Wow has it been already one month? I can barely
remember the moment I went to the airport and said goodbye to my parents, was
the same moment I met Belen, the other Spanish participant that was going to be
my partner on the project, since then, a lot of things happened, meeting new
people, amazing moments and cultural shocks, lots of ``la revedere´´ & welcome parties, a
bittersweet mix of feelings and experiences.
Doesn’t matter how much you research about the
place where you are going, or even if you don´t do research at all (as me),
because the EVS experience is going to be different for everyone.
Let´s be honest, there will be moments when you
will feel homesick and you will miss your family & friends and you just
want to go back home, but you will also find yourself thought this experience.
You will arrive to a new world, with a
completely different language, food, culture, history, background & reality!
But you will find the kindest souls willing to
help you even when you don´t know a single word in their language and you are
completely lost, you may receive a hug from a kid that you met half an hour ago
and that cannot even pronounce your name properly and you will think `` all of
this was worthy´´ .
Even though I have done a lot of international
activities so far, EVS is different, I’m not a crazy Erasmus student anymore,
I´m not a tourist traveler for two weeks. I´m someone living here to make the
difference, and that changes everything.
And, during this month here I have learned a
lot about Romania and I have broken a lot of stereotypes that I´m willing to go
back to my country to share.
By the way, my name is Esther and I´m a biology
student from Spain. I came here to clarify what I wanted to do with my life
after university and well, I don´t know yet. But I’m glad that I had the chance
to see the wonderful nature that this country has and working in the project of
Sustainability & Development II with
Greentin I reinforced the idea that I want to be in the field of raising
awareness.
In the rural areas we work I can perceive the
power that education has in the new generations, and working with non-formal
education and youth-teaching-youth made me realize how important is that we
take an active role in the society and we motivate the others to do their best
so we can all contribute to have an impact that actually promotes the
sustainable development of the human populations.
I feel grateful for having this opportunity to help
myself by helping the others and I´m really looking forward to seeing how
are the next months going to be. More adventures, new friends and
self-development are next door ready to be discovered.
So, I really want to encourage all of you to be
part of an experience like this and be the change you want to see in the world.
Mutsumesc,
Esther Pérez - EVS volunteer
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