Monday, March 30, 2015

Read about Ami's EVS in Hungary!



Read about Ami and her EVS experiences in Hungary!


For the last four months, I have been a volunteer at Fenntartható Ormánság Nonprofit Kft in Kémes, Hungary. Having lived mostly in London, this EVS project seemed like a great opportunity for me to experience a far more rural, village-based lifestyle - which is exactly what I got! Currently, we (myself and 4 other volunteers from Spain, Portugal and Transylvania) live in a typical village house with a big garden where we have to chop wood to put in the furnace in order to heat the house, and run after the musical gas van in order to get gas containers for our cooker. We also have two lovely chickens which supply us with fresh eggs! The main focus of the organisation is sustainability and engaging with the local community, and using creative methods to connect people. Through this, I have been able to cycle all around the Ormánság region as well as to Croatia, and I also teach English on a weekly basis. We have met many colourful characters on our travels, and I am always humbled by the kindness of the people here despite this being one of the poorest regions of Hungary. Some of the best meetings have taken place during the analogue photography workshop, where we were lucky enough to learn analogue techniques and how to develop photographs in our self made dark room. In the near future, we hope to showcase these in an exhibition in the nearest city and also around Ormánság. We also have a lot of manual projects lined up involving recycling materials, including the building of a plastic bottle greenhouse. So far, this has been an incredible time spent in Hungary, but I think the best is yet to come (Spring is finally here!). Living in a country where you don't speak the main language, with a completely different political and economic situation to your own country and in a totally new environment can be especially daunting. I believe that by putting yourself outside of the environment and society you are usually surrounded by allows you to understand the world around you maybe just a bit better, and that this is truly invaluable.


Kind Regards,
Ami Udeshi




 For the last four months, I have been a volunteer at Fenntartható Ormánság Nonprofit Kft in Kémes, Hungary. Having lived mostly in London, this EVS project seemed like a great opportunity for me to experience a far more rural, village-based lifestyle - which is exactly what I got! Currently, we (myself and 4 other volunteers from Spain, Portugal and Transylvania) live in a typical village house with a big garden where we have to chop wood to put in the furnace in order to heat the house, and run after the musical gas van in order to get gas containers for our cooker. We also have two lovely chickens which supply us with fresh eggs! The main focus of the organisation is sustainability and engaging with the local community, and using creative methods to connect people. Through this, I have been able to cycle all around the Ormánság region as well as to Croatia, and I also teach English on a weekly basis. We have met many colourful characters on our travels, and I am always humbled by the kindness of the people here despite this being one of the poorest regions of Hungary. Some of the best meetings have taken place during the analog photography workshop, where we were lucky enough to learn analog techniques and how to develop photographs in our self made dark room. In the near future, we hope to showcase these in an exhibition in the nearest city and also around Ormánság. We also have a lot of manual projects lined up involving recycling materials, including the building of a plastic bottle greenhouse. So far, this has been an incredible time spent in Hungary, but I think the best is yet to come (Spring is finally here!). Living in a country where you don't speak the main language, with a completely different political and economic situation to your own country and in a totally new environment can be especially daunting. I believe that by putting yourself outside of the environment and society you are usually surrounded by allows you to understand the world around you maybe just a bit better, and that this is truly invaluable. Kind Regards, Ami Udeshi.
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