Ecoschool - EVS
My name is Wolfgang Seis and I am now EVS volunteer in Artemovsk. I am a student of Environmental Science and Technology in Berlin. The project I am currently involved in is called “Ecoschool”. This project was founded in order to create and raise environmental awareness among young people between 16 and 20. As I am fully supporting this idea and issue and because of my interest in Eastern European countries, culture and history I decided to come here. Right now I am working in different schools, telling the pupils about issues like climate change, acid rain, desertification and other major environmental problems we currently face. The lessons are hold in English and partly in Russian. Moreover, my volunteering service includes an English Club, where people can come just to practice their English skills. This is an open space for every topic of concern without the typical character of a school lessons. Personally, I regard this long term volunteering service as an enrichment. Different points of view, another life style, nice people but also some challanges like language barriers and being the foreigner in a foreign country contribute to this opinion. The hosting organisation SVIT is great, constisting not only of very nice and interesting people but also allows the volunteers to participate in any of their activities besides their main project, helps perfectly with integration in the beginning and gives enough space for own ideas.