Hello from Trento! Volunteers say

Hi! I'm Mari from Finland and I'm doing my voluntary service in Trento, north Italy, for around 9 months. I work with old people and my daily tasks are keeping company and arranging different kind of activities, such as bingo, drawing or watching a movie. Absolutely the most rewarding side in my work is to make the elderlies smile, joke with them and make them feel appreciated.

In the beginning it was challenging to deal with a totally new language since Italians don't really speak English. I'm glad that now I can communicate, understand and make myself understood pretty well! Still my Italian isn't on the same level as my English but I believe that in the future I will keep on developing my Italian.

The best thing in my EVS has been meeting awesome people who will hopefully stay in my life forever. I'm very glad that I decided to come here - living abroad makes you stronger, wiser and more open-minded. I will definitely use the skills learned here in the future. Go EVS!!!