EVS BOOKLET CASA DO POVO CAMARA DE LOBOS

KATE’S EXPERIENCE
I am struggling to choose the words to describe my experience during my EVS in Madeira.
I came here as a challenge to myself, to spend 9 months volunteering in an organization
where I know no one, do not speak the language, on an island in the Atlantic ocean which
is closer to Africa than Europe, 3500km away from my home. Sounds a bit scary doesn’t
it? It was as scary as it was worth it! This island makes you feel at home no matter where
you come from. People are so warm and helpful with everything it is indescribable! It was
a pleasure working for the kind-hearted people of Casa do Povo and enjoying the
company of all the new Madeiran friends that I made. And if the people aren’t enough to
make you have a good day, then all you have to do is go out by the ocean and admire
Cabo Girao with the sun gently caressing your face. Yes it is as good as you can imagine
it, and I will never forget the amazing time I had here. With the perfect balance between
having enough work and having enough free time, I have grown as a person and I will be
forever grateful to Madeira for that. There is a reason that they say that the EVS is a life
changing experience. That reason being that it is absolutely, completely true!