On the last day before Christmas, December 22, Inés and Manel Belahrizi confirmed that their family moved to Tudela shortly and that they wouldn’t study in our school from January 2021 on. These were very bad news because these two sisters have played a key role in our Erasmus: Inés was extraordinarily commited since the […]
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Erasmus volunteers in urban planning commission
By Layla Samhi I, Layla Samhi, and two friends, Michelle Guevara and Manel Belahrizi, have been working on this tree inventory for a couple of weeks. The mayor, Gorka García, and the town councilors wanted to know first-hand our tree inventory and they asked us to present it again in the plenary hall on Monday, […]
Presenting our tree inventory
We’ve presented today our tree inventory in the plenary hall of our town council. Our mayor, Gorka García, and the environment town councillor, Félix Bienzobas, have listened respectfully and appreciated enormously our volunteers’ effort and the tree inventory we’ve handed in today. Layla, Michelle, and Manel have worked very hard with trees, numbers, to make […]
Fourth Erasmus board
Today we’ve lived an extremely hectic, productive, and fun Erasmus evening. We had to finish the tree inventory, the presentation for tomorrow in the town hall and make the new Erasmus board. Thanks to Aitana, Michelle, Luis, Layla, Manel, and Eliane for your excellent job today. An thanks to Catalina and Ilenia, who pitched in […]
Coming back to Corella and making it nicer
By Nanny Sender When I left Corella two and a half years ago, after having spent 8 months here as a language assistant at IES Alhama High School, I promised myself and all the friends I’d made here, that I would be back. And so I am. A little sooner than planned due to Brexit […]
Final step: watering!
By Layla Sahmi Today we had three different tasks in «el Villar», a recreational area just 1 km from Corella: to finish setting up the the watering system, covering with earth the ditches the excavator made to plant more than 300 trees and, last but not least, WATERING! Michelle, Manal and me, Layla Sahmi, have […]
Video to celebrate International Volunteer Day
By Jonas Kneizevicius Our Lithuanian partners have made this video to celebrate International Volunteer Day: Thanks, volunteers in the four countries, for your everyday efforts to make a better world.
Setting up watering system
We’ve celebrated today International Volunteer Day precisely… volunteering! We’ve started setting up the watering system for the 328 trees that we planted the previous days. It’s been 3 long hours in cold weather (around 5 degrees today) but it’s been definitely worth it. Thanks Víctor, Layla, Néstor and Michelle for pitching in in such a […]
Pandemic brings new cyclists to our streets
By Jane Hackett The landscape of our streets has changed dramatically since the 2020 lockdown. We noticed the sudden overnight flip from the din sound of whizzing traffic to the sounds of insects and birds reclaiming space. Movement was slowed, yet not before long, there has been a positive influx of cyclists taking to the […]
