So, where do I begin? What has been my experience in Italy as a foreign student like? … My name is David and I’m from Ghana and currently pursuing a postgraduate degree at the University of Padua. My first contact with the University of Padua was in 2018 when I graduated from the University for…
Within Europe, the education systems are very different from one another. If the study programme is more or less the same, the way it is structured can vary across different areas. HOW DOES IT WORK? In Europe, there are three main different models of the school system; single structure education, the offer of a…
Jessica’s experience Jessica is a 26-year-old girl who has always been passionate about and fascinated by Brazil and its culture. That is why she studied the Portuguese language and literature at University in Venice. After she graduated, she spent three months (April-July 2017) volunteering in Brazil with Aiesec organisation. Aiesec is a non-profit, independent, non-party,…
WHAT HAPPENED? As of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, schools in many countries around the world had to switch from the usual face-to-face classes to online teaching. Although social distancing in schools had already been tested, the authorities are still concerned about the unsatisfactory results. It has been almost a year now…
In one of our last articles, we insisted that “the pandemic gave us hope and a chance to rebuild volunteering”. In this respect, it is very interesting to get to know more types of experiences and points of view. We could not help but discover and look at AIESEC, and we decided to interview Francesca…
We all know how much volunteering is important and plays a big role in our everyday civil lives. Without the solidarity and the commitment of volunteers in all the sectors in which they operate, we would certainly live in a more difficult world, divided into less inclusive societies. However, we are not so aware of…
The Braida Institute, a middle school in Verona, Italy, thanks to the support given by Volunteer In The World, carried out a volunteering project involving its students. It consisted of a unique school trip of five days to Athens, Greece. There, the students had the possibility to work as young volunteers at the Love and…
