“Changing lives, opening minds in Cg2000” is an EVS project addressed to two girls, Caroli Sophie from Germany and Adela from Romania. We intended to provide a strong learning experience through an operative full-time role in the organization (they never replaced educators and operators but will support them ); Sophie & Adela had the opportunity to integrate into activities with ideas, creativity and experience; we guaranteed the service to the local community through non-profit activities, emphasizing the intercultural dimension and the possibility of non-formal learning . The general objectives were : • Improvement of volunteers’ skills and the strengthening of key competences such as: communication in a foreign language , learning to learn , social and civic competences , sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, cultural awareness and expression . • To provide the ability to interconnect three specific areas of the life of a young European Volunteer : personal development , active citizenship and employability , through a process of non-formal learning customized on their skills and abilities . • To encourage and stimulate the mobility of young Europeans ( volunteers and locals) who participate in learning activities among the programme and partner countries in this way we try to provide tools to combat the problem of youth unemployment. • To encourage the participation in a shared project at the service of the local community. • To continue to expand the Cg2000’s educational proposals for all ages, reaching a greater number of addresses. This project and the activities contained in wanted to provide participants with the opportunity to acquire new skills and enhance existing ones ; It was intended to offer the possibility of growing towards the use of non-formal methods . The elements of learning that we aimed to achieve are : - Improved communication in Italian - Acquisition / reinforcement of social skills . - Acquisition / reinforcement of civic skills. - Acquisition / reinforcement of the skill to work in a team of educational experts . - Acquisition / reinforcement of educational competence and the acquisition / reinforcement of of planning skills and structuring activities targeted to different age groups. - Acquisition of simple formal/non-formal tools for the management of small groups. The activities that the volunteers performed can be divided into two main periods: - Winter : Alice's House , CAG , Dreambar , Peace Month. - Summer activities: GREST. The experience of community life proposed helped to deepen the exchange and dimension of knowledge, and it provided for no-formal intercultural learning, encouraed Carolin Sophie & Adela to participate actively and to social integration; encouraged the exchange of experiences and good practices between the partners , and the creation of partnerships and networks that ensure a solid future projects. The presence of EVS volunteers in an organization mainly based on voluntary activity is always a strong testimony of active citizenship , democracy and respect in the service for children. Through the various initiatives we aimed to promote knowledge, dismantle stereotypes and offer opportunities to meet and to develop a critical ability . The presence of young people who decided to spend ten months of their life for a volunteering experience in a European country , gives a significant testimony of generosity , openness and acceptance that can be an interesting opportunity to reflect about respect, volunteering , acceptance and openness to the other . The idea is to encourage the local population to come ever closer to the ERASMUS+ programme and to the opportunities that it offers . The dissemination of the project was noteworthy. The idea was to reach as many people as possible at the local, national, European and non-European level. .