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About the differences -1
Last month, I tried to write a part of proposal about European Citizens Rights. In order to design proper activites for the project, I have to look for much information to know it. when I was collecting the information, I realise that it is not easy to...
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EVS progress
Hi, it’s time to write on the blog! Well, of course a lot of things happen since the the last time I wrote here. This experience is becoming more challanging for many reasons. At work is going better because I am helping Shanshan to organize EAT SMART...
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On Arrival Training
From 4th to 11th, I was in my on arrival training with other 54 volunteers from more than twenty different countries. It was a really very nice experience, and made me know about the EVS project much better. During the training , we talked about what...
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First impressions of Perù
15 March 2013 Nueva Villa, Nazca Alredy two weeks are passed since I arrived in Perù. The impression is that here time and space are slower than how they are in the opposite part of the word, that one where I come from. Here everything is precious, everything...
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Cooking internship
I love Peruvian cooking. It’s a mix of all seven cultures of this country (Creoles, Chinese,..). It’s like poetry! On Saturdays before lunch I go to see Rosa, our great cooker to learn some new recipes. She is nice and she cooks very well and for me who...
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More and more... Perù!
4 April 2013 Nueva Villa, Nazca Sometimes it's incredible, but one moth is alredy passed since I arrived in Nazca. In spite of that, sometimes I've the sensation that I've been living here for at least one year. I've passed through all the difficulties...
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Time to leave
I can’t believe that I am leaving...this is the sentence that most I am repeting in these days. I started to pack my stuffes and it is not easy. Many things happen in these months and now it’s time to put everything in order. It’s time to reflect and...
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Yacu Raymi
Here in Nazca, from the 3 untill the 15 of May, there is an important event: the “semana turistica de Nazca” (that is, the “touristic week of Nazca”). We've been lucky, because we've had the opportunity to participate in it. In particular, one of the...
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First days in Beijing
I arrived in Beijing last Monday and I was both excited and anxious since it was my first time in Asia, that is in a completely different world. I would not say that my first approach was traumatic, probably because Cango’s volunteers helped us deal with...
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An incredible human adventure
It's beautiful to see how and how much people open themselves to you, when they feel just that you're there and that you deserve their trust. For example, when I'm walking in the streets of Nazca, and someone asks me how long I'm going to stay here, as...
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A matter of religion
In Peru, religion is a very important matter. When I entered in the differents churchs of Nasca or in the other cities we visited, I always saw differents Virgin Mary with differents names and, often, the Virgin is the one in the center of the chruch...
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Training week
3 weeks after our first steps in Beijing, we had a training week. These days were a time where we have to think about the goal of our work and how to do it for the next 5 months. The first day we just spent some time together by visiting the Forbidden...
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Second China-Europe-South America Dialogue Meeting: Civil Societies in Progress for Change
We participated in the Second China-Europe-South America Dialogue Meeting: Civil Societies in Progress for Change. It was a conference about civil society’s role towards Millenium Development Goals: the global target is to improve people’s conditions...
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Emoliente ! Great taste and good for health!
This is the little moment I love!! When I have time to escape a bit from the asociation, I take a colectivo (car used as public transportation, you go to the city center for 1 sol) toward Nascas main place (called Plaza de armas as in any city of Peru)....
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Lecture
Lecture by Professor Huang Haoming Executive director of China Association for NGO Delegations of different NGO come from Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungry and Cuba. The topic of the lecture wason the opportunities and Challenges for the cooperation between...
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The Nazca Lines
Nazca is a beautiful city of Ica district, located in the middle of the desert, although has an altitude of 590 meters. It has a population of 57500 habitants. Each year millions of tourists visit the city, especially to fly over the Nazca Lines, declared...
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El Chaccu
The “Chaccu” is the mainly festivity of the country of Pampas Galeras, near the Peruvian city of Ayacucho, in the Andes. It is every year on the 24th of June and takes 3 days. There are two more chaccus along the year, in July and in August. Exactly it...
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Civil Society Dialogue on Disability Rights
Last week we participated in the EU-China Civil Society Dialogue on Disability Rights. It was a very intense and interesting experience because there were people from all over the world talking about such a complex and important issue, i.e. disability....
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First week in Beijing
Monday 6th May, 5.30 am, my heart raced. Yes, I am, I’m in Beijing. I passed the border, I just brought my luggages and I saw Lou Han who was welcoming me. Excited for this new experience. We went to welcome Amel at an other arrival. Outside the airport,...
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My first earthquake in Peru
Nasca is a city because is located on a tectonic plate, in the middle of the desert. Here people are used to earthquakes, in fact they know all safety measures in case of this calamity and they don’t have panic. All buildings in our village are safe,...
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About the difference-2
It has come to me for a long time but I am not sure whether it should be real difference that Chinese people always prefer using bigger size when we creat a new document via WORD or other office software whatever language we are using, while Europeans...
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March in China
Hi, March is at the end and this month was really busy for me. I can say that after the Chinese new year holiday my work at CANGO started to be more challanging. Since the end of February I started to be involved in the preparation of EAT SMART Training...
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Work in Cango & co
Hi everybody ! Today I would like to talk to you about my work with CANGO. At the very beginning I was only working for Zigen, a partner association of CANGO (http://www.zigen.org for those who want to take a look). They deal with migrant workers and...
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Live from Beijing it's 2013 !
Hi everybody ! Just a few words to wish you a great new year ! We hope it’s gonna be full of great people and bring you a lot of opportunities. For new year’s eve we spent a crazy night in a pub near the center, dancing, talking, drinking with people...
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Llegada a Lima
Hello. We arrived in Lima last night the weather there is heat (28 ℃), compared with the winter in france.From the airport to the hotel and tourism to show us how to Peru from extreme poverty to modern contrast.We live here, until Tuesday, we should meet...