Volunteers at the Peace Institute
European Voluntary Service The Peace Institute worked with volunteers within the European Voluntary Service, EVS. We were both a hosting and a sending organization. EU-funding for EVS voluntary projects was administrated by the National Agencies, in Finland by the Center for International Mobility CIMO. EVS is an international volunteer program funded by the European Commission. It enables all young people legally resident in Europe, aged between 18 and 30 years, to carry out an international volunteer service in an organisation or in a public body in Europe, Africa, Asia or South America for a period ranging from 2 to 12 months. If you are interested in volunteering abroad, please see the EVS database for running projects. Please note that the Peace Institute is not planning to send or host any volunteers for 2016. Here are our latest volunteers: Philip Sjöwall: I worked as a volunteer for the organization in Greece Archelon – the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece at their rescue center in Glyfada. My work duties have mostly been cleaning the tank, wash turtles, given injections and drips, cleaning different kinds of wounds (head, skin, fins), transportedtortoises and various repair works etc.. Much of the work was also to take care of the center’s visitors, tourists, schools and other groups. This work involvedworking in our shop, presentations and give guided tours. I also visited and worked on Archelon’s bech project in Crete and traveled around the inland and to some islands on my free time. Gohar Mamikonyan, volunteer […]