Loeiza and Helene are long-term volunteers at the UNA Exchange office located at the Temple of Peace, Cardiff. They often help other charities also based in the Temple of Peace, such as Hub Cymru Africa and Fair Trade Wales. Discover what they do when they volunteer for these charities! […]
Mercè’s goodbye to Stackpole – Volunteer stories
It is with a heart full of memories that UNA Exchange’s long-term volunteer Mercè has left Stackpole, in West Wales. Read her moving essay on her nine months spent away from her native country, Spain. […]
100 Years of Workcamps – Interview with Chrishan Kamalan
Interview with WCIA trustee Chrishan Kamalan conducted by UNA Exchange 2019/2020 volunteers Helene Chaland and Loeiza Stucker on January 31st 2020. […]
100 Years of Workcamps – Interview with Sheila Smith
Interview with Sheila Smith, former Director of UNA Exchange (1988-2016), conducted by UNA Exchange 2019/2020 volunteers Helene Chaland and Loeiza Stucker. […]
“More in Common” Training in Bala, North Wales
“We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.” – Jo Cox (1974-2016) […]
Abigail’s story – EVS in Moldova
September 2018, I went to Moldova on a European Voluntary Service out of curiosity. I went somewhere to which I would never have ventured, I worked in an international organization (glimpsing some of the realities of foreign aid) and I familiarised myself with a culture I wouldn’t have known of […]
Blog: When Charlotte met Hilary
Our long term Volunteer Charlotte Morgan, has gained a place on the Hillary Rodham Clinton Global Challenges Scholarship at Swansea University. Here is what she had to say about her experience with us and the exciting new adventure ahead of her: I started volunteering at WCIA five months ago […]
#Temple81: Incredible Hidden Histories from 1938 opening of Wales’ Temple of Peace offer ‘Key to the Past’
On Saturday 23rd November of this year, we marked 81 years to the blustery day in 1938 when Wales’ Temple of Peace and Health was opened by war-bereaved mother Minnie James from Merthyr Tydfil – accompanied by ‘mothers of Wales and the world’, the Temple’s founder Lord David Davies, and […]
We went to the Annual Peace Schools Conference
Hello ! We are Helene and Loeiza, French volunteers at UNA Exchange for this year 2019/2020 thanks to the European Solidarity Corps scheme. On Wednesday 6th November we attended the annual Peace Schools Conference organized by the WCIA -the Welsh Centre for International Affairs. […]
Calum: “The best thing I remember is the feeling of happiness”
Read the truly inspirational story of our former volunteer Calum, who participated in our supportive volunteering programme “Step by Step” a few years ago. […]