November 18-23

The Latvia's Independence Day is on November 18. This day is grandly celebrated in Latvia. The concert was held in the open air and in the concert hall “Gors”. EVS volunteers also celebrated Latvia’s Independence day with Latvians.

During this week we were preparing for a festival called "Popiela'' .. We were working on the topic of popiela. At the same time we were working children  in JACis. We were teaching them Geography, chess, English and Spanish languages.

On November 22, we went to the training in Kegum. We were there for 4 days, but I'll never forget it. Kegum is a very beautiful place, UMURI has a lot of beautiful views. I wanted to enjoy the beautiful views during the whole training.

On trainingI met other volunteers. Among them was a Georgian, Anna. The trainers were very punctual and creative :) During the training, they were a little bit strict. They taught us a variety of activities and Energizers. In the evening, The trainers were very friendly and they had a good time with us.

Participants made a presentation about their countries. After the presentation we asked simple questions to listeners and  we also did a language twister in our own language :):):) It was very funny :)

Moreover, during the training we  have prepared a traditional food.