as the Senegal open and warm hospitality is called by the Senegalese people.

The first days at work with FESFOP (Festival International de Folklore et des Percussions de Louga) have been so grateful! As Modeste said in his rapport, I also enjoy by the reception, by the meeting of the FESFOP team.. I’m just start feeling all we can share and learn together, and it makes me feel so so happy to be in this big EVS project inside Globa-l-inks network!!
As Cristina said, now it’s the moment to learn new fantastical languages, Mooré in Burkina, Wolof in Senegal. And it is not just the language but it is all around the language... the crossing salutations in the streets, great dealing in the market, friendly dealing with the calesh’ boys (donkey carts’ driver), …

The adventure has just begun…!
The best wishes from Senegal to all of you, EuroAfrican-EVS team!!
Jamm ak jamm!

Laia

…wuàla Mame Diarra… ;)