Volunteering
Ecology
Trekking
Exchanges

About Us

Who we are:

Asociation ZIMBRUL CARPATIN is an ngo from Romania that has around 50 members with ages from 14 to 35 years, most of them being students.

We work in 2 main area:

environment protection – we organize every year a big project in wich we take around 100 volunteers and with their help we clean the touristic mountain areas from our region. Also we organize seminars in the schools of our town where we present the bad effects that humanity can have on nature. Also we participate every year in a national campaign: LETS DO IT ROMANIA, that is organized simultanoius in many other european countries. We organize information campaign in our city and our region about the management of recyclables waste.

outdoor activities – we participate on a national championship, where teams of 3 members compete in some challenges like: trekking, orienteering, climbing, mountainbiking. Also we encourage every type of sports and so our members participate some time in competition local or regional like: footbal, basketbal, cross, etc.

What we have achieved:

From 1985 when the association has been founded we have:

○ founding member of Romanian Federation of Sportif Trekking in 1995
○ been a local reper on ecology behaviour for youngs starting from 1997
○ joined the Romanian Federation of Tourism and Ecology in 2000
○ winning a lot of trekking and orienteering competitions

○ become acrreditate according to the new romanian law for ngo in 2007
○ start to participate in Youth in Action Programme in 2007
○ get our PIF: 949695670 in 2010

○ foundet a new more attractif Trekking ChampionShip: „Mountains Relay” in 2012 – www.stafetamuntilor.ro

○ get acrreditation for EVS programe in 2013 and again 2016: 2016-1-RO01-KA110-025192

○ participate on youth exchanges/courses training in: Bulgaria, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, Moldavia, Spain, Poland, Italy, Portugal

○ been HOSTING more then 14 EVS volunteers and send 1 abroad until 2016

Erasmus Plus

Youth Exchanges / Training Courses:

2011 – Poland – Bilesko Biala

2012 – Hungary – Szeged

2012 – Bulgary – Plovdiv

2012 – Spain – Cordoba

2012 – Turkey – Dyarkabyr

2013 – Moldavia – Causeni

2013 – Turkey – Istanbul

2013 – Bulgary – Gabrovo

2013 – Turkey – Edirne

2013 – Turkey – Ordu

2014 – Turkey – Didim

2014 – Poland – Rzeszow

2014 – Turkey – Sivas

2015 – Portugal – Madeira

2015 – Bulgary – Sofia

2016 – Germany – Bonn

2016 – Turkey – Ankara

EVS – European Voluntary Service

2015 – Raise Youth with EVS – 2014-3-BE05-KA105-000748 – partner: AFS Interculturele Programma’s VZW Bruxelles – Belgia

2016 – Volunteerism is a big chance for career – 2015-1-TR01-KA105-015516 – partner: Haccetepe University Ankara – Turkey

2016 – EVS in AIESEC – 2016-2-SK02-KA105-000960 – partner: AIESEC Slovakya

2017 – Raise Youth with EVS – 2016-1-TR01-KA105-033535 – partner: GAP Gençlik Derneği

2017 – Did Someone Say Volunteerism? – 2016-2TR01-KA105-035714 – partner: Haccetepe University Ankara – Turkey

2017 – Take the chance 2 – 2016-1-TR01-KA105-03164 – partner: Turkey Europe Foundation

Ecology

We have a strong partnership with the local autorities and with Agency of Development SERVSAL Arges that has been our founding partner for the projects bellow:

2016 – Information Campaign about recyclable management according to UE normatives in 10 villages of Arges Region.

2016 – Monitoring of waste platforms in MIOVENI Town

2016 – Waste collecting activities on touristic area of Arges Region

2015 – Monitoring of waste platforms in PITESTI Town

2015 – Cleaning the 10 biggest rivers course of Arges Region

2014 – Information campaign about waste management in Arges Region

Sport

We participate on any type of sport competition, but our favorite is the TREKKING on the romanian mountains.

In every year we are at the START line in more then 10 competition. We winn, we loose, but we are alwasy happy and healthy.

We do not only paticipate but we also organize our own contest named: ZIMBRUL CARPATIN TROPHY:

2015 – Cozia Mountains – 350 participants – winner: Association Gaska Bucuresti

2014 – Fagaras Mountains – 400 participants – winner: Association Jnepenii

2013 – Fagaras Mountains – 350 participants – winner: Association Jnepenii

2012 – Leaota Mountains – 300 participants – winner: Association Gorj Team

2011 – Iezer Mountains – 200 participants – winner: Association Gorj Team

2004 – Fagaras Mountains – 300 participants – winner: Associaton Albatros Galati

1989 – Iezer Mountains – 500 participants – winner: Association Gentiana Campulung

Contact

We'd really love to hear from you so why not drop us an email here: zimbrisor@yahoo.com or with this form bellow.
Also you can call us: +4 0746 06 05 05