

On-Arrival Training in Alsasua
At the end of July, Mert, Lucia and I (Evelina) left to go to our on-arrival training which was held in Navarra in the north of Spain. Along with a group of 25 other volunteers from 15 countries who were placed all over Spain, we were going to spend the next coming six days together in a hostel in the small town of Alsasua, right on the border to the Basque country. Eager to get away and hopeful for what the week would have in store for us, we left early in the morning to cat


Welcome New Volunteers!
We are delighted to welcome our new volunteers Mert, Lucia, and Evelina who are all going to volunteer at the European department at IDEA. Having arrived in July they will be here until the end of March spending some lovely (we hope) 9 months in Alzira. What will you do at IDEA? And why IDEA? Evelina: I will be taking some English Coffee conversational classes, mostly Advanced and Intermediate level plus a project called Parent’s school. Apart from that I will also work admin