The exchange of senior volunteers within the framework of project „Developing Expertise and Skills” (DESK), 2012-1-GB2-GRU14-085832, implemented by Know and Can Association, Bulgaria and Dacorum CVS, the United Kingdom, ended successfully .
On the 28-th of March 2014 four Bulgarian senior volunteers departed for Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom, where they participated actively in the activities of Dacorum CVS. They were met at the airport from representatives of the Hosting organization and afterwards were brought to their hotel. Dacorum staff supported the volunteers in their working tasks as well as in personal matters during their stay. The working tasks of the senior volunteers included office work, administrative work, work with customers, sales, organization of events and activities, etc. Their voluntary service ended on the 18-th of April 2014 and they arrived successfully in Bulgaria on the same day.
In the period from the 7-th till the 28-th of May 2014 three persons from the UK conducted their voluntary service in Sofia, Bulgaria participating directly in Know and Can Association’s activities. The volunteers were met at the airport by the Association staff and the latter brought them to their hotel and showed them the main institutions, which they were supposed to work in during their stay. Their working duties involved work at First Specialized School “Prof. Dr. of Legal Sciences Georgi Angushev” and Secondary School for Children with Impaired Vision “Louis Braille”, teaching English language at the office of the Association as well as at the Pensioner Club “Golden Autumn”, etc.
