January 25th our "Fantastic Four" and Antonio (our mentor) took an amazing trip to San Severo. The visit was quite serious but at the same time entertaining. We had a meeting in the Museum of Alto Tavoliere (MAT). It was a really great experience for both sides I’m sure.
Just on our arrival we were heartily welcomed by the staff and the volunteers doing their National Civil Service in the museum. Right after the introduction we spoke about our volunteering experience, presented our project, told about the possibilities offered by the Youth in Action Programme in general and European Voluntary Service in particular. I was curious to learn the stories of ex-volunteers who eventually decided to stay and continue their work in the museum as trainees. Well, it means volunteering can be as well a good way to define your professional future.
Once we shared our impressions and ideas about volunteering it was time to learn about the history of Daunia, the territory we are living in!
Together with the guys we had an exciting excursion and took a long trip through the centuries, learned about the antique settlements and the lifestyle of the people who used to live in Alto Tavoliere. We ended up visiting the exhibition of Modern Arts as MAT regularly hosts such contemporary events. Just on our arrival we were heartily welcomed by the staff and the volunteers doing their National Civil Service in the museum. Right after the introduction we spoke about our volunteering experience, presented our project, told about the possibilities offered by the Youth in Action Programme in general and European Voluntary Service in particular. I was curious to learn the stories of ex-volunteers who eventually decided to stay and continue their work in the museum as trainees. Well, it means volunteering can be as well a good way to define your professional future.
Once we shared our impressions and ideas about volunteering it was time to learn about the history of Daunia, the territory we are living in!
The thing that makes MAT a peculiar place is that the team is made up of young people full of enthusiasm and energy, inspired and ready to carry out their ideas. They strive to make the Past more fascinating for the present day young generation. Thus apart from the usual museum guided tours they invite children to different theoretical and practical workshops where they can not only learn the history but reconstruct an ancient Roman road or make a clay amphora with their own hands, for example. I personally was really excited to hear that and most probably very soon I’ll come back to San Severo to join one of the MAT workshops!
Anna, EVS volunteer “A Solidarity Shelter”
The visit to M.A.T. was a very good experience for me. I think I could get impressions how it works the system of the National Civil Service in Italy. Before I had information about it but I really did not understand what it really is. Now this information arrived in its place and I can attach this to the real meanings.
The volunteers and of course the workers were very nice, friendly and enthusiastic too with very good competences and up-to-date knowledge of their subjects. I am very happy because I had a possibility to meet with them and I hope we will meet again and maybe we will work together.
Special thanks to whom it may concern for organizing this event, The MAT Museum, The Province of Foggia EVS/SCN dpt., The APS Mondo Nuovo, the Italian National Agency for co-financing "A Solidarity Shelter" EVS Project , our mentor Antonio Salvati and, of course, the workers and all the volunteers of the museum!
Zoltan, EVS volunteer “A Solidarity Shelter”
It was a great surprise to know that it is not boring in the museum. This is something like a tradition for my country that only pensioners work in museums, and the atmosphere there is sleepy and usually people are not interested. All the Museo dell’Alto Tavoliere staff are young and active people and they involve local volunteers in their work. It helps to bring new ideas, to refresh the atmosphere and make more people interested. It was the first time in my life I felt so excited in the museum! Considered expositions and stories about all the things, history and great culture are represented in such a way, that makes you feel a part of it and you want to return again.
Thank you very much for your work! Thanks to you I know what the museum should be now!
Julia, EVS volunteer “A Solidarity Shelter”
As we told before, the main aim of all meetings which we are attending nowadays is to support volunteering activities and to encourage young people to be volunteers. To tell the truth Museo dell’Alto Tavoliere was a perfect foundation to make our aim real.
In my humble opinion, Museo dell’Alto Tavoliere is a big family which includes both regular workers and volunteers, young people and younger people. They work in a harmony and they have a very logical and working job-sharing and very enthusiastic atmosphere.
In general, museums bring “old time” to your mind. Honestly, it happened to me too when I heard we would go to museum. But when I walked in the museum and saw all the staff, I noticed I had had a mistake. Because there were not just relics, there were also really beautiful pieces of modern painting and sculpture. The harmony of old and new is like the harmony of young and younger.
And in that atmosphere we talked about volunteering, about our countries, our experience, to be volunteers in Italy, activities of the museum’s staff, activities of volunteers of the museum.
I wish to thank Museo dell’Alto Tavoliere and workers and volunteers, for their great hospitality, for their good company, for excursion and for a good day.
Nejdet, EVS volunteer “A Solidarity Shelter”
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