20/02/2021
Spain
participants
The aim of the activity was to collaborate with an association in Seville dedicated to helping families in need. The activity consisted of a food collection in a supermarket in Seville. Coordinators from ESN Seville and UPO and Erasmus students from both universities participated and were able to help and do their bit for the Sevillian society. With all this, we are making ourselves known within the social entities of Seville, while demonstrating to the Spanish citizens how international students contribute a lot to society and not only come to study or to party, they want to live the whole experience. Also, taking advantage of the arrival of the Erasmus students, shifts were organised where they could meet their buddies and start to strengthen links with ESN.
The activity was organised in a supermarket in Seville, in collaboration with a Seville association that was created during the pandemic to help families who had no income and had nothing to eat. During two days shifts were organised where two Erasmus students and two coordinators collected food. The supermarket had two doors and at each door there was an ESN coordinator with Erasmus. The association provided us with name tags and posters where we could see the name of the association and where the food was going to go. Thanks to the effort, motivation and collaboration of the citizens, more than 11 carts of food were collected. A total of 12 coordinators and 12 Erasmus students participated in the activity.
