On the 26 September we held a little party at Дворце Молодежи to say goodbye to our beloved volunteer from Hungary, Sara Jankovszki. Continue reading
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КиноКлуб – Oops, we did it again!
Once again, our film club was a great success! The new meeting of our club was held on 17th September at КОНТОРА co-working space. On this occasion, we had the opportunity of enjoying the film “Mulholland Drive” (David Lynch, 2001). More info on the film can be found here.
Bienvenida, Miriam!
On September 7th Opora held a welcome party with the intention of getting acquainted with our new volunteer, Miriam. She comes from the Basque Country, a region in the north of Spain, and will stay with us for 12 months. Continue reading
The Cinema Club has started
The last Film Club gathering was held yesterday 4th September at Контора co-working space where a group of about 50 people could enjoy the chosen film and participate in the discussion held afterwards. Continue reading
Community Goes Europe – Kick-Off Meeting
Opora is partner to a two year-project aimed to empower local communities in 6 European countries: Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and to strengthen a sense of European community across borders. This project includes meetings, trainings and exchange of long-term volunteers; in its framework, Opora will welcome Jan Bergmann, a German volunteer, for 12 months.
The Tramplinians’ Guide to the Galaxy
Just closed “Tramplin”, Opora’s camp for children, devoted to survival in nature
Try to watch it from outside and probably you will not see anything but chaos, an indistinct confusion. Come closer, come a little bit closer and, maybe, that sense of confusion will not abandon you. Here, this is the confusion of the Beauty, since in “Cosmos” Harmony lives, in “Chaos” Beauty. And this is Tramplin’s Chaos. Continue reading
Mid-Term Meeting for EVS volunteers
Our volunteer Sara Jankovzki has taken part in the Mid-Term Meeting (MTM), a training for EVS volunteers in Russia to meet each other and reflect together on their experience. The MTM took place on 21st-23rd June in the small city of Rostov Veliky in the region of Yaroslav, about 200 km north of Moscow.
Update on international projects at Opora
The first half of 2018 has been full of interesting events and good news for our organization in terms of international cooperation and projects! We wanted to share with you some of our achievements. Continue reading
First month of an EVS-volunteer in Yoshkar-Ola
«Various programs, helpful, motivating people, language challenges, development of skills – these words come to my mind when I think about the last one month, since I have arrived to Yoshkar-Ola to work as a volunteer at the organisation of Opora.»
Travelers’ Club: USA
We are very happy about the success of the last meeting of our Travelers’ Club which was held on 28th November at the coworking centre КОНТОРА and gathered more than 30 people. The first part was presented by Arthur in the form of a little quizz, which constisted in 20 questions about the history and culture of the States ; the winner got her reward in cookies (Starbuck’s recipe). Continue reading