YOUTHFUL IS USEFUL: CVS.05 – for a new image of the voluntary service
Youthful is Useful is a three year bilateral project between CVS-Bulgaria and SCI-Switzerland supported by DEZA with the aims to popularize voluntary service in Bulgaria and strengthen CVS-Bulgaria as a volunteer organization, working in the social and environmental fields. During the project there were 32 international voluntary workcamps carried out, 300 international volunteers hosted, 100 Bulgarian volunteers sent abroad on workcamps, long-term projects and trainings, 2 Bulgarian cultural weeks in Switzerland and an Eco-Bike-Tour from Bern to the village of Vlahi in Southwestern Bulgaria.
IN HARMONY WITH NATURE, 2004
The aim of the project was the promotion of the intercultural exchange, the values of the voluntarism and raising environmental awareness among the young people in disadvantaged situation from 3 Bulgarian social institutions and socially disadvantaged teenagers from Belgium, France and Slovenia through getting information and provoking discussions on local and global environmental problems, like solid waste pollution, recycling, biodiversity protection, etc. The project was located in the region of Sandanski, Southwestern Bulgaria. The project was financed by the National Youth Agency under Action 1 of YOUTH Program.